| Location: Glendale,AZ,United States Member Since: Dec 16, 2006 Gender: Male Goal Type: Recover From Injury Running Accomplishments:
Pocatello Just Be Cuz Half Marathon 2008 - 1:14:40
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4 mile race 2008 - 23:22
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5k PR 2008 - 15:52 |
Pocatello Marathon 2008 PR 2:36:18 - I won the Race |
Pocatello Half Marathon 2011 1:34:59 -A year recovery with the new titanium rod first race back. |
Short-Term Running Goals: May 5, 2012 Law Day 10K 38:39 4th Place May 19, 2012 Tommy Vaughn Half Marathon 1:26:34 3rd Place Marathon Debut form my accident some date (unknown) September 1, 2012 Pocatello Marathon 2:54:57 6th overall November 3, 2012 Just Cuz Half Marathon 1:19:04 second place overall. (what a difference a year makes)
Long-Term Running Goals: Worship the Lord and praying early in the mornibgs and keep doing that. Staying humble and desperate for the Lord and praying for end-time revival for America.
My Long Term goal is to just run whatever I can.
Hebrews 4:16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Personal: Married, three kids all grown up... now four grandkids and two living with us
Psalm 119:105 NKJV
Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2458.57 | 980.83 | 15.27 | 0.00 | 3454.67 |
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New Balance 607 Miles: 5.71 | Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 319.43 | Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 408.60 | Asics Trainers 13 Miles: 16.05 | Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 100.75 | Avia Lites #3 Miles: 37.37 | Mizuno Precision 8 Miles: 20.56 | Ohana Racers Pair #1 Miles: 41.12 | Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 404.59 | Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 418.94 | Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 522.89 | Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 283.19 | Avia Lites II Miles: 328.75 | Asics Banditos Miles: 20.82 | Ohana Racers Pair #2 Miles: 61.33 | Mizuno Idaten Miles: 30.92 | Saucony Grid Trigon 4 Miles: 4.23 | Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 312.75 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.11 |
| I wanted to open the new year on a run even if my foot was in pain. I ran 2.11 miles at an overall 7:58 pace at 3am this morning. I couldn't sleep so I decided to get up and run. I saw an Ambulance out in a couple different areas on my run. My foot did hurt afterwards, but I took some Motrin and that seemed to help. I'm having acupunture done tomorrow, and hopefully that will help. I'm really keeping busy to distract my running. The xbox 360 that I got for christmas helps, especially playing Madden football 09 and Ncaa football 08.
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New Balance 607 Miles: 2.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running. I had acupuncture done on my foot today.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| I ran 3.1 miles in an overall 6:44 pace in 20.30 minutes. I had my
wife following me in the car in case my foot started hurting bad, and
to stop me in case I tried to run further. I didn't have any
discomfort running. I did feel it just barely but nothing that was bad
at all. It's not even really sore after the run. But we will see in a
little while how things are. I'm going to be careful and not
run tomorrow, and try to run every other day until I know it's
completely healed. I had acunpunture done on it yesterday and that
seemed to help.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 3.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.34 |
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I actually ran 8.34 miles today at an overall 7:17 pace in 1 hour with no pain. Although, the wind was terrible and it was snowing and it was icy, and I fell twice. Both my knees were scraped up and one was bleeding, and they are very sore right now. One of them I know is going to be black and blue. The temperature was 10 degrees with the wind blowing at 10 to 15 mph. Considering the wind chill factor in today's morning run it made it -2. Good thing I'm off work today to let the knees rest.
Good news is my foot never hurt the whole time, and it feels good after the run. I have another acupuncture appointment today at 3:45pm. I believe it helped my foot on the first treatment. I really should have ran at the gym today instead of outside. It was really a bad move on my part. I really hate treadmills though.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 8.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.52 |
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This morning it was icy and it was snowing a bit again which made it another fun morning run. Although the temperature was warmer than yesterday at 18 degrees so that made the run more pleasant. I ran 8.5 miles in 1:03. My knees were a little sore on the run, but that was to do with the cuts on the knees from the fall yesterday. Although, my Abductor muscle really hurt in the run this morning. When I fell for the second time yesterday I did the splits, and I felt something uncomfortable near the groin area when I got back up. My foot doesn't feel too bad this morning, but it's not 100% either after the run. I still need to be careful coming back. I might not run tomorrow. I'm seriously considering not running any races this year. I don't know if I want to be gone so many weekends without my family again. If I do run any marathons I will only do two this year. I believe God's trying to tell me to cut back on my running and focus in other areas in my life that I've neglected. Lunch I did 300 sit-ups and 100 push-ups. I've really increased my sit-ups and push-up lately, but I still have spaghetti arms and not a very toned belly.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 8.52 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 1.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.23 |
| I decided to run at the gym today, because the wind was blowing up to 30 mph and very slick. I didn't want to risk falling on an already injured body. I ran 6.23 miles in 41 mintues on the treadmill at Gold's Gym. My left inner thigh muscle right next to the groin is really sore, along with my left knee which had sharp pains in it during the run. I believe the knee is just from soreness from the fall on Monday. My body is definitely responding that maybe I shouldn't run at all anymore. No problem I have a positive attitude and there's other things in life as far as fitness goods that I can do if I have to take a break from running. I did do 1 mile at a 5:40 pace then over 2 minutes at a 4:56 pace. This probably wasn't the best on the knee or thigh, but I figured if I get worse so what and it might be God's way of shutting me down.
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Asics Trainers 13 Miles: 6.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.32 |
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It was a warm morning at 43 degrees with a 16 mph wind. I was warm by the second mile, because I really over-dressed. That's okay the more I sweat the more calories burned. I ran 8.32 miles at an overall 7:29 pace in 1:02. I felt crappy on the whole run. My abductor/groin/thigh whatever hurt (I know where it hurts but not really the root of the problem yet). My knee had sharp pains at times (which was do to the fall on Monday, because it hurts right on the cuts and bruises). My foot really didn't hurt, but it's still not a 100% either, it does have some dull pain to the touch. My body just didn't want to run even with 9 hours of sleep the last two nights. I did rub some MYO MED on my inner thigh last night. My body is basically falling apart limb by limb :-). That's okay it will work itself out and you have to have patience and a good attitude. I don't need to race to make me happy. I just like staying fit, and I can do other exercises if I can't run. Life is too short to worry about falling behind in your training or not being ready for a race. I'll we need to do each day when we wake up is give our thoughts and desires to the Lord and the day will come out okay. I would rather have the Lord be the first thought in the day than running. I can't take my accomplishments with me, but I can take God's word everywhere. I probably won't run Saturday or Sunday to give the body some needed rest. It's just to broken down to train. But like I said that's okay. Time/patience has it's way of bringing success back. Lunch Sit-ups and Push-ups.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 8.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
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The temperature this morning was around 25 - 28 degrees and there was some wind but not bad. I didn't have a lot of time this morning to run because of early morning work meetings. I didn't really want to run a lot anyway with the way my body has felt so I ran 6.2 miles in 43 minutes. Splits (7:29, 6:55, 6:55,6:54,6:52,7:03) . I was still sore on the knee and groin but not as bad. My thigh was really sore after the run though. I'm still contributing all this to the fall on Monday on the ice. I fell really hard so I know soreness was going to come from that.
Foot hasn't been an issue at all. I ran a route around Yellowstone St. and down Poleline St. and back down Mckinley Ave. I only ran by feel and nothing else, not really trying to push any sort of pace. My plans for tomorrow, I have no plan. I haven't decision if I want to run or not. If I do run it will be a short run. I really don't feel like doing any long runs right now. Lunch: Push-ups and Sit-ups same routine that I've done every lunch hour. Plus I did mor sit-ups and push-ups at 5pm. I will do another set before bed.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 6.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.22 | 7.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.93 |
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This morning I decided that I would run. Where I didn't know if I was going to or not.the night before because of soreness. I ran 10.22 miles at an overall 7:04 pace in 1:12, and all just by feel. This is the first 10 mile run in probably three weeks and it felt good. My thighs are still a little sore after the run, but my groin and knee didn't experience any pain whatsoever. That was exciting and great progress for becoming injury free. I'm still sore in areas where I shouldn't be, but that's okay, I'll just be patient. It's a mystery where I experience pain and then it just goes away without really knowing what caused it. The temperature was 26 degrees with some wind this morning when I started at 8am. After that I did a lot of heavy lifting at our daycare where my wife bought some huge cabinet's and more play equipment. It took us three hours to do what we needed to get done at the daycare. I will not run tomorrow. I want my body to get some rest to start a fresh week. Evening: I ran another 4.71 miles at an overall 7:15 pace tonight. I decided to run again just to get over 50 miles for the week. Nothing special just a nice relaxing run thinking about what this year is going to bring for my family and me.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 10.22 | Asics Trainers 13 Miles: 4.71 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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REST! FOOTBALL! FOOD! and most important CHURCH!
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.33 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.33 |
| Did really want to run today after my wife and I got done with our morning devotions that we've started doing now for the last two weeks. Right now running isn't that important to me anymore. I'm running to keep the fitness which is important. God needs to be ahead of the balance in my life.. I ran 5.33 miles at an overall 6:52 pace in 36.37 minutes. I had a meeting and that's all I had time for and that's really all I wanted to run anyway. It was a warm morning some around 30 degrees I believe. I didn't check the weather this morning before I headed out the door, but there was a nice wind. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 5.33 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 3.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.11 |
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I didn't really have a lot of time to run this morning, because I needed to take my kids to school today, because my Aunt, (my wife's business partner in the Daycare), went to the emergency room yesterday. Yesterday morning she experienced the following symptoms: very pale, shortness of breath, chest pains and just looked awful. Also the day before she was complaining about her right shoulder hurting quite a bit. My wife and I thought she might be experiencing a heart attack. With this happening her husband drove her to the Hospital's emergency center. They gave her a muscle relaxer and that didn't help. They gave her Morphine and that didn't help. They did two EKG's and they couldn't find anything. They sent her home after being there for over 8-10 hours and she was still loopy from the Morphine and felt the same way. I can't believe they sent her home still under the effect of Morphine and still feeling the same way when she went in. She does see a specialist today at 10am for further testing. Anyway, I ran 5.11 miles at an overall 6:46 pace. Splits (7:37, 6:47, 6:15, 6:31,6:38) all flat miles some uphill. I won't have time for anymore running today, but that's okay the cut-back is good. It's a little depressing to look at what I was running last year in January 08 (80 -90 weeks) compared to the start of this January, but I decided to cut-down this year and I need to keep that focus.
Please say a prayer for my aunt.
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Asics Trainers 13 Miles: 5.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 3.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.34 |
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This morning was really foggy and the temperature was 19 degrees. After morning devotions with my wife I ran 5.34 at 6:37 pace in 35.24 minutes. I had to take my kids to school so I didn't have anytime to run longer. Maybe I'll just run 5 miles everyday for now on, it's a good number and a decent fitness workout. Anyway my splits were (7:13, 6:56, 6:21, 6:24, 6:09). One thing I haven't mentioned the last few blogs is my body seems totally healthy no pain or soreness anywhere so that's good.
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Avia Lites #3 Miles: 5.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.21 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.21 |
| After morning devotions with my wife, I looked outside and the fog was thick again today. I had more time today and decided to run longer even though I really wasn't motivated to run at all. The temperature was 21 degrees with no wind which is weird for here to have no wind. I ran 11.21 miles at an overall 6:55 pace in 1:17. I picked up the last four miles just for fun (5:52, 5:57, 6:21, 6:51). All in all a good run which I did my standard Satterfield Rd route, and I was tired and struggling going up the Satterfield hill. I can tell I've lost fitness going up hills, because I've stayed away from them because of the previous injury. Mileage wise this week I have no goal. I'm taking one day at a time.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 11.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.40 |
| After morning devotion with my wife, which was very good about honoring one another with love when we make the true commitment in marriage. When we make that commitment we need to have the most greatest respect for our spouse and honor their feelings, because we truly mean to be with them the rest of our lives. The only way we can keep that love for our spouse in our heart is to have the love of God shown through our heart to our spouse.
Anyway, I ran 10.6 miles at an over 6:58 pace. There was still a haze of fog but not as bad today. The temperature was 26 degrees when I started running and by the end my mustache had icicles hanging off of it. I probably looked like one of the ZZTOP guys.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 10.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.11 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.11 |
| Today I started my run around 8:30am. I stayed up later and played a game on my Xbox 360 till 1am Friday night. Since I'm not in training mode I didn't really care how my run went on Saturday or if I was going to run. I did run and did 15.11 miles at an overall 6:59 pace in 1:45. I did a few in in the 6:20ish range, but I will was just focused on enjoying the run, and the cold 19 degrees weather. Went up by Satterfield and down Booth Rd. Then went down Poleline Rd. and down Pocatello Creek Rd. At least I did 50 miles this week. I still have no plans for a targeted race right now, and I'm not sure I will.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 15.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.21 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.21 |
| I ran 9.21 miles this morning at an overall 7:03 pace in 1:05. I ran will Bill Mandler for around three miles which was very nice to run with someone. He's a great friend and is going to smash all his PR's this year. The temperature was 12 degrees when I started. I did pick the pace up towards the end of the run. I decided to run 9 miles when I had planned to only run 6 or 7. |
Mizuno Precision 8 Miles: 9.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running today. I had a wonderful date with my wife. I took her to Chili's then we just goofed off all day, it was fun. Days like this who needs running. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.20 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.20 |
| Got up this morning and had a wonderful devotion with my wife. It talked about how we can't let things get in the way of us reaching God. Also that only true love for your spouse has to come from God in order for marriage or a relationship to work. Love just can't come from you if you don't have God because it's not enough. I ran 11.2 miles today at an overall 6:54 pace int 1:17. I did a tinman tempo today in the last four miles of the run. Mile 1: 6:16 ( coming off bench road and it's all downhill mile). I took it easy not really pushing. Mile 2: 6:25 (completely flat on Hiline Rd. Took it easy and I felt good). Mile 3: 6:16 (completely flat and the pace was comfortable. It really wasn't a hard effort). Mile 4: 6:17 (completely flat and endurance, form and stride rate all felt comfortable and not hard). Did a 6:44 cool-down mile afterwards on the last mile to my house. I'm not going to run the Salt Lake Marathon or maybe even the Ogden Marathon this year. I don't want to spend a lot of money traveling. Not sure what I will do this year. I like running these but I'm in the conserve money mode this year. Sometimes you have to hold back and show wisdom and not do the worldly things you like to do.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 11.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.31 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.31 |
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Today's morning devotion was good with my wife. It talked about salvation how we are born in sin, but if we believe in our heart and confess with our mouth we shall be saved. Once we have salvation in our heart then the love can flow out of us. Today, the temperature was 12 degrees with a little bit of a wind. I ran 10.31 miles at an overall 6:52 pace in 1:10. I seemed to be increasing my miles a bit. Really I'm just going with the flow on what I feel like doing each day. Tomorrow I have a early morning meeting at my daughter's school dealing with her learning disability "NLD", so I might only be able to run a couple of miles. I was training to analyze my year of training to get an idea what I want out of this year, and here's my thoughts and situation: This year is going to be hard for training, because I have so many early morning meetings at work, (three meetings every week with no ending) and I can't run on my lunch hour, because I work on my lunch hour for my wife's daycare now. I'm not going to get up any earlier to run, because the early morning devotion with my wife is more important to me than running which I'd quit running if I even thought this. Even if I wanted to get up earlier I wouldn't run outside, and Gold Gym (where my membership is) doesn't open until 6am. I believe this will have to be a year of step back and I'll be out of the scene for a while. Now things can change and if they do I will re-evaluate my situation, and would be able to train harder. I will train hard with what I have available to do as far as my schedule is right now.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 10.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.20 |
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After a great morning devotion with my wife. I ran on our treadmill that was finally fixed. Almost a year ago I fell off of it on valentines day when the board underneath split in two. I cracked my head and split open my elbow when that happened. We had an early morning meeting at the school to discuss my daughter's "NLD" diagnosis to see what support there going to help us with. She's already in IEP in school which is Special ED. We have a lot of work and support that were going to have to keep our daughter focused on to help her overcome this, and it will happen.
To get more miles in it was easier to run at home, "before the meeting ", on the treadmill than getting winterized to go outside. I really probably only do it for today. I ran 7.2 miles at an 6:40 pace in 45 minutes while watching the NFL network at home. Lunch: 200 push-ups and 150 sit-ups on the office floor.
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Avia Lites #3 Miles: 7.10 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.33 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.33 |
| Had a good morning devotion with the wife. Talking about even though were imperfect we can't reject each others love. Times can get tough if a spouse tries to mold you in the person they want you to be. A marriage can become selfish if you only want what you want, and continually reject the love from your spouse. Christ loves us for who we are so why can't we love the person that we fell in love with for who they are. SNOW SNOW SNOW this morning and lots of it. I ran 11.33 miles at an overall 7:02 pace in 1:19 on only 4 hours of sleep. I had to work late last night and had an early meeting so time was very restricted. I ran up Satterfield Rd and down Bench Rd. and then down Hiline Rd taking detours here and there to get the distance I wanted. My body is really feeling good right now and the runner and endurance feels good.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 11.33 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 15.41 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.41 |
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SNOW, SNOW again. I started my run at 7:30am and it never stopped snowing, or let up at all. I decided to do a longer run today to get some endurance fitness which I've probably lost a little. I ran 18.41 miles at an overall 7:09 pace in 2:11. I did some faster miles, but I mainly kept it on cruise control the whole run. One thing I haven't metioned is I've been experiencing back pain for almost two weeks now and not sure why. It started after struggling up a hill in one of my runs. It's a very sharp pain at times, but it doesn't really hurt when I run.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 18.41 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Day of rest. My back is still really bothering me where it's hard to get up at times. I'm going to schedule a Chiropractor appointment for tomorrow or Tuesday. Whenever I can get in immediately. Just trust in God that's all I'm doing right now, and my attitude is good.
I've got other issues going on with my stomach that I need prayer for (so remember me in your prayers). Don't want to explain it right now but it's hard and frustrating to deal with. Like I said my attitude is good. It's just a sign where this year needs to be a cut-back year.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| Not really any running today. My backs been bothering me and I had a chiropractor appointment today which really didn't seem to help the back. |
New Balance 607 Miles: 0.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.30 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
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After our morning devotion which was awesome I decided to bare the 5 degree weather. I ran 11.3 miles at 7:05 pace in 1:19. I tried to avoid the ice as much as possible. Evening: More sit-ups and push-ups like always. My back still has the same pain, and not any better.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 11.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.51 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.51 |
| This morning we had an extra long devotion on accepting your spouse who they are. It also talked about how God let his son Jesus die on the cross for us, and it did matter if we accepted him or not. My garmin was dead today and everything just didn't seem right to get ready to run outside. Plus my time was short so I hopped on the Treadmill at home and ran 8.51 miles in 56 Minutes. Several pick-up miles to get some speedwork. I set the incline at 1%. Back still in the same pain and actually feels worse.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 8.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.30 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
| My wife woke up with a migraine this morning, but she still wanted to do our devotion so I did all the bible reading. I prayed for her and right now she's feeling better. If you trust in God and are obedient in your faith anything is possible. I ran 11.3 miles at a 7:05 pace in 1:19 today. This is the same actually mileage, time and speed that I did on Tuesday. The temperature was nice today at 21 degrees a real heat wave and it felt good.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 11.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 6.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.12 |
| After my morning devotion with my wife I headed out to do a little faster run this morning. I had a morning meeting at work which was a good motivator to run faster. The temperature was between 15 to 20 degrees with some fog. I ran 10.12 miles at an overall 6:52 pace in 1:09. The last 7 miles I wanted to keep under a 7 minute pace (6:51, 6:50, 6:51, 6:46, 6:52, 6:33, 6:17). I probably won't do a long run tomorrow, because I'm going to run 11 miles with my friend Barry. His goal this week is to reach 70 miles and all he needs is 11 miles to do so. Me, I'll barely be above 50 miles which is fine with me. This cut-back in running has been great for my life and given me better balance. I actually feel faster than last year and know at this point I could run under a 2:30 with God's grace.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 10.12 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.20 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.20 |
| Barry (on the blog) and I ran the back side of the Pocatello marathon course today. It was cold but fun. It was actually colder 1000 feet lower in the city than where we started. We ran 11.2 miles at an overall 7:06 pace in 1:19. We hit around 4 miles at a 6:2ish and 6:3ish pace. I could of ran more but I didn't want to run more because breakfast sounded better. Plus I'm not really training right now so a long run didn't matter. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 11.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.30 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.30 |
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Ran 9.3 miles on the Treadmill at home in 1:02. I've put 24 miles on the Treadmill since getting it fixed two weeks ago.
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Avia Lites #3 Miles: 9.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.30 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.30 |
| Was going to take the day-off, but I moved my treadmill in a different spot and I wanted to test it out to see if I liked it there or not. I ran 2.3 miles in 15 minutes. We rearranged this area where the Treadmill is at to make it more of an entertainment room. |
Avia Lites #3 Miles: 2.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.40 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.40 |
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Great devotion this morning with my wife about how we need to be united as one and support each others weakness and strengths. If you think about it, Christ loves us through all our faults and helps us when we call upon him, and he doesn't back away when we struggle. Morning run: Temperature 7 degrees and my hands were so cold I couldn't feel them when I got home. They hurt so bad, it took 20 minutes before I could feel them. I have very bad circulation in my hands for some reason. Their always cold. Anyway, I ran 13.3 miles at an overall 7:00 pace in 1:32. I ran longer today because I might not get a chance to run tomorrow because I have to work all night tonight starting at 11pm to put on my security patches. I'm glad I'm not training for anything right now because with my work schedule and other changes in my life I really don't need too.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 13.20 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 7.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.10 |
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I got home early this morning from work around 5am (which was a 14 hour work day), then I got up at 8am (three hours of sleep) and ran on the treadmill 10.1 miles in 68 minutes at a 1% incline. I didn't want to take forever getting ready to go outside, because I wanted to hurry and get back to work so I opted for the treadmill. Not sure how I did it, but I didn't feel too bad just tired. I'm sure it will hit me later today. I got to work at 9:50am after the run. I'm so busy at work that I didn't want to take the day off. Running is becoming even less important in my life with other things taking control so racing may not be an option for me. I'm enjoying more time with my wife and devotions in the mornings, and that's very important to me right now.
My back has had the same pain for three weeks now. I think I'll try the chiropractor again. It seems to be below the shoulder blades in the middle of the back. I'm thinking it might be because of my increased amount of sit-ups.
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Avia Lites #3 Miles: 10.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.31 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.31 |
| I was so tired last night I went to bed at 9:40 after only getting 3 hours sleep in a 48 hour period. I slept 9 hours and it felt good. Although, I'm still tired but I'll try to get to bed early tonight. After a great devotion I ran 11:31 miles at an overall 7:06 pace in 1:20 at 11 degrees. I saw Bill Mandler going up over the Monte Vista overpass "that looks over the freeway", as I was going down. He was doing another one of his great long runs. I didn't talk to hime because I had headphone on and I was trying to go a little faster on the downhill. I kept the run really slow today and thats good to just float along at times. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 11.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.30 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.30 |
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Great devotion on how important it is to read God's word everyday. How can we know God close to our heart if we don't know his word. Because God is his word. This morning the temperature was a heat wave at 32 degrees. Due to a meeting I was only able to run 9.3 miles at an overall 6:52 pace in 1:03. I was trying to hurry but not push hard just relax, if that makes sense. Very good run. It was snowing a bit so the roads were wet and slushy. Last 7 mile splits (6:47, 6:45, 6:44, 6:52, 6:43, 6:33, 6.22). I'm suppose to do a longer run with Barry tomorrow. I'm helping him train for SLC and Ogden Hal Marathon's since I won' t be going to those myself and not training for anything. It's good to help others achieve their goals.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 9.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.30 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.30 |
| Temperature this morning was 19 degrees but didn't feel too bad. I ran with Barry starting at the Pocatello Marathon course and coming down the back side on Pocatello Creek Road. Barry ran 14 miles and some change. I ran 16.3 miles with an overall average of 7:08 in 1:55. I sped up the last few miles and ran (6:32, 6:47, 6:49). We started before 7am and we had icicles hanging off of us when we were done. Overall I felt fine and very energized after the run, and not taking anything on the run. If I was running Ogden or SLC I would feel really good about getting a good time. My hands still get cold even with mittens on. Maybe I need to look in to taking some special vitamin for this.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 16.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.21 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.21 |
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Ran 12.2 miles on the treadmill in 1:22 minutes. I ran in my Ohana Racing Flats just because I haven't ran in lighter shoes for a while.
Then had a great devotion with the wife. Now I'm headed off to church.
Just a note. My son has said the funniest things lately. This morning he drew a picture of our family and he told me to "take it to work and show my boss". He also said "tell your boss that your 4 year old son drew this". My son was also in trouble with my wife on Thursday. My son told my wife, "don't tell daddy yet, let me go into my room and pray to Jesus that I will share at the daycare". My son is 4 years old.
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Ohana Racers Pair #1 Miles: 12.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Rest, Texas Roadhouse and work.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.24 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.24 |
| It was around 20 degrees this morning and snowing heavy and very windy. It was fun, this is one of the funniest runs I've had in along time without feeling bore or like it was a chore. I enjoyed this morning. I ran 11.24 miles at an overall 7:01 pace in 1:18. My pace felt so easy and my legs felt so light. It was an enjoyable run overall. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 11.24 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.30 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.30 |
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Had to run on the home treadmill this morning, because I was up early working on a critical problem with one of our systems at work. I didn't want to leave the house in case the phone from our Operations Center. I ran 10.1 miles at an overall 6:45 pace in 67 minutes. I was trying to get the miles in, (at least 10 miles), so I could get to work. Ran a little tonight just .2 just because.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 10.10 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.70 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.70 |
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This morning the temperature was 16 degrees and I really didn't want to get out of bed even though I got over 8 hours of sleep. Once I got out of bed I decided to do a hard hilly loop today. I ran 13.4 miles at an overall 7:00 pace in 1:33. I ran up Olympus Rd. then up Satterfield rd and up the side streets that even go higher off of Satterfield Rd. Then I headed for the downhill for about 3 miles then turned on Hiline Rd which their making into a five lane road so it's a mess right now. Then I headed home. Ran .3 with my backpack on just for some strength exercise.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 13.30 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.80 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.80 |
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After another great devotion with my wife this morning it was time to
head out for a cold run. The temperature was 4 degrees, and I needed
to hurry because of an early morning meeting. I ran 10.6 miles at an
overall 6:56 pace in 1:12. I ran down poline Rd. then turned down
Highway 30 then went all the way out to the University at the location of my office. Then I headed home. I really didn't feel cold but, it would have been if the wind picked up at all.
Ran with my back pack on my shoulder again tonight. Only .2 its good strength training.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 10.20 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.60 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.20 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.20 |
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This morning Barry and I ran at the start of the Pocatello marathon course on the backside down Pocatello Creek Rd. The same route as the last two Saturday's, but just a little different route the last couple miles. Barry did good the last few miles and didn't struggle as much with the pace. I'm trying to train him to run the last few miles strong so he'll be ready for the SLC and Ogden Half Marathon's. He's really going to excel in these half marathon's. He's got the mileage and getting the endurance to be confident and do well.
I ran just a half mile further than he did. I ran the last 4 minutes at a 5:30 pace. Totals13.2 miles at an overall 7:02 pace in 1:32. I ran 71 miles this week and really not even training. Just running to stay fit and to enjoy. Racing has not really entered my mind.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 13.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.30 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.30 |
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Great Valentines with my wife yesterday. We ate at Chili's and then we went and played Laser Tag with my brother and his wife, and my cousin (Barry on blog) and his wife. Then we rented a movie at stayed up till 2:30am! Got up late almost 9am, so I popped on the home treadmill and ran 7.3 miles in 47:55 all at a 2% incline. Then my wife and I had a great devotion of bible reading. Then we headed to church. My wife is a blessing and I love her so much.
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Ohana Racers Pair #1 Miles: 7.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Day off from work and running (President's Day)! I've been taking Monday's off as it is rather than Sunday, because of the morning work schedule. Spend the day doing projects around the house. While I was working I listened to the bible all day long. I have the whole New Testment on CD's. Decided that I'm not going to run any races until September this year.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.30 | 2.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
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Great devotion again today (I think I say that every day now). Devotions have really made my day start off good and not worry about how many miles I will get in, or how I will train for the day. I really don't care because all that matters is what I'm doing for the Lord. Everything we do and say must point to Jesus. I ran 10.3 miles today in a beautiful snow fall at 29 degrees. My overall pace was 7:02 in 1:12. I finished the run with a couple faster miles (6:40, 6:07) and that felt pretty easy. Didn't hit any hills today. The run was mainly on a flat route that I haven't really run before. Have to work tonight at 11pm so I did a sprint from my car to my office building which is .2 away where I parked. Nice to get a little anaerobic.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 10.30 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.23 | 3.00 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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I work yesterday from 8:30 till 5:30 than and to come in at 11pm that night and worked till 5:30 to put on security patches, and test a database fail-over procedure (not my responsibility for the fail-over part, my responsibility is to keep the systems in sync with the code I wrote for the file systems on the database servers). We were having issues with Oracle database fail-over and that caused the time we were there to extend longer than we thought we would be there morning. Then after our DB discovered the problem (after 5 hours) it only took 2 minutes to fail-over, but took 5 hours to troubleshoot the simple solution. In the future this fail-over should be easy.
I woke up at noon after the late night/early morning. The last thing on my mind was running, but I hopped on the home treadmill for 4.1 miles in 26 minutes. Then I grabbed something to eat, and decided to go to work at 2pm even though I didn't have too. Did the last couple of minutes at a 5:30 pace. Did little sprinting tonight just for fun even though I was dead tired from work.
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Avia Lites #3 Miles: 3.23 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.50 | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.70 |
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I did not want to get up this morning after the long work day yesterday. My mind, body, and everything else was just tired. After our great morning devotion I headed out in 11 degree weather and fog. I was really unmotivated and really didn't care if I took a step running today. I even drank half a pop of caffeine to try and wake my body up. I ran 12.5 miles at a slow 7:16 pace in1:30. I felt really slow today. Hopefully I can catch up on some sleep. I'm sure glad I'm not training, because the way my work schedule is this year will be difficult to get any decent training in. Right now my job is important and the only thing that matters so I must stay dedicated, because our Univeristy will experience lay-offs. Running will just have to be for fun and not for training. Did more sprinting tonight for about .2 to get the muscles juiced up.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 12.30 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.91 | 4.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.21 |
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This morning I got up at 5am and Barry met me at my house at 5:30am. We drove up to the start of the Pocatello Marathon Course and ran the backside down Pocatello Creek Rd, then we headed up Olympus Rd. then down Bench Rd. Then turned on Hawthorne Rd., then turned on Cedar st. then back down Mckinley Ave to my house. Barry ran 15 miles and I added an extra mile. I ran 16.31 miles at an overall 7:15 pace in 1:58. I'll only count 4 miles as MP miles. The temperature was only 8 degrees. Barry did well and did not struggle at all today. He's starting to get the endurance he needs to make some strong finishes in races. He's going to excel in the SLC and Ogden half marathon's. Me I'm just training him and content with not racing. I do need to retire my Sacuony Tangent 3 shoes now because they have 570 miles on them. They have been great shoes. I could have ran forever today. I felt great and ended the run with (6:53: 6:49) pace and that was very easy. Did this with only 4 hours of sleep with our son keeping us up with a cough and leg cramps last night. Evening: I did .3 sprints again. Then I ran up to the start of the Pocatello Marathon course running on the route to find my glove I lost that I didn't find. I had my garmin on and I ran .6 of a mile.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 16.31 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.90 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.51 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.51 |
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I ran 10:21 miles at an overall 7:24 pace in 1:15 with the Pocatello Running Group. We did a really good hilly workout. We started up Martin Luther King road, then up Buckskin Rd which is all uphill. Then American Rd. and it has some nice rolling hills. Then we headed downhill out towards Ross Park and looped back to the bagel shop that we started at. Barry ran with the group as well and did a great job up the hills even though he hates doing hills. But he's getting stronger running uphill. Afternoon I went with the kids to the Slimpot Games, and watched the High School top athletes in the United States run the 60m and the Medley Relay. Also ran a bit with the girls for .3 which was fun.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 10.21 | New Balance 607 Miles: 0.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| I wanted to run outside this morning because it was a warm 21 degrees, but my computer connection to my service was having problems, and I troubleshooted that for too long so I ran on the Home Treadmill. 10.5 miles in 1:08.
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Ohana Racers Pair #1 Miles: 10.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Day-off. I couldn't run anyway. It seems from my first prognosis I have the same injury on my right foot as I did on my left foot during the Christmas time. Its right above the heel on both sides. When I was running on the home treadmill Sunday on the last mile I started to limp because of the pain. I'm thinking it might have been do to my shoes I wore on my long run being too wore out. Who knows.
Lunch
200 sit-ups and 100 push-ups and air bridges. My right foot still hurts. I really don't know what to do for tomorrow if I should go to the gym and use the eplitical or try to run. Or maybe swim for an hour.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.24 |
| I tried to run today after my morning devotion with my wife and it wasn't pretty. I started and after ten steps my right heel started hurting and I was limping again so I turned around only after running 100 meters. Then my wife ahead to work and saw me so she stopped and drove me home the rest of the way. I ran 500 miles (no I wish). I ran .24 only 1/4 of a mile for those of you who like math :-). Oh well my attitude is fine. I can always quit running and eat and get fat. :-). After getting home I did around 100 push-ups and 300 sit-ups. Would swimming be the best exercise right now to burn calories and keep the aerobic fitness going?
My plan is to cross train until Friday and then maybe try to run 16 miles with Barry (on the blog). There's a definite pain there with the same symptoms as I had on the other foot. I was starting to get back in the mindset of increasing my mileage back up to 80 to 100 miles per week and this happens. Maybe the Lord doesn't want me to race anymore, or he's telling me something.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 0.24 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 5.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.30 |
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I had to work to 2am last night to test our database fail-over. We didn't quite get it working last week. This week was better. This Tuesday night maintenance maybe a standard for a while. Running for me right now is not that important.
I did the Arc Trainer this morning for 7.3 miles in over a hour something. I put the resistance at 7-9 and did hill intervals. I put the hill portion at 19% incline then it would drop to 10%. It was a good workout, but running is still more of a workout to me. My calves really did feel the workout though. I'm not going to do anything tomorrow to see if maybe I can run 16 miles Friday with Barry (on the blog). I'm trying to also schedule a acupuncture appointment which helped on my other foot. After the gym today the foot did hurt so I might have over did it today for this type of workout. Good attitude though, because I know that God is really the only important thing that matters and he can heal me in his timing.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 7.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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I stayed off my legs this morning and rode on a stationery bike at Gold's Gym for 45 minutes and did a few sit-ups. I'll count this as 3 miles. My right foot still hurt this morning. Hopefully, I'll be able to run with Barry tomorrow.
Lunch: Lots of sit-ups and push-up. Trying to supplement this for my running.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.35 |
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Got up at 4am to test to see if I could run 16 miles with Bill and Barry this morning. I ran two painful miles on my right foot near the heel, by the heel, below the heel whatever. Anyway my legs wanted to take off but can't do much when your hurting. I did 2.12 miles at a 7:23 pace in 15:41. I could have probably done 16 miles and sacrificed probably not running the rest of the year. I did like that idea. I've ran with pain several times and it's no fun. My plan is get an acupuncture at 3:30am today. Then take three day-off and just do cross-training on the sitdown bike, because it has less pressure than the elipitical and arc trainer. Oh well I tried. I guess I'll go back to bed for a while. God does now what he's doing in my life and he'll heal me when its his time. You have to have a good attitude and faith. I'm going to have some good races this year because I'm allowing God to direct my steps not me. Later in the morning: After I slept till almost 7am and after the devotion I decided to hop on the home treadmill just to see if my foot hurt worse on the road or on the treadmill. It didn't matter, but it did feel like it hurt worse on the Treadmill. At one point I cracked it up to 5:30 pace for one minute and the pain didn't feel as bad at that speed. Anyway I did another 2.23 miles over 16 minutes.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 4.35 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Did 9.2 miles on Bike at 17 to 21 percent resistance. Very tough miles on a hilly program. A lot harder than running. I'm going to count 4 as running miles. My heel is still hurting. Taking more time off will be the best thing right now. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
| First time doing anything since last Saturday. Did Arc Trainer for 1:05 for 6.3 miles using the hill climb program. Foot a little sore. Will try to run tomorrow. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 16.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.50 |
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Well I finally ran again. Probably over did it for just getting back into it from my foot issue. Which is still sore after the run but not as bad as before. I ran 16.5 miles at an overall 7:16 pace in 1:58. I ran with Barry (on the blog) and he did great on the run and looked good. I did do some pickups during the run at lower than MP pace. I'm sure all be sore tomorrow and will probably only do 8 miles. That's if my foot isn't sore or feeling at least somewhat pain free. It did hurt on the run, but not like before where I was limping home.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 16.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.31 |
| This morning at 8am I ran with Barry, and we did an easy recovery run. I ran 10.31 miles at an overall 7:36 pace in 1:18. Barry ran 8 miles to reach his goal of 80 miles for the week. Good job Barry!. My foot was sore after the run, and I decided to ice it for about 20 minutes. I wanted to take todays run slow just to be careful with my foot. I will not run today just to give my foot some added rest.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 10.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.34 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.34 |
| This morning after a nice snow storm yesterday it was very icy, and the streets were covered with snow to some degree. I ran 10.34 miles at an overall 7:16 in 1:15. My foot is still a little sore but nothing that's bad to keep me from running. I have sort of a pain on my left foot on the side of the foot. I'll have to monitor it, and take care of it as well Oh well God is good all the time. You have to bless God through your curses and success. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 10.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.12 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.12 |
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I woke up again not feeling the greatest with a sore throat, coughing and spit up mucus. Also have a headache for the last two days. Yesterday I got my chipped tooth fixed at the dentist. I broke a portion of the tooth off last week. The dentist (a running buddy) said the ultimate fix would be a crown, but he said a filler would work, but that can't be guarantee to last forever. I decided to have the filler done.
20mph winds that made the temperature at 6 degrees this morning. I ran 9.12 miles at an overall 7:13 pace in 1:05. I cut one mile short to keep it easy on the feet. I still have pain in both feet, but as I mentioned not enough to keep me from running. I'm going to see a foot doctor sometime this week. One that was recommended to me.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 9.12 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.31 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.31 |
| Started running this morning in 15 degree weather with a mild wind according to the www.weather.com. But this is a run I want to forget. I never really felt that great in the run. My rhythm and stride were just off. I've been fighting a cold and sore throat and that really hindered me. On top of that my right foot is back to hurting where I was limping after the run. But that's not all the adventures that happened in this run. At mile 11 I decided to do one more mile to try and work out the sluggish feeling and finish strong. I started on the last mile and ran behind an old abandoned Albertson's store. Suddenly, has I was running I tripped, and did a face plant right on the pavement. I got up and realized my lip was cut inside and a few cuts on the forehead. I immediately got up and headed home, but I was dizzy and my vision was seeing sideways all the way home. I think I'm suffering from a mild concussion, because I still feel dizzy typing this at work. Anyway, I'll monitor my health and will see a doctor if it gets worse. I ran 12.31 at an overall 7:19 pace in 1:30 up the Satterfield hill loop. Today I was trying to keep things slow since my rhythm was off, and I wasn't doing well on the run anyway.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 12.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.63 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.63 |
| Ran a somewhat painful 4.63 miles in 32 minutes on the Home Treadmill this morning. I didn't want to run too much to give my foot a break. This will help if I decide to run 13 miles with Barry tomorrow. My foot is definitely hurting like it was before. Once I get done with the run I limp pretty much the rest of the day. I know I should not run, but I want to run up till my doctor appointment Monday so that he can see what's really going on. I'd rather see him in pain and no pain if I rest it. I did run at a 5:56 pace for about 4 minutes and that actually felt good. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 4.63 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 3.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.51 |
| I was woke up by my phone at 1am this morning with a problem with one of our system being locked up so I did some testing and had to do a system reboot and fix other program process issues that were not starting up. I never did get back to sleep so I waited till 5am to get ready for Barry's to come and do our run.
Ran 13.51 miles at an overall 7:16 pace in pain. Ran the last mile faster at 5:ish pickups. The pain was the same like yesterday so not any better maybe a little worse. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 13.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.10 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.10 |
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Ran 8.1 miles today at an overall 7:13 pace with Barry. Foot still hurt with same amount of pain. We ran a sort of hilly route from Mink Creek to Indian Hills then on 4th street. We started out with the Pocatello running club group and we turned off because they were doing 18 miles. It's depressing to see other runners healthy and not my, but I did keep up. Temperature was in the 20's but very windy when we started after 8am right at the Pocatello gap area.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 8.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.20 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
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37 degrees outside and I was overdressed. I ran 6.2 miles at a 7:17 pace in 45.10 minutes. I wanted to almost quit because of the pain then it got better on the last couple of miles. But I think my mind just adapts to the pain and can finish. Doctor tomorrow.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 6.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.35 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.35 |
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Ran 1.35 miles on the treadmill in pain. Doctor's appointment today at 10:30am.
Doctor Update: No Stress Fracture.! My bones and structure all look great according to the X-Rays. I have a little inflammation in the Achillies Tendon with a little lump. Basically, it's Achillies Tendonitis. I need to do the cold/warm/cold treatment once or twice a day. I need to at least take 600 grams of Tylenol, or whatever flavor. He did put heel lifts in my shoes to help relieve the pressure from the Achillies. He said I can still run but to cut back. Although, it's hard to run in pain so I might run 3 miles a day or take some time off.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 1.35 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.52 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.52 |
| Just a note I'm using the Sarfai browser (Apples web client) and the fastrunningblog.com site that uses an Apache server Optimizes better with this browser than Firefox or IE. Just wanted to pass along the geek tip of the day. I ran 10.52 miles in 7:17 at an overall 1:16. I know I said I was going to slow down but my foot really didn't start hurting till mile 5. Because, I only did a mile yesterday it was well rested. Now I know if I take time off it should heal quickly. I'm thinking of not running again till Friday and see if the pain decreases after the rest. I did a lot of ice/warm/ice last night on the achillies. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 10.52 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running I worked from 11pm to 4:30am last night. 14 hour work day yesterday. I was going to probably take the day-off to rest the achillies anyway. I got up today about noon. No sense running when it wouldn't benefit me when your tired. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 8.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.34 |
| Nice weather this morning. Finishing a morning devotion book with my wife this morning that we've done the last 30 days and it's been a blessing. Ran 9.34 miles at an overall 7:12 pace in 1:07 in nice 30 degree weather. My achillies started to get sore after about 3 miles. But yesterday's rest really helped. I know if I take a week off it would heal. I'm really struggling with wanting to take time off. I've ran so consistently for so long it's tough. I need God to either heal my leg while I'm running, or give me the strength to take a week off. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 9.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 14.21 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.21 |
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Ran 18.21 miles at an overall 7:08 pace in 2:09 on the Pocatello Marathon course with Barry. Barry is looking great and is going to run well in the SLC and Ogden half marathon. His fitness is totally 100% better than last year. He has the dedication and commitment to really PR these races coming up. The weather was nice at 30 degrees. I did the last 4 miles on the course faster (6:58, 6:52, 6:51, 6:26). We really just took it easy going down the hill having a good old time with great conversation. Barry did 16 miles, I took off faster with about 3 miles left so I could be at 18 miles by the time he reach 16 miles where he parked his car. Then he drove up and got me at the 18 mile location.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 18.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Elliptical 3.2 miles at the gym. Treadmill 2.3 miles at the gym.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 5.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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No running today, and no running for the rest of the week. It's time to listen to the body and everyone that has given advice. Main Goals this week: 1. Get the foot healed and rested so I can feel like a runner (may take longer than a week). I'm not a runner if I'm running hurt, and God won't bless me for that.
2. Do has many sit-ups and push-up to substitute for the running this week. 3. Try to do some aqua-jogging if I can find an aqua belt to use. I've heard that is as close to keeping your running fitness by doing this type of exercise and aerobic workout. The ellipitcal or arc trainer really doesn't rest the foot enough to use. Can you believe me trying to be cautious. 4. Ice the foot as much as possible and give it the rest it needs. Jon, Jeff, and Rockness I appreciate your advice. I really appreciate you guys being HARD on me, because that's what friends do. I really do regard you as close friends. It's definitely going to be tough to stay off my feet, but I can't see you guys in races if I'm hurt (well seeing the back of your shorts in a race). I think I finally realized that.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.30 |
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Well I went to the gym to do aqua-jogging and when I got started it was difficult without a belt in 5 feet of water. That's as deep as the Gold Gym pool gets. But I was only in for two minutes, because one of the Gold's Gym employees informed me that the pool was close. I didn't see the sign because they only had it posted on one side of the pool. Now I don't know what I'll do in the mornings. Instead I did about 100 sit-ups and some push-ups and did the elliptical for 2.3 miles. It didn't seem to bother the Achillies too bad. It's nice to walk without limping, but the Achillies is still sore of course. Maybe I'll just eat donuts the next seven days and call that my workout. :-)
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 2.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
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Did the elliptical for 6.3 miles in an hour. I can't do the aqua-jogging at my current gym (Golds Gym) because the water only goes 5ft. Tomorrow I'm going to go to our University gym which I get in free because I'm staff. They have an Olympic size pool and you can borrow a water belt. The reason why I don't go to this gym, "since it's only a block from my office", because the weights, treadmills are old and sometimes you have to wait for a machine to be available. Their currently building a three story building attached to the gym where everything is going to be new and nice that their going to have the new gym facility relocated. Once this is done though all Faculty/Staff will be required to pay a membership fee like every gym. This will be the first time this as happened in the Universities history. This will help pay for the building. The elliptical is good but it still puts a little pressure on the achillies, but at least I walk off it not limping. But I would rather do the aqua-jogging with no contact. Lunch: Did around 500 sit-ups and over 200 tempo push-ups (fast than slow). Also tightening the core exercises. Also did even more mid morning before lunch in my office. I just found out that the Olympic pool at ISU is closed for the week due to spring break. It looks like the elliptical or arc trainer will be my only choice for the week. I may try running 2 miles on Saturday, but that's a 10% chance. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 6.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.60 |
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6.6 miles on the fun, thrilling, exciting Elliptical int 1:08. 2x 20 reps of Hamstring curls. 2x 20 reps of Calf extensions. 300 sit-ups with core tighting. 50 push-ups. I'll I can say it's depressing I miss running. Lunch: 400 sit-ups and core tighting exercises. 100 push-ups. Evening: Did Sit-ups and push-ups at 5pm and then another set at 10pm. Over a 1000 situps today and over 500 pushups. I used to do over a 1000 situps every night for over ten straight years through high school and college;
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 6.60 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.60 |
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Another 6.6 miles on the Elliptical this morning in over an hour at Gold's Gym. At least I'm on the second floor and can either look outside or watch TV display on the Elliptical. The whole front of Gold's Gym is glass so you can see the outside wherever your at in the building. I'd rather talk about building structures than my running theses days. I do feel I'm keeping the fitness going, but I find it very hard to drag myself to the gym and do anything. But I'm not that type of person to just give up. Question: Would you count your shoe miles on the Elliptical? Since, "at least I won't think" the Elliptical doesn't wear down your shoes. It shouldn't cause any surface wear. Got to work and did sit-ups and push-ups. I can't believe how many I'm doing a day now.
Lunch: Did 400 sit-ups and 100 push-ups. It seems like I'm doing these all day long just to keep the fitness.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 6.60 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
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Another date at the gym with the Elliptical. 6.3 miles in over an hour. Did intervals alternating at 2% to 9% resistence. Thought about running today but held off, but it was real hard to hold off. I really wanted to run 8 miles with Barry, but knew that was a ridiculous thought. Lunch: Did 400 sit-ups 200 push-ups. I'm excited to try and run a couple miles tomorrow on the Treadmill. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 6.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.63 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.63 |
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Ran for the first time in a week on the Treadmill. 3.11 miles in 23:24 minutes then did the Elliptical for 1.5 miles in 15 minutes. My Achillies/foot was a little sore. I probably did the last mile a little too fast at a 6:58 pace, but it was hard not to. I will take tomorrow off. Then Monday I will start to run 20 minutes on my foot and see how that goes, and maybe do some aqua-jogging as well. The University pool should be open. It felt good to feel like a runner again. I missed it. Did Sit-ups and push-ups. Lunch: 300 Sit-ups and 100 Push-ups. I really want to come back to running with a vengeance. Just to run 3 miles has made me hungry again. Evening: More Sit-ups and Push-ups.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 3.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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No running. Also I more than likely won't get a run in tomorrow or go to the gym Were having a EGG scan that's going to be done on our daughter tomorrow so we have to keep her up all night till 9am tomorrow so that she can sleep during the EGG to monitor the brain activity. They want to check her for silent seizure. The achillies feels good today.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.40 |
| I was able to do a run this morning while my wife was keeping my daughter awake this morning in preparation for her EGN. I stayed up with her all night and kept her awake until 7am this morning. I went to the gym after my wife got dressed and I ran 6.4 miiles in 46 miles. Then I met my wife at the hospital with my daughter for the procedure at 9:30am. Foot not too bad, but who cares... my daughter is more important than that thought right now.
Right now I've been up for 30 hours and its hard to sleep in the middle of the day. But I just got home from the hospital and my daughter in a deep sleep.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 6.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.30 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
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I ran 11.3 miles in 7:09 in 1:20. Finally go some sleep last night for being up for 40 hours with only two hours of sleep in that period. Foot a little sore after run. I know I should not have ran that far, but I had to blow off so steam. In the mental aspect this is exactly what I needed and I don't regret. My daughter slept from 12pm yesterday to 5pm then from 8:15pm to 6:15am in the morning. What a wonder girl I have and she has the biggest heart out of anyone I know.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.30 |
| Weather was awful this morning. After a fresh snowfall last night the Temperature was 18 degrees with the 25 to 30 mph winds. I still ran outside fighting the wind. I ran 7.3 miles at a very easy 7:30 pace in 54:48. Foot/achillies whatever you want to label it as is sore. I believe I'll only do 4 miles tomorrow. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 7.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.22 |
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This morning I felt weak and tired. Didn't eat much last night. I think being up for almost 40 hours straight during my daughter's hospital appointment showed the affects last night. But I ran! Rather than run 4 miles like I was going to the foot felt good and I ran 9.22 miles at an overall 7:22 pace in 1:08. I wanted to keep my pace around 7:40 and 7:25 so I was little faster than I wanted to be, but the foot felt fine. Very strong wind this morning with snow coming down. I did the Satterfield hill loop. I can tell I've lost a step on going up hills. I will have to get that back when I get totally healthy.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 9.22 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.20 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.20 |
| This morning Barry and I started at the top of the Pocatello marathon course and ran down the backside toward Pocatello Creek Rd. After a warm-up mile we mixed in a few faster miles (6:28, 6:28, 6:26) these felt very easy and slow so that was a great sign. We were also running in a 15-25mph wind with snow so I was pleased with this lazy effort because I really wasn't pushing hard. We ran over 9 miles of the run in a headwind.
Then I slowed down just to be cautious on my achillies. I didn't want to go to fast. My achillies felt fine the whole way. I finished up the run with two faster miles on a flat area of the route (6:33, 6:27). Totals 11.20 mile at an overall 6:47 pace in 1:16. Tomorrow only 7 miles to been cautious and to continue the healing process. Hey! I'll be over 50 miles this week!
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.62 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.62 |
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I ran 8.32 miles at an overall 7:00 pace in 58:19 minutes with Barry today. I went ahead of Barry and ran some faster miles but not too fast. Faster mile splits (6:36, 6:48, 6:48, 636, 6:24). I didn't want to push the achillies any faster again like yesterday to be on the cautious side. Had to go to Idaho Falls for my girls soccer game and froze there while watching them play short-handed and lose. Barry went with us to drop his scooter off for repair, but we were not able to, because the place no longer does the scooter repair. Evening: Ran and got a newspaper .3.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 8.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| Ran an easy 3.1 on the home treadmill. Did run the last mile under a 7
minute pace. I should have taken the day-off ... but really 3 miles is
taking the day-off. Funny thing is I told my wife not to let me run
past a 5k distance on the treadmill. If I did I wanted her to kill the
power on the treadmill. I got so involved with a movie I was watching
that she did have to come and kill the power. I can't be trusted :-) It seems my home treadmill affects my achillies more than anything. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 3.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.33 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.33 |
| Ran 12.33 miles at an overall 7:09 pace in 1:28 on a very gorgeous morning. Foot feels fine so far. Ran the distance on a completely empty stomach. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 12.33 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.32 |
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After my morning devotion with my wife I ran 12.22 miles at an overall 7:13 pace in 1:28. I was tired this morning from staying up almost till midnight watching the movie "Swing Vote". I spent most of the night working on computers that I have at home that I'm fixing for individuals that have hired me to do so. I decided to run a flat course today which I never seem to do for a whole run. I did have a few small hilly areas but not much. The foot seems to be okay. With trying to get higher miles this week will see how it feels by Sunday. I didn't do any miles under a 7 minute pace which is what I wanted. I didn't do any pickups in the run at all. Evening: Ran .1 with my son making him run after his tee ball game. He pounded the ball in his teeball game and he doesn't use the tee they pitch to him.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 12.22 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.52 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.52 |
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I had to work till 2am last night installing security patches on our Sun systems so when I got up for the run a little before 7am I was unmotivated and not in a pleasant mood. With less than 5 hours of sleep and not too much sleep yesterday I was tired.
I did run 14.52 miles at a 7:13 pace in 1:44. I did the Satterfield loop but did some extra hills. I wanted a good hilly workout to see how I could do feeling tired. I like to push myself when tired because that gets you through the last 6 miles of a marathon.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 14.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.11 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.11 |
| I left the house this morning around 7:20am, and it was sprinkling a little but was 40 degrees and windy. By the time I was in the 4th mile the rain was coming down heavy. I wished I would have got out the door sooner. I would have than missed at least most of the rain. By mile 10 I was completely soaked, and all I was thinking about was drinking some coffee. Finished the run at 12:11 miles at an overall 7:19 pace in 1:29. I was very tired. I think the reason behind that is I had only about 1500 calories worth of food yesterday and about 1800 the day before. I haven't felt like eating because of the late work hours make me tired and not really that hungry.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 12.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 11.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
| Barry and I this morning ran at the top of the Pocatello Marathon course down to Pocatello Creek Rd starting at 6am. Barry wanted to do some tempo miles, and I wanted to make sure I was cautious doing them. I decided to do a tinman tempo, but that would be right at Barry's tempo pace. That way I wouldn't push too hard. We did a good warm-up mile then did (6:23, 6:20). I was feeling good so I left Barry a bit and did
6:14 - downhill, 6:05 downhill most of the way, 5:45 flat surface very encouraging Then I slowed down and went back to find Barry and did the last splits slower. Again I was being cautious (6:38, 6:45, 6:31, 6:34, 6:46, 6:55, 7:13) Barry said he felt tired, sluggish and I reassured his confidence that this always happens when you taper. I believe because your body is used to the higher miles that when it slows down it makes you feel tired. But I told him he'll have race day magic for the SLC Half Marathon. It really did feel good running sort of fast and being below a 6 minute mile. I really felt emotional and thanked God for allowing me to do some faster miles and blessing my foot. My foot doesn't hurt, but I can feel a little something, but nothing bad.
Finished at 13.1 at an overall 6:34 pace in 1:26. Not sure what to run tomorrow?
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 13.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 14.50 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.50 |
| This morning Barry and I decided to start at Century High School and run the Pocatello Marathon course the opposite direction. Barry was only running 6 miles for his taper. He would run three miles the opposite direction and three miles and turn around and run three miles on the marathon course. I orignially was going to do 13 miles, six the opposite direction and six miles turning around. But I decided to run all the way to the Pocatello Half start and then turn aroound. When I turned around I had a nasty headwind. Overall I ran 19.5 miles at an overall 7:06 pace in 2:17. Good training on rolling hills portion of the course and mentally tough to know you have to turn around and run the opposite direction from what you came from. Great to get my second longest run in since St. George.
Foot no pain at all. It's seems to be healed, but will see.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 19.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Easter! Enjoying the family and church potluck. Do you think three jumbo Cinnamon rolls is enough? Plus other desserts and great main courses. I enjoyed watching and helping my son find Easter eggs. At 4 years old they are so excited. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 3.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.15 |
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I ran 13.15 miles at an overall 7:04 pace in 1:32 this morning. Did a three mile sort of faster tinman tempo (6:28, 6:15, 6:37). The achillies feels good still so I'm happy about that. But I'm still being cautious not to put too much speed on it yet. I'm sitting here right now at Les Schwab waiting for a flat tire to be fixed for my car that I noticed was way flat before I headed to work. I filled the tire up with my air compressor and then drove over here. Also my toilet handle broke this morning, our dog ate all of our kids Easter candy this morning, and then I spend 20 minutes trying to find my wallet. This all happened before I noticed the flat tire this morning. It's be FUN!!!
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 13.15 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.31 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.31 |
| Did the Satterfield loop this morning. This is the best I've felt going up the hill so maybe some fitness is coming back. It was drizzling when I started and the temperature was around 35 degrees but not bad. Other than the hands were getting cold. Bill Mandler was on Bench Rd when I turned so he ran with me over 3 miles. I enjoyed his conversation and he's a great guy. He's really going to excel in SLC and Ogden marathon. No matter what weather it is this man can run and he's going to prove it this year.
After we reached Alameda Rd. we both split directions to go home for the final miles. I ended up doing 14.31 in a 7:06 pace in 1:41. I really haven't cared what pace I'm running lately it's just great to run again. Foot not hurting in the achillies but soreness a different area, but nothing I don't think at this point to worry about.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 14.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.12 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.12 |
| After morning devotion with my wife I headed out in a stiff wind. According to the temperature, "with the wind chill", it was 25 degrees. I ran the first 6 miles in a nice headwind with some rain coming down. It wasn't too difficult. Than I did the last 6 miles in no wind because it seemed to have stopped. Nothing really amazing or exciting about the run. I did the last mile faster at a 6:06 pace. Overall: 12.12 miles at an overall 7:15 pace in 1:27. The endurance is back for me I believe. But I still need to get some longer runs in on the weekend.
The achillies has no pain which is great news. I think the week off helped.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 12.12 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.21 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.21 |
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Temperature this morning was 35 degrees and raining a little bit when I started. I ran up over Pocatello Creek Rd. then up over top of Buckskin Rd. It's a pretty decent hill. Then hitting the downhill I did a 5:58 mile which for me is impossible to run any slower on this steep hill. I was trying to hold back, because I didn't want anything fast.today. Did couple miles after that in the 6:25 to 6:45 range. Finished with 13.11 miles at an overall 7:05 pace in 1:32 Ran .1 around the soccer field watching my daughter win her game.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 13.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 21.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.33 |
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This morning I got off work at 2:30am and got to sleep by 3am, and I was pretty wiped out. When I got home at 2:30am I took some cough syrup. I had a sore throat, cough, and stuffy nose. I slept till 5:30am and woke up to blow the shoe laces out of my nose, and went to the bathroom. I did go back to bed and slept till close to 9:30am. I decided then I would head out for a long run. Now I wasn't feeling well with the sore throat and head cough and knew I needed to take the run easy. I drove out to Century High School. I ran the opposite direction of the last half of the Pocatello Marathon course till the 10 mile point. Then I turned around and run back on the course, and the wind was horrible. It must have been blowing over 20mph. I've never quit on a long run, but it was a thought, until I thought what Dave Holt said last Friday in his 50 miler. That motivated me even though I wasn't feeling the best because of the cough.. I took everything nice and easy not going under a 7 minute pace for the whole run. That wind though was awful and made the second half exciting. The second half portion of this course is tough because of the rolling hills. I got to run over them back and forth twice which is good training. It's mentally tough to know you have to turn around and run the same stuff over again. Note: The achillies seems to be doing awesome so that's exciting.
I finished at 21.33 miles at an overall 7:27 pace in 2:38. I took power zero with me and carried the 8oz bottle for the whole run. I took some sports beans at mile 15. The weather other than the wind was gorgeous. I ran in shorts and a long sleeve shirt that I could zip down, and sunglasses. I still wore gloves because my hands always freeze. Very good endurance run. I wanted to be out on my feet for along time just for the endurance factor, and not care about pace. I believe my speed is there and working on the endurance will bring the speed aspect to a level I need to be at.
Good run for not feeling well. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow. Good luck to all those running Boston and SLC marathon's this weekend.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 21.33 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.31 |
| Still not feeling very good I did just an easy recovery run on a gorgeous morning. 11.31 miles at an overall 7:26 pace in 1:24. Very eventful weak, boring run where I wasn't motivated or feeling good.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.35 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.35 |
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Still not feeling great this morning with a lot of coughing somewhat of a sore throat and spitting up Phlegm I ahead out on a gorgeous morning. I could have wore shorts, but not feeling the best I wanted to stay really warm. I coughed so hard last night I vomited my dinner up, so I was running this morning with nothing in my stomach and I had no energy.
Not really anything to report on this run. I seemed to be out of it most of the run with my head spinning and feeling like I was somewhere else. I actually had to look at my times after the run to figure out what I just ran. I did a three mile stretch of 6:39, 6:15, 6:41. Totals 11.35 miles at an overall 7:05 pace in 1:20. Lunch: Sit-up and Push-ups as usually. I haven't been posting these put I'm doing them around three or four times a day to see if this will benefit or not.
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Mizuno Precision 8 Miles: 11.35 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.51 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.51 |
| Today was shorts day it was another gorgeous morning. I'm still not feeling good. I woke up a lot last night coughing spitting up the phlegm again. I also had a sore throat. Oxygen level for running just not where it needs to be.
Also not helping matters I was up late last night installing a new graphics card in my brother's system. It should have only taken 5 minutes, but he spilled coffee inside the computer while I had it opened up so we had to air it out, vaccuum the coffee out with a shop vac and wait a while before I felt like we should turn it on. Everything did work though when I turned the system on, but I got home at 1am. I had to take my son to daycare today and daughter to school so I would only be able to run 10 miles (that sounds funny). I wanted to try a little speed for two miles, but my legs were tired, and I was spitting up phlegm the whole run, but what the heck. I was disappointed on the speedier miles (6:39 slight uphill good warm-up, 6:21 flat, 6:07). Oh well I guess I have excuses, 1. Not feeling good where my lungs are not clear, 2. Up all night and really didn't sleep well.
But still I believe you should be able to overcome these obstacles and still run good. Totals 10.51 at an overall 6:46 pace in 1:11.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 10.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.31 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.31 |
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I had to work after 1am to test our Oracle Database failover scheme
last night so again another after 1am bed time. This year for training
is hard with the way work is going. Sometimes I wonder if I can keep
it up. But I know I need God to help balance that out. I woke up
again with a sore throat, cough and just plain tired at 6:30am. Did
our morning devotion which was good and inspiring. This morning I
was planning on doing at least 14 miles since I didn't have to be at
work on time because of the late night. Rather than doing fourteen
miles I did 20.31 miles at an overall 7:06 pace in 2:24, and coughing,
spitting up phlegm, and feeling just tired on the run. I took no
water and no food on a hot gorgeous morning. Although I felt stronger
the last 5 miles and they were all under a 7 minute pace. I think it
was good to clear the mucus/phlegm out. I feel the endurance is
back and now the speed needs to be worked on. I did a hilly course,
going up over Satterfield. Truly a confidence builder knowning how
tired I was and using the interfat muscle to supply the energy while not taking anything on the run. Question: Would you recommend I do another long run this weekend or maybe just around 15 miles?
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 20.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.51 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.51 |
| Didn't sleep last night because of the coughing and phlegm built-up. I had to get up a few times to clear the throat and blow my nose. Good thing there's caffeine or I would be dead. I've been drinking half of a Vault Zero every morning before my run for the past two weeks just to wake up. This morning the wind was blowing around 17mph so I headed into it just for fun (ya right). I was sore the first couple of miles from yesterday's long run so I took it easy around a 7:40 pace. I've done two 20 milers five days apart so that could be part of that :-). The wind started blowing from the side so it really wasn't a factor the rest of the run. I wanted to do some sort of speed pickup so I did a progressive run. 6:41 - warmed up a bit (flat) 6:31 - little faster and felt ok, but still tired (flat) 6:17 - not difficult but spitting up more as I go faster (flat) 6:04 - not bad but did seem a little harder than it should have (flat) 6:40 - nice cool down mile. All in all it was an okay run. My pre-training of trying to sleep and eat more isn't good right now. But when you don't feel the best you don't feel like eating a lot either. Things will get better once I can SLEEP.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 11.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.32 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.32 |
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This morning I ran with Barry at the start of the Pocatello Marathon Course on Crestview Rd. We ran the backside of it down Pocatello Creek Rd. Very windy and cold and it knocked your pace a bit. Down the hill we were averaging 6:20ish to 6:30ish pace. Then at mile 6 I took off to try to get some faster miles in with the nice headwind. 6:30 - (mostly downhill) wind was pretty strong and I wanted to warm-up the legs before going faster.
6:10 - (mostly downhill) felt easy but still fighting the wind, but not pushing very hard. 5:59 - (flat and downhill) not feeling bad. Trying to shorten my stride to get a faster turn over rate. 5:52 - (flat) The wind was still pushing against me and my hands were getting cold at this point even with gloves on. Don't really know how I felt in this mile, but I know I didn't feel fatigue or anything. 6:14 - (flat) Turned on Highway 30 and hit an awful headwind. I slowed down the first half feeling I wanted to end the faster miles, but the second half of the mile I decided to push to feel like I'm getting serious about my training. To even get a 6:14 I really pushed the last part. 6:32 - (flat and uphill) Slowed down this mile to see if a slower pace would fatigue my body. It was very easy. 6:23 - (flat) Picked it back up again a bit. 6:37 - (flat) Just decided to run whatever this mile. Was thinking about how busy I would be at work today. (meetings, meetings). 6:14 - (flat) Wanted to finish off a bit faster. Totals 14.32 at an overall 6:26 pace in 1:32.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 14.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.02 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.02 |
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Barry and I ran the second half of the Pocatello marathon course. He ran 7 miles I ran 12.52 miles to get over 80 miles for the week. I ran 12.52 miles at an overall 6:47 pace in 1:24. After getting over Century hill I wanted to pick the pace up, because Barry would be driving and waiting till I finished my miles. I love the last 6 miles of the course. Their flat with a slight incline and decline at times. Splits for the last 6 miles were (6:33, 6:17, 6:09, 5;58, 6:18). All in all a good run even though I felt sluggish for the first 3 or 4 miles. Third week of over 80 miles in a row. I think next week I will do a cutback week to 65 or 70. Afternoon: Ran a little at my daughter's soccer game around half a mile. They lost their first game and tied the second.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 12.52 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.32 |
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Ran the dog this morning with the temperature in the low 30's. First time I've ran with the dog in a year and he did good. 3.32 miles at an overall 7:54 pace in 26 minutes. Nothing special just a fun run.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 3.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.30 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.30 |
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Nice morning but cold. The temperature was around 30 degrees. I wear my sunglasses the glare was bad this morning. Ran up Pocatello Creek Rd. and turned on Olympus Rd. then down Bench Rd and then turned on Hiline Rd. Did a Tinman tempo (6:30, 6:10, 6:14, 6:22, 6:36, 6:42, 6:44). Ran 14.30 miles at an overall 6:58 pace in 1:38. Felt sluggish and tired at beginning but got into the run. I haven't been sleep well lately not sure why.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 14.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.31 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.31 |
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Ran in the rain this morning on the whole run. Very cold around 35 degrees when I started. I was soaked after the 13.12 miles at an overall 7:02 pace in 1:32. I tried out some new shoes on the run "Brooks Axiom 2's" and they seem to work well. Ran down highway 30 and then zig zagged around old town Pocatello in a heavy rain storm. The rain didn't bother me nor was it hard. Only the pickups of the wind gusts made it interesting at times.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 13.12 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.60 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.60 |
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No rain this morning, but the forecast showed there might be a 30% chance. It
was cold at 30 degrees when I headed out. I ran a hilly loop back to
my house today one that I haven't ran in along time. I ran up 15th
street and turned up Center St. all the way up to Tuscany Dr. Then I
turned up towards the Hospital on Hospital Way, then down Buckskin
Rd.. Without any effort I ran this mile at 5:59 its all downhill
except for the last .2 where I turned on 15th again. Splits on flat
section (6:36, 648, 6:39, 6:58, 6:26). I also run on Clark and Oak St. has a side note. I wasn't really trying to run
any sort of training run I just ran as I felt today. Wasn't motivated
to run because I was sleeping in my mind and wanting coffee.
My wife and I are trying to figure out what to do on our
anniversary on June 3rd. We thought about going to Salt Lake City on
June 5th and spending a one night there and then one night in Park
City. Looking for discount hotels or prices is what I did all night
last night so for the morning run I was a little tired because of
staying up a little later.
I'm thinking I probably won't run the Provo Utah Marathon on
June 13 if my wife and I are going to Salt Lake City the week before.
I will eat too many bad things and probably not be ready for the
marathon the following week.
Totals 14.60 miles at an overall 6:58 pace in 1:41.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 14.60 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.53 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.53 |
| Ran 13.53 miles today at an overall 7:06 pace in 1:36. The weather was cold at 28 degrees but it was sunny and gorgeous. It's funny I wore my sunglasses and yet I'm also wearing tights and a jacket. I could have wore shorts today as well, but I choose not to in case of a strong wind. Where I was running there usually is a strong wind. I ran on Highway 30, than turned on Philbin Rd, then on Siphon Rd. I decided then I would turn on Hawthorne Rd. rather than Yellowstone st., then I turned on Quinn Rd, and then on Poleline Rd, then on Alameda Rd. and back home. I did run the last mile at a 6:20, but really I was tired today and did care what the pace was.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 13.53 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.23 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.23 |
| This morning I got up at 5am to run the Pocatello Marathon course
with Barry. The temperature was 30 degrees but no wind. I didn't
sleep good last night even though I went to bed around 9:55pm. My wife
got up several times because of a migraine that she developed over the
day. My son got up once talking in his sleep. It was a very restless
night of sleep. The plan for me was to run 20 miles and Barry
would run 15 miles. I dropped my car off at the 15 mile mark the
night before so that Barry could drive and come get me when he was
done, and follow me for the additional 5. But I planned to take off
ahead of him in the run so that I would be about 3 miles ahead when he
finished at 15. That way he wouldn't have to follow me for the whole
5 miles. Barry is really looking good and is going to excel in Ogden. He's starting to build good endurance.
The run went well I ran 21.23 miles at an overall 6:40 pace in
2:21. It felt pretty easy and I really didn't push any of the miles.
I had to brown code at mile 6 or my pace would have been better. That
mile was a 9:28, but I sure felt good afterwards. I'm thinking it was
all the syrup I put on my pancakes that we did for dinner the night
before. It must have disturbed my stomach to some degree. Following mile splits 6:05 (downhill) trying to catch up to Barry after brown code. Really not pushing the mile at all. 6:25 (downhill) just staying relaxed with little effort. Finally caught up to Barry.
6:26 (half uphill and half downhill) again little effort. Said good bye to Barry.
6:08 (downhill) felt great not pushing at all. 6:09 same as above 6:11 same as above 6:21 (little uphill/downhill/flat) not pushing just running how I felt. Very easy 6:12 same. I really was relaxed and enjoying the run.
6:36, 6:42, 6:48, 6:34 6:11, 6:18 (rolling hills) Not pushing again just running relaxed with not a lot of effort. 6:54 slowed down to have a good slower mile.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 21.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 8.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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I ran .4 mile warm-up this morning testing new shoes out to run in
(Avia Lites II) and was also waiting for Barry to come and pick me up.
Barry and I drove up to the Hospital and ran the 10k Heart and Soul
city race course that will be held next month. It's very hilly. We
just ran the 6 mile course easy. The last 1.5 miles is uphill and this
is where Barry and I split apart.
Then I decided to do a 3 mile tempo: mile 1 5:32 (mostly downhill) very easy and really wasn't pushing the pace. mile 2 5:38 (flat) very easy and felt good. I should have pushed harder.
Mile 3: 5:54 (flat) felt good but the last .2 I could tell I was getting a little tired and losing some form. Then I ran the rest of the miles how I felt (6:57, 6:39, 6:50, 6:26) all on a flat route. All in all I was happy with the tempo knowing I ran 21 miles yesterday. Totals 13.60 miles at an overall 6:37 pace in 1:30. Note: I've had four pairs of Avia Lites Model 1 and Model 2 is just has good. I would recommend Avia shoes to anyone. Their very durable up to 500 miles.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 14.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.72 |
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This morning I ran the dog 4.52 miles at an overall 7:38 pace in 34:31. I'm trying to get the dog back in shape. He use to run 10 miles with me. I plan on running him every Sunday which is normally my day-off from running.
Ran .2 later with the dog.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 4.52 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.41 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.41 |
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This morning the temperature was 37 degrees but humid as Bill Mandler mentioned in his blog. I saw him running today over 50 yards ahead of me. He has good form and looked good. I should have wore shorts rather than my blue Peter Pan tights. Anyway, I ran 14.21 miles at a 6:59 pace. Did one down hill mile in 5:56, and the rest after that between a 6:2ish to 6:4ish pace. Ran another .2 just to loosen the legs up because they felt tight.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 14.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 13.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.43 |
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Ran 13.43 miles at an overall 7:14 pace in 1:36. I felt tired and sluggish today so I just ran just to run. It was raining and the temperature was in the high 40's. I ran on highway 30 all the way out to Simplot where you turn to get on the interstate. Then I ran all the way back and turned on Phlibin Rd. then on Cottage Rd. and then turned on Hawthorne Rd. then back on Quinn Rd. and on Poleline, Alameda Rd. Finally, back home. I didn't even look at my splits when my Garmin went off for each mile. This morning I didn't really care. The first mile I ran at a fast 8 minute pace :-). I really treated this as a good old recovery run. It's good to teach your body to slow down and not worry about pace. Being sluggish could me your bodies tired and its time to let it relax on a run and not overtrain.
It's probably time to retire my Brooks Adrenaline 8 shoes. I might be able to get a couple more runs out of them.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 13.33 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.43 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.43 |
| This morning was sort of an adventure run. I had a dog following me for 7 miles that I was trying to get rid of. The whole focus on this training run was not a tempo run, not a recovery run, not a long run, not a fartlek run, but GET RID OF DOG RUN. The weather was 41 degrees and nice so I wore shorts!
I went up and down the hilly roads of Monta Vista trying to shake the dog. Then I went up Pocatello Creek Rd. to get rid of the dog. I even yelled at a police officier that this dog needs to be picked up and taken to its rightful owner (it did have dog tags and it followed me out of a backyard on Wayne St). I don't think the officier understood me because he did nothing. When I went downhill on Bench Rd on the 7th mile the dog was losing steam. I then turned up Pocatello Creek and ran up for over two miles and I finally shook the dog. He couldn't keep up. When I turned back around I decided to run faster, because of the interference of the dog I was running out of time. 6:11 (downhill and flat) easy just relaxing. (I was able to wear shorts today) 5:45 (downhill and flat) Easy just relaxing again focusing on my turn over. 5:39 (downhill and flat) same, don't rememeber much but I was back in town. 6:46 (flat) I had to stop for traffice so that was a bummer. 6:06 (flat) Started back up to try and in the last mile at around a 6 minute pace, but not any faster. (Note: when I was coming back down I seen the dog and there was a car from the house it was from on Wayne St. trying to get the dog in the car. The dog was a big black lab probably two years old)
Ran 13.43 miles at an overall 6:45 pace in 1:30. My wife called me home from work because my son has strep throat and an ear infection. Most likely I'll be home tomorrow as well. Don't know what that's going to do to the running schedule. Just hanging out with my son now.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 13.43 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 15.15 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.15 |
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This morning was very windy but the temperature was 45 degrees so another shorts day. I started running at 6:15am and I was going to try and catch Bill Mandler up around his house before he got going. But with my slow lazy way of getting ready I must have just missed him when I ran by his house around 6:30. I had to run about 12 miles in a 20-25mph wind. I ran 19.15 miles at an overall 6:57 pace in 2:12. I ran the last few in the 6:3ish to 6:4ish range. I ran my long run today because the rest of the week will be busy with soccer and baseball tournaments starting tonight. Tomorrow I'm getting my truck detailed, plus I'm buying new wheels for my Sliverado 2002 half ton that only has 49,000 milesPicture similar to my truck same color and all(I don't have my own truck picture). Here's a link to the wheels I'm going to purchase, I haven't decided which ones yet. Please cast your vote. Dick Cepek DC-1 wheels These have Tough clear coating maximizes protection even in the harshest climates American Racing Victor ATX Teflon wheels These have a teflon coating and will not rust and excellent all year.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 19.15 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.22 | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.22 |
| I'm off again today because now my youngest daughter has strep throat. She vomited last night around midnight and just doesn't look good. To be back before my wife had to get to work Barry came to my house at 5:50am and we drove up to the Pocatello marathon course and ran down Pocatello Creek Rd, then turned on Hiline Rd., then I went over the Yellowstone St. overpass and turned on Hiline Rd. then back up to Alameda rd. Barry and I did some MP miles for him to get ready for Ogden's HM that he is running, (not me I'm still a slacker). Splits (6:22, 6:20, 6:10, 6:13,). Then I took off from Barry and kept the mile pace decent (6:02, 5:52, 6:00, 6:07,6:27,6:22,6:33,6:41) Totals 13.22 Miles at an overall 6:19 pace in 1:23. Now to take care of my daughter the rest of the day and also hopefully order some wheels/rims for my truck.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 13.22 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 13.12 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.12 |
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I ran 17.52 miles at an overall 6:56 pace in 2:01. I ran from my house on Mckinley Ave. all the way to Century High School. Then I turned around and ran the same way back home. What's nice is the turnaround is exactly the last 5 Miles of the Pocatello Marathon Course so it was good training for the ending miles. I ran the last half in th 6:3ish and 6:4ish range nothing fast just a relaxed pace.
Run over a half mile at the soccer field during my daughters tournaments.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 17.52 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.21 |
| Ran 6.21 miles with the dog this morning. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 6.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 15.44 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23.44 |
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Temperature was 37 degrees when I started but the 10mph wind made it 30 degrees. The sun was out and it felt really warm regardless the temperature so I wore shorts. I don't think weather.com was right this morning because even with the wind chill it did feel like 30 degrees. I headed up to Pocatello Creek Rd. and turned on Satterfield Hill Rd and hit the wind all the way up the hill. I was up late last night, because this jeep ran into our neighbors fence and they were trying to run away from the accident but my wife and I ran outside and made them stay put and my wife immediately called the cops. They were definitely drunk and destroyed the fence in their jeep. The noise was very loud and scared us. Needless to say I didn't get to bed early. I did run 15.23 miles at an easy 7:00 pace in 1:46. I through in some 6:3ish and 6:4ish miles the last half of the miles. I also did some fartleks during the run. Very beautiful day. Lunch My wife didn't need me to fill in on my lunch hour at the daycare, because of early release school day so I decided to run. There's a wind advisory here starting at 3pm, but the wind was already blowing hard on my run at 30mph! The temperature was 72 degrees just gorgeous despite the wind. I ran 4 with it and 4 against it. I acutally was faster in the headwind vs the tailwind. Probably do to the fact I was just getting the legs warmed up. I ran 8.21 miles at an overall 6:51 pace in 56.17 minutes. No lunch yet the belly is complaining. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 8.00 | Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 15.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 14.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.21 |
| Another morning with a strong wind, but another shorts day. The problem with the wind is it was circular so you never knew where it was going to blow from. Definitely a weird experience this morning. I stayed up too late last night especially after running 23 miles yesterday. I was getting laptop estimates and computer desktop price estimates for my wife for grants that they have been approved to have for our daycare. This is for new computer systems. My wife gets a free laptop and I get to pick it out under a certian price range that the grant provides. The desktop will be the daycare software admin system. I was also still looking at wheels/rims for my truck. I like the Teflon but I might have to lift my front end of the truck for these to work, or they will be to aggressive. Anyway, I was up after midnight. My legs were a little sore today after yesterday's runs so I ran an easy 14.12 miles at an overall 7:28 pace in 1:42. I wanted the pace slow and easy, but the wind really did help matters.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 14.12 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 14.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.20 |
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Temperature was 28 degrees with a nice wind, but I still wore shorts with gloves, sunglasses and ski hat. I probably looked like a reject out there running. I ran 14.13 miles at an overall 7:25 pace in 1:44. Just another easy run. I was tired this morning.
Evening Did a .1 sprint to wake the legs up.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 14.13 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.10 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.10 |
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The temperature this morning was 49 degrees and a nice breezy wind around 10mph. I ran a rather hilly route this morning. My legs felt better today, other than I have had a pain at the bottom of my left foot up near the toes for the last week or so. My toe next to the big toe feels kind of swollen. I need to keep my attention on this that it doesn't get worse. Could be because I've ran for 25 straight days. :-)
Anyway, I started from my house ran down Yellowstone, and turned up Clark St. (hill) then up Hospital Way (another Hill). Once you get up to the hostpital you have a half mile downhill. Then I turned up Buckskin Rd (hill) then turned on American Rd (rolling hills) then turned on Barton Rd. (downhill) for almost a mile. Then all the way back home (flat). I ran 15.10 miles in an easy 7:15 pace in 1:49. Ran three miles under a 7 minute mile.
I've done quite a bit of medium long runs this week to build endurance. I feel really good that I was able to accomplish that in the time frame I have.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 15.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 13.52 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.52 |
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Temperature this morning was 38 degrees with a bit of a breeze. I drove up to the start of the Pocatello Marathon course this morning. I was going to run the course and have my wife pick me up before she had to work, but she had another migraine last night. I wanted her to sleep as late as she could so I just ran down the backside (she is feeling better this morning). I ran the 6 mile downhill than headed up Olympus Rd. then turned up to reach the top of Satterfield Rd (2 mile uphill) then I headed back down for a two and a half mile downhill on Bench RD. Then I ran on Hiline, Yellowstone, Hawthorne, Alameda roads. Then back on Mckinley to my house. Pretty much all of this is flat. I ran 21.42 miles at an overall 6:56 pace in 2:28.
Evening Ran .1 to loose the legs up after mowing the lawn.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 21.42 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.32 |
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Ran 11.22 miles in 35 degree weather but nice and sunny for shorts. The bottom of my left foot upper part under the toes is hurting. No running tomorrow to let that rest.
Afternoon Sprinted at my sons tee ball game. I ran more than this but I'll just count it at .1 distance. He hit the ball hard all three times and fielded the ball very well. He also ran the bases very well and I was real proud of my 4 year old. Sadly, this is his last game of the year.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.22 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Rode my bike over 9 miles yesterday A lot of uphill. I'll count 3 for running.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 17.01 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.01 |
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Ran an easy 13.21 in 1:38 on a gorgeous morning. I was tired this morning and had a hard time getting motivated in the run. I didn't sleep very well last night. Oh well good endurance run.
Lunch: Ran 8.8 miles at a 7:04 pace in 1:02. Very hot 85 degrees. I'm glad I took an 8 ounce bottle of Power Zero on the run with me. Very hilly course the first two miles I ran up to American Rd. and then ran the rolling hills then turned on Barton Rd. then 4th Street and back to the University. Stayed in the 6:2ish to 6:4ish the last 5 miles. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 8.80 | Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 13.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.11 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.11 |
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Ran this morning in gorgeous 60 degree weather with the sun bright as it could be. My legs were dead though and I'm sure it's the build-up of the high mile weeks. It will be nice to slow down here soon. I thought about taking an extra day-off this week to try and get the legs back. I really don't need to go in the 90's again.
Anyway, I ran 12.11 miles in 7:08 pace in 1:26. My first 4 miles I averaged a 7:45 pace. Then I picked it up and decided to see what I could do on dead legs going downhill two miles and flat the last two miles back to my house from doing the Satterfield Hill loop. 6:25 - This is the biggest downhill part of the course and I ran it the slowest. Maybe legs were getting started. 5:55 - Legs awake a little bit, but not as easy. I'm sure it would be easier on legs only doing 60 miles a week. 6:07 - Flat portion and the legs felt okay, but sore. 5:51 - Felt good excepte was getting very tired the last part of the mile. I definitely don't have speed right now and maybe need to cut the mileage a bit and work on more speed if I plan on running on June 13th. I'm running a 10k race the week before so maybe that will help.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 12.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.62 |
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I ran 12.42 at an overall 7:28 pace in 1:32. The wind was terrible this morning blowing around 30mph. I ran what the wind would give me. Did really care about the pace I just ran. The splits where all over because of the extreme wind. The morning was very nice beside the wind.
Ran a bit at my girls soccer game in Idaho Falls last night. It's funny, to get to the field you have to run downhill. The fields are located on Old Butte Road. The wind there was around 30mph at 6pm.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 12.42 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.32 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.32 |
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Two words that's great to mention this morning "NO WIND". Kind of chilly at 34 degrees but I still wore shorts with gloves and my Dallas Cowboys beanie hat (Yes I'm a very big Dallas Cowboys Fan). I ran down Hiline Rd. I couldn't really pick up the pace on this road because their doing construction by turning it into a five lane road. Then about a two mile stretch uphill all the way up to Satterfield turning off Bench Rd. Once I reach Bench Rd. there's a trail that goes up a mile behind Satterfield Rd. Believe it or not I actually ran a trail which I hardly ever do. Then I ran downhill on Satterfield Rd. nothing to fast or exciting. I wanted to save my energy for tomorrows long run where I will throw in some faster miles. Totals 14.22 at an overall 7:13 pace in 1.42.
Evening did a sprint from my office parking lot to the office after work because I forgot something. I was late for dinner so I was in a definite hurry.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 14.22 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 18.11 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.11 |
| Ran 21.11 miles at an overall 7:10 pace in 2:31on the Pocatello Marathon course this morning with Barry (on the blog). We started at 4:54 this morning. Barry ran 18 miles and he also ran the Ogden Half Marathon last weekend. He did awesome and had no signs of fatigue. I told him if he keeps getting consistent long runs in he should be able to run the Pocatello marathon for his first Marathon. If he would have been able to run the Ogden Half Marathon this week I believe he could have been under a 1:25. Barry is becoming a great runner. Me on the other hand had a belly ache through the whole run. I really wanted to do a tempo in the run, but every time I would speed up my belly would kill. I had to drop the pace to keep it comfortable and manageable. I should have stopped and tried to go to the bathroom. Overall I guess a long run is suppose to be slower anyway. I did the last three miles sort of faster with my belly screaming in pain (6:31, 6:49, 6:31). Sometimes your body rejects what you have planned on a run. I've put in a lot of miles and my calves are tight right now. Next few weeks the mileage is going to drop I've decided. Still can't make up my mind if I want to run the Utah Valley Marathon or not. I don't really feel ready enough as far as speed wise right now.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 21.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 6.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.31 |
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Ran the Heart and Soul 10k race route this morning with Barry. My right calf was sore and I really didn't want to get out of bed to run. After a slow two miles I finally warmed up a bit and ran the of the mileage below a 7 minute mile. Ran 11.18 miles at an overall 6:56 pace in 1:18. I did the last 5 miles running home after finish the 10k race course route. Did one mile in 5:53 pace and relaxed the next mile in 6:20 pace.
Now to get ready for my daughters birthday party. I will probably cutback to 70 miles next week to get ready for Utah Valley Marathon if the body says it's a go.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 11.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.24 |
| This morning at 8:30am it was 56 degrees. I slept in which was planned. I ran the dog today for 6.24 miles at an overall 7:47 pace in 48.35 minutes. I was a little sore. Nice easy run. It's time now to head to a wonderful church service.
I'm taking tomorrow off and just enjoy the day.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 6.24 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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No Running today. Instead my analysis of my training leading up to the June 13th Marathon, and after my Achillies injury. Do I have enough to run a race that what I wanted to evaluate.
Week |
Miles |
Speed |
Long Run |
Date |
1 |
86.98 |
3 miles between 5:45 - 6:14p |
19.5 |
April 5 to April 11 |
2 |
85.43 |
3 miles 6:15 - 6:37p. Speed session two 4 miles 6:06 - 6:45p |
21.33 |
April 12 to April 18 |
3 |
81.02
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5 miles 6:07 - 6:33p |
20.31 |
April 19 to April 25 |
4 |
94.29
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3 miles 5:30 - 5:54. Speed session 5 miles 5:59 - 6:58p |
21.23 |
April 26 to May 2 |
5 |
96.48 |
5 miles 5:56 - 6:49p. Speed session two 8 miles 5:52 - 6:41p |
18.12 |
May 3 to May 9 |
6 |
106.00
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None |
21.52 |
May 10 to May 16 to April 11 |
7 |
96.48
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1 mile 5:53. Speed session two 4 miles 5;51 - 627p |
21.11 |
May 17 to May 23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.00 | 3.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.11 |
| This morning it was 43 degrees and gorgeous. Very good morning devotion with my lovely wife as well. I had a rough night last night where I vomited all my dinner and everything. I think it was the birthday party cake and fried food. Anyway, this is the third time I've done this in two months. Somethings not right, and it always seems to be on the weekend, and I always have to run the next day totally depleted from food and everything where I'm feeling that I'm running on fat energy. I ran the Satterfield loop today 13.11 miles at an overall 7:06 pace in1:33. Even though I was tired and depleted I wanted to run a tempo the last three miles. Mile 1: 5:43 (Downhill) not that hard, but I could tell I had no carbs in me. Mile 2: 5:42 (Part Downhill and Part Flat) Again didn't feel too bad. It's weird running on just fat.
Mile 3: 5:46 (Flat) Good mile and didn't feel to tired, but I was getting hot because of the long sleeve shirt I wore. Not bad of a run after a real slow start.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 13.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
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Nice morning temperature with the Sun beaming in your face (good thing for sunglasses). I took the run easy today on a flat route. 11.3 miles at an overall 7:13 pace in 1:21. Busy day at work.
If
anyone is interested we are selling are 15 Passenger Ford Econoline Van
2002 V8 Trition Engine, E-350 Super Duty with towing package. The Van
only has 40,600 original miles on it. It really is like new. We used
it for our daycare, but now we need a mini bus. We bought it new in
2002 and it had 20,000 miles on it 6 years ago.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.51 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.51 |
| Last night I had to travel to Idaho Falls for my daughter's soccer game and we never got home till almost 9pm. Then I ate dinner at quiznos since it was so late (I ate a very healthy Honey Bourbon Chicken footlong). I couldn't go to bed until after 11pm because I was worked up from the travel and didn't feel real tired. Nice morning but the wind was blowing hard at times and I ran mostly in a headwind. I ran a very sluggish 12.51 miles at a 7:19 pace in 1:31. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 12.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 15.52 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.52 |
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I drove up above Mink creek to start the run today (right above where the second Pocatello Half Marathon starts). It starts out about 6,000 ft and drops to 4,500 ft. But you have several rolling hills. The drop is really only in the first 7-8 miles. I left the house at 5:40am and got up there at 6:10. It was really warm this morning around 50 degrees. Once I got up there I realized I left my fuel belt that I had prepared to take that carries 16oz of water. I still had my sports beans but no fluid. I ate a bag of sports beans around mile 14 and that really seemed to be all I needed other than I was still thirsty.
The first 8 miles I averaged around 6:35 pace nothing really fast. I really did get hot and was thirsty by the end of the run, but I never hit the wall. In fact the last mile (flat) I did at 6:31. Overall 20.52 miles at an overall 6:46 pace in 2:18. Good run and I could have went faster but I didn't feel the need to push this run too much. Evening Mowed two lawns tonight, plus put together a trail gator to attach my sons bike to my wife's mountain bike. This will allow her to ride him to work at our daycare.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 20.52 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.00 | 5.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.40 |
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Ran the Heart and Soul race course with Barry and then ran home. My legs were trashed from all the hills yesterday and the up and down course today. I knew I won't be doing any simulation race test on this route today. It was very hot but we survived. We started after 8am.
Ran 12.4 miles at an overall 7:11 pace in 1:29. Did several miles in the 6:3ish range, but they all felt hard today. But a good week to cut the mileage down a bit. My speed is not where it should be but oh well this isn't my life it's only for fitness.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 12.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.12 |
| The dog was peppy this morning so we ran 7.12 miles. He was more motivated to run than me. I'm a little sore in areas. I have a full body massage scheduled on June 3rd, and that should help. The pace was 7:25 in 54 minutes.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 7.12 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.30 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
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I got up real late today and because of that I ran in the rain, which if I would have got up when planned ( 1 hour earlier) I would have just caught the tail-end of the rain. I ran over the Yellowstone overpass back and forth 10 times sort of simulating hill repeats. I didn't sprint up them I was just trying to get the legs used to running uphill than right back downhill. Then I ran to faster miles (flat) at the end of the run (6:26, 6:08). Totals: 10.2 miles at an overall 7:07 pace in 1:19. Eveining: Did a 100m sprint.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 10.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.21 | 2.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.31 |
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Rained all night last night, but not on the run this morning. The temperature was 50 degrees with a decent wind that I ran into most of the way. It felt nice and cool. Great day to run when it feels this way. I was up past midnight working on my father-in-laws router setup that got corrupted. They bought one of the small Acer web surfer notebooks for their house, but the wireless wasn't working because the router settings were corrupted. I reset the device and reconfigured everything. The run was sluggish and I was just flat out tired. Not the best of runs. 12.21 miles at an overall 7:12 pace in 1:28. I need to start cutting the miles back this week because I don't feel fresh. I might not be able to run the Provo marathon next week because of a work conflict now. I will know more this afternoon. We might have to update firmware on some critical system on that weekend (20 systems; Oracle/Registration systems). Very high priority, and my job has to come first before a meaningless marathon.
Evening: Did a 100 meter sprint again this evening just for the fun of it. I still haven't heard about the scheduling for our firmware upgrade date.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 12.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.70 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.70 |
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It's our 15th Anniversary for the wife and I today. It's been good years.
Run in the ran and wind a bit this morning. It was a little on the cold side but not bad. Very tired went to bed at 1am dealing with some DEFISTATING news that's awful. It's really has shook me up. Ran sort of a three mile tempo (6:08, 5:33, 6:10) . Totals 10.4 miles at an overall 6:50 pace in 1:10. Good news I can run the Provo Marathon now. The firmware upgrades will happen at a later date. But the news I heard last night it's really meaningless to me right now. In fact it doesn't even sound exciting or fun right now. Lunch: I ran .3 miles in parking lots and stores to get an Anniversary present for my wife and roses which I brought to her work.
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Asics Banditos Miles: 10.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.30 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
| I had a great full body massage last night and I woke up refreshed, but my muscle were tired. I took the first few miles easy then lowered below a 7 minute pace. The last two miles I did 10 x 100m strides. Splits for last two miles (6:17, 6:03). 11.3 miles at an overall 7:05 pace in 1:19.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.34 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.34 |
| Ran 8.34 miles at an overall 7:13 pace in 1 hour. I ran up to Satterfield Rd. and crest the top of the hill then ran back down. I took the downhill miles easy (6:32, 6:22, (flat to home for last mile), 6:42). I'm running a 10k tomorrow as part of a 13 mile run, but I will not push the 10k I'll just have fun. Both my girls are running the 5k and I might be able to caught my youngest and finish off the run with her. It will be fun to see how well they do.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 8.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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Heart and Sole Race (6.2 Miles) 00:37:01, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.60 | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.80 |
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The 10k race this year was in nasty weather with a headwind and raining the whole way. My plan was to take it easy since my main goal is next weeks marathon. Compared to last year I really took it easy and was conservative but I did put in a few faster miles.
Miles | Type | Last Year | This Year | Comment |
Mile 1 |
(downhill for .4 than uphill) | 6:28 | 6:41 | Just taking it easy watching the leaders just gap me. |
Mile 2
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(uphill then rolling) | 6:16 | 6:38 | Not really pushing it. Wind still blowing. Letting the leaders get way ahead.
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Mile 3
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(downhill) | 5:31
| 5:33 | Okay time to pick it up.
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Mile 4
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(Flat) | 5:28
| 5:30 | Passed two runners now in third and gaining.
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Mile 5
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(Mostly Uphill) | 5:57
| 6:14 | Still gaining with the wind pushing hard. But I back off a bit.
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Mile 6
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(uphill) | 6:14 | 6:29 | I did want to push the uphill even though I was gaining on the leaders. Very hard for me to not want to try and pass. |
I really didn't push like I could have which is smart so that next week I won't feel drained. Bill Mandler had an excellent run and I chatted with him a bit on the first miles.
On the way home Bill and I ran close to 3 miles together and than we split. Bill's a great friend and awesome runner. I ran a total of 6.3 miles on the way home from the race at an easy pace. I did win an asics fuel belt in the race raffle and I gave it to my daughter in exchange for a 32oz bottle of Hammer Gel. My time last year would have won the race.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.10 |
| Ran 5.1 miles with the dog this morning at an overall 7:32 pace in 38.25. He was pepped up today and ran the last two miles in (7:26, 7:01). The weather was the worst I have seen it rain while running in a while. We were completely soaked. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 5.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running today. I was originally going to take yesterday off but I decided to run the dog and he made it a good training run with the pace. Although the weather was nasty like it was this morning. I'm glad I didn't run. This weeks going to be bad for sleep and schedule. My wife and I are studying to take the CDL driving test. Schedule: Tuesday: I have to update firmware on systems so I will be at work till 1 or 2am Wednesday: Get up early and take the CDL written test after working to early in the morning.
Thursday: Were going to drive to Nampa (265 miles) and take the Driving CDL test. Friday: Drive to Provo and run the Provo Utah Marathon Saturday (thats if I got my registration in on time. I just barely sent it).
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.60 |
| It was a nice morning at 44 degrees. I felt alive and warm. I even wore my sunglasses because the sun had such a glare. I'm trying an experiment by completely depleting my carbohydrate intake the last few days and now starting to eat them again today. I ran 11. 6 miles at an overall very easy 7:03 pace in 1:21. I have to work tonight till after midnight so I may not get a run in tomorrow so I went a little longer today. Legs felt fresh after day-off from running. Weight right now is 135 pounds pretty low for me.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.60 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.13 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.13 |
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I got home this morning at 2:30am from work and was woke up around 8:50am by the wonderful phone. I couldn't go back to sleep so I worked for an hour from home to make sure everything was okay on what we did last night. Then I left for a run. Today I wanted to do a two mile MP run in my marathon shoes. This is something I always do on a Wednesday before a marathon. My confidence level for the Provo Marathon race is really low right now because of the lack of speed work. Also, our family has had other priorities that have been more supreme than running a marathon. Bad thing about doing mp miles today is the amount of sleep I've been deprived of, and I was feeling worn down being up late every night this week. I did a good 3 mile warm-up averaging around a 6:58 pace then I started the MP miles. Mile 1: 6:06 (flat) Felt really good in a headwind the whole way. Mile 2: 5:55 (flat with a .2 uphill and .1 downhill) In the headwind and did feel like I was struggling so I guess that's good. I had other things I was thinking about so I didn't really focus on how I felt. The hill portion was challenging to stay on pace. Mile 3: 6:31 (cooldown) Was done so I thought. But the next mile I decided to do another MP mile. Mile 4: 5:51 (flat) This didn't feel difficult and I felt in control. I was focusing on keeping my hands to the side with not much arm pumping. I run faster this way.
Mile: 5 6:19 (flat cooldown) Okay a little fast for a cooldown not sure but I felt I was running slower. This was definitely a confidence builder for Saturday and know I leave it in the hands of God. I have trained hard and God will honor that when I call upon him. Going to keep a food log for next three days just to have it for my history for intake three days before a marathon. Breakfast: Cereal Special K Corn Flakes and with some cooked Oatmeal in it with Skim Milk. Lunch: Lean Gourmet Santa Fe Style Rice 310 calories fat 8gm Dannon Yogurt Light 80 calories with a little bit of Cereal I mixed in it. Oranges wedges Snack: Orange Wedges Half an Apple
Dinner: Rice, corn and chicken mixed with onions and garlic (3 servings).
Tortilla and Biscuit
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Ohana Racers Pair #2 Miles: 8.13 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.51 |
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Ran up to Satterfield Hill from my house, and climbed it then turned around and ran back home. Very easy run for taper. 6.51 miles at an overall 7:19 pace in 47:42. Did some sit-ups and push-ups at lunch as usual.
Breakfast: Bowl of Oatmeal plain and blueberries with some crunched up Special K Original cereal mixed in. Also added a little bit and milk. One piece of wheat bread. Snack: Half Sunbelt Fruit and Grain cereal bar Apple Cinnamon bar.
Half Apple Lunch: Dannon Yogurt mixed with cereal Bagel with my special spread mixture (jam, oatmeal, honey, cereal, raisins) The rest of the Sunbelt Fruit and Grain cereal Apple Cinnamon bar. Few carrots Snack: Apple and Orange Dinner: New York Burrito Gourmet Oriential Chicken Wrap (Chicken, Oriential sauce, White Rice, Pineapples, Tomatoes, Onions, Honey Mustard sauce, Ketchup) Side of pears
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 6.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
| Easy 3.1 miles in the morning. Just enough to get ready for tomorrow's marathon.
Breakfast: Oatmeal Apple Gatorade Lunch (Mcdonalds):
Two Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken Wraps Apple Gatorade Dinner (Olive Garden): Pasta Salad Two half Breadsticks
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 3.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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Utah Valley Provo Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:40:48, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 2 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 26.20 |
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When I got up for the marathon this morning about 3am my wife and I had a great devotion (she got up with me). The scripture was perfect for today's event and I kept quoting them through the whole race. Isaiah: 41:13 - For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Isaiah 35:3 - Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as eagles they shall run and not be weary [and] they shall walk and not faint. These scriptures helped in the race. I rode the bus with Jeff Shadley, Walter, Bill and we had a good conservation on the way up to the start. It was nice being with friends and enjoy the time before the start, and seeing other blogger's as well. The plan was to run a 2:35 with Jeff and Walter, but I wasn't sure if I was ready for that since I had an Achillies injury 7-8 weeks ago. I originally thought I would do a 2:45, because of the lack of speed work. I had the endurance putting in two 100 mile weeks and three 90 mile weeks leading up to the taper. But also thinking this was my first marathon of the year, and 2:45 was a good goal to pursue. But, Jeff gave me confidence and I decided to go out to achieve a 2:35. When the race started my legs felt dead and heavy for some reason and right off the bat I fell behind Jeff and Walter. I felt this way for the first couple of Miles. Mile 1: (6:20)
(uphill mostly)- Not feeling the energy in the legs. I guess a warm-up would have been good.
Mile 2: (5:49) (downhill mostly) - Again, I do the same thing where I always fall behind the runners I'm trying to pace with. Mile 3: (6:03) (Rolling Downward) - started running with a guy in his first marathon who finished at either a 2:46 or 2:49. Jeff and Walter are pulling further ahead. No chance for me to run with them at this point.
Miles 4-6: (5:52, 6:07 5:44) (Rolling Downward the uphill Mile 6 Downhill) - my legs started to loosen up a bit and not feel as heavy. I'm not sure why they were so dead. One reason could be because of no warm-up. Jeff and Walter at this point pulled even further ahead. Miles 7-9: (5:42, 5:48, 5:54) (Downhill)- Legs seemed to have kicked in gear, but I could have pushed harder but felt I should be a little conservative considering I didn't know what my body might do. I took a Powergel at mile 9 and that was a booster. Miles 10-12 (5:53, 6:07, 5;59) (Mile 10 Flattens, Mile 11 mild uphill and Mile 12 mild uphill)- I'll I can remember about these miles is the sharp turn at mile 11, and I was still feeling good. The legs were reacting well on the course and I was trying to get some kind of groove going. Miles 13 (5:59) (mild uphill)- Finished the half at 1:18ish. The goal for a 2:35 was 1:17, but I didn't care at this point because of the way I felt at the start.
Miles 14 (5:55) (Partially downhill, but really good downhill, many turns. )- I took a wrong turn here and lost 15 seconds and it seem to knock my thinking a bit because of that. But I reversed the thinking and thought of the scriptures from this morning and started quoting them. I also thought of my family at the finish line.
Miles 15-17 (6:07, 6:02, 6:14) (mainly flat with short ups and downs and turns)- Took another Gel at Mile 14 and a half, but there was no one at the aid station to wash it down at mile 15. For some reason they were down the road a bit from the cups. I wasn't too pleased, but I started quoting the scriptures again. I also started to see Jeff at this point and Walter I guess ducked into the portable bathroom which I had know idea until a while later. My goal was to get up with Jeff to pace together. A lot of turning in the course at this point. This was really a tough course I thought with all the turns.
Miles 18-20 (6;14, 6:11, 6:28) (Mile 18: flat with turns. Mile 19 flat with some short up and down and turning. Mile 20 flat)- at this point I was getting closer to Jeff. I really hated this part of the course with all the tunnels and sharp turns. It really just destroyed a consistent pace for me. I thought some of these were just a weird layout for a course and was really shocked and surprise and through me off-guard at times. But instead of thinking negative I started quoting the scriptures from this morning again. Mile 20 was flat and you started heading straight towards the downtown mall. Miles 21 -23 (6:29, 6:31, 6:32) (All miles flat)- This was straight and reminded me of the last 6 miles of the Pocatello Marathon course. I caught Jeff I believe around mile 22 (Jeff let me know if I'm wrong). I wanted to pace with him so I took the lead hoping he would follow my back. But it didn't happen. Miles 23-26 (6:32, 6:29, 6:27, 6:20) (flat - last mile some uphill and downhill)-
Here I was basically just giving what I had left and cruised in to the finish. Tough second half for this course. The downhill wasn't what I expected from looking at the elevation chart (but when are they ever accurate). Pre Breakfast Marathon Meal: Banana Coffee with Cream and Equal sugar, and Torani Sugar free Vanilla Syrup (clean pipes out). Special K Bar Strawberry (90 Calories). Few bits of a bagel.
Up at the start about 20 minutes before I had 3 sports beans.
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Ohana Racers Pair #2 Miles: 26.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.24 |
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Did an easy recovery run this morning from Saturday's Marathon. Ran 7.24 miles at an easy 7:25 pace in 53.42 minutes. Legs felt good not really sore. But I know better and will keep it easy and not push. I know I need to keep it simple the next couple of weeks and not go heavy, because I do not want to get injured after running a marathon. Very nice morning at 49 degrees and sunny. Strategy: Well I need a strategy for the next marathon. I believe I need to work more on longer tempo runs than I've been doing. Speedwork as well would help. The big workout session I would like to implement in the training. With the lack of training for speed this year God really blessed me last Saturday in the marathon. I now need to sharpen the form and try to find that top-end speed.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 7.24 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.34 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.64 |
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Busy day at work. I ran 10.34 miles this morning at an easy recovery pace at 7:25 in 1:16. I needed to get back so I ran the last mile in 6:56. Not really that sore after the marathon, but I can still feel the quads a bit sore. I ran a little longer today because I probably will not run tomorrow. I have to work tonight to the wee hours of Wednesday morning. I will have Wednesday off, and have a busy day of stuff around the house to do. I need to do a dump run, Mow my yard and my grandpa's yard. Evening: I ran 3 x 100 strides after work test for an experiment.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.25 |
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I worked yesterday from 8:50am to almost 6pm. Then I had to go back to work at 11pm that night to do firmware upgrades on our Dell Equallogic Storage Arrays and our printer server and web server. We got done at 3:40am. Did know if I would get a run in but I was able to sleep till 11:30am today and felt energized enough to do one. Ran 7.25 miles at an overall 7:12 pace in 52:19 minutes. Definitely still in recovery mode from Saturday's marathon. Don't know what the rest of the weeks going to hold because I might have to work late Thursday night into Friday morning depending on how things go. Side Note: The garmin is nice to track your distance and speed and also record it on the blog. Because it makes it nice to see what you ran after and before marathon's.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 7.25 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.21 | 4.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.31 |
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Weight myself this morning and its the lowest I've been in a while 129 pounds. Ran 12.21 miles at an overall 7:14 pace in 1:28. Still just recovery runs. I did have some faster downhill miles in there ( 6:43, 6:40, 6:36, 6:58). Did my Satterfield Hill Loop in a pouring rain. I was really cold the last couple miles of the run.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 12.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.43 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.43 |
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Gorgeous morning to run, and for the first day in a while it didn't rain. I was very unmotivated to run this morning. I was still tired and a little sore. I've gotten 8 hours of sleep the last two nights so that's been good, after not sleeping well since Saturday. I've done a lot of yard work the last two days, and last night I got up on a ladder and cleaned our gutters out. The soreness isn't bad, and I'm sure it's still effects from Saturday's marathon no doubt. Question how much time should you take off after a marathon from running? I ran 11.23 miles at an overall easy 7:14 pace in 1:21. I ran most of the run in a headwind. I was surprised about the pace because I felt dead the first few miles. Only run for today. I'll probably take Sunday off or run the dog a couple of miles. This will relax me and get some juice back in the legs for Monday. Evening Ran a little tonight just to shake the legs out. Just up the block and back.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.55 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.55 |
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I got up at 7am this morning but never got out the door until 8am. I was going to run the Pocatello marathon course, but since I'm running 5 miles of the Bone & Back Relay next week I changed. My leg will go up 1200ft in 5 miles. I ran 14.55 miles at an overall 7:01 pace in 1:42. I did the Satterfield Hill loop, plus going up and down the side streets of Satterfield to get the extra hill work in. I finished the run with a faster pace (5:55, 6:30, 6:34, 6:40, 656). Very good run. My back was sore this morning from falling off a ladder last night when I was putting up gutter guards. It's still sore when I bend over.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 14.55 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.11 |
| I ran with Barry this morning and we took it easy. Barry is just getting over from being sick for three days. Good return recovery run of 5.11 miles. Happy Father's Day to all the Dads. Enjoy the day with your kids and God Bless You.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 5.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.34 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 10.34 |
| This morning it was a little chilly in a singlet and shorts at 41 degrees. I ran up Pocatello Creek road until 5 miles from my house on Mckinley Ave. Then I turned around and ran back. Going back down is about a 4 mile downhill to my house but not a steep downhill just a slight downhill that you really don't notice. There's no sudden drops or anything. I decided to run this faster, one because I'm running the Bone Relay this week and my leg goes up 1200ft. I know downhill will help your uphill running with a good stride turn over. Two, I got up late and needed to hurry to get to work. Three, the most important reason I was actually motivated to do so. Miles back (6:05, 5:57, 5:47, 5:47, 6:32) totals 10.34 miles at an overall 6:45 pace in 1:09. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.12 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.12 |
| It was 37 degrees this morning when I started running, but I still wore shorts, but with a long sleeve shirt and gloves which I always wear no matter what (Yes Sam I'm a whip :-) ). I like wearing gloves to wipe the sweat off the forehead. I only got 5 hours of sleep last night because I stayed up till 1am working on a system to get ready to add security patches tonight. Ran 11.12 miles at an overall 7:00 pace in 1:17. Did the last two miles faster (6:25, 6:19) |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.12 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.22 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.22 |
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I worked last night from 10pm to 1pm installing and updating systems so when I got up this morning I felt it. Plus were I fell off the ladder on the weekend, my back started hurting in the last mile of the run yesterday. It's been hurting ever since, but not really too much when I run. I ran 14.22 miles at an overall 7:04 in 1:40. I ran around Red Hill twice to get some good hill work to prepare for Saturday's 1200ft 5 mile climb. I fell in the run and cut my hands all up, but I won't get into that. I did run a couple of miles in the 6:3ish range on a gorgeous 51 degree morning. Evening: Back still sore from my Friday night ladder fall. Was going to run tonight but decided against it. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 14.22 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.21 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.21 |
| Very nice morning over 50 degrees and sunny. My back was still bothering me when I got up, and I felt it for the first mile then I was okay. But it bothers me the must when I bend down or get up. Climbing 1200ft in 5 miles Saturday for the relay might be interesting on my back. This morning I did 12.21 miles at an easy 7:14 pace in 1:28. My body was tired and my legs were dead half of the run. I did do two miles under 7 minutes. Tomorrow I won't do as many, and try to keep my legs fresh for my leg in the relay. |
Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 12.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.34 |
| Ran an easy 7.34 miles at an overall 7.24 pace in 54.17 minutes this morning. Ran done Garrett Way and Yellowstone and looped back home. Wind was terrible for the first 4 miles. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 7.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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Bone and Back relay (5 Miles) 00:38:48 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.10 | 4.40 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 15.50 |
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Did the Bone and Back relay leg 2. today for a team that needed a runner and that I didn't really know. I had a friend that was associated with the team, but that was all I knew. This leg went up 1,200ft and I was little nervous going in. I was up till midnight that night, because a couple was driving in from Billings Montana to pick up our 15 passenger van that they purchased from us. I thought I would be too tired for the event. I had to be up at 5am, because the race was in Idaho Falls and it started at 7:30am. My plan was to run my leg and hand off to leg 3. Then run back the other way 10 miles to the start. I wanted to do a five mile tempo on the downhill part after climbing to see what my legs could do after a climb.
We got to the start and to my surprise Jeff Shadley came up to me and conserved with me for a bit. He gave me a very good description of the leg I was running. Jeff, it was perfect and my strategy worked well with your wonderful description. The leg was easy and I was way to conservative. There was a nice headwind at the start so for the first mile I took it easy since this was just for fun. I really wasn't into this race to compete but just to give the team a boost and maybe pickup a few positions in my leg. I didn't know any teams or who was considered the best team. Like I said I was into it for fun.
First mile went up 236ft and I did it at a 8:14. I really didn't get a chance to warm-up. Mile 2; (7:45) 164ft gain. Still being conservative. I did start passing runners on this mile. Temperatures were not that bad but the wind was still a bit nasty.
Mile 3: (7:32) 245ft gain. Passing more runners and was feeling really good. Not really knowing the course I didn't open up my pace and I wish I would have. Mile 4: (7:51) 320ft gain. Felt good should have pushed harder but I was enjoying the run. I probably passed 10 runners on this mile. Two or three runners were walking.
Mile 5: (7:14) 307ft gain. Thought I would push harder the last mile and passed probably 10 more runners. My legs felt great when I crested the hill. Only wishing I won't have been so conservative. I believe I probably passed over 20 runners in my leg.
After handing off the baton I headed back down and did a 5 mile tempo (5:41, 5:27, 5:36, 5:44, 5;39) Then a five mile cool down to the start (6:06, 6:34, 6:50, 6:58, 7:09) Then we spend the rest of the day looking for a RV trailer in Idaho Falls and Shelly. If anyone knows of RV trailers around $8,000 in Idaho or Utah let me know this week. Were looking for something around a 19ft to 21ft RV trailer.
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Mizuno Idaten Miles: 15.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
| 4.3 miles with the dog at an overall 7:36 pace. Evening: Road an hour on the bike with the kids and wife. I will count 2 miles.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 4.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.33 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.33 |
| Very tired this morning didn't get enough sleep over the weekend. Last night I had some work issues that kept me up. But I got up at 6:30am and headed out the door after the morning devotion. Very hot today. I ran an uneventful 11.33 miles at an overall 7:03 pace in 1:20. I threw in a few 6:4ish miles. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.33 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.20 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.20 |
| Ran 13.2 miles today at an overall 7:04 pace in 1:32. I went down Hawthorne Rd. turned on Quinn Rd then Yellowstone st. I went up Chubbuck rd. and turned on Bench rd. Ran up near Satterfield St. and down Olympus Rd. back home. Temperature was 50 degrees when I started at 7am and by 8am it was 60 degrees.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 13.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.01 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.01 |
| I ran in 80 degrees weather the heat of the day. I lost four pounds of dripping sweat. I ran the last 4 miles faster (6:35, 6:33,6:41,6:38). I had to work from 9am to 6pm then go back in from 11pm to 3:30am to do system maintenance. I was then awake by 9:31 because of a call from work with a problem I had to deal with.
Totals 11.01 miles at an overall 6:49 pace in 1;15.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.01 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.31 |
| Ran 10.31 miles today at a slow 7:24 in 1:16. Mowing three lawns yesterday, and working late made the morning run feel sluggish. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.31 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.31 |
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Ran the Pocatello Marathon course today with Barry today. We started at 5:50am and the temperature was around 60 degrees. I left Barry around mile 6 and started running faster. I had to code brown around mile 10. I mix too much stuff in my pancakes last night for dinner and I think that caused the issues. Rolling hills portion of the course (second half) I picked up the pace for a good training run. Need to get my feet use to that section again. I like the second half of the course, because everyone else hates it. Barry ran 18 miles and did awesome. He'll be ready for a marathon if he keeps the consistent training.
I ran 22. 21 miles at a 6:42 pace in 2:29. Now off to Salt Lake City to pickup a trailer we purchased. It's a Keystone Sprindale 2007 23ft. Only been used once.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.34 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.34 |
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Very tired this morning from driver to Salt Lake City last night picking up our new RV trailer and then driving back. Ran 11.34 miles at an overall 7:05 pace in 1:20 at around 9am when I got up. It was warmer than what I normally run in the morning so I took some Power Zero and held it in my hand. Getting the trailer and generator and changing a raidator hose in my car is what I did the rest of the day. Very Very Busy.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 11.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.21 |
| Ran 4.21 at a 7:33 pace in 31.50 minutes with the dog today. I got up late because of all the activities yesterday wore me out. I didn't want to run much and I will not run tomorrow to take a well deserved day-off. Have to get the trailer ready to go camping tomorrow after Church.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 4.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Took day-off from running to get ready to camp in our new trailer. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Took another day-off. Were at Pebble Creek right now in the Big Springs Campground. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.20 |
| Today was my birthday and I spent it up at Pebble Creek Camping. I decided to torture my body and run the Big Spring trail road and Boundry Trail road. It was fun and hard after the two days off from running. I ran 9.2 miles at an overall 7:18 pace in 1:07. Spent the rest of the day on my ATV and playing with the features on the new RV Trailer.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 9.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.23 |
| Same run as yesterday up at Pebble Creek. I added an extra mile. Good to get the uphill and downhill training. Nothing fast just wanted to enjoy the run. Heck! I'm on vacation and don't need to train. Total 10.23 miles at an overall 7:18 pace in 1:14. Evening: Walked several miles on trails and went and walked on a trail that display a blue water dam. I will count 1 mile as running. Did more riding on the ATV.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 10.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.20 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| I didn't want to do any more uphill at Pebble Creek for our last camping day just to be cautious from getting injured. I had my wife pick me up at the bottom after running all the way to the highway from the top of Pebble Creek's Big Springs Campground. Total 10.2 miles at an overall 6:37 pace in 1:07. We packed up and left to head to Downey Hot Springs and camp two days there for our family reunion.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 10.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 13.50 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.50 |
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Long run in Downey Hot Springs 16.5 miles at an overall 7:09 pace in 1:57. Ran all miles completely on the old highway to Downey. Wanted to get it done before everything started for the reunion. Later: Went swimming with the kids and met a lot of family. Very good time.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 16.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.22 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.22 |
| Got home Sunday at 1pm from camping and was extremely tired this morning. Got up late so I didn't run as much today because of work. Although I was proud of myself for taking three days off last week. I needed the break from running. Ran 8.22 miles at an 6:56 pace in 57:04.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 8.22 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 13.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
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Ran 15.2 miles at an overall 7:09 pace in 1:48. It was a good run. I have to work tonight at llpm till early in the morning so I wanted a longer run today. I did my Satterfield Hill loop. I see Bill Mandler and spoke with him as I was running. I wanted to stop and talk but I needed to be back to get ready for work. Very warm morning and sunny.
Evening Ran about a mile tonight just to get some exercise before heading to work at 11pm.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 15.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 15.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
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Worked till 3am this morning and slept till almost 10am and then got up and ran 17.3 miles at an overall 7:06 pace in 2:02. I mixed in fast miles with slow miles but nothing extremely fast. I was still real tired from the workload and not enough sleep. It was hot at already 70 degrees when I started at almost 11am. I really kept it nice and easy and was really only planning on doing 11 miles but sometimes with the available time and not having to work today I stretched it out. Evening: Ran tonight for the newspaper to celebrate the 10th year of the Pocatello Marathon. I really didn't want the exposure but the editor and photographer begged me to do it. That it was a big deal to have me in the story since it's the 10th year of the marathon. I mentioned they should have Bill Mandler do it, because he's ran the marathon more than me. I did wear my St. George/Fast running blog singlet for the photo's to get the exposure. I really didn't want any interviews this year. I wanted to stay low key because I might not even run the race and go camping instead. But most likely now I will run it. I just want to Praise God in my running.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 17.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
| Kept the pace easy today at 7:11 in 11.5 miles in 1:22 at 50 degrees. Ran up by the minidome and upper ISU campus area. My body and legs were tired. Got a lot of sleep last night. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 15.37 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.37 |
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This morning I ran the Pocatello marathon course with Bill and Barry.
It was nice and cool on the backside of Buckskin around 50 degrees. Barry's leg was
bothering him early in the run so Bill and I ran ahead. We ran 21.17 miles at a 7:15 pace in 2:34. It was great running with Bill and had a nice conversation the whole way. We really didn't care about the pace, and ran the whole distance together. We were just out there to enjoy a long run. Thanks Bill for the fun conversation and run. Barry's leg uneventually got better and he finished running 18 miles.
Evening: Ran a couple strides tonight to loosen the legs up (.2).
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 21.17 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.31 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.31 |
| I ran 11 miles back and forth on the Pocatello Marathon course a little after where the half starts in downtown Inkom. Nothing fast just did a few faster ones at the end, but not real fast (7:05, 6:22, 6:59). Barry ran 10 miles I did 11.31 at a slow 7:30 pace in 1:24. |
Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 11.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.23 |
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4.23 with the dog. Very Hot. Spend the rest of the day with my wife's brother who's down from Arizona. We had a barbeque at my house.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 4 Miles: 4.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.42 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.42 |
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Stayed up till after 1am last night and got up late so I only ran 6.42 miles at an overall 6:56 pace in 44:32 minutes. Had to hurry to get to work on time, but I made it. I did the last two miles a little faster (6:30, 6:04). My brother-in-law leaves today back to Arizona. It was a fun weekend. I also took my brand new RV Trailer over to state trailers to have a Diamond Plate rock guard put on the front over the weekend.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 6.42 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.23 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.23 |
| Ran when the temperature was about 50 degrees and that felt perfect. Late night again so just an easy lazy run with no training involved with the run. 11.23 miles at an overall 7:20 pace in 1:22. I'm having a hard time getting to my blog anymore, because of events, work keeping me occupied. I'm behind on everyone else's and don't know what training is going on. I'm might have to just drop blogging because it's getting hard.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 11.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.51 | 5.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.71 |
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Did the Satterfield Hill loop going up and back down each right side street once I reached Satterfield. I picked the pace up at mile 6 and did some faster miles. 6:45 Easy (Just running not part of a tempo or anything)
6:43 Easy (only so much you can say. Pretty much same as last mile) 6:55 Easy (Mile before going down. I'm very informative this morning). 5:30 (downhill) Didn't feel hard and I ran how the legs felt. I really focused on turn over rate. The first half I actually took easy, because I could have cranked the gas pedal.
5:48 (mostly flat with a slight downhill). Not too difficult. Again just trying to feel a good comfortable pace. 5:57 (flat) I slowed down then decided to run faster on the last mile. Who needs a cool-down mile right! Evening two 100m's strides.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.31 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.41 |
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Gorgeous, Gorgeous morning. The sun was shiny but at 53 degrees it didn't feel bad. This morning I couldn't stand my own sweat for some reason. I thought maybe I wore the same shirt twice by accident, but that wasn't the case. Maybe my smell sensors are trying to tell me that it's tired of sweating all the time :-) .
Were planning on going camping Friday night up Mink Creek and enjoying being out of town. It's a campground only 10 miles outside Pocatello so I guess were technically in-town up in the hermitville area.
I ran on Hiline Rd (their doing construction here making it a four way lane and it looks real nice) and turned on Chubbuck Rd. and then on Bench Rd. Then I headed back down Olympus Rd. and home. Totals 11.11 miles in 7:10 in 1:19 did the last few faster (6:48, 6:25, 6:37)
Evening: .3 this evening.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 11.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.60 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.60 |
| Ran 22.6 miles at an overall 6:45 pace in 2:32 on the Pocatello Marathon Course. The temperature when I started at 5:40am was already 73 degrees, but it never got warmer in fact it got cooler and started to rain. The run was great and after the run I headed off to work. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 22.60 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 8.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.20 |
| Ran 11.2 miles at a 6:28 from.our camping spot at Mink creek all the way down to Indian Hills. Ran the first couple of miles with Barry then I decided to take off. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 11.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rest. Came back from camping and had to unload the ATV and set the trailer in place in my driveway and do some cleaning in the heat. Had to work last night because of an alerted disk problem at work with one of our systems. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 4.13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.13 |
| Had to hurry this morning because of an earlier morning meeting I had to attend for my Supervisor because he was on vacation. I did 7.13 miles at an overall 6:40 pace in 47:35 minutes. I did the last few faster to get the run in (6:29, 6:21, 6:09, 6:15). I preferred to sleep-in later than run today. My motivation for marathon's right now isn't very high. Sleep sounds better. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 7.13 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.51 | 3.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.81 |
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Tired, not motivated, grumpy, didn't want to run, wanted my bed etc. Son kept us up with a cough and a nightmare last night so not much sleep. I got my unmotivated body out of bed and ran the Satterfield loop at a not to bad pace even though I started the first few miles slow. I ran 12.15 miles at an 7:12 pace in 1:30. I ran two miles in the 6:2ish range. I wanted an easy run today, because I've push the last few runs lately so a good aerobic run was the strategy today. I need to get interested again in running and not be so unmotivated. Evening Did three strides just to get some speed movement.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 12.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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no running. I worked from 11pm to 6am this morning. I could have ran but when your tired and try to train that really doesn't accomplish anything.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 16.32 | 6.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.56 |
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I ran 13.32 miles at an overall 7:14 pace in 1:36 on a very nice cool morning. I was still tired from the long night at work, and only sleeping 3 hours yesterday. Training has been tough this year with the extra responsibility at work and some of the late night work hours that thoughts of upcoming marathons are not even a focus. My wife is at camp with the daycare and it's just my son and I tonight. I'm going to take him to McDonalds and let him play on the toys. Lunch: Did 9.24 miles at an overall 6:48 pace in 1:02 on my lunch hour in 80 degree weather. This was 3 hours after running 13 miles. The legs were fresh with the day-off yesterday. Did the last half faster heading back in from Indian Hills (6:27, 633, 6:21, 6:38).
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 9.24 | Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 13.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.12 | 7.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.52 |
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This morning I had only a short amount of time to run because I had my son. I dropped him off at our daycare at 7:30 then headed back home and started running at 8am and I had to be at work at 9am. Being tired I didn't push too hard and was actually surprise at my results, because I was absolutely drained when I woke up this morning with a major headache. I ran 7.40 miles at an overall 6:49 pace in 50.14 minutes. Splits for last few miles (6:44, 6:47, 6:38,6:37,6:15). Not bad. Lunch: Ran 8.12 miles at an overall 7 minute pace in 56.51. Tried to keeps things slow running down 4 th Street then hitting the last mile of the Pocatello Marathon course before heading back to my office on the ISU Campus. 80 degrees outside but I really never got hot or thirsty.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 7.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 18.46 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.46 |
| Started running with Bill at the beginning of the Pocatello Marathon course at around 50 degrees, but it was much cooler moving down the mountain. Both Bill and I were tired with the long work hours, and short nights of sleep, but we had a good conversation going for 17 miles. Bill did awesome with less than 5 hours of sleep last night. He is a mile machine. Then I wanted to see if I had anything in my legs after doing double runs the last couple of days and doing it on the hardest section of the course. I did 6:2ish and 6:3ish miles and 6:4ish miles. Totals 22:46 miles at an overall 7:05 pace in 2:39 pace.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 14.02 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.02 |
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10.5 miles at an overall 7:16 pace in 1:16. Did last two miles faster (6:49, 6:27). I was little sore this morning from all the yard stuff yesterday.
Lunch: It was hot 89 degrees and not too much shade in site. I ran 8.52 miles at a overall 7:07 pace in 1:00. My wife didn't need me on her lunch hour at the daycare facility so I took advantage and ran. I really didn't want to run because of the heat, (well also I wasn't motivated either like always lately). I ran out to Ross Park from my office on the ISU Campus and then ran back. No hills just flat. I still have a little bit of soreness from the weekend. I'm just a wimp! |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 8.52 | Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.51 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.51 |
| Slow run up Satterfield this morning, 12.51 miles at an overall 7:34 pace in 1:34. My left quad is a little sore. Not going to run on my Lunch hour today, instead I will mow my grandpa's lawn. Not much energy in the run today or motivation. Very tired, I'm ready for bed. I don't have to work tonight during our maintenance window and probably not for a couple weeks at least. |
Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 12.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 17.11 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.11 |
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Ran 11.41 miles in a slow 7:25 pace in 1:24 up over Olympus Rd and down Bench Rd. Turned on Yellowstone and back home on Mckinley Ave. I've had some left quad pain ever since Sunday on my runs that's really prevented me from running any faster so far this week. It's right above the knee and it could be because of overtraining. I piled a lot of miles on towards the end of last week. I've also been very fatigued this week with my runs being absolutely horrible not really training just feeling like I'm jogging through the miles.
I'm thinking about taking tomorrow off from running. Lunch: Ran 8.70 miles at an overall 7:13 pace 1:02 around Old town Pocatello and the ISU campus. Ran on some gravel for a mile on the Portneuf trail. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 8.70 | Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.41 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.50 | 2.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.73 |
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10.23 miles slow pace, but did manage to do the last two at (6:39, 6:49) all the miles were down Poleline RD. No time to blog this morning.
Lunch Ran 4.50 miles at a 7:25 pace in a very very breezy headwind. I couldn't do much go with the pace it was strong.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 4.50 | Avia Lites II Miles: 10.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 14.30 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.30 |
| Ran 20.3 miles at an over 7:03 in 2:22 up at Rapid Creek on the Pocatello Marathon course. My left quad hurt pretty much the whole time. It's been hurting the last 5 days. I might need to take some time off. I did real well on the last two miles so that was promising. In mind my I'm tired of running right now, but I'm forcing myself to do it. I struggled with the quad hurting by my standards, but at least the run is done. I was dreading the run anyway because I had Church last night and didn't get home till after 10pm and needed to be up by 4:50am. Life goes on.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 20.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.42 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.42 |
| Easy 10.42 Miles |
Asics Banditos Miles: 10.42 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 15.54 | 4.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 19.77 |
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I haven't really felt good since Saturday. I believe I'm catching what my daughters had so nothing special this morning. I ran 10.54 miles at an overall 7:20 pace in 1:17. Lunch: Ran 9.23 at an overall 7:03 pace in 1:05 at 78 degrees. Ran the last two at 6:16, 6:41. |
Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 9.23 | Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.54 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.24 |
| Slow run. 11.24 miles at a 7:29 pace in 1:24. Felt tired, quad is still sore. Ran over Olympus Rd. Down Bench Rd. Lets see how many fragment sentences I can generate this morning. Only one run today very busy, and need to quit typing. |
Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 11.24 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.50 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| Busy day! 10.5 miles at an overall 7:16 in 1:16. Tired, I had to work till 1am last night because of a major mishap that I can't go into detail about. Not even thinking about training. Life is too busy in othter area's right now. God, Family and work. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.53 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.53 |
| Another late work night. Training is hard. Ran 11.53 miles at an overall 7:15 pace in 1:23. Work is kicking my body and making me tired and I haven't been able to run very effectively or train the way I want. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 10.53 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 6.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.52 |
| I did the Satterfield Hill loop with the temperature at 60 degrees. Another late night, because of a computer I'm working on at home that I'm trying to finish to get back to the customer. I take on too many things at times. I decided to try and run some faster miles after a 6 mile warm-up. Mile 6 (6:34) (up/down/flat) warming up. Mile 7 (6:45) same above . Mile 8 (6:37) (Flat) felt easy and not pushing yet Mile 9 (5:41) (downhill) Felt easy and fun for once. Mile 10 (5:34) (some downhill and mostly flat) Felt easy and was feeling good Mile 11 (5:42) (Flat) Not too hard pushing and was happy with the result that I didn't really feel fatigued after slowing down. Good sign and positive for not doing any speedwork forever.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.52 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 10.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.30 |
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12.30 miles at an overall 6:34 pace in 1:20 with Barry this morning running down the back-side of the Pocatello Marathon Course.
With all the late night hours and sick kids and not getting much sleep I chose not to do a long run and get up early but to sleep in and let the body feel more energized. I made the right decision. Sometimes rest is better training than running. Splits 6:47 6:10 6:18 6:22 6:31 6:18 6:21 6:31 6:32 6:28 6:53
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 12.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.25 |
| Ran 5.25 miles at an overall 7:28 pace in 39:14 with the dog this morning. He really wanted to take-off today, but I had to hold him back. |
Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 5.25 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.51 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.51 |
| Busy day. Not much time to type. 10.51 miles at an overall 6:59 pace in 1:20. Weather was 39 degrees. I ran the last mile at 6:14. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.11 | 6.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.21 |
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43 degrees this morning nice cool weather for a run. I ran the Satterfield Loop and up and down the uphill streets. I ran 14.11 miles at an overall 6:55 pace in 1:37. Last few miles (6:37, 6:26, 6:55,6:11,6:10,6:19,6:57 and 6:41). Again no time for typing. My work made it a policy now that we have to wear ties to work. No big deal just have to prepare in the morning more or evenings to get the tie ready.
Evening: Ran 1 stride after work.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 14.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.50 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
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Yepee! another run done which was no fun. You can tell I'm excited about running right now. Work is busy! Ran 12.34 at an overall 7:00 pace in 1:26. Lots of hills. I really don't have a plan for mileage this week or what the heck I'm doing in my training, because I really don't treat this as a priority right now.
Bye!
Evening: Ran a couple strides after work.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 12.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.32 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.32 |
| Ran 16.32 miles at an overall 6:52 pace in 1:52 all over Pocatello. The temperature was over 60 when I started at 8:50am. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 16.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.00 | 14.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.70 |
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Ran the Pocatello Marathon Course with Barry. Well, Barry started at the Half Marathon start and I started at the Marathon start. I ran 18.4 at an overall 6:25 pace in 1:58. I felt really good about just running for myself for the first time in along time. Running should be fun with no pressure. Very brief on the splits no time.
Splits Mile 1: 6:18 Mile 2: 6:21 Mile 3: 6:13 Mile 4: 6:26 (I wanted to slow down because I ran high miles yesterday and didn't want to burn myself out, and I did take much fluid with me.) Mile 5: 6:20 Mile 6: 6:16 Mile 7: 6:19 Mile 8 6:50 (.5 uphill dropped my water bottle as well). Mile 9: 6:29 Mile 10: 6:18 (Jeff this is where we can take it easier to get ready for the second half). Mile 11: 6:19 Mile 12: 6:20 Mile 13: 6:41 (Little uphill that always gets me and I don't know why). Mile 14; 6:21 (flat) Mile 15 6:38 (some uphill, but mostly flat) Mile 16 6 :37 (some uphill and flat again) Mile 17 6:44 (.5 uphill and flat) Mile 18 6:09 (start of mile uphill then is flat for the rest of the mile) Evening: did 3 100m strides to loosen the legs up.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 18.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.61 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.61 |
| I ran with Barry today out to my daughters first soccer game this morning. We ran 8.61 miles at an overall 7:12 pace in 1:02. Barry did the last couple miles slower, because I was hurrying to get the game. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 8.61 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
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1.5 miles with the Dog and my oldest daughter Dallyce. Easy 9 minute mile. I'm trying something different probably by cutting back the mileage quite a bit before the Pocatello Marathon. I have a deep massage scheduled for this next Tuesday.
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Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 1.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.50 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
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Busy day! Ran 10.5 at an 7:02 pace in 1:13 in nice cool weather. Ran the last mile at 6:02. Vomited yesterday again just not doing well on my eating right now.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.48 | 4.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.60 |
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50 Degrees this morning. I was up till 1am working. Ran the Satterfield Hill loop for 11:48 Miles at an overall 7:00 pace in 1:20. Did the last four faster (6:26, 5:31, 5:48 6:38). No fun when your in a hurry.
Evening: little over 100m stride tonight. Check my weight and I'm at 133 pounds according to this morning.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 11.48 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.35 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.35 |
| Ran 11:35 at an overall 6:51 pace in 1:17 up Olympus RD and down Bench RD, Hilne Rd. Not much time to blog so in summary I did the last five miles faster (6:08, 5:45, 6:29,6:48 and 6:27). My right little toe is bleeding and hurting and the bottom of my left foot is sore and hurting for the last couple days. Lovely! But I don't care I won't be racing much anymore. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 11.35 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.50 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.50 |
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Ran 11.35 miles at an overall 6:55 pace in 1:18. Busy day and weekend. My daughters as a soccer game Friday night and two Saturday. Ran the last mile at 6:06. My son has a cough as well as both my daughter's and I've had an ear ache the last few days that's worse today. Oh well praise God. Evening: Couple strides last night. Spent most of the night working on Google Code for our conversion. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.35 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.50 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.50 |
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Quickly! (very busy today at work) Ran the last 9 miles of the Pocatello Marathon Course and then kept running all the way home. Barry and I started together and he ran 8. Splits from mile 3 on: (6:39, 6:41, 6:19, 6:16, 6:04,6:12, 6:11, 6:11,6:29, 6:30, 6:41,6:40) Totaled 14 miles at an overall 6:29 pace in 1:33 Evening: Ran 1 stride last night to loosen the legs.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 14.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.11 | 6.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 11.11 |
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Ran 11.11 miles at a 5:51 pace in 1:05 down Pocatello Creek to home. Now time to work on the Google/PHP/Zend Frameworks code. I got a lot done last night on this project staying up late and I feel really good with the progress. I have the basic nucleus done. I couldn't wait to come home and work on it from my run, because I'm in a programming hot streak right now and that's fun to right code when you feel this way. Who care's about the marathon.
Mile 1: (extreme Downhill) 6:14 Mile 2; (Slight Downhill) 5:34 Mile 3: (same) 5:28 Mile 4: (half down and flat) 5:21 Mile 5: (same) 5:26 Mile 6: (same) 5:29 Mile 7: (flat) 5:40 Mile 8: (flat) 5:43 Mile 9 (flat) 6:22 Cool-down start Mile 10: (flat) 6:11
Mile 11: (flat) 6:54
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Ohana Racers Pair #1 Miles: 11.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rest day. No need to run after a good work-out yesterday. Need to let the legs relax for next weekend. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.33 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.33 |
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Ran 9.33 miles this morning at an overall 6:49 pace in 1:03 on a gorgeous morning. Still fighting an ear infection I've had since late last week. No pressure Saturday at the Poky Marathon. I'm running this one for the Lord and last hurray!
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 9.33 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.32 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.32 |
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Ran 7.32 Miles at an overall easy 6:59 pace in 51:10. Couple at (6:33, 6:45). I probably will have to spend some time working over the weekend as well this week. Very busy today. Still fighting an ear infection, I'm on 10 day medication. My daughter won their soccer game last night 2-0 against the top team. They also play tonight so I will rush there after work at 6pm, and not get dinner again until 8pm. My faucet hose blew up when we got home from soccer last night and flooded our bath room so I had to take care of that. That didn't upset me I just laughed it off. Life is to short to get upset. My son cried because he thought he did it. Also my son as a very bad cough and my oldest daughter is playing the soccer games sick. She has a bad cough and congested. I also have a major cut-over on September 7th that's all on my shoulders at work. (Migrating all the current emails users at ISU to google). I have a lot on my plate. Oh ya and there's a marathon Saturday. |
Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 7.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 1.30 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 6.30 |
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Ran 6.3 miles up Satterfield than back down. Last three miles (downhill 6:09 running easy.) (Flat 5:42 not bad) (Flat 5:42 ditto) Boring talking about my running anymore. Busy Day! Breakfast: Oatmeal Apple
Coffee
Snack: Apple, more coffee
Lunch: Santa Fe Rice Bean Lean Cuisine Meal
Dannon Yogurt Power Zero (hey I drink something good, But I don't care what I drink or eat for this marathon) Vault Zero Pop as well (who cares about running marathon's life is more important) Snack:Apple Apple Fruit treat
Dinner: Cheddar rice (two servers) Two and half breaded fish patties Salad (mustard dressing) Vault Zero Pop Half a Bagel (don't laugh... I was full)
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 6.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.34 |
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Weight is at 136 better than couple weeks ago of being under 130 Easy 5.34 miles at an overall 7:06 pace in 37.55. No time to blog bye. Breakfast: Mixed Cereal: a bowl of Honey Clusters, Kix, Oatmeal heated with milk. Coffee
Snack: Apple more coffee
44oz Diet Mountain Dew Pop (Marathon not important to me going to eat and drink what I want. Can you believe the amount of caffeine I'm having. But I don't care. God will bless me in the race)
Lunch: Yogurt (strawberry) and I mixed in Honey Cluster Cereal and rasins Bagel with my special spread mixture (jam, oatmeal, cereal, raisins heated ) Few carrots and green beans Power Zero Of course more Diet Mountain Dew
Snack: Peach
Dinner: Four Waffles (Mixed Honey Cluster cereal in waffle mix) with lite syrup and jam Salad with onions and rice (Weird combination dinner) Diet Pop and G2 Gatorade
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Avia Lites II Miles: 5.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.14 |
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Ran 3.14 miles this morning. Easy run to prepare for the race tomorrow. I feel real confident even though I still have an ear ache. Breakfast: Oatmeal heated with milk (Mixed in Honey Cluster Cereal). Coffee
Snack: Peach Fruit Leather G2 Gatorade More coffee (can't forget that)
Lunch: Bagel with my special spread mixture (jam, oatmeal, cereal, raisins heated ) Apple
Snack:
Dinner: Spaghetti with red sauces and mushrooms and onions. Salad with honey mustard dressing garlic bread Power Zero
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 3.14 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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Pocatello Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:43:30, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.00 | 26.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.20 |
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Where everything clicked last year, nothing seemed to click right today. I had major stomach issues at the 9th mile on. I couldn't speed up or my stomach would kill. I even ended up going in my shorts on the run. I dropped my sun glasses at mile 7 wasting time. 2:43:3ish something. For my last marathon for a while or forever I don't think I did too bad. I had to have the determination to push forward when my stomach hurt so bad. It hurt so bad at one point I was crying while running, and that's tough on the ego. Jeff Shadley did awesome at 2:37:22 and should have broke my course record I thought. The weather was perfect to do so. Jeff's a wonderful man and friend. He cares how others are doing, and has such a big heart. Congratulations to the winner of the Pocatello Marathon 2009 "JEFF SHADLEY"! START: My stomach wasn't feeling the greatest from the start, and I've been fighting an ear infection which I still had. I've been on medication for the ear infection since last Thursday. I
wasn't about to tell anyone (other runners on the hill), because I
felt this information was between me and God and I would work through
it fine. I really just didn't feel the best, and my heart wasn't
really into it because of that reason and others. That probably didn't
help from the start, even though my training runs were good all week.
I've had so much to do at work with deadlines that I wasn't even
thinking about the race, and didn't have a real concrete strategy.
My thoughts were elsewhere and clearly not on running. This just
didn't seem the week to run. The night before I was worried, and just
wanted to get the race over with and done. I really didn't have a time
goal either (Jeff really looked focused and ready). My wife and I got up at 4am and we did our daily devotion and read some scriptures. Then I drank some coffee and had half a banana and granola bar, and some pieces of a bagel. Then my wife drove me to the Bus pickup at the Red Lion Hotel entrance.
I got up the Mountain at 5:30 at went to the bathroom (the race starts on Crestview Rd). Then I met Jeff, and his friend has they were stretching and getting ready. I put some Myo Med on and did a little warm up. I took another potty break at the top of the road in my secret place.
MILE SPLITS:
Mile 1; 5:34 (good start)
Mile 2; 5:54 (slowed a bit not to go too fast on the downhill with Jeff)
Mile 3: 5:46 (Good mile just giving what the downhill gave Jeff and I)
Mile 4; 5:55 (Still running, but my ear started bothering me a bit and I was starting to breathe harder).
Mile 5 5:40 (Still the breathing felt weird but didn't affect the mile).
Mile 6: 5:45 (Jeff was starting to pull away, and I told him to not let me hold him back or it could have been before this point. I don't remember).
Mile 7: 5:59 (Jeff was gone, and I dropped my sunglasses and had to go back and pick them up.) (Guy at aid station said Jeff's going after your record better caught up. I yelled back I don't care let it be broken. This really made me mad, because almost all the aids stations were saying this and even people driving. Sometimes it's not fun running in your hometown).
Mile 8: 6:01 (Stomach was starting something here but I was okay).
Mile 9: 6:04 (Stomach started to kill and really knock me like a punch) (took a gel).
Mile 10: 5:45 (Was trying to fight the pain of the belly, and this mile should have been faster).
Mile 11: 5:56 (Backed-off belly was killing me almost putting me in tears).
Mile 12; 5:48 (Went a little in my shorts for some relief).
Mile 13: 6:27 (Said hi to Barry on the blog he was running the half).
Mile 14: 6:09 (Belly was hurting so bad I started crying, but kept running. Very hard to admit put I want to know that I made it, and can always look back at this moment).
Mile 15: 6:23 (started singing "praise God, I love you Jesus). (took a gel)
Mile 16: 6:40 (hurting going up the hill, but legs were fine. The belly just won't help).
Mile 17: 6:46 (Ditto).
Mile 18; 6:36 (Ditto).
Mile 19: 6:31 (Hurting going downhill).
Mile 20: 6:37 (Ditto).
Mile 21: 6:40 (Just doing whatever).
Mile 22: 7:05 (Going up Century hill. Again legs were good). (Sports Beans).
Mile 23: 6:40 (Went in my shorts again... started feeling better).
Mile 24: 6:28 (Feeling better. Thinking maybe I should have just stopped and took a dump)
Mile 25: 6:19 (Feeling good, legs felt fresh)
Mile 26: 6:12 (Again feeling good). I left home pretty much soon after, because my belly was hurting after I stopped. All in All a good race for my heart not being in it and the Stomach problems. The weather was awesome. A very good day for the record of the course to be broken. Congratulations to my buddy Jeff Shadley for shining his talent today. A lot more talent than I have. I'm still not feeling the best today and the stomach still has issues. I think I've caught some type of illness. What a week to get sick before a marathon. Guys please give Jeff a lot of praise he deserves it. He's such a good intelligent person and a great friend.
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Ohana Racers Pair #2 Miles: 27.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.11 |
| Ran 3.11 miles. Two with my daughters and dog. The last mile with my soon to be 5 year old son on September 9th. He ran the whole mile without stopping. Good recovery runs for me my legs were a bit sore.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 3.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running a little sore. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.11 |
| Run 2.11 Miles with my Daughter at her XC practice. No soreness whatsoever in the legs. We went up and down steep inclines. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 2.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.30 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.30 |
| Ran 7.2 miles at an overall 7:12 pace in 52:43 Minutes. Legs are not sore at all, but again that wasn't my problem on marathon day it was my stomach, ear and heart. The legs were into it just not everything else. My legs felt really fresh after the marathon. When your motivation factor is bad it doesn't matter if you've peaked or your fitness is in the top of the line shape, if your hearts not in it your not going to do well. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.13 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.13 |
| Worked late last night. I got a call from my sons tee-ball practice that our Mysql Database was not allowing connections. I had to go back to work to fix the problem. I'm so glad I'm not running anymore marathons this year. If I would have been motivated and the way my legs feel after last Saturday I really should have been able to run under a 2:35. Motivation and Heart and Stomach and Ear Infection provided the outcome. Really it was meant to be. But life catches up to you and you have to change . Today, 10.13 miles at an overall 7:09 pace in 1:12. My legs were fresh like before a marathon. I just ran by feel and didn't care what the pace was.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 10.13 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.40 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.40 |
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Ran the Satterfield loop with Barry this morning with the temperature at 43 degrees. Both Barry and I are recovering well from the Half Marathon he ran, and the Marathon I ran. Barry really looks good. We just wanted to keep the run simple and not push which is ridiculous anyway since we raced last week. Although I pushed harder the last two miles to get back home because of a meeting at work. I ran the last mile at 6:12. Totals 10.4 miles at an overall 7:06 pace in 1:13. Blogging days are getting shorter and shorter.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 10.40 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.40 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.40 |
| Good run with Barry this morning averaging 7.12 for 8.4 miles. Mostly a flat course we ran. We had a good conversation the whole way. I was up till 2am with my Father-in-law in the emergency room getting his appendictis out. Also my Grandpa was in the emergency room as well yesterday and I had to pick him up at 4:30pm yesterday where he couldn't breath do to Blood Pressure Medication. My mom has to have surgery next week to remove a tumor on her thryroid. I have to travel to Idaho Falls today at 11:30am for a soccer game at 1pm at the Old Butte Rd. Soccer complex. Busy Busy. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 8.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.11 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.11 |
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Update from my family: Father-in-law: He's doing okay with his appendictis surgery recovery. Other than he couldn't breath on his own coming out of it because of the years of smoking. He had to take an oxygen tank home. He definitely knows now the smoking has to stop. It almost killed him because they had to put him on a ventilator to keep him breathing. Grandpa: He still not doing the best. They can't figure out why he keeps coughing so bad. They took him off one Blood Pressure medication. It will take a week to see if that's the issue. Mom: She goes into surgery at 11am this morning, and I hope everything goes okay. Ran 9.11 miles at an overall 7:01 pace in 1:04. Very windy 5 miles at first. Did the last mile in 6:26.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 9.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.12 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.12 |
| 13.12 miles at an overall 7:02 pace in 1:32:22. Did some in the 6:3ish range and one at 6:05. Olympus loop. |
Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 13.12 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.31 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.31 |
| Ran around neighborhood then out on Highway 30 and down Hawthorne Rd,. I turned into the mall and ran to Poleline Rd. Totals 11.31 Miles at an overall 7:10 pace in 1:20:58. Up late at the Hospital my body was tired this morning. Ran the last mile at 6:12 just for fun. Took my mom home from the Hospital today at 11am. My grandpa had to go to the Emergency room last night at 1am and was there till 3am. Then he went back as so as I picked up my mom from the Hospital he was checking in. He can't go to the bath room so they forced the issue last night with a catheter. One family member replaces another. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 11.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.11 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.11 |
| Only time for 3.11 miles today at an overall 7:02 pace in 21:51. We had my daughter's parent teacher conference at 7:00am this morning. Now I'm in the middle of my Sun Messenger mail to Gmail (google) migration projection. PHP and Zendframe be my friend today and work well. (talking to myself, that's what happens being up past midnight 5 days in a row). Stayed with my mom till llpm last night. She's doing well at home. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 3.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Day off worked all night on Google project that's why I haven't been posting too busy. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.22 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.22 |
| Hiline loop with Barry. I picked it up the last 4 miles. (6:37, 6:12, 6:07, 7:03, 6:44). I haven't had much sleep so we started out slow with an 8 min mile. Good run and I felt fresh with having the day before off. It felt like doing a fartlek run. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 10.22 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.25 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
| Three Mile route (7:16, 6;51,6:03). Fun route and hurried to get back for Church. The wind was horrible. Very strong gusts. The last mile I wanted to pick up a good pace. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 3.25 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.41 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.41 |
| Ran to the daycare and around the complex, then down Yellowstone over to Greenacres school. . Then I ran by the park and back up to Jefferson. I finished with a faster mile at 6:04. Not too bad of run. The weather was 40 degrees. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 8.41 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.32 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.32 |
| Did the Satterfiled Loop today in 37 degrees. I did a few more up the side street hills on the way back down than I normally do. I wanted to do the last 3 miles faster 5:48, 5:54, 6:02. Not bad it didn't feel too difficult. First miles in the 5 minute range since the September 5th marathon. Good up and down hill run today. |
Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 11.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.13 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.13 |
| Took it easy the first 8 miles then picked up the pace the last three miles (6:50, 6:17, 6:49). The course was mainly flat except going up over the overpass bridge. Temperature 39 degrees. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 10.13 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.23 |
| Easy Run. Nothing hard felt sort of sluggish this morning. Ran down Chubbuck Yellowstone Ave, then turned on Chubbuck Rd. Then I turned on Philbin Rd. and then on Highway 30 and back home. Did some miles in the higher 6 minuter range. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.53 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.53 |
| Morning:
Did the Hiline Rd and Poline Rd. route. Picked the pace up the last few miles (6:22, 6;10, 6:35). I felt pretty strong in the end. I didn't have time to do more miles because I got up too late and had a morning meeting at work. Wore a long sleeve shirt today. Lunch: Started from the daycare on my lunch hour and ran on Garret Way, Highway 30, Hawthorne, Mckinley Ave, then back to the daycare. Did one fast mile at 6:16. The temperature was in the 80's. Sort of easy run with pickups. Finally caught up on my runs in the blog. Been too busy with life to really spend time on hear anymore. I will still try and keep up, but I don't know.
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Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 8.30 | Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 8.23 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 8.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.20 |
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The day started out good running with Barry down Pocatello Creek Rd. I ran 11.2 miles at a 6:44 pace in 1:14. It felt good even though I was tired from all the work hours with the Google project. Then later that day my daughter had a soccer game and got kicked really, really, really, hard in the shin by the opposing team's girl's foot. When my daughter was going down she heard a snap. I rushed over on the field and she was in pain and she said her leg made a snapping noise and she couldn't move it at all. I immediately took her to the truck and rushed her to the hospital. After 3 hours including x-rays at the hospital she completely broke her tibula. We will have to have it in a cast in 3 days when the swelling goes down, but she will have to stay off of it for 6 weeks. If the tibula bone moves at all during the healing she will have to have surgery done, and a rod will have to be put in. We have to be careful and make sure she does not put weight on it. She will have to use the crutches like a pro. Right now they put her in a splint until the swelling goes down.
What's sad is she had a XC tournament on Friday for 8th grade and she finished in 8th place out of 102 runner for the 2 mile run. The city race is next week and of course she will have to miss it. She was actually starting to like XC more than Soccer. She broke my heart when she cried and said " Dad I can't do XC or soccer anymore this year". I wanted to cry but I was strong for her.
Anyway, I've been to the emergency room the last three weekends and during the week. First with my mom, then grandpa then grandma, then father-in-law and finally my daughter. Wow what a month.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 11.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Day off. Helping my daughter out all day with her Broken Tibia bone. She was in pain most of the night and had a hard time sleeping.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.51 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.51 |
| Had to get up early so my wife could be with my daughter until I got back from my run to take care of the broken leg. Hopefully she will get a cast tomorrow. I will be home with her all day today. Running not important right now just my daughter. I feel bad to run knowing she can't right now. Ran 5.51 miles at an overall 6:41 pace in 36:53 minutes. Last two (6:27, 5:59)/
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 5.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.42 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.42 |
| Ran before my wife left for work so that I could be with my daughter again today. We go to the doctor to either get a cast or whatever the x-rays shows that we need to do. If the bone hasn't moved after the swelling than she will get a cast put on. 6.42 miles in 6:58 pace in 44:46 minutes. Last one at 6:20p. It's actually been good for me not to run as much. My eating still isn't right as it is.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 6.42 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.21 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.21 |
| Hiline loop in the rain. Did one mile 6:15. Felt good today. 10.21 miles. Staying home with my daughter with her broken Tibia. She's getting better on the crutches. Doctor says she'll be in the cast for 10 to 12 weeks. I think it will be more like 6 to 8 weeks. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.32 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.32 |
| 11.31 miles at an overall 7:03 pace in 1:19. Very cold my face froze. I wore tights for the first time this year. The temperature was 30 degrees with the wind chill it was 24 degrees. Did one mile at (6:12).
Still home with my daughter but I have interview resume to look over for a position were going to higher at work and I'm on the interview team so that will keep me busy. I've really enjoyed the time with my daughter. We've gotten even more closer than we really were.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 11.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.22 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.22 |
| Ran 13.22 miles at an overall 7:04 pace in 1:33 in 26 degree weather. I headed up towards Satterfield and turned on Olympus Rd. then Chubbuck Rd., then Hilne Rd. than around the neighborhood. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 13.22 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.32 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.32 |
| Run down Pocatello Creek Rd. to my house with Barry for 10.32 miles in 1:08. I really didn't push the miles even though I averaged 6:36 for the run. Felt easy and comfortable even after going to bed after 1am last night. I was a little sore though from the hills yesterday. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 10.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.21 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.21 |
| Ran 10.21 miles at an overall 6:57 pace in 1:11 in a snow storm and miserable weather at 26 degrees. I was soaked when I got home, and I remembered this feeling from last year. My wife and I had a great devotion on God providing for you. Well this morning he provided for me. My daughter went back to school today, and will get around on the crutches fine I think. Although, she woke us up at 3am because her leg was hurting, but that's normal it's going to hurt off and on. This been now about 10 days since breaking her Tibia.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.10 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.10 |
| We finally finished the final phase last night of the switch over from our Mail Server to Google's Gmail server. Everything went well. It's nice to code in PHP again to do a lot of the work. I got home around 1am when everything was switched over and working. I was dead on my feet pretty much for the first 7 miles of this run. I was tired and felt like an old man. Of course I only got about 4 hours of sleep. Did fast miles at end of run when I woke up (6:45, 6:49, 6:48,6:20,6:22) Ran 12.10 miles at an overall 7:01 pace in 1:24:51 in 28 degree weather. I focused on a hilly route this morning feeling I needed to get some uphill work done for my fitness level. Had a great devotions this morning with my wife about not complaining what others do, but look within yourself what God wants you do to in your life. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 12.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.33 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.33 |
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6.33 on the Treadmill at home in 43.00. Ran the last mile in 6 flat. My daughter has the flu, and I'm home with her. She's had a bad two weeks for a broken Tibia and now the flu.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 6.33 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.51 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.51 |
| Ran hilly route up Chubbuck road down Olympus in 36 degree weather. 11.51 miles at an overall 6:54 pace in 1:19:22. Ending split miles (6:18, 6:25, 6:00). Daughter feeling better from flu so I'm at work. Luckily they don't have school Thursday and Friday. I stilled worked last night into 1:20am. Temperature was 34 degrees.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.31 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.31 |
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Late night again working not a lot of sleep. Started out with the temperature being a warm 38 degrees. Ran 10.21 miles at an overall 6:56 pace in 1:10:55 mainly on a flat course. Felt really sluggish and tired for most of the run. I would have rather been in bed sleeping. I had planned to run longer today, but being deprived from sleep I go up later. Sometimes rest is part of fitness anyway. Lots to do at work today. Ran 100m stride in evening.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 10.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 3.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Ran 10.31 miles at an overall pace 6:31 in 1:07:8 (6:20, 6:13,6:14,6:16,6:02,6:43,6:36,6:47,6:40) Ran .6 with my daughter Grace in the afternoon at an easy pace.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 10.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Enjoyed the day off with my family. We went out and ate at a Chinese buffet. My oldest daughter is tired of sitting around and was glad to go out and eat. I worked on a laptop today as well and made extra money while watching football. Sunday's is my day of decision if I want to run or not. It depends if I feel like sleeping in or not. This morning I slept till 9am so I didn't run.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.21 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.21 |
| Temperature this morning was 25 degrees. I stayed up late last night
watching the Rockies and Phillies play (my team is already in the LA
Dodgers) so I got up a little later than normal. I was 100% unmotivated
to run, but I got out the door anyway. It's funny! Once I get
out the door and get past the first mile my whole countenance changes,
and I can start focusing on the run. It's just getting out the door
with not having a bad attitude about running that morning. What do you
guys do when you feel this way about your attitude in the morning with
running, do you go back to bed, or not do it that day, or go ahead and
do it? We should have a poll on this. Anyway, I ran 10.21 miles
at an overall 6:47 pace in 1:09:15. Last two miles at (6:13, 6:18) any
faster and I would have froze. Good run even on the lack of sleep. I've
got to retire my Brooks Axiom 2 shoes. I need to find another size 12.5
cheap like I did these ones. I like them for cushioning.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.50 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
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Got called in from work last night and worked till almost 1am. I was at my brother's house where I haven't been for a while (and he lives right down my block) and ate dinner for the first time in over a year. I had to leave and go to work from there. How depressing to miss out on some fun. I don't know how to have fun anymore.
I was dead tired after 4 hours of sleep. I ran 13.5 miles up the Satterfield hill loop at a 7:18 pace in 1:37:49. I finished the last 3 miles in the high 6ish range. The weather was 50 degrees and I was over dressed, but we had 25mph wind the whole time. I do have some pain under my left foot right where the five toes intersect. It hurts more so when I turn. It's been there for a couple weeks. I just think I need to get some cushioned shoes with lesser miles.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 13.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.12 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.12 |
| Last night was funny. I was so tired I laid down on the floor in our bedroom at 9pm while my wife was watching TV and we were talking (I wanted to be in there with her because I've felt like I haven't seen my family lately with all the work). About 10 minutes after that I was snoring and sound sleep. My wife laid a blanket on me. I eventually woke up at 11:20pm and got in bed. I was so tired last night that everything hit me all at once and I crashed. Deprived sleep has been a problem for me lately and it's surely affecting the running. I was still really tired this morning even after all the sleep. I ran 12.12 miles at an overall 7:04 pace in 1:25:31. Very windy and a very hard 7 miles in the wind. Ran up to Idaho State University and back home. ISU meant the Governor's 6% budget cuts and there will not be anymore layoffs for this fiscal period. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 12.12 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.00 | 7.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.20 |
| My daughter was sick today so I'm staying home with her, and I actually woke up not feeling good and the bottom of my left foot is hurting (need heavier new shoes). I decided to run but I had to be back by 7:40am so my wife could leave for work. I ran 5.5 miles at an overall 6:33 pace in 36:02 minutes (6:16, 6:16, 6:17) flat course. Then as soon as I got back I hopped on the treadmill and ran another 9.7 miles in 66 minutes. Total 15.2 mile continuous run. Bottom of left foot is sore.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 15.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sick no running |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Sick no running and feel like crap. Lymph nodes are swollen. I have a cough, and a sore throat from the cough. Hot and cold chills. I went to the doctor yesterday to test for the flu, because they can stop it if you go within the first 24 hours. But I tested negative and it's some other virus and there's nothing they can give me. I'll have to fight it out.
What's sad is I was headed to close it an 80 mile week.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No RuNnInG SiCk StIlL. See I even can't type. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running, but I'm feeling better just a little weak and dizzy still. I probably could have ran today, but it wouldn't have benefited anything with my immune system still being knocked down. Why run when you know your sick, because it can't benefit your fitness or help your training it will only knock you a step back to being exhausted. I want to feel 100% before I run again, so this stuff doesn't come back.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.20 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| Finally was able to run today. Felt well enough from the sickness the last 4 days. I ran 10.2 miles at an overall easy pace of 7:09 in 1:12:55. Nothing special but it felt really easy. The breathing was still not quite there yet. I was plugged up a bit in the sinus area. It was 40 degrees. But it felt good to run after a 4 day layoff. |
Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 10.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.51 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.51 |
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It's getting colder... it was 30 degrees but with the wind chill it was 25 degrees. I ran the Satterfield Hill Loop and did a couple more on the way back. I'm still congested from the four day sickness so I took the run real easy. Especially, going back down the hill my mile splits were not exciting for the last four miles (6:35, 6:04, 6:29,6:36). It's better to ease back in the runner and not kill my immune system. Work is overwhelming right now so I need to get off here. Total 11.51 miles at an overall 7:05 pace in 1:21:33.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 11.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.52 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.52 |
| Home with my son who's sick. He has the same symptoms I had. Right now he's on the wonderful cover-up medicine Tylenol and his fever is down probably only for a few hours. We all know this routine. There's no since taking him to the children's clinic because they won't do anything unless he test positive for the flu. My daugher's didn't test positive and I didn't either so they did nothing. My wife will switch me at 1pm and I will got to work. I have so much to do at work. I got up somewhat earlier so that I could be back by 7:40 so that my wife could leave for work and I could stay at home till 1pm. I ran 7.30 miles at an overall 7:02 pace in 51:18. I sort of felt flat today for some reason, but I don't care. You have days like this and rebound. Then I came home and ran 3.22 miles on the treadmill. 1 mile at 6:30 and a half mile at 6 minute pace.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 10.52 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.20 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.20 |
| Ran 10.2 miles at a 7:01 pace in 1:11:30 this morning before my wife left for work so I could stay home with my sick son. Hopefully, he will feel better today. 37 degrees outside and I hate running in the dark.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 10.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.21 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.21 |
| Barry and I drove up to Mink Creek to run the Half Marathon race course that w may run on November 7th. Both of us were still feeling the side effects of being sick all week. We both still had a cough, and are legs just are not there yet. We decided to run 10 miles of the HM course. The wind was horrible blowing over 20mph and it made the run difficult. We talked for the first three miles then Barry fell back and I kept going. At mile 5 the wind really picked up and was right in my face. I did push the pace I just ran whatever I felt I could. I ran an extra mile waiting for Barry to come in. Total 11.21 at an overall 6:53 pace in 1:17:14. After we got done and was driving back up to Mink Creek to get Barry's car. We were both hacking/coughing for about 10 minutes taking turns. Sickness can sure wipe your training out.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 11.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Day-off and I needed it. My heel on my right foot was sore causing to walk different, but not quit with a limp. My left under my toes (which has had some discomfort for about 3 weeks now) was bothering me. Really thinking that I won't run the Half Marathon on November 7th and just call it quits for racing the rest of the year. |
Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.32 |
| The temperature was 37 degrees outside with a decent wind. I didn't feel cold only the hands in the last mile. I did know how the heel was going to react today, but it didn't seem to bother me. I can still feel something there, so I need to really monitor that. Totals: 10.32 miles at an overall 7:08 pace in 1:13:34. I'm still coughing a lot and don't feel quite there yet with the runs.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 10.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.32 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.32 |
| Ran up Satterfield (loop) where it started to snow. Temperature was 35 degrees. "O what fun it is to run in a snow filled street", not quite on the street, but snow covered fields. Ran 12.32 miles at an overall 7 minute pace in 1:26:09. Ran the last 4 miles faster (6:42, 6:01, 6:23, 6:42), didn't really push it or even look at my garmin the whole time, and I really didn't care. Home sick with my daughter again.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 12.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.51 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.51 |
| 19 degrees outside. Really did get cold just the hands. Still not fun running when it's cold. You feel slow and just don't feel like you can pick up and get a good fast pace going. I guess that's why winter is good to build aerobic base if your running outside. Total 10.51 miles at an overall 7:08 pace in 1:14:52. Did last mile at 6:33. I went to work today but my daughter is still home sick... She had 101 fever this morning. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 10.51 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.60 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.60 |
| 10.6 miles at an overall 7 minute pace in 1:13:38. Temperature was 19 degrees. Still home with my sick daughter. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 10.60 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.30 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.30 |
| 10.3 miles at an overall 6:57 pace in 1:11:50 up to Olympus and looped back home Splits for last 4 miles (6:47, 6:14, 6:02, 6:51). Daughter went to school today, but still has a sore throat and runny nose. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 10.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.10 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.10 |
| Run with Barry today down Pocatello Creek Rd. to my house. Great conversation and he did great coming back from being sick. I was worried about him last week, but we did great. Temperature was warm at 39 degrees. I felt toasty running. I felt Barry on the last 1.5 of the run just to speed up.
Totals 9.1 miles at an overall 6:30 pace in 59:11. Splits: (warm-up mile then: 6:21, 6:14, 6:13, 6:34, 6:29, 6:37, 5:50, cold down 6:59). Fun run with Barry now off to take my son to last tee-ball game, and then trick or treating with the kids.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 9.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.25 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.25 |
| Not much time. Totals 11.25 miles at an overall 6:53 pace in 1:17:30. All over basically not plan for pace. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 11.25 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.10 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.10 |
| It was 27 degrees this morning but really didn't feel cold even though I could see the fog coming out of my mouth (ya right fog). I ran a pretty tough course going up Tuscany Rd. and over Hospital Way. Good hills (up/down) and I felt pretty good. Right now running is just running for fitness and nothing more. 12.10 miles at an overall 6:53 pace in 1:23:20. Each day I wake up and don't know how far I'm going to run. It depends on how long my devotion is with my wife every morning. This is the most important thing to me right now. We live in a world where we always want a edge on something (getting preachy), but do we ever stop and recognize where God wants us to be...
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 12.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.31 |
| 22 degrees this morning. Sore from all the rolling hills yesterday so I took it easy today. 11.31 miles at an overall 7:01 pace in 1:19. My left foot in the middle is still bothering me now for three or more weeks. Especially on sharp turns. Oh well at least I'm not racing so it don't matter.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 11.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
| Tired this morning because of long work days and just flat out mentally busy at work. Ran this morning and didn't even look at the Garmin and didn't care about the pace. Ran 11.30 miles at an overall 7:11 pace in 1:21:12. Great devotion this morning. About we have to step out on faith with decision making. Sometimes we are wrong but that's the only way you gain success is by failing. We have to trust in God when he tells us what to do even if it's not what we want.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 11.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 13.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.31 |
| Had to work till 1am this morning. I felt so tired and sluggish today getting up at 6am. This week has been so busy that I will not run the Half Marathon tomorrow that I was going to do for fun. My foot is bothering me has it is so that's a good sign not to push in a race or not run the race. I'm just too busy and really not trained to run it the way I would want to . It's not a big deal its only a fun race and not big.
Ran 13.31 miles at an overall 7:23 pace in 1:38:12. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 13.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.38 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 7.38 |
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Ran with Barry this morning. Neither one of us did the Half Marathon in Pocatello. I had good reasons. 1. I worked till 1am last night. 2. My foot is a little sore and didn't want to risk running in flats. 3. I didn't want to pay the $55.00 registration fee. 4. I had to work this morning anyway after the run with Barry. Ran 7:38 miles at an overall 6:19 pace in 46:39. Did a fast run because I had to work after the run. Splits (6:49, 6:15, 6:15, 6:12, 6:25, (flat) 5:23, (cool down) 6:32)
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 7.38 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Day off. Wonderful church service. Watched football most of the day. Winterized our RV batteries taking them out and storing them in our basement on a shelf. I've had a headache the last two days that I'm trying to get rid of. I believe it's due to lack of sleep the last few nights.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.50 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
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8.4 miles. Not a lot of time today. Have to rebuild our Calendar Server that died Friday. Our ISU campus Departments us this for scheduling. Good run in 20 degree weahter. Ran a 100 meter stride in my crocs just to see what it felt like. They definitely have cushion and are light, but not something I would get accustom to doing.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 8.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.61 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.61 |
| It was 35 degrees when I started this morning. Great weather for a run and I was overdressed. I ran into Bill M. at the top of Satterfield Rd. and we ran 5 miles together. Great conversation and nice to run with someone, and not really caring about the pace. We talked about doing some adventure races next year for fun together. Bill is great at ultra's, and can teach me a few things. That's probably my plan for next year fun races and not serious training. After I left Bill I headed home and decided to pick the pace up a bit for the last 3 miles. (6:34, 6:01, 6:21). Finished with 12.61 miles at an overall 7:22 pace in 1:32:44. No hurry just a fun visit and enjoyable run.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 12.61 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.21 |
| 35 degrees outside and very nice. I did 12.21 miles at an overall 7:11 easy pace in 1:27:43. Nothing amazing about this run, other than I saw my wife driving around twice when I was running my route. She was teasing me by holding up a thermo of coffee, or a Big Train Streamer. My left foot is still giving me issues. I think to completely heal I would need to take at least three days off. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 12.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.60 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.60 |
| Started the run at 39 degrees with a very grayish sky. Were definitely in for snow soon. Ran 11.6 miles at a 7:04 pace in 1:22. Ran up Olympus Rd and done Bench Rd.. I actually ran in my tie and dress shoes at work this morning. When I got to work I had to go get a Hard Disk that was being delivered from Salt Lake City. The delivery guy couldn't find our building so he called me from across campus. I told the delivery guy to stay where he was at, and I would run over to get the part. This was a high priority drive that needed to be replaced in our mail server were the one failed. It's mirrored (hardware array) and the server has a (Hot Spare) so there was no down time. I just thought it was funny running across campus in my dress clothes. I'm sure students gave me a few looks.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 11.60 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.25 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.25 |
| 20 degrees when I started running at 6am, and it started to snow. Luckily it didn't snow too hard. Ran 8:03 miles at a 6:49 pace in 54:43. Then I headed off to my daughter's parent teacher conference at 7:30am . Bunch run: Ran another 5.22 miles. Nothing real fast just a nice easy 7:12 pace. Snow was still lightly coming down, but almost nothing.
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Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 13.25 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.20 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.20 |
| Ran with Barry at the top of Pocatello Creek down to my house at 7:30am. It was an absolute blizzard the first few miles that I considered running back to the vehicle. The wind had to be blowing 20mph the first 3 miles.
Anyway I ran 11.20 miles at an overall 6:52 pace in 1:16:28 in very slick weather. Barry fall down by the corner near my house and hurt the wrist a bit. The whole run was in nice powdered snow that was slick at times. It never stopped snowing the whole run.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 11.20 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.51 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.51 |
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Did 11.31 miles at an overall 6:53 pace in 1:17:50 this morning in
12 degree weather. I did the last three faster 6:38, 6:32, 6:35. Didn't
feel cold at all, but there was very little wind so that really helps
with the low temps. Everything clicked on the run. I didn't feel tired
or legs didn't feel heavy either, especially after all the junk food I
ate yesterday.
Evening
Ran .2 tonight for the heck of it... acceleration time.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 11.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.70 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.70 |
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I ran 11.53 miles at an overall 6:54 pace in 1:19:27. I hit some pretty good splits coming down Bench Rd. and turning on Hiline Rd. (6:40, 6:06, 6:31, 6:57, 6:39, 6:46, 6:30). Temperature was 14 degrees and one of my toes was numb after the run because I had a hole in the sock that I didn't recognize. My toe was frozen by the end of the run and almost took an hour to get back at the right temperature. Evening: Ran another acceleration this evening in the cold weather.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 11.53 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 14.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.21 |
| 19 degrees this morning but sunny. It really didn't feel cold, and we had no wind. I ran 14.21 miles at an overall 7;10 pace in 1:41:49 just nice and easy. I was tired from working late last night on a system that needed rebooted at our 11pm maintenance window. Not much else happening just staying busy at work configuring two new $50,000 Solaris systems. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 14.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 9.10 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
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Finally got a break to post something today (Busy, Busy I've taken a lunch hour for the past week). This morning it was 20 degrees with a 5mph wind, but it didn't feel too cold. I ran a hilly route (mostly uphill). Went up Chubbuck Rd. and over to Olympus Rd. Did 12.34 miles at an overall 7:06 pace in1:27:39. Really wasn't trying for any speed today but I did run the last 4 miles pretty decent just to get home earlier. (6:46, 6:39, 6:42, 6:53). Evening: Decided to run to the bank and back which is almost a mile. .8
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 12.34 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.11 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.11 |
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This morning it was 18 degrees with wind that made the run interesting heading up towards Satterfield Rd. I took it easy the first few miles. I saw Bill on Satterfield Rd. running the opposite direction as I was headed back to my house. He had good form, and look like he was running with ease. Did sort of a 3 mile tempo towards the end of the run for fun (5:49, 5:49,5:56) and a cool down mile of 6:24. Overall 12.11 miles at an overall 6:48 pace in 1:22:23. Very windy at times that it popped my headphones off even with my hooded mask on.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 12.11 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 8.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
| Ran with Barry this morning down Pocatello Creek Rd and it wasn't fun because of the 20 to 30 mph winds in our face for about 9 miles. We pushed hard at times to get a faster run.. I ran 13.1 miles at an overall 6:44 pace in 1:28:10. I really did get cold even though it was windy and wet. Barry did a great job running. By mile 6 my legs felt a little sore and it could have been because of trying to fight the wind. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 13.10 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.51 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.51 |
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Temps this morning were 20 degrees and with the wind blowing it was 12 degrees. I got attacked by a pitbull this morning that tried biting my ankle, but I managed to kick him away and the dog slipped and fall on the ice on my first escape attempt. This gave me a few seconds to split out of the sub-division on Sawtooth Rd. But he quickly caught up to me trying to bite my bum and calf's. I was scared so I decided to stop (hoping he wouldn't jump at me) and turn around and I gave him a big kick, and it caused the dog to stumble on the road. I took off again and this time he stopped chasing me, and went back to wherever. He did nip me but it left no open wound or bite mark I could see.
Ran 10.31 miles at an overall 7:01 pace in 1:12:28. My work canceled our football Turkey Bowl game outside today against our Networking Department (second annual one), because everyone on both teams had too many people sick and we couldn't field a team because of it. I'm not sick and I'm kind of glad not to play because of the weather. Evening: Ran a couple strides tonight for the fun of it.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 10.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.00 | 4.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.31 |
| Ran 12.31 miles at an overall 6:59 pace in 1:25. I did the last 4 at (5:56, 5:42, 5:45) cool-down 6:36. Have to work tonight at 11pm and won't have to work tomorrow because of the late night maintenance on our systems tonight. To go with that I have a swollen lymph node in my neck and a bump on my shoulder that's the size of a golf ball that's infected, and a spider bite on my ear that's infected which my wife drained out the puss last night. That actually looks better now. I also woke up with a mild sour throat and a stuffy nose, but that has gotten better through-out the day. I'm going to try to get into the doctor. |
Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 12.31 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.50 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Ran 6.5 on the treadmill this morning. I didn't have time to run anymore today. I worked till 3am in the morning then got up at 9am and ran the 6.5 miles and then went to my doctor's appointment at 10am. This appointment was to look at my infection on my shoulder and my Lymph node. He was worry about the lump on the shoulder because of the size. I'll be taking the antibiotic Doxycycline Hyclate (100mg) twice a day. If that doesn't bring the infection down then they will cut into it for analysis. I'm not worried, because this is a strong Antibiotic.
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Avia Lites II Miles: 6.50 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Race: |
United Way Turkey trot (3.1 Miles) 00:17:32, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1 | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 5.00 | 10.42 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.42 |
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Good race tough course... Mostly uphill. Mile 1; (6:09 mostly uphill and was in 4th) Mile 2: (6:08 Again Mostly uphill flat tied for second place). Mile 3: (5:20 Downhill for first .3 and then flat for .7 was in first but got legged out by a High school track runner and finished in second by one second).
Not a bad race... not feeling the best, lack of sleep and on an antibiotic.
Ran another 12.30 miles after the race at a 6:58 pace in 1:25:42.
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Mizuno Idaten Miles: 15.42 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
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No Running.. Shopping at 3am for Black Friday sales. I needed a day-off anyway. I did run a couple 100 meters sprints though with my Son. I'll count that.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 18.41 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.41 |
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It was such a beautiful day that I wanted to run long. I didn't have to be anywhere. No time constraints like it is with every run I do it seems lately. I just ran to be free and enjoy the weather at a sunny 32 degrees. I ran tons of hills on the Satterfield, Fairfield and Olympus roads. I slept in till 8am and started the run at almost 9am, because I was watching cartoons with my son. I ran 20.21 miles at an overall easy 7:15 pace in 2:26:26. First 20 miler since my September marathon. Now eat, shop, and maybe play some Call Of Duty on my Xbox 360 .... Evening Ran 200 meters to loosen the legs up after the long run today. I think its important just like stretching.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 20.21 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Rest Day. We put the tree up and my kids decorated it, and we did the rest of the house. I was putting lights up in our entertainment room and I fell off a chair and bruise my knee and hurt the top of my foot. Hopefully, I'll be okay to run tomorrow.
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.32 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.32 |
| 16 degrees outside, but calm and sunny. The run wasn't the greatest because of the fall yesterday. The top of my right foot hurts and I pretty much limped home the last mile of the run. Ran 8.32 at an overall 7:18 pace in 1:00:43. Oh well such is life and maybe it will be better by tomorrow morning. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 8.32 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.30 |
| Limped 2.3 miles at a wonderful 9:03 pace today. I believe this old man is going to have to take some time off. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 2.30 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 4.15 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.15 |
| It was 3 degrees outside today when I started running... really nothing to explain how cold that is on your face. The foot wasn't bad today. I could run without a limp, but there still was pain, but it was 40% - 60% better than yesterday. I took it easy and ran 5.15 miles at an overall 7:20 pace. I did the last mile in 6:40 and that's when the pain increased trying to run faster. I believe it's on its way to recovery. I'll just take it day to day. Hopefully that last faster mile didn't affect anything, but I needed to get back home. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 5.15 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.52 |
| It was 2 degrees when I started running this morning. My foot was hurting, but I wasn't limping. After about 4 miles I forgot about the pain. I ran 10.52 miles and keeping it easy at a 7:24 pace in 1:17:45. My fingers were not bad with the mittens on, expect one finger was numb and took some time to thaw out. Some toes on my left foot were numb but nothing serious. I might take Friday off to see if I can run the race on Saturday. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 10.52 |
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Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 6.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.53 |
| 8 degrees this morning. Wind was blowing in my face most of the time. Ran 6.53 miles at a very easy 8:14 pace in 53:44. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 6.53 |
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No Running, but watched my daughter run the Santa Claw 5 k sponsored by Idaho State University. She did very well and she ran with my brother's daughter. Just a good old fun run in heavy snow this morning.
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No running but good service and message on sin. We don't have to yield to temptation if we do then sine will began. If you do yield to sin how do you get back to God. ! Corinthians 10-13 1. Admit you've grown cold. 2. Find someone you can be accountable with. 3.Return to bible study. 4. Begin memorizing scripture. 5. Develop immediately a consistent prayer life. |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.30 |
| 7 degrees windy and snow everywhere. 8.30 miles at an overall 7:58 pace in 1:06:07 |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 8.30 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.33 |
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Very nasty today 5 degrees snowing all night and still snowing when I ran 10.33 miles at an overall easy 7:55 pace in 1:21:46. With the wind chill it was -7 degrees. You could feel the cold breeze on the face like being in a walk-in freezer. Hands little numb after run.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 10.33 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2.00 | 8.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.60 |
| Went to the Gym with Barry and we ran the Treadmills. I did Speed Work with my foot having some pain. Did 10.6 miles at an 6:20 pace. Then I went to the doctor to have him check the decreased lump on my shoulder and the antibiotics did the trick, it's better. I also had a X-Ray done on my foot, and there's no fracture. He said it could be a stress fracture. If it continues to hurt for 3 or 4 weeks then he wants to do a MRI to see if it's a stress fracture. |
Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 10.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.31 |
| -12 degrees outside. Ran with Barry at Golds Gym (I have a membership there) on the treadmill 7.31 in 51 minutes. Foot pretty sore. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 7.31 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.26 |
| Ran 8.26 on the home treadmill. Didn't have a lot of time because of a morning meeting. Home was the best option. My TM is just as good as the gym ones anyway. I was sore today and tired. Haven't ate enough food this week I think because of the weird work night. It always messes the eating up. The soreness is the increasing of the bicycle sit-ups and push-ups. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 8.26 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 15.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.31 |
| I ran 15.31 miles today in a nice snow fall coming down with the wind blowing at me for the first 8 miles. Not much traction on the roads, but I couldn't handle another day on the treadmill or I would need to be committed to the Blackfoot South where the crazy ward is located. I would have ran outside today if it was 30 below. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 15.31 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| rest - church - laundry = lazy and watching football |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.32 |
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Warm this morning in the 20's I believe. I ran 8.31 at a 7:28 in 1:02. I slept in this morning and didn't have time to do 10 like I wanted to. I've been sore for a couple of days near the groin because of the extra bicycle sit-ups and push-ups I think. I tried opening it up in the last mile and I pulled something in my groin trying to extend over some ice. Very, Very sore. I'll have to see if I can run tomorrow or even walk without a limp today. Tonight: Still sore in the groin area and don't know my status for tomorrow if I can even run. Maybe I shouldn't run for the rest of the year and quit blogging.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 8.32 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
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It's amazing what ibuprofen can do for you. Ran 10.33 miles in a terrible wind in 1:19.
Evening: Ran a little last night to make an even 11 for the day.
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Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 10.33 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.51 |
| Busy today!! 38 Degrees and dealing with the wind. Ran 11.51 miles. Aggravated the groin last night so it wasn't a fun run. |
Avia Lites II Miles: 11.51 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.53 |
| 35 degrees this morning and everything melting with puddles everywhere. Ran 10.53 at an easy 7:37 with the groin and foot hurting every step. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 10.53 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.22 |
| 30 degrees today. 12.22 miles at an overall 7:24 in 1:30. The groin felt better but the foot is still bad and hurts worse when running down hill. Downtime is coming soon for me I believe. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 12.22 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 10.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.52 |
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Ran 10.22 miles with Barry this morning. Just a slow conversational pace 7:53. 28 degrees or something that felt like we were sunbathing. Helping our church gift wrap present today for a fundraiser. I just love wrapping its my highlight in life. Later Christmas shopping!!! I didn't do enough online. We ran into Bill Mandler at the end of our run. He was headed out to finish his run. He tried to caught us this morning but we couldn't hook up. My fault I should have called him. He's an awesome guy and great to have a conversation with.
Foot?
Evening While My son and I were out and about shopping. He wanted to sprint to the store every time we parked so I did so as well. We parked about 100m's out every time and probably ran a mile with all the stores we went to. But I'll only count 1/4 of a mile.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 10.22 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rest and a familyChristmas party. |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.22 |
| Ran 10 miles with Barry this morning at 33 degrees than continued and did 2 more on my own. Very good conservation and easy run with Barry. I appreciate his patience while I'm running on a bad foot. Oh well down time for me soon. I don't care about racing know anyway. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 12.22 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.33 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.33 |
| 30 degrees today with a little snowfall last night (it's snowing right now). Ran 10 miles with Barry nice and easy, because of my foot issues. Then I added an extra 2 something to see if I could speed up a bit (7:07, 6:48) didn't want to push the foot too much. Total 12.33 miles at an overall 7:19 pace in 1:30. Still have more Christmas shopping to do for the wife. But have to do that after work today or maybe wait till the last minute when I'm off on Christmas Eve. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 12.33 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 12.33 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.33 |
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Ran with Barry today up Satterfield Rd. and back down on Olympus Rd. in snowy, windy conditions. My foot didn't feel as bad today so I tried a little bit of pick-up miles towards the last half of the run. But I wanted to make sure that I ended with a few slower miles on the foot. Here's some of the wonderful highlight splits in the windy snowy weather (6:57, 6:33, 6:24 flat, 7:01, 7:05, 7:02 easy three last miles). Tomorrow is suppose to be back in the single digits in the morning. I will have to make sure the hands stay warm. I probably will not run as much tomorrow. Total 13.33 miles at an overall 7;17 pace in 1:36:48. Evening Ran a mile tonight. I had the time and I wanted too. :-)
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 13.33 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 13.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.31 |
| Ran 13.31 miles at an easy 7:24 pace in 138:30. Terrible run! My head was spinning I was Hallucinating at the end of the run when I walked in the door. It took me an hour to figure out what was going on. I had my wife worried. I haven't been eating very much lately and I think that was the cause. |
Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 13.31 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 1.32 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.32 |
| Merry Christmas to all the blogger's. I ran 3.32 miles today in 22:40 minutes at a 6:50 pace. I did this before anyone got up for the Christmas morning fun. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 3.32 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 8.60 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.60 |
| 10.6 miles today with Barry. |
Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 10.60 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 7.13 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.13 |
| Ran 11.13 miles today at an overall 6:58 pace in 1:17 with Barry at 12 degrees. I did some faster miles towards the end (6:25, 6:20, 6:15, 6:27). Barry kept up pretty good. I was only doing this for him, because my foot is still not 100%. One thing I do want to thank the Lord for this year is giving me the competitive desire to run when it hurts. I've always been able to do things in pain and accomplish a task. I owe that all to God. He's absolutely wonderful. My New Year's resolution is to do what he wants for me next year and if running has to sacrifice that's okay. Guys, it's really been nice knowing you all without the years I've enjoy the time on the blog.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 11.13 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 11.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.30 |
| Ran 11.33 miles in the sloppy snow today with Barry. We took it easy averaging 7:33 pace per mile according to the Garmin.. Very slippery so we made a point to take it slow today. I'm sore because my wife and I rearrange the house yesterday. Moving my Polk Audio sound system from the downstairs to the upstairs to our remodel garage family room. I've been wanting to do this for a while. I hardly ever go downstairs because that's the girls domain. I moved two TV's up and down the stairs plus the entertainment components and entertainment stand. Also cleaning and throwing away a bunch of junk and stuff we will never use or need. Found out that my subwoofer died so I might be off today buying a new one. Also one of my polk audio speaker's was broken sometime ago, because one of the girls knock it off the speaker stand and didn't tell anyone. I didn't get after them, because it happened sometime ago, and I'm just glad they were honest. They didn't think it was broken, but they said they knocked it over a couple of times. It's not attached inside so it just may need to be fused back in place. I'll open it up and see if I can fix it. The subwoofer just doesn't get any power so that could be a fuse as well.
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Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 11.30 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 13.12 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.12 |
| Figured I would run longer for the last run of the year. Since I will be staying up late tonight with the girls watching movies. Not going anywhere. I want to hear my polk audio sound system upstairs so renting movies and eating cookies with the family sounds good.. Ran 13.12 at an overall 7:12 pace in 1:34:23 very slippery conditions. Know need to try anything fast and fall all over the place.
I ran up Olympus Rd and turned off it and ran a few streets uphill close to Satterfield Rd. I wanted to get the heart rate up a bit and hills will definitely do that. I wanted to at least in the last mile for the year under a 7 minute pace, and I did so at 6:42. I'm pondering not doing the blog anymore since I don't have time to really do it as much so if I don't God Bless You all. You've been wonderful friends and have given good advice for me. I've enjoyed all the blogging discussions and comments.
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Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 13.12 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | 2458.57 | 980.83 | 15.27 | 0.00 | 3454.67 |
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New Balance 607 Miles: 5.71 | Saucony Grid Trigon 5 Miles: 319.43 | Brooks Adrenaline 8 Miles: 408.60 | Asics Trainers 13 Miles: 16.05 | Saucony Tangent 3 Miles: 100.75 | Avia Lites #3 Miles: 37.37 | Mizuno Precision 8 Miles: 20.56 | Ohana Racers Pair #1 Miles: 41.12 | Mizuno Elixir 4 Miles: 404.59 | Saucony Tangent 3 Green #1 Miles: 418.94 | Brooks Axiom 2 Miles: 522.89 | Saucony Tangent 3 Green #2 Miles: 283.19 | Avia Lites II Miles: 328.75 | Asics Banditos Miles: 20.82 | Ohana Racers Pair #2 Miles: 61.33 | Mizuno Idaten Miles: 30.92 | Saucony Grid Trigon 4 Miles: 4.23 | Brooks Axiom 3 Miles: 312.75 |
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