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February 2011

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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jun 26, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Ran first marathon after 18 months of training (minus injury time) at age 52 in Logan, Utah on Sept 18, 2010.  Time was 4:16:56 compared to a goal of 4:15.

Second marathon was Oct 1, 2011 in the heat of St George.  Time fell to 4:52:27.

Short-Term Running Goals:

With two marathons behind me, my next goal is to run one in under 4 hours and potentially qualify for Boston within 2 years.

Long-Term Running Goals:

My primary physical goal is to live a long, healthy life and to stay active to the end.  While I can, I expect running to be a big part of that.

Personal:

Married with 8 children and 5 grandchildren.  Youngest child is 13.

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Total Distance
7.60
Sat, Feb 26, 2011
Total Distance
3.81

I 'm back!  I did a 2.5 mile run on Monday with no ill effects.  (I had zero pain in my foot.  I think this means that the stress frature is healed!)  This morning, I ran 3.81 more and it felt good.

Since I stopped running, I have been focusing my exercising indoors with low impact exercises.  This hasn't really kept me in shape (other than round), but the shape would have been rounder without doing something.  I'm not sure what the future holds, but I do plan to build up the milage slowly.  It may be too late to train for the Utah Valley Marathon, but we'll see how it goes.  I want to run at least one more marathon before Brian leaves for Medical School in August.

This morning, I ran with Charles, finishing with two miles around the track.  It was 28 degrees, a light snow fall, and beautiful.  Charles is going to snow college and he missed what they called the "Snow blast" last night.  But as we were running this morning, there was another group of runners.  One of them said "This is a blast!"  Charles' snow blast was in Orem this morning.

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Mon, Feb 28, 2011
Total Distance
3.79

Totally different route than Saturday, but almost the same distance and the same temperature (28 degrees)

No foot pain, but a lot of other muscular pain as the running muscles begin to relearn how to put one foot in front of the other.

No real plan yet, other than a gradual increase in mileage.  I'll probably run three times this week and four times next week.

Getting up to a 4:50 alarm was one of the hardest things about today.

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Totals
Total Distance
7.60
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