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Location:

Orem,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 03, 2006

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

HS/COLLEGE:
mile: 4:56, 2 mile: 10:21 (1978)
marathon: 2:52 (St. George 1982)
OLD MAN (20+ years later):
5K: 19:53 (Nestle/Art City Days 5K 2007)
10K: 39:55 (Spectrum 10K 2008)
half marathon: 1:26 (Hobble Creek 2008)
marathon: 3:07 (St. George 2007)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back to a BQ marathon time (currently 3:40).

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun running, keep fit, and fight middle age spread. Run consistently and injury free. Maintain a healthy balance between running and other life priorities. Encourage my ever-aging running buddies to keep running so we can continue to share runs on the trail instead of rocking chairs.

Personal:

Blessed to be married to Karen for 30 years. We have six children (4 daughters/2 sons) ages 16 to 30, and one wonderful granddaughter.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Altra Instinct 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 83.50
Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Lifetime Miles: 21.80
Saucony Guide 7 Blue 2 Lifetime Miles: 376.95
Saucony Fastwitch 6 Lifetime Miles: 200.05
Saucony Guide 7 Black 1 Lifetime Miles: 271.15
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.350.000.000.000.007.35

Larry committed to help Kent pour concrete at 6am this morning, so Wayne and I skipped going to the track and ran the Lindon loop instead. I was up early so I ran 1.3 easy miles before meeting up with Wayne. I felt fine during the 1.3 miles and the first mile with Wayne, but then I started feeling some tightness and a little pain on the backside of my right knee. My legs have been a little tired from the long run up Timp on Saturday, but generally they've been feeling really good lately. I'm not sure what triggered this pain today. I didn't run hard yesterday, and we weren't pushing the pace very hard this morning. In addition to my quads being a little sore from Saturday, I also felt a little tightness in my right calf. Maybe running the steep Eagles View hill yesterday stressed the already fatigued calf causing it to tighten up into my knee. I may have also bumped my mileage up too quickly over the past couple of weeks. I think I'm going to have to back off a little until I can figure out what's up with this pain I felt this morning. Bummer! I was feeling so good about how my running was going. At least I still have some time before St. George.

Comments
From Tom on Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 10:14:10

Paul don't worry too much about backing off a tad. I think it can be good when you bumping up the mileage to back off a bit every 3rd or 4th week. Then you can come back strong the next week. You've got plenty of time before SGM and your mileage and workouts have been great the last few weeks. You surely don't want to blow it all my getting some nasty injury that if neglected will lay you up for an extended period.

Now if I could only follow my own advice every now and then...

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