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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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My eyes still cannot believe what they are seeing for the total miles today. Somebody pinch me.

Well things did not go well with my work schedule yesterday so I had to skip the run. My plan was to do my best today to make up some of those lost miles. I figured my legs should be fresh and today would be the best day to run extra.

I woke up early and did a nice 5 miles. Ran past the donut shop and was glad I was not carrying any money with me. I certainly would have stopped for a few jelly donuts to take home and enjoy after the run. After showering and eating I went to my son's preschool. His class sang 3 songs in the church. They did pretty good for a group of 4 and 5 year olds.

This afternoon I set out for 10 miles. I wanted to run by feel, but I think my slow and relaxed pace has become faster by about 10 seconds or so. So going by feel I was running faster than what I planned. But I felt good while doing it.

Now all of the above was the good news....here is the bad.

The ball of my left foot still hurts when walking. Hardly noticeable when running. And now my right foot, just above the heel hurts. This had only been hurting while walking the last few days. But it hurt the whole afternoon run. It was not enough to effect how I ran though. When I get some more time I need to look this pain up.

am - 5.31 - 8:01, 7:49, 7:55, 7:49, 7:54, 2:28 - 41:58 - 7:54 avg.

pm - 10.06 - 7:52, 7:53, 7:42, 7:47, 7:47, 7:37, 7:42, 7:38, 7:33, 7:37, :30 - 1:17:41 - 7:43 avg.

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Every time my running starts heading in an exciting and positive direction I get stricken with an injury. Now it is 2 of them. Hopefully neither is serious and will only take away a a few days to a week of no running to make them feel better. The first is the ball of my left foot. Hurts bad without shoes on, but managable with them. The second is my achilles tendon on my right foot. That is hurting with and without shoes.

I knew running was out of the question today. And I was nervous about using the elliptical and the bike. I could see where both could aggravate the injuries further. Of course this is just intuition and not based on any other facts. So it was off to the pool I went. I had not swam a lap in almost 3 months. And it showed. I managed 1500 yards before I wore out. I tried the breaststroke for 100 yards, but it really hurt the achilles when I would snap my legs together. So it was almost all freestyle, with a couple laps of backstroke thrown in. I wished I had done at least a mile though. After the laps I decided to aqua jog. I did not have my belt with me, but that was ok. I figured it was at least an 8:20 per mile effort.

I forgot to check, but I assume the pool will be closed tomorrow. So I will get back there Friday for some more laps.

1500 - mix of strokes - 28:39

Aqua Jog - 1 mile - 8:20

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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The achilles pain was on and off again today.  I might walk around for 15 minutes, then it would tweak some.  Seems like anytime I walked faster than a leisure pace or pushed off with any effort it would hurt.  So another day in the pool.

Got in 2000 yards.  Arms were sore and heavy from yesterday.  Times are way off from 3 months ago.  Also aqua jogged a mile.

Two Thanksgiving meals in one day....boy am I stuffed !

2000 yards - mix - 38:03

Aqua Jog - 8:20

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My poor arms feel so sore and tired from the last 3 days of swimming. The ball of my left foot and my right achilles feel no better. Swam 1000 free. Aqua Jogged, with the belt, for 25:00. Then 300 free.

Swim - 1300 - .738 - 23:04

Aqua Jog - 3 miles - 25:00

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