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Sep 14, 2008

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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

Wed, Sep 19, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00	10.00

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

From Kam on Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 23:24:42 from 70.56.97.8

Blogging this late at night is a bad habit for an endurance athlete. Shouldn't you be sleeping or something?

From Fritz on Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 23:34:36 from 76.27.28.67

Likewise. I probably should be but sportscenter is more interesting.

From Andrea on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 08:58:05 from 72.37.244.100

Hey Fritz, does the rowing machine cause any problems for your hamstring? I was thinking about adding that to my exercises but wanted to know what you thought before re-joining the gym :(

From Fritz on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 09:33:33 from 65.116.116.6

It doesn't bother my hamstring at all. It just takes extra motivation because my forearms and shoulders are weak. Speaking of the gym, I have averaged 7.4 visits a week in September. :( On the bright side today I just realized that I can leave my gym bag in the locker during the day and pick it up at night. That way my shirt will dry rather than stinking up my car.

From Andrea on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 09:38:31 from 72.37.244.100

I don't like those stats - more than once a day at the gym? :(

Rowing is definitely my least favorite. 10 minutes on there feels like forever and my arms are wimpy too!

I'm trying to un-jinx myself...whenever I canceled my membership, my injury came back. Then when I signed up for CIM, it all just blew up. So I'm emailing CIM to say I'm not going and going to rejoin the gym. Chances that will work?!

From Lulu Walls on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:08:07 from 155.100.212.135

7.4 visits/week!?!

"Unlike many goals which aim to increase frequency, I hope to cut my visits down to 120 or less..."

~Fritz January 1, 2012

From Fritz on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:21:05 from 65.116.116.6

Visits are already at 201 for the year so I didn't hit that goal obviously. I still figure going to the gym is better than sleeping in and eating cheerios.

From Kam on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 13:56:33 from 68.66.163.179

What if you had lucky charms or trix instead of cheerios? That might be better than a trip to the gym.

From Andrea on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 14:03:55 from 72.37.244.100

I think we both need some Lucky Charms!

From Fritz on Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 14:45:36 from 65.116.116.6

not even cap'n crunch with its 7 essential vitamins and minerals could prevent me from going to the gym. I won't let the anti-gym lobbyists deter me.

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