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Avenue of the Giants

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Location:

Bend,OR,

Member Since:

Sep 21, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Whalepark 10K race 46:10 (2007)

USCG 7 mile run- 55:55 (2008)

5K treadmill 21:27 (2007)

5K road race 22:52 (22:28 actual 5K) (2008)

5K road race 21:47 (2011)

Klondike Relay Race Leg 9 11.1 miles 1:33:00 - 36 hours without sleep before my leg. (2007)

Klondike 2008 Leg 5 14 miles 2:02 (2008)

Seattle Half 1:48:30 (2007)

Avenue of the Giants Half (2008) 1:50

Surf City Half 1:44:37 (2011)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Half Marathon 1:40:00 or less-tempo ran a 1:44 WHAT IS THE LIMIT?

5k under 21:20

Marathon 3:25

Long-Term Running Goals:

Another PR before I turn 60.

Continue running and avoid knee surgery.

Personal:

I got back into running in January 2007. Lost 35 pounds and keep trying to follow my high school track/cc son around. Soon found out that coaching was a better choice. Ran semi seriously in high school ( 4:30 ish mile), but had done no running in 29 years. I think I'm back and complain heavily when not allowed to run.

Take Shape for Life helped me lose 25 pounds after I had been a runner for a number of years and my half marathon time clearly reflected that.....I must add that I feel and look way more like a runner.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sun, May 04, 2008

Race: Avenue of the Giants (13.1 Miles) 01:50:10, Place overall: 134, Place in age division: 9

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	13.10	0.00	0.00	13.10

Thephysical therapist said as long as the pain was under control, my S.I. joint injury would not keep me from running, abet not racing. So I ran at training run pace and paid the price of a week of intense pain but I managed to finish the race.

The avenue of the giants is a great race, with just under a thousand 1/2 runners. Since I could not race I really enjoyed the run.

Splits for what they are worth were:

8:50

8:20

8:00 feeling good holding back

8;15

8;20

8:18 Three uphill miles still feel good

8:25

8:38

8:41 The joint pain took hold during these miles, slowed down to prevent stopping.

8:26

8:37

8:41 Tried to keep an easy pace,pain increasing.

8:21

0:44 Picked up the pace a little at the finish.

In the end I was happy to be able to finish the race with a fairly serious injury. The time was very poor but I know with recovery time I CAN DO MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

Comments

From Benn on Mon, May 12, 2008 at 08:46:55

Glad to see you could still get out there and enjoy the run! Way to go man! And I like the overall consistency. You give me hope that I'll be back to running sometime. For now, I will bike!

Quick Question. How long overall did the achilles take to heal? I injured it on January 21st, so it's been about 15 weeks, but there's soreness when I stand on it all day at work. Do I just need more time?

From Michael on Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:21:30

Way to run, looks like a good pace for being injured - wish I could do that well. Must have been beautiful running under the tall redwoods

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