Runnin Bubbas

Provo City Half Marathon

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Location:

Draper,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Oct 27, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

I was a decent runner when I was younger, now just loving the second wind in life...

Short-Term Running Goals:

Boston Marathon - 3:04:21 3112th/1978thAG

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Enjoy running with the Kenyans again...

Personal:

Work Hard, Play Harder and Have Fun! Make It Happen...

This is my mantra... 

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Total Distance
57.36
Total Distance
3.11

Lunch:  Quick easy shake out miles.  Felt a little better today.

 

Weights:  Abs...

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Total Distance
10.10

AM:  Group run with Toni, Mike, Scott, Matt and Reed.  Really pleasant temps this morning.  Felt good to push through the tightness.  Did mid 6' for about 5 miles of the run.  Felt very relaxed for how inconsistent and crappy I have felt the past 3 weeks.  Good run with the group.  Man they recover fast.  Dan and Brandon get back to us soon...

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Total Distance
6.10

LUNCH:  Woke up sore from muscle works yesterday.  Tori beat the crap out of me :) 

Went mile and a half WU and then 2 1.5 mile repeats @ 6:15 and 6:05 pace with a 1/2 mile AR jog in between.  Felt relaxed and good.  A little windy so I just tried to stay comfortable.  I am not a fan of wind.  Did a mile CD. 

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Total Distance
12.00

AM:  Group run with Toni, Scott, Mike and Reed.  Lots of convo, Scott sang for us and Reed had a good joke that made me laugh for a mile.  Wonderful Head Wind on the way back.  Comfortable easy 9.91 miles.  My body  really wants to race.  Just wish I did not have this back and neck tightness.  Very frustrating...

 

LUNCH:  2.1 miles shake out.  Really easy. 

Weights:  Chest, abs, lower back and calves...

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Total Distance
7.05

LUNCH:  Really tough night last night.  I must have eaten something wrong.  Pretty weird considering I have really been strict about what I eat lately.  I vomit about once every ten years so last night was really unusual.  I had hardly any energy this morning because of this.  I texted Matt to have them go on the group run without me.  I was pissed because I wanted to actually crusie/jog with Brandon and Toni as planned.  I got in an easy run though.  Need to eat now and get mentally prepared for Sat. morning.  A buddy asked me if I ever doubted myself as a runner?  I told him the last 3 weeks have been pretty tough mentally to stay with the game plan.  Hoping I get the eye of the tiger within the next 24 hours.  It's time to go and I want to bust out.  This is the lowest weight I have been in years which hopefully is a great sign for things to come. 

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Total Distance
3.50

LUNCH:  Easy miles.  Had a great session at Muscle Works yesterday.  Neck and Traps are still sore and tighter than normal, but overall feel a lot better than I did a week ago this time.  My body is itching to race.  Excited for the morning.  Hope everyone on FRB has a great time tommorow in whatever you are running.  Game on and Go Time...

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Race: Provo City Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:21:49, Place overall: 24, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
15.50

Woke up @3am wide awake.  My body has been screaming for the past few days to race.  Makes no sense because my back and neck have been screaming in another manner that is really frustrating.  My right side really left me wondering if I was pushing for a long term injury with a race today.  I decided I would make my goal 1:20 instead of 1:18.  Toni was really cool to watch the boys while I ran.  He suffered a calf injury and had to back out last second.  Toni is a great runner and amazing at being able to run, work and be a dad/husband.  I think the dude will sleep when he is dead. :)

Toni was really cool and took Scott, Mike, myself and my friend's daughter Sadie up to the start.  I did a two mile WU around the camp grounds.  I felt good so decided to race.  Atmosphere was great.  Temps low 40's.  You could tell carnage was about to be laid.  Just wasn't going to be me.  I knew I wanted to stay around 5:50 to 6:10 pace the whole time and just be consistent.  This is literally the first race that I used my garmin correctly.  I thought the first mile split read 5:38(acutual 5:58).  This played with my head.  I just knew I needed to keep a consistent pace to reach sub 1:20.  I felt really good throughout the entire canyon.  My legs actually wanted to keep pace.  I got to mile 6 and was still on target.  Breathing was good.  Legs felt great.  Splits were on.  I had mentioned to Curtis and Tristam that it would be cool to see them on the course.  To my surprise they met me at mile 7.  Man they were great.  I seriously had a blast running with them(they looked like they were jogging :)  I looked at my watch.  6:10 pace.  Good.  I am still in tack.  When I got to mile 8, I started to feel my glute medius feel sharp pain.  Not a good sign.  Then I soon after my right trap and rhomboid are now tightening as well.  I am in trouble.  There is nothing I can really do but try and relax through this.  At 9.5, I saw my pace was 6:40.  This was very discouraging.  Curtis and Tris were fantastic.  They were continually giving me advice and tatics even though I was falling off pace.  From 9 to the finish, I tried to throw in surges and at times thought I was going to get back on pace.  I would last about 10 seconds and then feel the tightness hammer me.  Very frustrating, but I knew I needed to finish strong.  I wanted to quit at 9 and 11.  I really cannot understand this injury.  I am going to continue to get massage and PT.  I know my training was inconsistent the last month, but I know I could have done 1:18 today and this injury held me back.  Look forward to the next opportunity.  Glad my boys could watch mom and dad run today.  Always a good time.  At least in my opinion.  :)

I am pretty excited to report that I did not break my back or neck during this "workout".  I am pretty disappointed with my results.  Splits were as followed.

5:58, 5:53, 6:13, 5:54, 5:59, 6:03, 6:13, 6:13, 6:25(back and neck are now very tight, 6:32, 6:42, 6:26, 6:26 and .39 seconds for last .13( good kick actually was ready to be done)

 See everyone at AF Canyon unless I take on a 5K in between.  Time to get this back and neck healthy...

 

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Total Distance
57.36
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