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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

Thu, Sep 11, 2008

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

6.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00

Single: Today was a little less hectic and good all around. As in running I have to take my science with little steps. At night I headed over to Eric's (Phoenix) place to have him check out the injury. He scraped it and that seemed to help the problem with the outside of the knee. I guess I've been another convert, it seems that this is a popular technique amongst the blog. I think Josse and Michelle are big proponents. The sharper pain in the inside of my knee was however still present but I'll give this a try over the next week. I think I'll take tomorrow off and try a little longer 8-10 max Sat. Overall the run was good but the conversation was better. Mi 6-R3

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 104 / / Saucony Rides #1: 445 / / Saucony Rides #2: 448 // Saucony Rides #3: 215 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205 / / Adidas Adistar-2 (flats): 4 / /

Night Sleep Time: 5.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.50

Comments

From Phoenix on Sep 12, 2008 at 10:55:25

One other question: did you say you Gu every 30 or was it 45 minutes during the marathon?

From Adam RW on Sep 12, 2008 at 12:32:00

I think I misspoke, I told you 30 min. What I have shot for was every 5-7 miles or ~30-45 min. For SLC I had my second one by 13 but I was up to my 4th one by 18. I think I should have taken one more at 22.

From josse on Sep 12, 2008 at 18:46:59

:) Glad you are trying something for that knee. However it is not going to go away with one treatment. This is a lingering injury, so will take some time. And might need a DR's opinion. But I hope the scraping helps. BTW-what do you do Phoenix?

From MichelleL on Sep 12, 2008 at 18:54:02

I am actually lukewarm on scraping. I mostly get deep tissue and ART (active release treatment?) done on me. I only toy with the scraping.

From Phoenix on Sep 12, 2008 at 19:15:58

Josse, I'm a physiologist/biochemist working at the U on regulation of metabolism, similar to Adam. I'm also doing a postdoctoral fellowship. Our labs often share resources and work together.

ASTYM was the catalyst that eventually got me past achilles tendonitis and running pain free. After several treatments, I figured out how to use the plastic device that holds a men's razor to treat myself. I showed Adam how I do it. Getting into to someone who actually practices would probably be a very good thing.

Michelle, I agree, with deep injuries in larger muscles, deep tissue and ART have advantages over ASTYM. In my case, ART was helpful, but not quite as much ASTYM, deep tissue even less so. I think because the achilles is very accessible, and very fibrous, ASTYM is particular suited as a mode of treatment. If I had, say, a deep quad injury, knock on wood, I'd lean towards ART/deep tissue for sure.

Also, both Josse and Michelle, your blogs are great. Its inspiring to see your commitment and success.

From josse on Sep 12, 2008 at 19:27:16

I was sold on the Aystem as well after it helped me get over tendonitis in my medial head of my gastroc. I use scraping tools on myself and others and love it. In my experience it works the fastest at getting rid of injuries and not letting little nagging pains turn into injuries. I use tools that I bought off of guashaorthopedic.com they are great.

From Adam RW on Sep 12, 2008 at 22:37:48

Sorry about the misquote Michelle. I couldn't remember for sure. The theory behind the ASTYM seems solid and I'll continue with a few treatments. I wish I would have been paying more attention to the nagging pain and caught it before it turned into whatever it is. I had mentioned earlier on the discussion board that the difference between an elite and serious runner is the difference to have the time to sleep enough and get all these treatments. I stand behind it. Working 60 hrs a week on top of running 80-90 mpw just didn't sit right on my legs without proper sleep and maintenance outside of the runs... Thanks again for all your comments and encouragement.

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