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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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.

Comments
From Drew on Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 12:01:33 from 24.73.66.122

Hey Mike - I wish you were out there too, but you know best, and if you didn't run it was for good reason.

Speaking of good reason, I haven't lived near my family since I was 18, and I have plenty of guilt about that. But whenever I am there for more than a few days, I know that I need the space as much as I care about them. Sometimes things just sort themselves out as they need to, or something. :)

From Mike M on Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 06:35:15 from 168.213.5.107

I agree with you on the space thing. We're close, I just appreciate the ability to try and be successful on my own. I'm sure they understand to some degree.

I'm happy I didn't run in the end... I feel it was just not the right choice. If anything, the absence will make me cherish the experience when it comes around again next, whenever that will be. Dramatic, eh? :)

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