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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Elliptical Trainer 2017 Lifetime Miles: 107.00
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles: 454.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

Wow!  10 miles for the week, a new record I think.

Went to the gym and did 1 hour on the elliptical followed my 15 minutes of weights, I then drove and met Jake, Andrea, Allie, James, Adam, Emily, and Devra.  Ran 10 miles on the JRP trail on a nice morning.

James asked me why I was running when I suspected having a stress fracture, I told him "cause I'm an idiot" which is partially true. but driving home I thought more about it.  So, here is my real reason.

Every day it seems I am either on the treadmill at LT at 4:30 or on some random Hotel treadmill in some foreign place, or if I'm lucky running outside in some random City.  What ever the case I'm almost always running alone.  Very seldom do the planets align to where I can actually go on a fun run with company.  Because of this, I have actually been looking forward to a New Years group run for quite some time now.  I wasn't real picky about who, or where I just knew I wanted to do it.  I took the entire week off of running to try and feel better and when Jake and Andrea posted that they were planning a run I was excited to go.

I'm no going to win a marathon any time soon, I'm not going to qualify for the Olympic trials so pretty much all I have to look forward to is a nice run every once in a while.  And that James is why I ran with a suspected stress fracture, because todays run meant more to me than running with an injury.

Elliptical Trainer Miles: 7.00Nike Free Run 2 Miles: 10.00
Comments
From Jake K on Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 14:24:03 from 67.177.21.60

Hey Rob - glad you could make it this morning... it was nice to finally meet you. What a perfect winter morning for a run!

I hope the leg pain you've been having ends up not really being a stress fracture... but if it is - better now than in April or May, right? You should definitely think about the Antelope Island 50K... that would be a great litmus test along the way towards Bighorn.

From Kelli on Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 14:38:55 from 71.219.66.129

Glad you did it then! And i HOPE it is not a stress fracture.

From Carina on Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 15:37:02 from 71.199.45.117

Running with people is one of the biggest reasons I run so I totally understand. I really hope your leg pain isn't a stress fracture. I thought mine was too, but it was just really bad shin splints and tendinitis.

From emruns on Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 16:00:02 from 76.27.114.171

I'm glad you came this morning. It was nice to meet you. I understand the appeal of a group run. They are so much more fun than running alone, and so motivating. I hope your leg feels better soon.

From allie on Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 17:23:58 from 97.117.82.156

glad you could make it out for the run. i hope everything is feeling okay after the 10 miles. just be careful!

i'm glad it was warmer this year...

From allie on Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 17:24:11 from 97.117.82.156

here is a picture of the air cast i had: http://site.ambercity.com/images/mabis/air-cast-ankle-brace-training-adult-left-630-6825-0080-lr.jpg

From Rob on Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 17:29:15 from 97.117.11.6

Thanks Allie, I think my dad has one of those, I'll try it.

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