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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
28.590.000.000.0028.59
Night Sleep Time: 59.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 59.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.500.000.000.002.50

2.5 miles in 20:24, 8:09/mi, HR 147.  Some leg soreness that got worked out during the run.  

Vibram Five Fingers - 7.5 miles. 

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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12 cycling miles in 53:24, 4:26/mi, HR 128.  Cross-training on my off-day.  Definite leg and back soreness from yesterday's yardwork.  Left glutes sore after ride today.  I think I'll use the bike over the summer to get to my chiro appointments, even though it means fighting a big hill on the return leg and some crazy traffic.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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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: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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5 miles in 39:42, 7:56/mi, HR 157.  

Fitness feels like its really starting to return...good news.

A Vibram Five Fingers Update:  Today was double the time/distance of my longest run in them to date, which concerned me since on previous runs my calves started feeling sore at the 2.5 mile endpoint.  Considered doing 2 x 2.5 segments with a shoewear changing opportunity in between, but in the end decided on my normal 5 mile route.

Well, I felt my calves by the 2 mile mark and I felt increasing soreness thru mile 4 where another pain drowned them out....the bottoms of my feet.  I'd had a spot rubbed raw on my pinky toe in previous runs, but today when I got back and assessed damage, I had a blister on my left foot under big toe ball callus and three raw spots on my right foot (under left big toe ball callus, fourth and fifth toe underside).  The spot where I'd applied body-glide was better but still a bit raw.  Plus, my left foot bunion was red and looked swollen, although it could be my overactive imagination.

So I obviously have whimpy feet.  I might try wearing my Injinji Tetrasok with the Vibram Five Fingers next time to work thru this blister/rawness problem, at least until my feet toughen up some.  I'll wait until tomorrow to pass judgement on how badly my calves feel....I'm hoping the worst case is that they'll feel similar to my first 2.5 mile run, in which case it's just a matter of time before my calves adapt.

Vibram Five Fingers - 12.5 miles. 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Crosstraining:  12 cycling miles in 52:24, 4:22/mi, HR 147.  

Bike was setup a bit better today, but I could still feel my left hamstring starting to strain around the 10 mile mark.  At least my feet are getting a break after yesterday's blister run. 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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6.590.000.000.006.59

6.59 miles in 50:00, 7:35/mi, HR 171.  15 minute warmup, 1.85 miles, 8:06/mi, HR 151.  12 x 30 second Strides w/ 1 minute recovery.  17 minute cooldown, 2.32 miles, 7:19/mi, HR 176.

Warmer temps today (~60F).  Aimed for < 5K effort for the 12 30 second Strides.  HR climbed to near max levels and basically stayed high throughout, probably some due to warm weather but also because I'm still getting back in shape from the break.  Stride form felt good but felt like I was hauling some extra weight....similar to feeling I had back in Jan when I ran a 5K at the start of Base training.  Running in real running shoes after using the VFFs feels like going from a Pinto to a Cadillac...the higher heel and cushioning are easy on my calves and my feet. 

Adrenaline 8s (Blue) - 15 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
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5.5 miles in 46:17, 8:25/mi, HR 149.  

Pleasant cool morning recovery run.  Legs and adductors a bit sore.  Plenty of yardwork on tap today to keep the HR up.

Adrenaline 8 - 237.59 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Night Sleep Time: 59.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 59.50
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