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Location:

South Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 09, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

 

All Time
2001 Provo River Half 1:18:25
2000 St. George Marathon 2:46:53
 
45-49 AD
2012 5K - Sandy July 4th 18:33

2011 10K - Des News 36:12,
2011 Provo River Half 1:22:10
2010 UVM 2:58:42

50-54 AD

2015 Scandinavian 10K 42:52,  2015 SLC Haunted 1/2 1:26:14, 2015 SGM 3:06:56

 

 

 
Other
I've run 30 marathons.
Ran Boston in 2003

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

5/25/19 - Scandinavian Days 5K - 20:01
6/8/19 - CornerCanyon Half
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run to stay healthy and happy.

Personal:

Married to a beautiful woman. We have 5 great kids.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 252.35
Tue, Mar 25, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.003.183.000.007.18

Noon run, sunny, Temp. 55'

Near perfect running weather, decided to do a 3 mile tempo run.  3 fast miles hurt.  Why do I do it?  Anyway I must run weird on my left foot when I run fast because the muscle on the outside of my left shin gets tired as if I've used it until it is dead tired and then I start flapping my left foot which can't be good for it.  I have to slow way down or stop and let it recover for a minute if I want to run without flapping.  I should just give up running and get fat.  Luckily I saw Cal and ran with him for the last mile.  That helped my form to run with someone.

Time 48:32,  Mile avg. - 6:46

Comments
From Paul T on Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 16:31:17

Before you give up running and get fat, you might consider a slight modification to your training. I'm no expert, and you're a much faster runner than I am, but your situation seems similar to my experience so I thought I would at least toss out my two cents worth. I won't be offended, or surprised, if you completely ignore it.

It may just be my perception, but it seems to me that more often than not your blogs contain "fast miles". Here's an example from one of your recent blog entries:

"It seems like my foot won't allow me to run far so I thought I'd run fast. Did a tempo run ( 6:31, 6:22, 6:23, 6:21, 6:29). I can tell my body is getting out of shape. It didn't like the punishment."

Maybe I'm just repeating what your body is already telling you.

When I started running again after 20+ years off, it took me over two years of repeated injuries before I finally stopped running "fast miles" all the time. I continue to have to fight the urge to run "fast miles" too often. The injuries I've wrestled with all winter were triggered by trying to run "fast miles" too soon after the marathon.

As I've watched Tom's inspiring improvement over the past year, one thing that has caught my attention is how faithfully he keeps his recovery and base miles at an "easy" pace, while he continues to set dramatic new PRs.

I'm now trying to follow his example. Once I get my regular mileage up, I plan to start inserting a tempo run or two, trying to remember the mantra "fast miles fast, easy miles easy."

In the two races I've run this year, I was shocked as I set a 4:00 minute PR in the Painter's half marathon, and a 2:00 minute PR in the Spectrum 10K. These are both compared to last year when I was in pretty good shape as I was training for Boston. So far, Tom's pattern appears to be working for me, too.

Every runner is different. I may be way off base. I'm only offering this suggestion as an alternative to quitting running and getting fat.

From Terry on Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 09:08:14

Thanks for the good advice. I always take a short term perspective on getting into shape instead of a longterm view of slowly building and running easy days easy which ultimatley gets you in better shape. Maybe someday I'll learn the lesson.

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