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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

Sun, Nov 09, 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

Just focusing on sleep. Had a few loose ends to tie up and then in the afternoon was off to the airport. I'm actually now in New Orleans. Everyone on the homefront and myself included seem to be getting back to normal. No running while I'm here. I didn't want to push my luck so I left my running stuff at home. This is the first time I've ever done that. Really stinks as this meeting has 40,000 attendees and has a 5K race on Tues morning but I didn't want to tempt myself as I know I have no self control. Right now get healthy and when I'm back to my "normal" routine next Monday I'll give it another go... So I may not bothering updating until then. But then again why not at least it allows me to think about running for a few minutes each day even if I'm not doing it. Hey at this point I'll take what I can get...

Night Sleep Time: 9.00	Nap Time: 1.00	Total Sleep Time: 10.00

Comments

From JD on Nov 10, 2008 at 15:16:18

I'm impressed at the discipline you and other elite runners on this blog have when it comes to NOT running due to circumstances...it can't be easy. Hope the break works out well. Have a good week!

From Adam RW on Nov 10, 2008 at 16:29:44

Thanks JD. Just trying to have patience. That and there is enough other junk going on that I don't want to think about the injury until I can have the time to really focus on "fixing" it...

From jtshad on Nov 10, 2008 at 17:00:32

Hope you and the family are feeling better from the sickness that was ravaging your home. Travel safely in New Orleans and just focus on recovering both mentally and physically. Running will be there for you when you get back. Enjoy the time off to be refreshed and ready to run again.

From Adam RW on Nov 11, 2008 at 15:12:53

Thanks Jeff. I seem to be ok and I thought my wife was clear as well but it popped up again last night after only an 18 hr repreave. I'm coming home pretty early tomorrow (leaving the hotel at 4:30am) so I should be there to help out. I'm just looking forward to when I get get that running relaxation again.

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