| Location: Terre Haute,IN,USA Member Since: Sep 21, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Local Elite Running Accomplishments: Ran 2:57 marathon in college 20 years ago.
Most all of my PRs are from when I was 29 and 30.
Half Marathon PR 1:17:16 (my best race ever 53rd place Indy Mini 1999)
10 Mile PR 57:22
15K PR 53:24
10K PR 34:29
5K PR 16:32
Short-Term Running Goals: Start running again and run 1:30 for a half marathon this fall.
Long-Term Running Goals: Break 3 hours for the marathon
Sub 17 5K, Sub 36 10K.
Personal: I am married and have two wonderful kids, 14 and 10. I've been running since 1982. I never get "basic" injuries. I always get the real nasty career threatening kind, like stress fracture of the sacrum, ganglion cyst clamping down on my peroneal nerve. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 59.00 | 51.75 | 8.50 | 0.00 | 119.25 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Today ran w/ Wabash Valley Road Runners for the Annual New Years Day run. Ran a total of 7.5 miles. "Warm" and sunny 36 w/ a SW breeze. Quads are still really sore, but I actually felt pretty good. Ran from Meadows through Deming Park, Woodridge, etc and back. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Tonight ran 7.5 mile Shrine Hill loop in a really quick 49:16. Had 25:40 half way. Struggled in parts, ran well in others. Last mile in 6:04. A warm 41 degrees. The Garmin lost .1 miles on the way back. Did about 3 minutes on the Octane earlier to warm up.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Ran a pretty decent 7.5+ miles w/ Jacki from Meadows through Deming, Woodridge, etc. and back, same as Thursday, but much quicker. 7:30 pace most of the way down to about 7:15 pace the last two miles. Left ankle and achillies tight toward the end. Down hills are still killers for the quads. Temp a very warm 45 although breezy.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Ran a pretty decent 12 miles w/ Jacki at Hawthorn Park. Went through Rose-Hulman, the Golf Course and the Blair Witch Loop and more in Hawthorn Park. It was nice to finally be able to get on the trails. My left achillies is still bothering me on occassion. It was finally completely comfortable about an hour in. Temp started out kinda foggy 45, but by the time we were done, it was breezy and 36. Total time 1:26:47. |
| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 5.50 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Today did 15 minutes on the Octane. Legs felt really fresh. Tonight, ran 8.5 miles from the Y through Deming Park and back in a pretty quick 54:16. Ran about 6:30ish pace most of the way with a couple of miles down around 6:10. Felt really really good. Unfortunately, this deal with my left achilles isn't getting any better. It's not getting worse, but not any better either. Feels great right now. Temp cool 31 (to 27 shortly after sundown). |
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Did 40 minutes on the Octane during lunch. Actually went 7 miles in 40 minutes. About equivalent to 4 miles running for me. Achilles didn't hurt, although it was tight the first 5 minutes. I'll only be able to run tonight if all this sleet and ice melts off by this evening, otherwise I'll have to skip out and hit the Octane again.
Did another 60 minutes on the Octane tonight. I really wanted to get out and run. I still had some irritation, but it did feel better. Of course it felt better, I didn't run! But that was a tough 60 minutes. 9.5 miles. About equivalent to 6 miles running for me. I gotta be careful with the achilles. I've read some pretty scary stuff. |
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| Did a really hard 30 minutes on the Octane during lunch today. 5.62 miles. Most I've ever done in 30 minutes. Then tonight, did 60 more minutes on the Octane. 9.5 miles in 60 minutes. Still have a little tightness but no pain in achilles. |
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| Did 30 minutes on the Octane during lunch today. Felt pretty good. Achilles no pain. Ankle a little tight. Tonight, did another 60 minutes on the Octane. Felt better than I did last night. Made it 10.12 miles in 60 minutes. Once again, tightness in the ankle, no pain in Achilles. May try to run 3 miles tomorrow. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
| Today I only managed 3 minutes on the Octane during lunch. I was up late with work lastnight and work didn't go well today, so I was too disgusted and feeling crappy. Tonight I took a two hour nap after I got home from work, but did manage to get out the door and run 3.25 miles tonight from home up through Howard subdivision and back. Wish I felt better because it is beautiful out. Full moon glowing through the clouds, a "warm" 38 degrees and no wind. No pain in Achilles at all though. First mile in a "rusty" and burning 7:39. Finally got down to 6:40 pace and last mile in 6:20. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Today ran an easy 7.5 miles with Jacki from Meadows through Deming Park, Woodridge subd, etc. It got cold and windy in a hurry. It was about 35 when we started, 29 when we finished. Left Achilles was a little tight toward the end. At least we didn't get any snow. Can't run on snow right now with the Achilles being tight. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 12.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
| Ran a pretty good 12.5 miles with Jacki at Hawthorn Park. Went around Rose-Hulman, through Woodridge, Golf Course and Blair Witch Loop. Cool, 29 and a little breezy. Started to snow big snow flakes the last 10 minutes or so. Left Achilles was a little tight again toward the end, but no real pain. Total time 1:34:15 |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 6.50 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
| Today only did 8 minutes on the Octane during lunch. I felt really good and started out fast, but wanted to save it for a quality workout tonight. Glad I was fresh because the weather is supposed to get really nasty tomorrow. Tonight, ran a semi quick 2 mile warmup from Woodrow Wilson MS to Woodridge. Then ran 2x1 mile in 5:45 each. Was going to try to do 6 of them, but just really struggled to do 5:45 pace. Decided to finish up with a tempo run. Ran 6.5 miles in 42:38 with the last 1.5 miles in 9:03. Temp cool 35 but a 15 mph SSE breeze. Left Achilles hurt pretty much throughout, but I think I figured it out. My shoes are laced up too high. I have thick ankles so I usually don't lace in the top holes, but on these shoes I have them that way. Now it makes sense that the Achilles doesn't hurt when I stretch. I think it's just the back pressure from the back heel of the shoe pressing so hard on my Achilles. We'll see. Going to take some discipline to get out the next couple of days as we're supposed to get freezing rain followed by sub-zero wind chills over the next two to three days. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| Today I did the Octane really hard, 5.62 miles in 30 minutes during lunch. Really surprising because I figured I'd be tired from yesterday's workout. Then tonight, ran 12 miles in 1:22:12. Had 42:12 half way. Really surprised at how effortless it was (well, at least the first 10 miles) despite the 15F temperature and abundance of clothes I had to wear. Had to run on the Heritage trail since the wind was out of the NW, I wanted a tail wind on the way back. Still pain in achilles. I think it may be that my achilles is "bruised". No amount of stress or stretching it produces pain, but running, with the pressure from the back of my shoe, causes pain on the outside of it. My lower legs are twitching like crazy two hours later. Supposed to get down below 0 tomorrow night. Gonna be tough. |
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| Tonight did about 35 minutes on the Octane. Did not run. I'm thinking now that what I have with my achilles may be "Retrocalcaneal Bursitis". Sucks... Don't know how long something like this takes to heal...
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| Haven't run for a week now. Did a pretty good 30 minutes on the Octane during lunch while watching Obama's Inauguration for the first time since last Wednesday. Did pretty well, 5.28 miles in 30 minutes. Had general tenderness in the ankle area afterward, but no pain. Still painful to the touch right at the achillies tendon insertion point. |
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| Today did 30 minutes on the Octane during lunch. Struggled a little bit but still did pretty well. 5.12 miles in 30 minutes. No pain in achilles at all. My try to run a few miles in the next couple of days. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| This evening, actually went out for a test run. Had pain most of the day from the last two days on the Octane, but had absolutely no pain during the run. Legs were pretty rusty after 8 days of no running. Did 1.5 miles in 10:47. Not too bad. Didn't feel all that great. May try to run a couple of miles again tomorrow. No Octane during lunch today. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 2.25 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
| Ran a really quick 3.25 miles up through Howard sub. and back in 20:43. Last mile in 5:56. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 2.25 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.25 |
| Ran a pretty quick 3.25 miles up through Howard subdivision and back in 21:10. Last mile in 5:42. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Ran a really solid 6.5 miles from home through Collet Park in 42:59. Had 22:59 half way, so really picked it up on the way back. The snow started to fall as I was finishing up. Had a little bit of Achilles pain about 20 minutes in but subsided. Last mile in 6:16. |
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| Did not run. We got 10" of snow overnight. Completely felt like crap. Managed just 22 minutes on the Octane this evening. Tired from work and getting called in the middle of the night. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Tonight ran a really tough 6.5 miles starting at Twigg's. Plan was to run the Heritage trail, but there was still too much snow on it. I am totally sore and spent from shoveling our driveway yesterday and running on the snow really worked my stability muscles, so once I got to Hunt Road, I bailed on the trail and ran on the roads. Really struggled, disgusted, etc. ran about 7:40 pace the whole way with the 5th mile down in 6:50. Just a little bit of Achilles tightness running on the snow. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| Today I ended up running from home as I couldn't get out of work until about 6:30. So much for running in daylight in town. Only had to deal with about a quarter mile worth of snow though. Temp very cold though, temperature actually plunged to -3F! Ran 3.5 miles from home down to Ft. Harrison and back in a pretty quick 22:07. Had 11:00 half way and ran last mile in 5:59. Far cry from last night's run. Had no pain at all in Achilles although had a little bit of tightness during the day. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Ran a pretty decent 6 miles, same as the other night in a pretty quick 40:14. Hit 6:40 pace the whole way. It really warmed up, sunny 33 but very windy. Still managed a 6:41 mile into a 20 mph head wind toward the end. Achilles was just a little tight in the middle. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 59.00 | 51.75 | 8.50 | 0.00 | 119.25 |
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