Marathon Top 10 Finishes: 7 Bridges ('15), Utah Valley ('13), Salt Lake City ('08), Top of Utah ('07), and St. Louis ('04). Ran around the equator (24901.55) in 4,388 days.
And my largest challenge to date, raise $20,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of my cancer survivorship and in memory of those lost to blood cancer...
DONE! $26,403.70
Grew up outside Chicago and joined the blog while I lived in Salt Lake City. Now living outside Birmingham. I am married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...
Well I’m continuing with my week, as if you have a choice.
Things are hectic but as good as they can be. I was able to co-op at my
daughter’s school this morning and that is always fun. Then we had a farewell
party for a student who is leaving the lab on Thurs so at 1:30pm I finally
started my day. Needless to say it was brief. I had decided to sleep in and
skip my run (twice now this week) but wanted to make it up at night. However, I
forgot my wife needed the car and me to be home for her to go to book club. So
I decided last minute to hammer a run after my daughter’s went down for the
night but before my wife left. So that gave me exactly one hour and I wanted to
hit 8 miles. I decided I would do the “original home loop” which was the first
run I went on when we moved to Utah. I did one mile warm up and then wanted to
hammer the next three miles like a time trial. Sometime during the second mile
I decided I would make it into a time trail and tack on the extra 0.1 to make
it a 5K. So here is my non-race race report.
Warm-up it was cooling off and I felt a strong crosswind.
This had me nervous as I knew that would be a headwind going into mile 1. The
first mile is all downhill and should have been my fastest mile.
Mile 1 5:34 HR 184
After that I turned onto 13th and it is still net
downhill but about half the decent per mile as the first.
Mile 2 5:45 HR 179
I think I let up too much at the turn but got back into a
rhythm after crossing 13th/13th intersection.
Mile 3 5:40 HR 187
I was feeling it and I was starting to get a stitch in my
side. But go figure it has been awhile since I really hit a run. The final 0.12
by my Garmin for the “finish” is the only uphill as I turn up 21st
at the Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Mile 0.12 0:41 HR 188
TOTAL 17:38 Avg. 5:39
(now to string 26 of those together for a sub-2:30…)
Overall I’m happy with the time and relative effort. I’m
coming back…
Avg. 6:49 HR 174 for the total 8 miles and I made it home in
54 min 37 sec so my wife even had time to spare J…
Asics DS-Trainer #3 Miles: 8.00
RM 090416 Miles: 0.26
Night Sleep Time: 7.00
Nap Time: 0.00
Total Sleep Time: 7.00
Weight: 144.60
Comments
From wheakory on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 00:15:44 from 24.116.159.75
Yikes! very nice time trial. The speed is there and I'm happy for you that things are clicking.
To turn your mind on a time trial during the run takes focus and determination to want to come back where you used to be. The side stitch could have been the result of running after dinner. Do you ever find it hard after running after 3 meals.
Usually I have no problem if I do a run after breakfast and lunch. If it's after dinner things are not as well.
Again I'm happy for you.
From sam on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 06:36:50 from 78.32.130.9
Great session, well done for hanging on in there, to do that in training is great, prepare's you for a race situation.
Happy days...
From AdamsMom on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 07:53:19 from 69.219.151.168
You do work best under pressure don't you? Glad it went so well. Get lots done today. :} Love, Mom
From Adam RW on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 08:08:07 from 155.98.164.30
Thanks all.
Kory, I think it was the food. Typically I try not to run hard on more than a banana and I had mexican twice yesterday.
Sam, Thanks for checking in. It looks like we are both moving in the same direction. It will be good to be racing again. Be careful with those runs between crazy cyclists and crazy guys in parked cars it sounds more like you are doing obstacle courses than runs...
Mom, I already have two experiments set up for today and it is only 6:02am. Off to load them into the machine, out for my run, and then the rest of the day is working on my review.
From jtshad on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 09:26:37 from 204.134.132.225
Great workout! Keep it up and you will be back with a vengence!
From Phoenix on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:29:46 from 155.101.197.93
Nice! You are making great progress.
From Amber on Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 16:44:56 from 64.255.88.143
Hey,
thanks for catching my mileage oops! I only wish I could run 121.6 miles in one day, but alas, no it's only my weight I'm dealing with! ha ha
Nice to meet you though and keep up the great running, Nice 5k race!
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