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

Tue, Sep 16, 2008

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

4.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.00

Single: Went to bed a little early and slept in a little. I needed it after last week. Also, I had the best run this month. My knee was still tight and I can really feel the loss of fitness but it felt good to push it a couple miles. I went by effort as my Garmin is still out... So by 2 at MP I have no idea what that means but it felt relatively good and fast... Mi 6-R3

Asics DS-Trainer #2: 371 / / Asics DS-Trainer #3: 108 / / Saucony Rides #1: 445 / / Saucony Rides #2: 448 // Saucony Rides #3: 231 // Adidas Adistar (flats): 205 / / Adidas Adistar-2 (flats): 4 / /

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00

Comments

From Cuttitta on Sep 17, 2008 at 09:53:30

Man, I've been living in a cave for a month. Started teaching and working on my hose and just have been neglecting the blog.

Sorry to see that you're banged up. Are you still a go for SGM?

Perhaps a silver lining for you. Back in 2002, I got injured right near the end of July, just about 4 weeks before CC started. I ended up taking a week off and then two weeks easy miles -- like 3-7 miles every other day. I went to CC camp, ran all the easy runs for a week, and then ran a 10 miler (just for a long run, my longest in 4 weeks) and ran a PR at the time. I know it doesn't always work like that, but you never know....

I have TOU in 3 days. My legs were in a funk for a couple weeks there, but I've felt okay the last 10 days or so. I'll post after the race.

Steve C

From Adam RW on Sep 17, 2008 at 21:34:49

Steve, Good to hear from you. I was wondering what happened but was to wrapped up in my own little cave to give you a call. I'm hoping for something like you describe at St. George (though I find it unlikely with the runs I have accomplished). Good luck this weekend, I think you'll have a good time (both figuratively and literally).

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