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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

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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

Mon, Jul 28, 2014

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

6 easy with Josh and Dan on the parkway. It was good to run with Dan. I have not hung out with him in years. We used to work together before law school. He is training for the Big Cottonwood Marathon.

My right calf is still pretty sore from last Thursday's race. I don't really know what to do about it, but just give it time I guess. I massaged it after the run today and it is aching even worse now as I sit at work. Going to take the majority of this week easy with maybe a moderate run on Thursday, but no track workout.

Hiked up to Lake Catherine (some spell it with a "K") on Saturday and that seemed to loosen up the legs a bit. I want to feel back at 100% before I do any intense workouts in preparation for St. George.

Also, I thought I would see if anyone is interested in coming on Saturday to runmehappy's summer event. We are hosting an outdoor dance party! Below is a flyer and check out runmehappy.com/news and the Facebook page for more information.

Kinvara 5 (blue) Miles: 6.00

Comments

From AngieB on Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:45:05 from 199.190.170.30

Take care of that calf. I think I want to still try another crack at sub 1:20 I think there were too many odds against everyone thurs for amazing times. Unless you are Lindsey and Fritz of course. Whats your plans from here until St George? Are you going to race before then?

From james (runmehappy) on Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 03:38:54 from 50.203.76.218

Angie, I likely won't race again before St. George. I start teaching at the U on Saturdays from 9 to 1 this coming Saturday and the class runs through September. Let me know though if you find a race that you want to try your hand at sub-1:20. There are some canyon ones that I know we could do, but I want it to be less aided than a bomb down big or little cottonwood etc.

From AngieB on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 10:35:07 from 159.212.71.199

James I have been kicking around the idea of running Hobblecreek. I have ran both and would say it is similar to Des News. I am still kicking it around though because I dont want to take too much time off of training for st george in tapering for it and recovering for it. Whats your thoughts on Hobblecreek?

From james (runmehappy) on Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 11:43:51 from 50.203.76.218

I have thought about Hobblecreek. I would say that it is faster than DesNews from looking at the profile and from talking to those that have run it. I would have considered it if I was not teaching, but I also don't want to have any more downtime before St. George. If I were to run that, I would probably run the first 8-10 miles at marathon pace (6:30) and then drop the pace until the end. That way you wouldn't end up as sore and your recovery time would be minimal. It would be a good primer for St. George.

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