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Location:

Brampton,ON,Canada

Member Since:

Oct 11, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to run faster - I have just got a bike and i am trying to understand if I need to do high intensity or long cardio and what rate will help most

i want to get to 5k in 20 minutes

10k run in December 12 the eggnog jog - Completed 1 HR 11 Minutes. (goal one completed)

Marathon in the spring of 2011 (2:15 May 15th)

Marathon in fall of 2011 - Toronto - goal is to finish, and do my best.

Long term goal is to qualify for Boston Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Live healthy, get in better shape

Compete in Boston Marathon

 

Personal:

Married for 28 years

3 kids in univesity

At the start of 2009 I was 55 lbs over weight, high blood pressure and could run for 20 seconds with out stopping.

Sept 2010 - 5'11 182 (still a little over weight), 7k in 48 minutes.

 

 

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Weight: 183.36
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4.20

good run - 4.2 miles 7K followed by 30 minutes bike - HR 120

 

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4.2 miles - 7k good run - followed by 30 minutes  bike HR 120

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4.2 miles, 7k good run - followed run with 30 minutes on bike HR 120 level 7

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4.2 miles, 7k very poor run - no energy

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4.2 miles 7k - run was ok - 48 minutes

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4.2 miles, 7k comfortable run - 5k 35 minutes, total run 7K - 46 minutes

need to improve 5K time big time

- 35 minutes on bike - worked on high intensity most 7, 3 minutes 9

 

 

 

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4.2 miles 7k - good run - this is the first time i have started to run every night. I am a little more tired after this run than usual. It will be interesting to see how long I can keep up my nightly running. Thanks to Jon Allen and Dan for the advice.

 

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3 days in a row - 4.2miles, 7k

ran slow pace (2 very short walks) - legs a little sore - cardio/breathing very bad

it is very surprising beeing only 3 days in a row.

my mind was weak tonight i i could think is i will never ever run the boston maraton.

here is to tomorrow a new day and a new run. it is nice outside after a fresh rain. what will i do when winter gets here... again there i go. time for a drink of water and bed.

nite nite

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good run - 4.2 miles 7k

it was 45 minutes no change 4th day in a row -

i felt like it was faster - it was a good run

now on to day -5 tomorrow - will be tricky as i have a pary to attend tomorrow night.

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ran 4.2 miles - had to walk a few times - legs felt weak - cardio ok

time was a surprise - left 9:30am 10:16 - 46 minutes, so pace must have been faster considering I was walking.

first morning run in weeks - I do like mornings

may do a few minutes on the bike later, took yesterday off so here is day 1 of hopefully 6 days.

 

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6 Miles - 10k, time 1:11:00 - good to run 10k time is sooo slow, but i plan to keep following the run everyday methadology. i had a number of 10 or 20 second walks

It seemed to be more about week legs than cardio, running everyday is really working the legs. here is to more improvements in the weeks ahead as i plan for the 10k eggnog race on Dec 12

 

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4.2 miles 7k run time 49 minutes - slow

had to walk on many occasions for 10-20 seconds

happy that i ran - tired today and did not know if i could get myself out the door

cold out tonight - and i wore sweat pants and sweat shirt, coughing up flem at end of run

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2.60

4.4 K - 2.6 miles 30 minutes

ok run - just planning a few short runs to keep running every day and striving for 21 miles per week for this week and at least the next.

 

 

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1142-1229 - 47 minute 4.2 miles - 7K

lots of 10-25 second walks - good long stride and strong leg work out....

the battle to run every day continues to aproach reality. i read an interesting article...

Dr. Fordyce believes the ambiguity of the usual instructions encourages too much rest and caution in getting the painful muscle moving again. 'Searching for Signals'

''Muscle fibers start to shorten within a matter of days once you start resting them,'' Dr. Fordyce said. ''When the patient starts to re-use the muscle, much of the pain he feels then is a secondary pain, not the original pain that put him to bed. But because he's searching for signals from the original injury, he is likely to assume this pain means he's not yet healed enough to move.''

Part of the problem comes from the fact that in most cases where there is no obvious complicating injury the physician has no way of knowing whether the muscle has healed except the patient's report. At this point both the patient and physician may make the mistake of treating the patient's emotional reaction to the pain as though it were a barometer of the injury itself.

''The common error both by physicians and their patients is to assume that if a muscle hurts when you try to move it, that means you should stop,'' Dr. Fordyce said. ''But you make it better by moving it once it's gone through the initial healing time - and that time is typically shorter than most people think.''

 

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home to kennedy and sandelwood

5,8 x 2 = 11.6k  - - 7.2 miles

time slow pace - 1:24

 

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ran walked - working hard at getting speed to 10 minutes per mile.

Sasha Pachev, Administrator, Re: Jeff Galloway Walking Strategy,

Walking/running is good for people that cannot run at 10:00 pace without going out of breath quickly. They have a problem. To develop endurance they need to run at 10:00 pace or faster. Going slower does not develop it very fast, even when the pace is sustainable for only a minute. So running/walking provides a nice workaround. However, once 10:00 pace becomes sustainable, walking is a waste of time.

 

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good work out for the legs - will they ever get stronger???

run time - 54 minutes - legs were dead for the entire run. here is too tomorrow. :-)

 

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4.2 miles - 46 minutes

legs tired, plan 2 more days off. very light week this week -

look for 25 miles next week

Plan is to start taking off sunday.

 

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Weight: 183.36
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