A Balance-Happy New Year

January 08, 2009

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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

Top 10 finishes at Salt Lake City, Top of Utah and St. Louis marathons.
Ragnar Del Sol Relay-Course Record 17 hrs 4 min (leg 7/'08)
Ragnar Wasatch Back Relay-2nd overall 17hrs 54 min (leg 9/'08)

Personal Records
Marathon 2:39 (SLC '08)
1/2 Marathon 1:12.30 (Provo River, Aided '08)
10K 34:16 (Track sea level '00)
10K 33:15 (Des 10K, Aided '08)
5K 16:44 (Track sea level '00)
5K 16:08 (Magna Classic, Aided '08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Continue on the path to recovery. Refocus on how to maintain running as one of the many priorities in my life. Get into shape in '09 for a killer race in '10.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 2:30 without breaking myself.

Personal:

Married with two daughters. Wife thinks I'm crazy for doing marathons. And yes I am crazy I'm a scientist for a living...

Miles:	This week:	3.00	Month:	16.00	Year:	16.00
Asics DS-Trainer #3 Lifetime Miles:						180.00
Saucony Rides #1 Lifetime Miles:						445.00
Saucony Rides #2 Lifetime Miles:						451.50
Adidas Adistar (flats) #2 Lifetime Miles:						4.00
Saucony Rides #3 Lifetime Miles:						395.50

Mon, Jun 23, 2008

Easy Miles Marathon Pace Miles Threshold Miles VO2 Max Miles Trainer 1 Miles Trainer 2 Miles Racer Miles Total Distance

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Day of rest 2. Today was not so easy to take the day off but my day at work was hectic enough with the short day on Fri and no work on Sat that I kept busy enough during the day and my wife kept me under control and in the house. I did go for a walk around the block with Kaitlyn so I should count that as about 150 cross-training miles but I'll refrain...

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00

Comments

From wheakory on Jun 24, 2008 at 00:16:59

Your smart for taking the time off and getting refreshed again. I had a hard time waking up for work, and I'm still tired.

I'm not going heavy this week either and just taking it easy with singles.

Adam - it's always enjoyable to talk to you and just have a good social experience.

From Adam RW on Jun 24, 2008 at 08:27:12

Thanks Kory. Always a pleasure to talk to you as well. You'll have to tell me your secret of how you were able to run so fast up that third leg. My legs were trashed...

From wheakory on Jun 24, 2008 at 13:08:40

Adam RW - I didn't know how close the team was behind us so I was determined to get up that hill as fast as I could. Having road kill in front also helped. I also visualized a camp area (Pebble Creek) that we go to every year and I always run up it, but of course not this steep but it helped. But I was definitely glad to be down from that hill. I kept going up after my exchange for the Ragnar leg for another .5 cool-down because I wanted to see how the Ragnar leg felt, and I wanted a chance to not just stop and let my legs seize or something.

It definitely is a hard leg and your glad to be done.

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