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Location:

St George,UT,

Member Since:

Feb 07, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run below 2:30 in the Marathon.

Personal:

I currenty live in Southern Utah. My wife Kendra and I have 4 children and no pets. We also own/operate the St. George Running Center a specialty running shoe store in St. George UT.  We also head-up the St. George Running Club.

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Asics 2140 Lifetime Miles: 172.00
Asics 2140 2-17-09 Lifetime Miles: 36.00
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AM - Out and back on the path.  Feeling pretty good and looking forward to an easy week.

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AM - Not a good morning. Met-up with Logan at DC to do one last little tempo at MP.  Warmed up for about 2 miles then started up.  About 5 steps into the tempo my hami totally seized up on me and stopped firing.  Totally freakish.  Tried running nice and easy on it but it just wasn't working at all and was creating a decent amount of discomfort.  Tried stretching a bit and running again but nothing.  Packed it up and went home.

Got a massage and tried to get it worked out a bit - 

 

 

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AM - Things did not go well this morning. Decided I needed to get out and try to run a bit.  Started of really slow 9-10min pace got about 1.5 miles from the host and I couldn't move my leg.  My hami just wouldn't allow my leg to extend at all. Ended up doing a walk jog all the way back to the house.

Headed to Troy Davis's office and had him look at it.  He did some dry needling and active release with it and spent a good amount of time helping me out.

 

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AM - Scott Hughes suggested I go to the Wellness Clinic and talk to his Chiropractor.  Went in and he spent some good time with me, did some muscle testing, cold laser, and imagery.  

 

PM - Wanted to go back out again and try to get the legs going a bit.  Leg was feeling a little bit better but by the time I hit close to the end of 2 miles it was locking up again on me.

 

More stretching and exercises in the evening.

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AM - Another massage.  Hurting pretty bad.  Ended up having a complete total mental breakdown, told Kendra I wasn't going to be able to run the marathon and decided to lay down and take a nap.  Ended up having some crazy whacked-out dream and woke up positive and happy (strange).  Decided I needed to get out and try running one more time and was able to get in six miles.  The hami was still tight but I was able to run and it gave me a glimmer of hope.  Came home and jumped in an ice bath.

PM - Went out and did a slow 1 mile run.  Came home and spent some good time stretching, jumped in the ice bath again, and threw my recovery tights on and crossed my fingers. What a day!!

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Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 02:40:18, Place overall: 25, Place in age division: 6
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I woke up this morning having no idea what to expect.  I really didn't talk too much about my hami issue because I really had no idea how the day was going to play out. Kendra and I ended up meeting up with the group in front of  Rec Center and headed up on the bus.  

After getting up to the start and going through our normal routine - I was anxious to start warming up to see what how my leg was going to feel.  As soon as I started jogging I couldn't beleive that I wasn't feeling any pain.  I seriously felt like it was a miracle.  I just hoped it was going to continue feeling that good throughout the race.  My goal was to start off really slow - 6:30 pace just to be safe, but since I didn't feel any discomfort I just went out with what I felt comfortable with. Here's how the race went.

1. 6:10 - Ended up running the first two miles with Mike B. Thankfuly feeling really good. 

2. 6:07 - 

3. 5:52 - Down to Baker Res. passed Marci J. and Jessica B. Dropped Mike B.

4. 5:50 - Felt really relaxed and smooth

5. 5:45 - Passed Amber G. - prayed I wouldn't see her on the Diagnal again.

6. 5:42 - 

7. 5:41 - Got my first water bottle, took 1st Gel.

8. 6:42 - Took it very easy up Veyo.

9. 6:15

10. 6:09 - Struggled a bit to get going.  I felt like I was passing a lot of people. but I wasn't moving very fast.

11. 6:17 - Crested to top of the first hill and the Hami locked/ spazz-out up for a second.  I just took a couple of deep breaths and told myslef not to freak-out.  I knew once my muscles start doing this it's almost impossible to get it to stop.

12. 6:08

13. 6:21 - Hit the Half at 1:19:40 - 1 min slower than I origonaly wanted. 2 min faster than last year.  Towards the middle of the mile I had to seriously crap so I just went off into the bush and let it all out.  I even think I got a little on my shoes.  Whoever was behind probably loved the show.

14. 5:53

15. 5:56 - Coming down around the valcano I wanted to go faster but couldn't go any faster do to keeping the spasms under control.

16. 6:00

17. 5:57

18. 6:01 - Muscles spasms started into the groin, and jumping round in my calfs and hami's.

19. 6:23

20. 6:14 -

21. 6:01

22. 6:21 - It seemed like the steeper the slop the slower I went.  The downhill just made my legs spasm even more.

23. 6:28

24. 6:14 - Coming off of the steeper downhill I was able to get into a bit more of a rythem. But, still not fast enough.

25. 6:12 - Kept looking at my pace and telling myself I need to go - I just wasn't moving fast enough.

26. 5:56 - Went by the 1 mile to go clock and thought I might be able to pull off a sub 2:40, but didn't get going soon enough.  I should have looked at my actual overall time earlier.  I never looked at it, only my pace up until then. 

26.2 5:38 - Gave a good solid push at the end.  Made me think I could have started earlier.

Overall I'm happy with the race.  I didn't get my goal time. But, considering the day before I almost backed out and 3 days before I couldn't run at all I was pretty happy with it.  I was also happy that I was able to mentally work through the muscle spasms better than I ever have before.  It still freaks me out with the spasms are jumping randomly through my legs but, I was quite a bit more relaxed about it this time.  My only regret was I wish I would have pushed a bit more on the Diagnol.  It's a bit flatter and I think I could have gotten my speed up a bit more through there without too many issues and mile 25 so I could have atleast broken 2:40.

 

I'm really happy for everyone else that did so amazing on both the men's and women's race team.  I love working out with so many great people.

 

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