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Location:

slc,ut,

Member Since:

Jan 16, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 17:26

1/2 Marathon - 1:19:13

Marathon - 2:54:14

Wasatch 100 - 23:20

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-1:20 half

Sub-2:50 full

50 miler

Personal:

james clissold
started running in 2012

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hoka Challenger 2 (black/orange) Lifetime Miles: 204.80
Kinvara 5 (blue 4) Lifetime Miles: 239.40
Olympus 2.0 (grey) Lifetime Miles: 161.00
Hoka Bondi 4 Lifetime Miles: 318.65
Paradigm 2.0 (black) Lifetime Miles: 223.30
Kinvara 6 (white/orange) Lifetime Miles: 290.95
Kinvara 8 (black/green) Lifetime Miles: 226.73
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 easy on the treadmill. Felt 10 times better than yesterday. Going to keep it slow and easy this entire week and hopefully feel alright by next Saturday to clip off a decent 5k.

On my way home from Boston I read parts of "Iron War" after I read a great book that my uncle suggested while we were there (more on that in one sec). Iron War is worth reading if you have not picked it up. I was feeling a little defeated on the flight as I thought about my race. I thought this quote was worth sharing.

That experience of having to drag yourself across the finish line when there's a thousand and one times you want to quit, when you don't feel you can make it, but somehow you do, it gives you a perspective within which to always have a shred of hope that somehow it will turn around for you. And when you have that inside, no matter how bad it looks., there is always a part of you that will continue to give it what you have.

The book my uncle suggested is short, only took about 2 hours to read. Super entertaining and informative as well. It is called "The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead: Dos and Don'ts of Right Behavior, Tough Thinking, Clear Writing, and Living a Good Life" It made me laugh out loud on the plane and think about a few changes I could make in my professional and personal life.

Hoka Mafate 3 Miles: 4.00
Comments
From ACorn on Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 22:54:23 from 71.213.41.74

Thanks for the book review, I'm always looking to add to my list. Iron War was a phenomenal read, I had no idea about the intense rivalry between Allen and Scott . The book did a great job of showing the differences in their training and personalities.

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