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Location:

Lehi,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 29, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2009 Provo River Marathon, 4:04:38

2009 Provo Canyon Halloween 1/2 Marathon, 1:27:22

2010 Ogden Marathon, 3:04:39

2010 Deseret News Marathon, 2:51:36

2010 Provo River 1/2 Marathon 1:19:01

2010 Top of Utah Marathon 2:52:24

2010 Just Cuz 1/2 Marathon 1:17:36

2011 13.1 LA 1/2 Marathon 1:19:43

2011 Timpanogos Half 1:16:51

2011 Treadmill Marathon 2:49:26 (pr)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2:45 Boston.

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Elliptical Trainer 2017 Lifetime Miles: 107.00
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles: 454.20
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Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 86.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 38.50Saucony Progrid Kinvara Miles: 13.00
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31 laps on the track

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Good run on the track today, I decided I needed to step up my game and get a new Garmin, my old one died sometime back and I've been running aimlessly for about 4 months now.  It was nice to have something to track my laps instead of trying to remember them.  I can't get my new watch to sync up with my Mac yet but average lap time was about 1:22 which on this track is 8:30 pace.  So I'm obviously still way out of shape but at least now I have a way to see how fast I'm going on the track.

My wife and I run a Lego Robot team for Traverse Mountain Elementry school.  This is our first year and our kids took 3rd Place and get to go to the U for the State Championship on the 25th.  Pretty awesome.  Here is the awesome Robot that got us there.

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Another 37 laps on the track, 1:19 average lap = 8:10 avg pace.  Last lap in :58

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I'm feeling a bit icky today but still managed to force myself through another 37 laps, I found my lost ipod shuffle last night so I finally got to run to music again, I think that helped me get through it. 

1:19 avg lap = 8:10 avg pace.  Last lap in :57.

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37 laps, 1:17 avg lap = 8:00 avg pace.

I wasn't really even thinking about it but Britt wanted to go run the BigHorn 30K again in June, it was sold out but yesterday they opened a wait list.  I signed both Britt and I up for the 30K, it came back and said we are in but I'm not sure if we are just on a waiting list or not.  I considered signing up for the 50M again to try and go get revenge, but I think being ready for that by then is a bit optomistic.

Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 6.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 1.50
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Just not feeling well this morning.  It was my son's birthday yesterday so we went to Hangtime and jumped around on Trampolines for 2 hours which kicked my butt, I'm to old to be doing back flips in to foam pits but I did it anyway.  Then we ate Pizza Pie Cafe and birthday cake so I was just trashed this morning.  Gave up on my run after 2 miles and settled for 30 minutes of elliptical and weights.

Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 2.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 3.50
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Feeling a little bit sick today, head cold or something so I just kind of ran at a slow cruise control to try and get feeling better. 

31 laps 1:24 avg lap = 8:40 pace

I finally got in to Dr. Albano today, he went in with his little ultra sound machine (turnes out I'm having a boy) but he said for the most part it looks like the torn muscle is pretty much healed but found a lot of scare tissue and calcium deposits that he suspects are the problem.  He went in with some saline solution to disove the deposits and gave me a local anasthetic to test if that's really the problem.  Miraculously I was instantly healed as soon as I jumped off the table, it's so weird after 7 months of pain to all of a sudden be completely pain free.  I know the anasthetic will wear off in a few hours but there is hope.  He said I definately don't need surgery.

Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 5.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 2.00
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I don't want to get too excited here but that was a really good run this morning.  Some pain but I think that may have been from having 4 huge needles stuck in my butt yesterday.  I think just having the doctor give me the OK to run as long as it doesn't hurt really helped mentally.

37 laps 1:17 avg lap = 8:00 avg pace

Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 6.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 1.50
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37 laps, 1:18 avg lap = 8:05 avg pace.  Leg is feeling really good, I might take it out on the road this weekend and see how it holds up.  A bit of a head cold going on that made it hard to push myself at all but I'm seeing progress for sure.

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Still stuffy head, 37 laps at 1:21 avg lap 8:20 pace.  The pain in my hamstring was kind of back today.  Not un-barable but back.

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38 laps today in 49:35 - 1:18 avg lap = 8:05 avg pace.  Last few laps were at a decent clip.  When I got done some older lady told me I was amazing, that made me feel good but I don't feel amazing.  I want to get back to 12 miles per day at 7:05 avg pace.

Discussion point!

I got into a Facebook arguement over the Alta Snowboard thing, I only know how to snowboard and have been doing it since I was 13.  I totally get that a business can refuse service to anyone they choose, and I 'm fine with that.  I think they will probably loose this case since they have signed a lease aggreement with the Forest Service that they can't deny anyone access to public land.  But the question I really want to know is why do skiers really not want snowboards so bad?  There is documentation showing that skiers are actually more prone to critical injuries than snowboarders.  I've heard the argument that snowboarders are just big jerks but I find it hard to beleive that if you put those same people on a pair of skis they turn into nice respectible human beings.  So chime in, why do skiers and snowboarders hate each other?

Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 6.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 1.50
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37 laps, 1:22 avg lap = 8:30 avg pace.  I got a slow start today, just had a hard time getting moving.  Also there was hardly anyone on the track this morning.  I think when there are more people I am motivated to run faster.

I've decided that my running stride has been motified quite a bit to compensate for my injured hamstring.  Much shorter strides and hardly any knee movement.  My doctor told me to go see a physical theripist, I really don't have time to be driving to Salt Lake once a week but maybe if I ever want to run normal again I should concider it.

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Felt really good today so I decided to take advantage of it.  44 laps 1:14 avg lap = 7:40 avg pace.  Took the last mile easier around 1:20/lap but then finished with a 1:02 to even it out.

Someone in my department quit last week so I got upgraded to an office with a window.  Lucky day!

Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 7.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 1.50
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37 laps, 1:15 avg lap = 7:45 avg pace.  Last lap in :58.

Yesterday I went snowboarding at Brighton with 90 6th graders for the school ski day.  Tons of fun, beautiful day it makes me want to sluff work every Wednesday to go up out of the smog.  After I tied about 30 pairs of boots onto the kids and got them off to ski school I was able to get about 5 good runs in.  Pretty much stayed on the groomed trails to keep from getting hurt but I had the entire north half of the mountain to myself, it was pretty amazing.  I've never been before where I could make an entire run and not see a single other person.

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Longer than normal run today, just because.  50 laps = 8 miles in 1:06:00 = 8:15 avg pace.

I went to the physical theripist yesterday.  I'm so glad I could pay someone to tell me not to do stuff that makes me hurt.  Really, duh!!.  I don't need someone with a doctors degree to tell me that.  He did measure my strength equality from left to right, and with the exception of my weak hamstring I'm within 98% from left to right.  Which I guess is a good thing so I don't run in circles.  Wait I do run in circles.   I wasn't able to run on the super expensve treadmill, I have to make a special Saturday apointment to run with LED lights on my legs.

Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 8.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 1.50
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I thought I was feeling good today until I started running, then I found out I wasn't quite as good as I'd thought.

37 laps, 1:17 avg lap - 8:00 avg pace.

Our Lego Robot team competed in the Lego League State Championship at the University of Utah on Saturday, we did awesome.  6th Place out of 48 teams in the entire state.  What a great experience for kids, they have to present a project in front of judges, no adults allowed in the judging room, they have to design and program robots to comptete against other robots, and our team volunteered to go up in front of at least 1000 people to present their project.  It was a very long day but really fun.

Bradin is the one programing the robot.

Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 6.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 1.00
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37 laps. 1:17 avg lap = 8:00 pace.  My lap times were all over the place today, usually I'm within a second or 2 of my average but today I was ranging from 1:14 - 1:22.  There were a few people there that seemed to be trying to race me so thats probably what the difference was.  I try to just run steady but when someone sprints past I think mentally it makes me speed up.

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Today I followed my PT's ordered and didn't do it if it made it hurt.  For some reason my hamstring has been acting up again so I opted to elliptical today.

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I'm not sure what my problem is, just achy and sore with no energy.  I tried to run laps and thought I'd loosen up but after 1 mile just gave up.

This has nothing to do with running, but worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u96-1ts_f7o&

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Still not feeling great but I forced myself to run 31 laps at 8:40 pace.

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Nike Free Run 4.0 Gray Miles: 86.00Elliptical Trainer 2014 Miles: 38.50Saucony Progrid Kinvara Miles: 13.00
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