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Location:

FL,United States

Member Since:

Feb 08, 2015

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Certified course PR's:

Mile: 4:28.0 (Florida, Jan 2020)

5K: 15:12 (FL, Jan. 2020)

10K: 31:44 (FL, Feb. 2020)

15K: 49:03 (FL, Feb. 2020)

1/2 Marathon: 1:10:34 (FL, Feb. 2020)

Marathon: 2:26:57 (WA, July 2019)

100k (63.7 miles, trail): 9:11:00 (FL, Jan. 2019)

Personal:

I started running in 2010 and have (mostly) kept it a habit ever since!  

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231.6414.11245.75
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2.500.002.50

AM: short jaunt with my sister, followed by an icy polar plunge in Boston.  Have to keep the tradition alive!

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2.100.002.10

AM:  Run then gym for chest and tris.  Feeling fat, sore, and out of shape.  

Knee still feeling very iffy.

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4.500.004.50

PM: Run in the rain, still incredibly slow pace.  Knee soreness, but sometimes, you've just got to run.

Other news: my old bike will be here Thursday.  I'm back at weight lifting.  Swimming still needs to get a move on, but I think I'll be fine once I establish a routine.  The running part I'm not so sure of, but I'll keep trying to take it easy and just hope that's enough with the strength training.

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6.330.006.33

Had a planning day, so was able to break my run up a bit into two runs. I'm still sore around the knee, but I'm a couple of percentage points more confident that it is healing.

Noon: 3 miles back to school.

PM: 3 miles home, then gym for arms and back.

The gym was awesome today. I lifted some good weight and worked hard. On days like this, sometimes I wonder if I could actually handle a desk job- it really let me get psyched up and plan out exactly what I wanted to do later at the gym. I like the idea of not having homework in a job as well, but then again, I remember how hard it was to search for a job and get hired when I moved down here.

I'm envious of those doing long runs in this weather. I wanted to run thirty miles today. I even want to go run as I'm writing this. I know days and feelings like this don't come by often during the year, so it's unfortunate that I can't savor it.

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3.170.003.17

PM: 3 miles then swam outside for half a mile.  So cold in the water, but that in effect, makes it more entertaining as my brain quickly gets deprived of oxygen and my body temp lowers... so I feel quite out of it... in a good way...

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6.050.006.05

PM: Solo run in SH, then swimming- half mile focusing on form.  Had someone look at my swimming form- not surprisingly, I have a long way to go with it...

The run was pretty bad news.  Knee was hurting everywhere, and disappointingly in the spot of the injury.

Bike arrives Thursday, so hopefully I can take advantage of that and have no pain while riding.

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6.110.006.11

PM: run with Cory. I could barely keep up with a pathetic pace. Knee hurt. Then did practice. Followed it up with the gym- chest, tris, and shoulders.

I am over this. Dieting healthily has helped my overall outlook, but it's a real struggle.

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3.300.003.30

PM: run then gym- arms and back

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5.300.005.30

PM: 5 lonely miles in the rain.

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7.700.007.70

PM: 5 miles. Late PM: run then gym- chest, tris, shoulders. Weight is now down from 161 to 154 since January first. It's difficult to lose weight properly while exercising a good amount, but it isn't so bad since I'm not giving truly hard efforts. Knee is still sore, but I tried a couple light striders and didn't die, so that's a good sign. I likely will be stuck in this state of unknown until it gets worse or I challenge it with a harder mile or two. I don't dare do that for another week, so in the meantime, diet and other exercises will have to work. Bike is also assembled, went on my first ride, but it got too dark and I have no lights/helmet. Knee was affected when giving extra effort, so the bike will likely be relegated to general fitness and weight loss purposes as opposed to gaining fitness and pushing heart rate.

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8.100.008.10

PM: Averaged 8-minute miles for the first time in a long time.  Knee started disagreeing with me a little bit later on in the run this time- at about 5.25 miles into it- so that's fortunate.  I'm still babying it a ton and when I come to any sort of turn, I'll pretty much stop, turn my body, and then re-start running.  

On the other side of things, my running team has a buyer, so I will be under new leadership as a coach.  I don't really know what that truly means for me, but I'm hopeful to stay employed and a part of the team- I really think there is buy-in from the runners when I am coaching/teaching.  I suppose time will tell.  Hopefully I can stay on my feet in the near-term.

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7.040.007.04

PM: run in East Lake at about 8min pace, then gym- chest, tris, quads, and shoulders. Felt some good progress today with the weights and dips. Felt strong. I'm going to pump. You. Up!

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4.612.006.61

PM: Ran down East Lake Road and sped it up on the way back.  We'll see how it feels tomorrow.  All I know is the knee is sore and I'm out of shape.  My cadence is back up to 177-178spm, so I'm pretty much where I need to be.  Happy I chose to work on it during the injury and increase it.

Then went to one of those "painting with a twist" things with my work people.  It was a lot of fun, but very challenging to eat/drink well at those.  I can't wait for the day I can run enough where I need all the calories I can get my hands on.  In the meanntime, hopefully I'm back under 150lbs shortly, and nearer to my goal of 141-143.  

 

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11.090.0011.09

PM: 8-mile Run with Cory in SH.  We both had knee pain, so it felt good to not be the only injured person.

 

Late PM: 3 miles at the track... "running" with the team.  Back to being the only injured person!  That was fast.  I love working with them.  It's really nice to see people accomplish things they truly thought they couldn't do literally every week.  One guy, Tim, ran all 4 of his total mileage in under 38 minutes.  This seems like no big deal until you realize he's never bested a 10-minute mile twice in a row- let alone 4 with recoveries counting against him in between.   Very impressive.  Pacing him on the last 1200 and offering encouragement was as fun as teaching- but almost better since you knew and he knew that he had gotten better and more fit.  

 

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5.270.005.27

PM: Run then gym- arms and back.

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5.380.005.38

AM: 3 miles

PM: 2 miles

Late PM: Watched the Patriots kick some butt!

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14.380.0014.38

AM: 12 miles.  Partially due to the fact I was mad I DNS-ed for the first time in my running career at a race I was registered at.  It didn't feel good physically, but emotionally it helped.

PM: Watched some football with friends and avoided snacks like the plague.  Then felt the need to work out after feeling lethargic watching football all afternoon, so... did 2 miles, then gym- quads/knees/balance, chest, tris, shoulders.  this had the added benefit of keeping my mind off things as well.

Knee update: Not promising, but not worsening, so I will keep going and just continue to stay away from the speed for a bit longer.  

Body update: Down to 150.0 lbs while only suffering no measurable muscle loss.  Still tough to manage training, lifting, and a healthy calorie deficit, but seeing the progress helps.  Next stop: 146.5 by next Saturday.  

Life update: headed up to CT for two days.  Living in FL is challenging sometimes when your family isn't close and family things come up.  Sometimes I feel selfish and wonder why I always have to do the travelling and my family doesn't visit, but then I remember I'm the one who moved my life here (for a girl nonetheless) away from them, so I quickly see my immaturity.  Realization is humiliating sometimes.

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8.110.008.11

AM: run with Jim in St. Pete on the trail. I could barely hold a conversation I was so out of shape.

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5.030.005.03

PM: 5 cold miles on the frozen taiga...

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13.000.0013.00

AM: 18 degrees, windy, and hilly. On a positive note, it was too cold to feel any pain anywhere.

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10.200.0010.20

PM: run in Clearwater on the trail right after I got off the plane.

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5.470.005.47

PM: run in East Lake, real slow. Wicked sore.

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Race: Bellair Sunset 5k (3.107 Miles) 00:16:21, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
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4.003.117.11

AM: 2 Miles with the team.  Hung out mostly with the coaches, and then had a "business" meeting afterwards about money- not my idea of fun.

PM: 2.5 mile warm up and cool down, then decided to run in the Bellair Sunset 5k under an incognito name as I haven't been running much and have been injured, so I thought I'd just relax more if I did it this way.  I figured, what the hell- it's a 5k, and I can do 3 miles on my easy runs pretty handily right now, albeit not expecting race pace.  The course ended up being a tad short this year as they changed things up a bit by about .05-.07 depending on the watch you read, so add about 25 seconds to the times.

My alias: Dick Tater.  Now, Dick Tater knew he has not been running real well in a while and was coming off an injury, so he took it conservative right in the beginning, and assumed that even with a 5:30 mile he'd be gassed.  He rolled right through mile 1 in 6th place behind a set of 3 high schoolers, a savvy veteran (Larry Smart), and what looked like a child not even old enough to run (turned out to be 16 years old).  The first two runners he caught during the next mile while running the same pace, each time coming up next to them and just gradually passing them, making note that their breathing was heavy and taxed.  Mile 3 came, and he was shocked that at about the 2.1 he had a lot of gas left and the wind at his back, so he decided to just go for it.  Now, Dick has raced one of these guys before and knew a quick kick past him and a speed up would be needed, so as he passed them both, he sped things up quite a bit.  Larry challenged and Dick Tater was worried, but fortunately Larry (and the pint-sized companion trailing him) decided to let him be and not to chase, allowing him to glide in with a 7-second advantage to get second place.

The crowd was the funniest when they announced my name as "Dick Tater", to which the announcer apologized as he though he mispronounced it.  Oh.  He pronounced it perfectly...

1    Luke Peterson     17   M       1 OVERALL          15:52       
      2    Dick Tater    30   M       1 30-34          16:21      
      3    Larry Smart   46   M       1 Masters        16:28      
      4    Cooper Labrant 16   M       1 15-19         16:32     
      5    Jackson Gillette  17   M    2 15-19         16:32      
      6    Christian Kondor  16   M       3 15-19      16:44      
      7    John Robida  35   M       1 35-39           16:58      

Splits:

Mile one    5:27

Mile two    5:31

Mile three  5:12

Finish      ~0:11

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10.020.0010.02

AM: Longer run in East Lake, nice and slow.  Soreness, but no pain.

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10.290.0010.29

PM: Run in East Lake.  Was supposed to be a short run, but I just lost track.  Decided to hit up the gym afterwards to burn off the rest of my energy- arms, back, and lunges.  Sometimes, I hate creating the urge to go to the gym, so I relish it when I have it for no reason and try to go with it, even though the returns after a long run like that may be minimal.  I think the short sets help although.

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11.110.0011.11

PM: Slow run, added striders at the end for the first time in about a month and a half.

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13.663.0016.66

PM: Clearwater bridges to the beach over through Bellair and back with Cory.  Rainy, I felt terribly out of shape and struggled, but overall happy the longest run other than a marathon in months is completed and I feel at least OK.

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6.010.006.01

PM: Run in East Lake in the rain, then to the gym- shoulders, chest, and tris.  Felt very weak today- likely because of yesterday.

Weight is down to 145.  One week to go...

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10.560.0010.56

PM: ran a new location in Tarpon Springs.

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9.230.009.23

AM: 6 miles in safety harbor, then hung out with the team.

PM: 3 miles then the gym- back and biceps.

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12.026.0018.02

AM: St. Pete run with the crew. Amazing time. Ran the first two miles solo then just had a blast talking to everyone. I knew I was excited to be out there because I just wouldn't shut up.

3x2 mile workout with a couple minutes recovery in between thrown in the middle.

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231.6414.11245.75
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