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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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A.M. Jogged to the Fieldhouse, did a set of squats and hamstring curls with light weight, jogged back.

Left hamstring hurt a little during the run out and felt better on the way back. Right hip and TFL-IT are tight, likely because of compensation. On a good day right now I can get down to 8 min/mi without problems. Fitness is still there because of the biking and hiking. I'm hopeful the weight work will speed up my recovery.

Comments
From Adam RW on Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 22:53:24 from 155.101.152.103

How goes the recovery?

From Phoenix on Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:07:53 from 155.101.197.36

Slowly coming along. I'll catch up my blog sooner or later. But the short of it is my left hamstring is MUCH weaker than my right one, probably due to compensation from a now healed achilles injury. The weakness probably brought on the injury in the first place and has impaired the healing. Its still messed up but clearly improving. The weight work is helping tremendously.

Its going to take several weeks to get completely healthy. Speed work is out of the question so I'm biking 4 days/week and running 3.

From Adam RW on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 14:47:30 from 155.101.152.103

Glad to hear you've been able to cross train at least. Sorry about the set back. You were really moving in the right direction. Have a good weekend.

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