| Location: St George,UT, Member Since: Oct 06, 2007 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: I have run in the following
Half Marathon ( Hurricane) 2:19
( Snow Canyon) 2:02:47
10 K (Enterprise) 1:03
12 K (Hurricane Peach Days) 1:22
Marathon (St. George) 4:32
Painters 5K 36:35
Hurricane Half (2008) 2:02:25 Short-Term Running Goals: I have a half coming up in august in Provo that I talked my wife into trying, and I just started training again for the St George marathon. Long-Term Running Goals: Of course I would some day love to qualify for Boston. Personal: When I started running, which was back in Feb. of 2007, I weighed 110 lbs. more than I do now. Although I do not run as fast as I would like, I feel like as long as I continue to progress, I can make it to my goals. I have found that running has been essential to keeping the weight off for me. When I start to take it easy after a race is over, that is when the pounds can creep back on! Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Today I did not have a lot of time, so I had to do a short distance. I decided that I would just go all out and see how fast I could run the three miles. I was able to finish in 27:01. Darn that extra second! | Add Comment |
| | Didn't have a lot of time to run before work, so I could only squeeze this much distance out of 35 minutes. Not too bad for me, but I know that I can do it faster. I am sure that it is mental more than anything. | Add Comment |
| | Since I am training for a half marathon, and I knew that I wanted to go at least 11 miles today, I thought "What the heck, I will just go the whole distance to see what my time will be". Well, my goal for the race is to finish within 2 hours, and I did it in 2:07:30 or so. The problem with where I chose to run today is that the last 2 miles or so is uphill. Not steep really, but steady. Anyway, I figure that with the adreneline and excitement for the race, I might be able to come pretty close! | Comments(1) |
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Today was a speed workout. I did:
1 mile warm-up
5-800's with a 400 jog inbetween
1 mile cool-down.
I was pleased overall with this workout. I was able to finish the total distance of 5.75 miles in 52:52.32. | Comments(1) |
| | I was able to get a tiny bit further in an hour today than I did last time I ran for an hour. Progress is progress no matter how small the amount. :) | Comments(1) |
| | Although I did not have too much time after work today (a 131/2 hour day!), I was able to go to the gym and run on the treadmill for about 40 minutes. By the time the 40 minutes was up, I had gone 4.52 miles, which was a big feat for me! I was very excited at the end of the run, and a part of me (a very small though) kind of wanted to keep going! If only I would have had more time... | Add Comment |
| | I have been taking Friday's off for the past few weeks, but today I decided to just do a nice, easy run. It was kind of fun to just run with no goal in mind. | Add Comment |
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I decided to run part of the course for the Snow Canyon half marathon which is this Saturday. I did the 10 miles in 1:30:57, so I was pretty happy with it overall. | Comments(2) |
| | Today was my speed workout. Since the race is on Sat., we took it easy today. After the 1 mile warm-up, we did 8 400's, with a 200 jog inbetween. Then a 1 mile cool-down. total time was 41:35 for the 4.27 miles. My best 400 was in 1:48, which is pretty good for me. | Add Comment |
| | Nice run today. I didn't have a lot of time, but I was able to get a few miles in. | Add Comment |
| | This will be my last run before the race on Sat. It felt good to get a few miles in tonight. I was able to finish the 3 miles in 27:14. I feel as though I have been making some progress on my speed. | Add Comment |
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Snow Canyon Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:02:47, Place in age division: 11 | | I really wanted to break 2 hours, but at about 10 1/2-11 miles my left quad (especially right above and to the right of my knee) started to cramp up on me. The course had a lot of downhill in it and I think it was mainly due to the pounding. My time from a half marathon that I ran in May was more than 2:19, so I guess this is a great improvement for me. | Comments(7) |
| | This was my first run after the half marathon on Sat. I also did a leg workout. I was trying to get the last of the soreness out of my legs. | Add Comment |
| | I have been having a lot of pain in the arch of one of my feet. Because of this pain, I had to jog nearly the entire hour. I am kind of frustrated, but I am not sure if I need to give my foot some time off to recover from whatever this pain is. | Comments(2) |
| | Nothing like a run on Thanksgiving morning. Had to do this one at the gym, as I had to go to work right afterwards. | Add Comment |
| | Today I tried to go a bit faster on the treadmill than I have in the past week. By the time I got the treadmill up to 6.3 miles per hour that pesky pain in my right arch was back with a vengence. I did get me a Strassberg sock today though, so I am excited to see how that and some serious massage and stretching will help. | Comments(1) |
| | Today was a run out on the road, which felt good. I didn't run full speed, but I think it was like 80-85%. I have been wearing the Straussberg sock for two nights now, and I was quite surprised how much better it felt while running. I think if I keep taking it easy and wearing the sock, I should be back to normal soon. | Comments(1) |
| | Three miles is all I had time for after work. I feel like I have been slacking this week, but I was out of town until last night. This morning I just could not get by behind out of bed. Well, I will just do the best I can for the rest of the week, and hope that next week will be better. | Comments(1) |
| | Today is more like it. The pain in my foot (possible PF) feels much better since I have been wearing the Strassburg sock (or as my wife likes to call it, the goofy sock). As I ran today I could feel it a little, but there was very little pain compared to how it was last week. I have only been wearing the sock since Sat night, so I know it will continue to get better. | Add Comment |
| | I decided to take it kind of easy today. Although my foot hardly hurts at all anymore, I feel as if my stamina has decreased somewhat. While running on the treadmill, I an tired and out of breath at a slower speed than I was before the half marathon. | Add Comment |
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