Winning Back What I Lost

July 2013

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Location:

Meridian,ID,US

Member Since:

Mar 31, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's:

5K Beat Coach Pete Fun Run Boise, ID- 21:13(2009)

Meridan Barn Sour Days 10k, Meridian, ID- 41:32(2012)

Famous Potato Half Marathon, Boise, ID- 1:30:40 (2012)

Utah Valley Marathon, Provo, UT- 3:20:14 (2011)

Athlinks profile here.

Garmin Connect profile here.

Short-Term Running Goals:

2014 Racing Schedule and Goals: 

-Get healthy

-St. George Marathon, October 4, 2014, St. George, UT

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run at least one marathon every year until I buy the farm.

Qualify for Boston Marathon.

Personal:

Started running in November 2007 to get fit. Now I'm back almost to square one after back surgery. I did it once and I'll do it again.

"In truth, runners don't race other runners. They race against themselves: to conquer their wills, to transcend their weaknesses, to beat back their nightmares. And while a runner can't actually beat himself, he can beat his time. Even years into running, he can get better."  Running for His Life by Michael Hall. 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
New Balance MR 1400 Lifetime Miles: 392.77
Saucony Kinvara 2 Lifetime Miles: 424.41
Saucony Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 438.89
Saucony Ride 5 Lifetime Miles: 235.68
Brooks Launch (Blue/Yellow) Lifetime Miles: 282.52
Hoka Rapa Nui Tarmac's Lifetime Miles: 181.17
Hoka Clifton (Blue)(2) Lifetime Miles: 164.15
Total Distance
44.44
Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 18.06Saucony Ride 5 Miles: 15.18New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 6.10Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 5.10
Total Distance
4.50

Unrelenting heat these past few days. Waited until 10pm and it was still 97 degrees. Today's high was 107. Hit every sprinkler I could and stopped in the park to get a drink out of the drinking fountain, twice. 

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 4.50
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Total Distance
5.10

10PM: Very hot still, 95 degrees. Back to back days are always hard for me to do now. Little stiff and sore this morning in lower back and left leg. I suppose it didn't help that I spent a couple of hours underneath the house checking the AC ducts. House has been a sauna last couple of days with this heat wave. I think I got things figured out and cooling properly now. Why doesn't anyone tell you that you should hose down the outside screens on your AC unit every couple of years? They were clogged and filthy. Should be a lot more efficient now.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 5.10
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Total Distance
5.60

Noon: A little cooler than earlier this week, only 85. Nice to get a run in before the fireworks.

Saucony Ride 5 Miles: 5.60
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Total Distance
5.95

Horribly inconsistent these days. I have some serious family matters/emergencies that have drawn my time and attention away. Nevertheless, it was good to clear the mind sorta speak. It's always been a draw for me that running, and more specifically the exhaustion that accompanies it, offers peace of mind, a respite and a form of escapism from the trials and tribulations of life. I guess the question that I should ask myself from now on is not how I can go running when such serious matters demand my strict attention, but rather how can I not?

Saucony Ride 5 Miles: 5.95
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Total Distance
6.10

No training plans, no goals, just run as much and as far as I can on any given day. Wish my body and time would allow for more of it but for the short term this will have to suffice.

New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 6.10
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Total Distance
4.41

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 4.41
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Total Distance
3.63

Back at it. 1 step forward, 8 steps back.

Saucony Ride 5 Miles: 3.63
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Total Distance
4.05

Easy lunchtime run w/ Dave. Loop run from Muni Park. Temp was rather cool, high 80's, compared to what it's been the last month.

Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 4.05
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Total Distance
5.10

930PM: 3 days in a row but I've had too many ups and downs to get too excited or raise my hopes. We'll see what tomorrow brings.

Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 5.10
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Total Distance
44.44
Saucony Kinvara 3 Miles: 18.06Saucony Ride 5 Miles: 15.18New Balance MR 1400 Miles: 6.10Saucony Kinvara 2 Miles: 5.10
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