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Location:

Eatonville,WA,USA

Member Since:

Nov 01, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Short-Term Running Goals:

Regain consistency.

Build up slowly and come out strong.

Regain "speed" (relative)

Finish WR50 again.

Improve at Cascade Crest.

2013 Races:

Capital Peak Mega Fat Ass 17M (1/19) - 2:48:48
Yakima Skyline Rim 50K (4/21) - 7:16:20
Grey Rock 50K (5/13)
White River 50M (7/27)
Cascade Crest 100M (8/24-25)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Find my true running potential, then exceed it.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Hoka Stinson B Lifetime Miles:						982.34
Hoka Stinson Evo Lifetime Miles:						452.95
Altra Provision Lifetime Miles:						139.73
Altra Torin Lifetime Miles:						380.08
Hoka Bondi 2 Lifetime Miles:						706.15
Hoka Mafate 3 Lifetime Miles:						81.12

Tue, Jun 10, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.00

9 miles in 1:10:48, 7:52/mi, HR 162.

Cold and wet again today. Back still sore from Sunday's yardwork, quads a bit sore from biking yesterday, and calves sore from the run in Vibram Five Fingers. Managed to drag myself up the road at a slower pace and again a substantially higher HR than normal (10-15 BPM higher than just a few weeks ago before the marathon recovery/break). Feels like I've lost tons of fitness in such a short time! Started feeling a bit better midway thru the run and picked it up the last 1/2 mile or so to finish fast.....really needed to stretch my legs.

Asics GT 2120 - 398.11 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 9.00

Comments

From Aaron-PSU on Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 22:35:36

It looks like you got a little out of practice when you took a vacation w/ M&D. You should be back up-to-speed in no time. Thus far, what is your opinion of the five fingers? I'm thinking about buying/working them into my routine.

From Dale on Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 09:33:51

I can only wear them for short runs (~ 20 minutes). My calves scream at me for the following 2 days or so. It seemed to get a bit better this last time I wore them. I'm considering trying them today in a 40 minute run, but may loop back by the house mid-run in order to give myself an out.

The heel drop is significant compared to my normal Adrenalines/GT2120s. I found I automatically avoid not only heel strikes but pretty much heel touches when in them. My right pinky toe somehow gets rubbed raw so I'm going to try some bodyglide on it. Finally, it takes about a mile for my feet to "get numb" to the near-direct impact, another concern on a longer-than-20-minute-run.

My one big recommendation is to *not* run in them initially....just wear them around the house for a few hours or even out in public for a couple of weeks first. My calves were yelling at me the first few times I just wore them around, no running involved. Give them a chance to get used to the idea.

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