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March 2007

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Location:

Boise,Id,

Member Since:

Jan 30, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2:23 at St. George in 2004

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lower PR to an acceptable level

Long-Term Running Goals:

Win a marathon with enough cushion to run across the line with my kids

Personal:

Married with three children and one wife.

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Memory Grove.  Shake out tour after two days hacking up bad stuff from my lungs.  I felt okay even with the icy conditions.  65 minutes.

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Treadmill at home.  8 pm, Amy on call and kids had the day off so I was lucky to get something in.  I was inspired by Paul running after flying to Denver and back then running afterward.  32:30

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Washington Park with Bob and Bandy.  We started at Washington Park only to get kicked out of the canyon after running a few miles.  We drove to the top of Emigration canyon and ran to Bob's sister's house.  We ran there to avoid the icy footbridges.

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Church to Home via Sugarhouse park. Easy.

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Memory Grove with Tom.  He keeps telling me he is out of shape as I remind him it is my easy day so we should slow down.

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4 mile warm up to the U of U track (on East High's propery).  6 x 400 m @74 w/ equal to or less recovery (200 m).  First track workout in two forevers.  I used it to stretch my legs out without stressing about pace.  I had planned to run hills but it seems that when I run long downhill runs my right foot gets sore for a few days.  This was a compromise workout.

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Zoo Loop, easy.  I battled ice and mud on the trail.  It beat my feet up so much that I was glad to get on the road.

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SLC Marathon Course, miles 1 through 8, tempo. I warmed up to the two

mile mark then ran progressive until the 8 mile mark. I used exertion

rather than pace since the course is so hilly. I relaxed through a 5:16

fourth mile but struggled to go under 6:00 in Sugarhouse park. Like

Paul earlier this week, I too was nearly run over by an old lady near

the end of my workout. I'm always surprised when these two things

happen: (1) the passenger see you and fails to tell the driver someone

is in front of their car and (2) the driver looks startled then mad

when I give their 4000 pound death machine a love tap. I shouldn't

complain (its Lent), I had several people (at least 5) not hit me with

their cars today. Someone even stopped and let me cross their driveway.

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Treadmill at home.  65:30.  Started easy then gradually picked it up.  First 5 miles in 34, second 5 in 31:30.

 

I'm jealous of all the people racing tomorrow.  Race well. 

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Pipeline, easy. This was my first run in over a week. My right foot got very sore in an unusual place about two weeks ago. It bothered me enough to want to rest it before I injured something else while compensating.  I went to my PT today after the run an he immediately knew what was wrong.  My cuboid-fifth metatarsal joint was becoming immobile.   He loosened it up.  I will run easy this week to watch it but hopefully it is not a big deal.  Too bad I missed Moab because of it.  I think it would have been fun to race the tight pack that was down there.

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Shoreline behind the U.  Easy with big hills.  I meandered in the foothills between the zoo and Red Butte.  I started by climbing from the parking lot to the pass between the foothills and Emigration canyon.  I came down and ran to Red Butte on the upper portion of the trail then returned to the car.  My foot felt much better than it did yesterday.  Steve is amazing.

 

I love my PT.  He spent an hour yesterday working on my foot and checking out my old injuries (PF, SI joint, etc).  He ran Ogden last year and knows how important it is to keep runners running.  He has never advised me to abstain from running.  If we were in a more liberal state I would marry him.  If you are in Salt Lake and need a good PT look up Hand and Ortho Clinic 5151 S 900 E.  His name is Steve Crandell. 

 

For those without a sense of humor, I would not marry him.  I would however drive an long way to see him.  Not as long as a diaper and wig wearing female astronaut might but still a long way.

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On pipeline with Bob.  Ahhhhh, trail.  My foot feels somewhat better but I am going to take it easy this week.

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Pipeline, Burch to Rattle.  52 minutes.  Foot is again a little better than yesterday.

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Pipeline, Burch to Rattlesnake.  Same as yesterday but faster.  Every day my foot feels better.  I may even run on the roads tomorrow.  48:30 today, 52 yesterday.  I ran a good pace but relaxed.  It was what I call steady and probably what Paul calls Tinman Tempo.  If course it would be a slow pace for either steady or TT but I was on trail.  Pipeline has its usual early spring assortment of rocks and ruts but they are being swept away and leveled out by feet and tires.

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With Bob.  We had a good run going until my foot started to ache.  I finished the run listing to the left.  Bob looked good as usual.

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I'm logging off for a while until I can run well again.  It looks like PT and easy running for a while with the only goal being to run pain free.

 

Good luck to all of you this Spring. 

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