Rhett

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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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Salomon Sense Pro 4 Lifetime Miles: 320.00
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NB 1500 V6 Lifetime Miles: 219.00
Adizero Pro Lifetime Miles: 57.00
Hoka Clifton 8 Lifetime Miles: 346.00
Brooks Ghost 14 Lifetime Miles: 343.00
Brooks Ghost 14 #3 Lifetime Miles: 163.00
Inov8 G270 Lifetime Miles: 20.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.500.006.000.000.009.50

I don't remember the last time I ran on a TM.  It was before my stress fracture, but it was cold and windy this morning, so I took my act to the gym.  I forgot how much I really like running on a TM.  TMs get a bad wrap.  

Anyways I set the TM at 1% incline for the full workout.

2 mile warm up.  My knee was feeling a bit tight and slightly painful.  I considered mailing in the run but then figured I give it a go.

6 x 1 mile at 6:18 (9.5) with 1/4 mile walk breaks.  My knee actually felt better at the faster pace.  6:18 should be about my half mp, but it felt a little more like 10K effort today.  Not bad for my first mile repeats in a while.  I felt good enough on repeat 6 that I considered going to 6:00 pace, but then decided to be smart and stick with the plan.  I finished strong with a lot left in the tank.  Hopefully my knee won't bother me tomorrow.

 Total run 9.5 miles

SpeedStar 4 Miles: 9.50
Comments
From timp on Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 18:52:51 from 66.167.50.219

great session! I hope the knee feels good tomorrow for you.

From Kelli on Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 21:59:55 from 71.219.84.215

NICE!!! I do agree about the TM, but it can get very old when you have to avoid the cold every day (see how I am not sympathizing with your 1 cold day???)

From DaleG on Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 22:27:16 from 152.216.7.5

Nice treadmill run. I got on and ran about a quarter mile this morning and all of a sudden I just shut it off and walked away. The plan was to run 7 or 8 miles. For some reason I have no motivation at all right now. I need to get it back because that 50k is coming up fast.

From Smooth on Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 18:03:55 from 67.2.78.121

AWESOME mile repeats! NICE self-restrain to not ramp it up when you were feeling good!

How's the knee today?

I think my patella tendinitis started when I did a lot of TM running in December, along with increasing the mileage. I think the treadmill is great for occasional speed workouts.

From Kathie on Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 20:52:37 from 63.248.105.188

Great workout!!!!

From Rhett on Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 11:54:36 from 74.32.210.125

Smooth, I'm still not sure about my knee. My quad seems to be doing better, but maybe I have a little patellar tendonitis in it. I think I'll take the rest of the week off and hopefully start over feeling great on Monday.

From Smooth on Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 21:49:43 from 67.2.113.127

Rhett ~ Smart to take an extra day or two off from running or any workout that may aggravate the patella tendon. You will not regret it!

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