| Location: Mesa,AZ,USA Member Since: May 12, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: I started running again in 2007 after 14 years of not running.
Mile - 4:59 (high school 1992), 5:57 (9/21/2010 ARR Open Mile)
2 mile - 11:10 (high school 1992)
5k - 21:54 (11/18/2010 Tempe Road Runners 5k)
10k - 48:29 (5/9/2009 Race for Hospice)
Unofficial 10k - 47:11 (1/27/2011 Red Mountain Park)
1/2 marathon - 1:49:00 (4/4/2009 Havasu Half)
Marathon - 4:33:09 (11/21/2009 Mesquite Marathon) Short-Term Running Goals: Run a half marathon in under two hours.
Run a marathon in close to 4 hours. Long-Term Running Goals: Stay healthy long enough to live through the millenium. Personal: I am married and have six kids.
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| | After stumbling around all day Thursday with heavy legs, they seemed to have healed up yesterday. But I wanted one more recovery day. So I went out this morning. I brought three running outfits with me, but I only ran twice. And that's ok.
On Thursday's run I saw this tunnel that went under the freeway. I didn't want to run as much as I did Thursday, and I knew that the tunnel was about 3 miles away from my sister's. So I thought I'd run under the freeway, and maybe a little more to explore. Immediately my legs felt super heavy. I thought, "This is going to be another slog fest." But the important thing is that I'm getting miles in, so I slogged away.
The first half mile is uphill. I was running the opposite direction as Thursday's run. After a half mile I reach the frontage road. Then it's downhill for a mile. I was running on the shoulder again. For the first mile there were no cars coming my way. But then a few started to come, so I decided to count them. I lost count after 3 or 4. It was all uphill to the tunnel, but not as much elevation gain as the loss in that first mile of the frontage road. So I had that to look forward to on the way back. But I did it Thursday and survived.
As I approached the tunnel, I could see a hill on the other side of the freeway. I decided that it would be nice to run up to the top of it and maybe take some pictures. I ran through the tunnel and got to the other side. But I saw a sign that said - Private property - no hunting, no fishing, no trespassing, etc., etc., etc. I could've crawled under the fence, but after thinking about if for a minute, I decided to just turn around and run back. This time I ran on the other side of the road where there is a dirt track next to the road for quite some way. I ran on it because it's safer, but I had to avoid the rocks.
There is one part of the road that is real steep. I charged up it and my breathing was really labored. But the rest wasn't bad because of all the hill training I've been doing. My pace was about 30 seconds faster than Thanksgiving's run. So I'll be heading back to Mesa tomorrow. So long, Utah.
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