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Las Vegas,NV,USA

Member Since:

Jan 13, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

1600M - 5:51 (Corp Challenge 2009)

5K - 19:38 (Tule Springs Stake 2009)

10K - 42:30 (Spectrum 2008)

Half-Marathon - 1:28:23 (Fontana 2009)

Marathon - 3:29:28 (St. George 2008, Monsoon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train well enough to run a BQ 3:15 marathon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue to train well stay healthy and enjoy running for many years to come. 

Personal:

Married with 4 children ages 8-14.

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Thu, May 29, 2008
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Nice easy run today.  Started out fairly slow and built up to about 8:15 by the last mile.  Felt pretty good the whole way and didn't really feel any additional back pain that had been feeling in previous days.  I had my wife rub my back on Tuesday night pretty aggresively and I'm afraid that may have aggrivated it more.  Hopefully it is just some lingering muscular issues from the marathon and it will eventually pass.

Time:  59:18  8:28/mile

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Comments
From Dave S on Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:42:10

Jeff, sorry about your back. I've had to deal with back issues from time to time. I have also felt like stretching or massaging my back during a flareup makes it worse. For me a real easy week with 2 or three days off helps. Then I will ice for 15 min. then heat then ice again a couple of times a day and no stretching it until it gets feeling a little better seems to get it headed in the right direction for me. Then do a lot of stretching when the flareup seems to be past. This is what seems to have worked best for me. Hope it gets feeling better soon.

From JeffC on Thu, May 29, 2008 at 13:33:28

I agree with your diagnosis of my back. I have noticed that walking or just plain resting seems to help it. It is feeling much better than it did the past few days to I am encouraged. I will have to break out my ice bottle from the freezer today and prop my back up against it in my chair at work. The only real stretching I do is my hamstrings and maybe pull each leg across my body while lying on my back. Thanks for checking in I will try the Ice, Heat, Ice thing as well.

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