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Location:

Lake Havasu City,AZ,

Member Since:

Sep 29, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

23 marathons

6 Bostons (2007-2011, 2017)

3 Half Ironmans

2 Ironmans

3 50 Milers

1 Grand Canyon Rim to Rim to Rim

Marathon PR:

     2:59:00 St. George 2008

     2:58:03 Boston 2010

 1/2 Marathon PR:

     1:25:41  Havasu Half 2009

     1:24:09 Painter's St.George 2010

 Half Ironman PR:

      5:25:02  HITS Havasu 2014

5K PR:

       18:23  LHC Turkey Trot 2014

        18:22  LHC Turkey Trot 2017

50 mile PR:

        7:56:14 Avalon50 2016

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 3 hours again

Doing it a Boston would be sweet!

It was sweet!

UPCOMING RACES

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!

 

Personal:

Married

4 kids

Optometrist

 

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HyperSpeed3 Miles: 7.00
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Headed out the door for a 20 miler, but right off the bat I could tell my calf wasn't right, so I turned around went home and drove to the gym.

1 hour elliptical

15 minutes stationary bike.

STUPID CALF!

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My calf was sore this morning, and I was bumming with last night's failed run.  I knew I shouldn't run, so I did the next best thing: Stairs.

10 min. elliptical

40 min stair (8 repeats- 3min run/2 min walk)

10 min. stationary bike

My calf is still pretty sore this afternoon, but it felt good to have a good workout.  If things don't improve quickly, my chances of BQing UVM are going to be slim.

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15 min stationary bike

core

15 min stationary bike

core

15 min stationary bike

core

15 min stationary bike

This was a pretty intense workout.  I was spent when it was over.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Got out for a run this morning.  My calf was a bit tight at first, but then loosened up.  After getting to the track I did 5 100m strides to ensure that I was warmed up and that my calf was feeling fine. Everything seemed to be good, so I started a 1600m repeat with 800m jog recovery work out.  The first mile went great.  I ran it a bit faster than I wanted to 6:21, but it felt really easy.  The second mile was going great until I had about 200m left to go when I could tell my calf was about to do its thing.  I immediately stopped as to not to cause too much damage.  I walked the last 200m then stretched a bit then ran home very cautiously.  I iced the calf when I got home.  It is now sore to walk on, but will probably feel fine by tomorrow.  I think I'm going to have to cross train the rest of the week and then give it another try on Monday.  I can't believe I'm going to have to try and BQ with mostly just cross training, but I think if my calf holds up, I'm in good enough shape to do it.  I'll just have to trust my cross training.

 Total run- 7 miles

 

PM- 1 hour deep water running

HyperSpeed3 Miles: 7.00
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90 minutes deep water running.

Calf feels much better today, but still sore.  I'm going to wait till Monday and give it another go.  If I can't run without incident Monday, I'm not going to run any more until race day at UVM.

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Today was hardcore cross training day.

10 minutes elliptical warm up

50 minutes stairs- 10 repeats: 3 min run/ 2 min walk.  This was a lot like doing a Yasso's workout.  It was definitely just as hard or harder than any Yasso's I've ever done.

10 minutes elliptical

40 minutes cycle

10 minutes elliptical

Total 2 hours cross training and a bucket load of sweat.  I was gross. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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HyperSpeed3 Miles: 7.00
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