Winning Back What I Lost

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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

Sat, Aug 02, 2014

Total Distance

14.33

9PM: I really need to do these long runs in the early AM. It was 90+ when I left the house and didn't cool off much even after the sun went down. Brought water but no calories. Ended up running out of gas at about 10 miles so I cut my planned 17 miler to 14 miles. Made no sense to push it if I'm just shuffling on a death march.

Hoka Rapa Nui Tarmac's Miles: 14.33

Comments

From SlowJoe on Sun, Aug 03, 2014 at 13:53:18 from 104.51.208.13

14 miles in the 90s sounds awful. Looks like you got in a good streak of AM runs this past week though! Hopefully getting into a rhythm with it will help. I think I average 6.5 - 7 hrs of sleep and it never feels like enough when the alarm goes off. But at least that makes it all the easier to pass out at 9:30pm.

From Neil on Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 09:13:45 from 164.165.24.5

It'll take some time to train my body to go to bed earlier. My wife and I are total night owls and she HATES it when I go to bed before her. Not because I snore either, I'm not a snorer. :)

From SlowJoe on Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 09:27:16 from 168.215.171.129

We have the same problem. I'd love to go to bed at 8:30, and she'd probably prefer much later, but 9:30 was kind of the compromise she's begrudgingly accepted...as long as she has her iPhone and TV for when I'm asleep (10 seconds after laying down).

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