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Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

Sep 14, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

52 marathons, Overall winner 15 times, PR 2:20:25 at St. George 2013, Kona Ironman 2002, Zero DNF

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Bike Lifetime Miles: 8003.27
Elliptical Lifetime Miles: 1295.72
Stairmaster Lifetime Miles: 3252.63
Rowing Machine Lifetime Miles: 335.05
Swimming Lifetime Miles: 14.97
Treadmill Lifetime Miles: 1111.92
Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Lifetime Miles: 994.29
Saucony Kinvara 2 Blue Lifetime Miles: 528.18
Salomon SpeedCross III Lifetime Miles: 263.03
La Sportiva Vertical K Lifetime Miles: 78.50
Nike LunaRacer +3 Lifetime Miles: 129.20
Nike LunarLaunch Lifetime Miles: 319.30
Nike Pegasus 31 Light Blue Lifetime Miles: 640.75
Altra Lone Peak 2.5 Lifetime Miles: 99.50
Nike LunaRacer V3 Camo Lifetime Miles: 76.02
New Balance 890v4 Lifetime Miles: 41.25
Nike Pegasus 33 Lifetime Miles: 12.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.100.000.000.0079.5089.60
Stairmaster Miles: 49.00Rowing Machine Miles: 8.00Elliptical Miles: 12.50Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Miles: 10.10
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0017.0017.00

Frustrated with the hamstring so I took it out on the stairmaster.  The lady next to me brought in a portable fan with an extension cord so the sweat was more under control.

I am still recovering from what could have been the biggest collapse/debacle in Ute football history.  Phew! 

Stairmaster Miles: 16.00Rowing Machine Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0012.0012.00

Fairly hard elliptical workout and one mile of rowing.  Hamstring is still extremely tight but rolling and stretching seem to be helping a bit.

Elliptical Miles: 10.50Stairmaster Miles: 0.50Rowing Machine Miles: 1.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0016.0016.00

AM: 13.5 stairmaster. uber boring.

PM: 2.5 stairmaster and hamstring PT.  The roller is getting a workout.

Stairmaster Miles: 16.00
Comments(8)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0010.0010.00

Morning and evening at the gym again.  Tried one "Active Isolated Stretch" on my hamstring which seemed to help a big.  Also mixed in 1 walking mile on the treading at 5 mph. 5.3 mph is about my max.  

To put that into perspective, the Men's 20k Race Walk Olympic winner averaged a 6:20 pace which is 9.47 mph.  Crazy!

http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event=athletics-men-20km-walk/ 

Comments(10)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0011.5011.50

My legs felt more tired and sore this morning than usual but they warmed up during the workout.  It must have been my blazing 12 minute walking mile or the ais stretches I did last night.    

I still can't believe that people can walk at a 6:20 pace. 20k in 1:18!

Stairmaster Miles: 11.50
Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.009.009.00

46 minutes and 6 miles on the rowing machine.  That's about as much fun as I could handle.  Then a few miles on the stairmaster.

Stairmaster Miles: 3.00Rowing Machine Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.100.000.000.004.0014.10

I haven't run since last Saturday (tried but failed on Wed.) so I figured if there was any chance I could still run St. George I better start testing the hamstring.  Warmed up 2 miles on the elliptical then anxiously jumped on the treadmill.  Started super slow but eased into a 7 min pace and finished a little over 10 miles in 70 mins.  Fortunately I didn't feel any sharp pains throughout the run and the hamstring didn't feel much different at the end than it did at the start.  My legs did feel heavy after the run but always seems to be the case after taking several days off.

If I was healthy today I would have raced a half marathon and tacked on another 6.  That is a typical Saturday two weeks out from a marathon. But since I couldn't do that, I am tentatively planning a long run tomorrow, maybe up Emigration, to see how the hamstring holds up.  If I can come away from that unscathed, get in some decent miles this week and run a 5k next weekend, I will feel much better about giving St. George a go.  We'll see. 

Elliptical Miles: 2.00Stairmaster Miles: 2.00Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Miles: 10.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.100.000.000.0079.5089.60
Stairmaster Miles: 49.00Rowing Machine Miles: 8.00Elliptical Miles: 12.50Saucony Kinvara 2 Grey Miles: 10.10
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