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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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Base run along the river trail. Near my planned turn-around point I ran into Adam, who was on his way back and pushing his daugher in a stroller, and turned around and ran back with him. I enjoyed the conversation, which included the use of eccentric strength exercises to rehab injuries and the relative hop rates of mice and elephants. Good stuff for running nerd scientists.

The run felt good, I was light on my feet with a quick cadence, which I have been focusing on. 8:40s on the way out, 8:20s on the way back.

 

Comments
From Jeff L on Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 12:28:09 from 97.117.20.32

It has been a while since I've read your blog, but have come across it quite frequently lately. Do you still have trouble with your achilles?

From Phoenix on Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 21:32:44 from 67.182.210.10

Hi Jeff,

My achilles appears to be 100% healed. It remained tender to the touch for quite a while after I could run without pain. Now I can gouge it pretty good and it doesn't hurt.

How is yours?

From Jeff L on Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 22:06:23 from 97.117.11.199

Glad you're doing good. Mine seems to be doing good. I ran with heel inserts all summer long up through SGM. Just recently stopped wearing them. Hopefully I never have trouble with it. Thanks again though.

From Adam RW on Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 20:10:43 from 24.10.175.42

Not that you need another time sink, but when are you going to blog again?

From Adam RW on Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 20:10:54 from 24.10.175.42

And Happy Thanksgiving!

From JD on Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 22:05:03 from 166.128.190.173

Happy New Year! Hope your workouts are going well.

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