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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

Fri, May 30, 2008

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

10.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00

Single: Easy run. Into work by 6am, out the door about 10am. Continued with my "change of pace" and didn't run to City Creek again. I ran some of the SLC course and stopped at home on the way back to very briefly say hi to the family before they started lunch. Took it easy, knee continuing to improve. Mi 10-T1

Asics DS-Trainer #1: 225 / / Asics DS-Trainer #2: 227 / / Saucony Rides #1: 225 / / Saucony Rides #2: 230 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 157

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

Comments

From wheakory on May 30, 2008 at 19:13:21

Great run! I'm glad your knee is improving. That's great you can see your family in the middle of the day. It makes it nice to not have to wait till you've already worked late into the evening. I go home for my lunch hour to see my wife and help her cover the daycare, and it's a nice break. Your going to know the SLC course by heart and really smash your time next year by running on it so much. Have a great weekend Adam, and hopefully you don't have to work.

Question: Does your knee hurt worse when you bend it straight out?

From dave holt on May 30, 2008 at 19:15:27

Glad the knee is feeling a little better - hopefully the weekend will eliminate all pain!

From James on May 31, 2008 at 14:33:20

You aren't doing Ragnar, but "You gotta be kidding me" is a possibility!:) I will email about the leg assignments soon. I had everything pretty much squared away and then we had something come up the other day that might change things. I'll email everyone about it in the next couple of days.

From Adam RW on May 31, 2008 at 14:39:09

I hope it is nothing serious.

From James on May 31, 2008 at 14:41:52

Let me just say that I will switching some legs around again.

From Adam RW on May 31, 2008 at 14:46:59

Kory, Not sure if I'll run SLC next year but I can't rule anything out at this point. My knee pain seems to be the opposite of yours. It bugs me most when I squat down. However, the slower mileage this week and icing after runs seems to have made most of it go away. Hopefully your pain is also a thing of the past. It seems mileage wise that you are doing fine.

From Jon on May 31, 2008 at 14:50:33

Adam- are you on the white or blue team?

From James on May 31, 2008 at 14:55:37

White!

From Adam RW on May 31, 2008 at 15:00:26

Jon, James beat me to the answer. How did your knee hold up for the long run today?

From Jon on May 31, 2008 at 15:12:48

Actually, which team am I on?

I had a long week of no sleep so I slept in today. 8 hours of sleep was fabulous. I'm doing my run ~7 pm this evening.

From Adam RW on May 31, 2008 at 15:20:33

Last I heard blue, but who knows how things have changed.

Smart waiting for the cool of the evening for your run.

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