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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 15, 2009

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs after age 40:

 

5k     15:15  Running of the Leopards.

8k      22:21  Alta Death Dash

10k   33:02    Des News

Half Marathon      1:10  Timp Half

Marathon        2:32    Ogden

First solo R2R2R Bass Trails Grand Canyon 

First R2R2R Grand Canyon Toroweap Overlook

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Not be fat all year

Long-Term Running Goals:

Smell the dirt, feel the mountain, taste the wind.

Personal:

 

"Our legs are tight, our feet are flying, and we are gliding over the roll of the land. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace. The clock has stopped because another time has taken over." C. Bowden

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30 minutes of hard swimming and a day of watersports

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One mile swim and a great hike!

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One mile swim with my daughter spotting in the kayak.  Water sports all day

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I did an easy hour run along the rim at 5:30am before the camp was up at Lone Rock today.  Then on the last easy ski run of the last day I skipped across the water and hit the wake sideways.  It slammed the ski off and I had that hot pain that lets you know you tore something.  By noon it was like a grapefruit.  This should be fun to heal..

Still think it was worth it

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One mile swim and played in the pool for three more hours with the kids.  Man I love the good swims I am getting this two weeks!

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One mile swim

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2000 meter swim with some lifting

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2 mile swim today in just under an hour, easily the fastest distance swim I have ever done.  This no running thing has really helped my swim!  Today my foot fit in my boot for the first time in since Tuesday so the swelling is going down fast.  Could mean TOU is doable next Saturday..

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A mile swim today in very rough seas on the east coast of the Domincan Republic.  Very entertaining!  Then I tried a run since it didn't hurt anymore to walk today but discovered that there is still no way to put weight on that foot for long.  Looks like I'm still a swimmer for a while.

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A mile swin early this morning along the DR coast again. 

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1 mile swim

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Wrapped up the ankle and tried some running today.  Can't say if this will work or not, but in any case there is so much going on right now that I don't have much time for the running anyway.  Kind of good timing in that regards.

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12 miles mountain biking today because the ankle hurt too bad for much else.  Pretty busy day with everything else.  How come things always get so busy in the fall?

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Tried a 3 mile run but it just hurt too much!  I'm going to rest and give TOU a shot in the morning at a slower pace.

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Race: TOU Marathon (26.22 Miles) 03:10:12
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I had pretty much decided not to run this because I was just getting going on a good recovery with my ankle, but I felt that I didn't want to miss another one of these.  So I decided to run it slow and see how it felt.  I told the two families that were staying with us that I'd probably be walking it so plan on a half day event. 

It was awesome having Sasha and his family up for the night and two other families after the marathon.  I think with the fact that I havent been able to train it really helped reconnect me with the running thing to feel everyone's spirit and still be a part of things. 

The race went much better than expected.  The first mile didn't feel that bad, just a lot of pain in my foot so I decided to run the 6:08 pace that the masters record is at.  The problem was that running this pace put me up on my toes which was really flexing my foot around.  If I slowed down I went back to a more heel strike and it felt fine.  I came through the halfway line with another master from Rexburg right on 1:20.  At 14 miles I had to slow back becasue it just hurt too much.  From then on it was a lot more fun since it was just about managing the footstrike.  I'm pretty much a pansy when it comes to pain so getting this marathon done without quitting felt as good as any running accomplishment I've done.  Now I have to figure out how to get running again.  This morning, the day after, my foot is feeling even better so I hope to start getting some mileage in this week.

Awesome again to see so many friends from the blog at the marathon! 

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Off day!

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Decided to start running again.  The foot seems to be fine after the marathon, just swollen up more.  Resting has done nothing for recovery, I usually seem to recover quicker with slow easy runs.  I think I'm going to pick a marathon 90 days away and start getting back into shape for it.

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Easy run and 30 minutes of lifting

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Nice fall run, really enjoying the weather!

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Working all day..

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Slow run, yow!  Hurting as bad as I can remember during running.  This ankle may have me out for a while.

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Crystal clear day in Kansas.  Went for a nice easy run amoung the cornfields.  Felt more like I was surviving today than yesterday

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Easy run in Kansas

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Very slow, 9 min pace today

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Easy run in Denver at 8 min pace

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The most vertical peak in a while, Wellsville Cone.  Great hike and a good ankle workout.  Took 6 hours to get up and down this.

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Alternated running, climbing, and hiking to Camelback mountain, Phoenix along the Echo Canyon trail.

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Recovery run at home

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Easy run in st Louis

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One mile swim in almost perfect water in Cancun.  Since I had the whole afternoon here, I ran the first decent run in a long time.  The first run that seemed like anything resembling training anyways.  I could hold about 8 min miles, any faster and it just hurt too much on the ankle.  Took a 30 min break and hit the ocean again for 3/4 mile swim.

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