Getting Slower to Get Faster

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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 23, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

800m: 1:53 (1998), 1000m: 2:30 (1999), 1500m: 3:56 (1998), 5k: 16:18 (Magna,1998), 10k 32:55 (unofficial split at hobblecreek, 1998), 1/2 Marathon: 1:12:10 (Hobble Creek, 1998), Marathon: 3:02:42 (St. George, 2008, debut), Bench press: 280 lbs (2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Run St. George under 3:10:59 to obtain Boston Qualifier.~~

Bring 5K back under 18 minutes.

Current training phase: Base building and weight loss (getting slower to get faster).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun with my training and races. Maintain athleticism and physical versatility through old age. I'll probably run many marathons, but I won't do pure marathon training year-round because I am probably more interesting in maintaining overall athletic versatility.

Personal:

My approach to training is feeling and effort based. Particular workouts should feel a certain way and I try to apply the right amount of effort to match that feeling. On the other hand, I'm pretty analytical by nature so I like to analyze and record my workouts in thorough detail. I think optimal training is a balance between the intuitive and analytical.

Married, 3 children, molecular physiologist.

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Wed, Jun 10, 2009

400 m race pace	800 m race pace	1500 m race pace	3 K race pace	5 K race pace	10 K race pace	Lactic Threshold	Aerobic Threshold	Marathon Pace	Base II	Base I	Regeneration	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	1.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.58	0.00	6.08

A.M. 12 x 200 at 5k-3k pace with 100 jog recovery.

I've been working like crazy on a large grant application for the past several weeks. It consumed all non-essential aspects of my life, like keeping up on my running blog. The grant is in the hands of the NIH now and won't be reviewed until late October. I'll have some idea in November on whether it will be funded. The applicant pool is extremely competitive so it will be tough. The good news is that while preparing this application, I found out a smaller grant I applied for in January scored extremely high and will be funded.

Over the next few days I'll catch up on my blog with skeleton entries. My running definitely suffered and I've lost fitness. I have no more grants to apply for until at least February when a revision for the one I just applied for could be due, so I will be able to focus on my training a little more. I'm thinking about running the Top of Utah Marathon, which is ~3 months away.

Comments

From c h a d on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 14:06:04 from 67.42.252.25

good luck with your grant!

From JohnR on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 00:27:12 from 97.121.30.10

Glad to see you back in action. I was worried you'd blown out your achilles or something...good news that you've just been busy.

From Phoenix on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 22:11:54 from 67.182.210.10

Thanks for the support guys. I'm glad to be back. With some luck I'll be able to get some consistent training in and start racing.

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