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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Salomon Sense Pro 4 Lifetime Miles: 320.00
Salomon Ultra Pro Lifetime Miles: 387.00
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
13.400.000.000.000.0013.40
Nike Free Miles: 3.00Addistar Ride2 Miles: 10.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

WHAT A GREAT MEMORIAL DAY!

Started with a morning run with weather around 60 degrees and a light breeze.  I was planning on going long, but at about the 3 mile mark I could sense that my calf was going to do it's thing soon.  I didn't want to have any more set backs, so I stopped and walked it in.  

I went to the gym and did 60 minutes elliptical followed by 30 minutes stationary bike.

Headed home, showered up, went out for breakfast with the family.

We then went on a family hike that went 2.5 miles through some cool rock formations down to the lake where we swam and played.  There was a campsite on the other side of the cove that the kids wanted to know about, but didn't want to walk all the way around.  It was just a few hundred yard swim, so I swam across and checked it out then swam back.  With my lack of ability to swim in a straight line in open water I made the swim much farther than it really was.  It felt good to do a distance swim like that.  I should get out there and swim more in the lake.  I have some friends that go to the lake and do it every Tues and Thurs morning.  I should join them.

We then hiked back to the car another 2.5 miles.  Lane who just turned 5 walked the whole thing without help. What a trooper.  Cade who is 6, ran most of it.  He would run ahead and climb on the rocks and wait for us, then run ahead some more.  That kid has some serious energy.

Got home and decided to install the new dishwasher.  I am not a handy man, but I figured I could follow instructions and figure it out.  Fours and a severe cut to my thumb later, I had it installed and working properly.  My thumb is still bleeding today.  It probably needs stitches, but it will heal eventually.

It was a great day,  our high was only 84 degrees! Our normal high at this time of year is 100.  This has been the best May, temperature-wise ever. 

Nike Free Miles: 3.00
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1 hour stairs: 12 repeats- 3 minutes running/ 2 minutes walking.  First time I've ever been able to do that workout with that many repeats

10 minute stationary bike cool down

PM:  30 minutes deep water running

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15 min stationary bike

core

15 min stationary bike

core

15 min stationary bike

core

15 min stationary bike

 

Totals- 270  push ups, 600 bicycle crunches, 150 reverse crunches, 1 hour stationary bike

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AM:  45 minutes jump roping

PM:  60 minutes deep water running

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AM: 1 hour elliptical

Feeling lean today.  Weighed in at 152.5 lbs this morning.  That is what I weighed last year when I set my marathon PR at Boston.  Maybe there is hope for me at UVM next week.

Lunch: 30 minutes stationary bike

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I decided my calf was finally fully healed after some solid cross training this week.  I headed out for a 10 miler this morning.  The first 4 where nice and easy with a steady climb.  Then for the next 6 I tried to keep it around marathon pace (7:25) .  It was a gradual mostly downhill 6 miles.  I had to keep close tabs on my garmin cause I kept wanting to go too fast.  I was mostly able to reign it in with all 6 miles coming in between 7:20 and 7:24.  Finished with a 0.4 mile cool down for a total of 10.4 miles.

The best news is my calf didn't bother me at all.  Second best is the pace felt very easy.  Unfortunately I have not done more than a 16 mile run since a few weeks before Boston.  I have no clue what my body is going to do when I hit the 20 mile mark next week.  All I can do is go for it, make sure I keep my pace no faster than 7:20 (hopefully closer to 7:25), and see what happens.

Addistar Ride2 Miles: 10.40
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Nike Free Miles: 3.00Addistar Ride2 Miles: 10.40
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