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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
48.000.000.000.000.0048.00
Pegasus 36 Miles: 7.00Pegasus 35 Miles: 5.00Salomon Ultra Pro Miles: 25.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

14 weeks

Weekly Review 

I've had this ongoing lower right abdominal pain for a few months that gets better for a day then worse then mild then severe. I would have sworn I have pubalgia, aka sports hernia. It totally feels like a muscle issue, but I've been watching videos trying to figure out what to do to help it and I came across a sports doc who said it may be a nerve problem from compression of my lower vertebral discs. Seems weird but he suggested I pull on the skin where the pain is and do the movement that causes pain. I did it and the pain decreased by a good 90%. Now if this was a muscular problem that wouldn't have done anything. Anyways so I've been working on lower back decompression exercises and sure enough, I feel a ton better. I'm excited to run tomorrow morning and see how it feels. 
I had a good week of training with a little increase in my daily mileage, but I only got in a 15 mile long run so my total for the week was 3 miles less than last week. I did however get in a long hard ride on Saturday. That felt good 

This next week will be the 3rd week of my second 4 week block so I will increase mileage a little more each day and try to get in a longer run on Friday before I start my recovery week the next week. I did my OP core work 6 days and will continue to do that. I'll mix in some bike trainer during the week and my even play soccer tomorrow night if my lower ab thing feels ok. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
9.000.000.000.000.009.00

96 days

AM. 7 hilly miles at easy effort.  My lower righ ab thing felt really good today!!!! I won't say it was 100% but probably 95%.  I'll take that as long as it doesn't flare up again.  Maybe I will get to 100% soon.  Here's hoping.  ThenI did my OP core work. I'll probably go play soccer tonight.

PM. I played soccer tonight and had a lot of fun. The good news is my lower ab thing gave me very little problem. The whole decompression thing is working!  The bad new is I pull my left hamstring sprinting for a ball. I did play for about 90 minutes so I'm going to give myself 2 miles for that. Unfortunately I won't be running for a few days. 

Pegasus 36 Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

95 days 

Just as I suspected, I woke up with a stiff and sore hammy so I opted to sleep in and rest it. 

Lunch. I walked for 2 miles during lunch at an easier pace than normal as to not aggravate my hammy. 

PM.  35 minutes bike trainer followed by a 3 mile TM walk and then some OP core work skipping the exercises that stress the hammies.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

94 days

AM. My hammy is already feeling a  lot better but not good enough to run on.  Wednesdays I usually do weighted vest walking hill repeats anyways, so that is what I did for a total of 5 miles and 800 feet elevation gain. I'll do some more walking tonight along with my OP core work.

PM.  2 mile TM walk then OP core. 

Pegasus 35 Miles: 5.00
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AM.  I started on the bike trainer for 25 minutes to warm up my legs and then was going to try and do some strides outside.  I started with a very slow jog and immediately knew my hammy was not ready to run yet so I bailed and went back inside and did my OP core work.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
25.000.000.000.000.0025.00

92 days 

Rovey's Needle. I had a patient tell me about this cool rock formation south of town that looks like honeycomb so I decided to go find it today. I found pretty good directions on Altrails and was there after 2 miles of running and scrambling up dry waterfalls. The rock structure was one of the neatest things I've seen out in the desert around here. Then I found some jeep roads to continue the run. After about 7.5 miles my hammy started hurting pretty good and I decided to continue the adventure hiking. After about 4 hours I realized I didn't have much idea where I was. Luckily I had thrown in extra fluid and calories into my pack so I knew I would be fine for about 6 hours and I just started heading in the direction I thought I should go. I kept trying to find my footprints to follow but I definitely made a few wrong turns and had to double back. Eventually I could se Rovey's Needle but the roads kept winding and it seemed like I wasn't getting any closer. I kept plugging along and at about 5:30 hours starting getting a little worried but then I eventually made it back to Rovey's Needle a little before 6 hours on the trails. I drank up the last of my fluids and hiked out the last 2 miles confidant I was going to make it. I arrived back at my truck about 6:30 hours from the time I left. It's a good thing it was a cool morning or I would have run out of fluids way earlier. 

Salomon Ultra Pro Miles: 25.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.000.000.000.002.00

91 days

AM. 45 mile group ride with my new bike. It definitely helps to have a quality bike. 
 

PM. Center referee boys varsity soccer match. 2 miles. Good hard fought game. Hammy was sore so not a lot of fast running to keep up with the play. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
48.000.000.000.000.0048.00
Pegasus 36 Miles: 7.00Pegasus 35 Miles: 5.00Salomon Ultra Pro Miles: 25.00
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