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Location:

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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Wed, Aug 27, 2008
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.000.007.00

Took it nice and easy today and had to fight to keep the pace in the slow range.  Legs felt okay after yesterdays faster run.  Stepped on a rock today during my run.  I caught it right in the ball of my foot between the 2nd and 3rd toes.  Hurt like ..........insert your own explative.  I had to stop for a couple of minutes and walk and stretch it out on the curb.  Continued running and it seemed okay but I can still feel a dull pain as I sit here typing this.  Of course this was on my left foot which has been bothering me so just another insult to my already injured foot.......holy crap!!  I think I am going to invest in a bubble and live in it for the next 5 weeks until the marathon so I don't have to face the harsh realities of the cruel world of marathon training.

Time:  1:02:38  8:57/mile

NB768 153.08 NB768 (new) 15.0  Saucony A2 11.9

Comments
From Mike Warren on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:49:11

When it rains it pours. I know what explative, I would fill the blank with!! Were getting close, hold it together Bro!!

From RivertonPaul on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:04:18

If the foot is bruised, you might consider some cross training, like elliptical. A thought on cross training, though, is that it seems best substituted for what would have been recovery runs anyways as it is something. You are doing well, hang in there.

From Cal on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:14:24

Hang in there Jeff. With all you've dealt with this year, just think how mentally tough you'll be once St. George gets here!

From Clay on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 14:03:53

When it rains it pours! If it weren't for bad luck you'd have no luck at all:-) That's all I got Jeff, keep your head up and try not to get to discouraged...

Good job getting out this morning too!

From Dave S on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 14:24:45

I feel your pain Jeff expecially on the one thing after another part of things.

From JeffC on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 14:41:16

Thanks for checking in guys, I really do appreciate you all thinking of me. As bad as all my problems sound, this has probably been my best marathon training cycle of my 4 attempts. In each of the last 3 cycles I have missed as much as a month of training and had some relatively low mileage months. So I should probably just suck it up and quit crying.

From Tom on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 16:56:56

Man I know what you mean about cruel world of marathon training. I tripped on a wire last week and like you stepped on a stupid rock today. About this time in the training cycle it starts to feel like everyone/everything is out to get you and mess up months of very hard work!

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