The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sat, Sep 17, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.00	11.50	0.00	0.00	12.50

I ran the TOU this morning even though my legs still felt pretty iffy from Saturday. I had decided to not push it if I felt it would destroy any chances I have of running a decent marathon at Twin in two weeks. Instead of finishing at any cost, my plan was to hold marathon pace for as long as I could and call it a day. I could tell by mile three that I had to make a decision and it was hard. It took me until mile 11 to decide to drop out, 5:47 average pace. My legs hurt like crazy, but I wasn't winded at all, so hopefully I can get some rest and gear up again. It was really neat to cheer everybody on, I havn't done that for a while. I need to get out and do some volunteering.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 14:36:35 from 98.202.141.17

Well, you are still basically a good person. :)

Hope you are feeling better today.

From Steve on Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 18:09:17 from 76.27.108.183

Basically? I'd say overall...

Feeling pretty good actually. Got in a good trail run with the dog and so happy I didn't try and finish that yesterday. I really think it could have been the end of my season running. I think that I had some burnout right about the time of that national guard 5k, then I started recovering with some slow miles and then hit it hard again with that Alta race before I was all the way there. It just knocked me back to where I was.

From steve ash on Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 20:25:50 from 24.10.169.210

Smart call for sure Steve.. Better to do that than force the issue and wind up injured or sick. Now if you were in second or third place at mile 23 then that would have been a different story:)

From Scott Ensign on Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 20:27:15 from 67.40.104.42

good judgement call,save it for the goal race. I drank you m-dew by the way when you didn't show up. But for the record I was there waiting for you.

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