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Location:

South Hill,VA,United States

Member Since:

Oct 23, 1983

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

1 Mile - 4:54 (16 yrs.) - 1986

2 Mile - 10:49 (16 yrs.) - 1986

5K - 16:44 (16 yrs.) - 1986

8K - 30:32 (16 yrs.) - 1986

5K - 19:36 (37 yrs.) - 2008

8K - 33:29 (36 yrs.) - 2006

10K - 42:38 (38 yrs.) - 2008

13.1 - 1:38:53 (38 yrs.) - 2008

26.2 - 3:31:26 (38 yrs.) - 2008

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train consistently and smart. Run some local races and hope to lower PR's every once in awhile.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would love to see a 5:XX for a mile just one more time. ~~Go under 20 in a 5K~~. And a sub 40 for a 10K.

Personal:

Born in 1970. Grew up in Richmond, Virginia. Ran high school track and cross country. Also lived in the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a few years. Now living in South Hill, Virginia. Married since 1995 and have two children. Have been a police officer since 1994.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics Gel - Fortitude 3 Lifetime Miles:						422.92
Saucony Grid Shadow 11 Lifetime Miles:						357.21

Fri, Sep 07, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
3.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.42	4.52

Went swimming this morning after dropping my daughter off at school. I am just not a morning workout person. Everything seems harder. But I got in 2500 yards and was happy about that. Came home and waited about an hour then went for a run. It was only 85°f outside. Still hot but 8°f less than yesterday. My first mile split was faster than I felt it was. I just tried to maintain an even pace for the run and stay comfortable. But I kept having negative splits. About the last 1/4 mile or so I could tell I had been running faster and started to tire a little. Unfortunately that little feeling in my leg is still there. When walking it feels more like a sore muscle than the stress fracture. No run planned for tomorrow, so I will judge on Sunday if I should run anymore or not.

Swim - 2500 yards - 47:43.59 - mix of free & breast

Run - 3.1 miles - 8:14, 7:58, 7:51, :46 - 24:50 (8:01 avg.)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Aaron on Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 16:27:08

Scott--

Everybody's biomechanics and fitness are so different that it's hard to comment, but for what it's worth, I have noticed that when I'm inceasing mileage the dividing line between shin soreness and no shin soreness is about 8:30/mile. Lacking your injury it goes away pretty quickly, but I imagine the tendency to inflammation in the region of the healing fracture would be greater (increased blood flow etc). You might try holding yourself a little more strictly to the slower pace for a few weeks and see what happens.

From Scott Zincone on Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 22:20:41

Thanks for the insight.

I was thinking/hoping the same thing. As the bone heals it will build in that area. Do not know what it builds up with though..calcium? Should have paid better attention in science classes I guess.

This afternoon I cleaned the gutters. Unlike all my neighbors I am too scared to walk around on my roof with a leaf blower in my hand. So I climbed up and down a ladder over and over again. I could definitly tell my muscles were a little sore. Before in the early stages of the stress fracture it felt different. Back then it hurt as much if not more when I would shift my weight off the leg than on it.

Nevertheless I will remember I am restarting running after a long layoff. Slow and easy is what I need right now.

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