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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 27, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Region 9 Cross Country Champion 2004 (5K: 15:42)

400m: 00:54 (running start)

800m: 2:03 (7th place State Meet 2005)

1500m: 4:30 (2nd place Utah Summer Games 2004)

1600m: 4:31 (4th place State Meet 2005)

3000m: 9:55 (1st place Utah Summer Games 2004)

3200m: 9:52 (4th place State Meet 2005)

5K: 15:39 (2nd place Enterprise, UT Pioneer Days 2004

10K (very aided): 33:33.3 (8th place USG 2008)

15K: 53:04 (6th place Blacksmith Fork Freedom Run)

Half Marathon (very aided): 1:10:38 (5th place, Provo Halloween Half)

Marathon: 2:38:15 Top of Utah Marathon 2010 (6th Place Overall, 1st Local and 1st 19-24)

Won the 1st Annual Sand Hollow Marathon in 2:41:22

Ultramarathon: Logan Peak Trail Race 2010: 28 miles, 7261 vert. 4:23:48 (2nd Place), El Vaquero Loco 50k 2011: 6:02 (2nd Place)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Long-Term Running Goals:

Go where the trail takes me.

Personal:

My hometown is Hurricane, UT but I currently live in Logan, UT where I attend Utah State University. I am working on a PhD in Education, with an emphasis in Technology and Engineering Education.

You can also check out my blogspot running blog where I post race reports.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Saucony Type A2 Racers Lifetime Miles:						219.40
Brooks Cascadia 6 (Green) Lifetime Miles:						527.90
Brooks Launch (Orange/Yellow) Lifetime Miles:						250.40
Altra Lone Peak (Yellow/Gray) Lifetime Miles:						94.60
New Balance MT110 (Black) Lifetime Miles:						75.00
Altra Superior (Green) Lifetime Miles:						103.30
Brooks Cascadia 8 (Blue) Lifetime Miles:						185.10
Trail 2013 Lifetime Miles:						140.15
Road 2013 Lifetime Miles:						121.35
Altra Lone Peak B (Yellow/Gray) Lifetime Miles:						65.70
PI M2T (Orange/Blue/Grey) Lifetime Miles:						27.50
Trail Miles 2015 (Start May) Lifetime Miles:						64.00
Road Miles 2015 (Start May) Lifetime Miles:						31.50

Tue, May 20, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

Taking the day off. Knees and thighs are sore for some reason. But that's alright. This week is healing week. Bought some new shoes today. Saucony ProGrid Guide's. Feel very nice compared to my hashed Asics. Never liked asics anyway.

Anyone know warning signs of knee injuries? Just curious. It's normal for me to have my knees be a little sore for a couple of weeks after starting mileage training, but where I haven't run long mileage for 2.5 years and stuff I just want to make sure I don't screw myself up like my dad did.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, May 20, 2008 at 20:06:29

10 miles on Saturday in 67 minutes was excessive. I cannot repeat this often enough - learn to run slow! Going long is not what kills you, it is going fast. 6:30 is fast. I race a marathon at 5:30 pace. But I find 6:30 pace too fast for most of my runs. That is one reason I very rarely get injured.

Do not take this week off. Run easy instead. Run girl pace - 8:00 or slower. For as long as your knee will let you. Healing happens faster when you run easy than when you do not run at all. In 23 years the longest I've ever taken off is 3 days, and that was illness-related. I believe that is another part of the no injury secret. When your body does nothing for too long it loses its ability to resist injuries. When you give it consistent moderate stress day after day it eventually becomes injury-immune.

From dave holt on Tue, May 20, 2008 at 21:21:59

What do you mean you never liked Asics - that is some kind of heresy! On this occasion I will agree with Sasha, run easy, a couple miles or so. But just take it easy. Remember how long it took you get good in high school - 4 years of solid running! Now add to that the fact the you haven't run for 2 years. Take it easy and build up slow. By the end of summer you will be able to handle solid and consistent 70-80 mile weeks.

From Dustin on Wed, May 21, 2008 at 00:41:43

Hey Joe

First welcome to the blog! I work with your dad at the intermediate school and I told him about the blog a few months ago, glad you signed on and have been running with Karl.

Will have to get together sometime and get some runs in over the summer. I'll be training for the marathon also this summer and I'm planning on running between 70-90 miles a week.

We also have a good group that meets on Thursdays and Saturdays over in St. George at the St. George Running Center.

As far as the injury, I agree with Sasha and Dave see if you can still run but slow the pace way down.

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