| Location: Fallbrook,CA,USA Member Since: Jul 04, 2008 Gender: Male Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: 35 Marathons, ultras and triathlons including the Hawaii Ironman. I started running for fitness in 1968 and I ran my first road race, the Virginia 10 Miler in 1977. Currently in the process of running 25 consecutive Marine Corps Marathons and marathons in 50 states. My athletic endeavors are focused on raising funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and inspiring others to pursue healthy lifestyles. Short-Term Running Goals: My short term goal is to qualify for the Boston Marathon this Fall, raise $5K for St. Jude Children's Hospital and to cure my plantar faciatis. I plan to run the Marine Corps Marathon in October '08, the St. Jude Memphis Marathon in Dec '08, the Catalina Island Marathon in Mar '09, the Boston Marathon in Apr '09, and the Wildflower Triathlon in May '09. Long-Term Running Goals: Run marathons into my 80's. Complete a marathon or ultra in all 50 states and all the continents. I would like to inspire other runners to achieve beyond their dreams. Personal: My running world headquarters is located on a small avocado ranch in Fallbrook, California, USA: Rancho Tres Palmes. I am a retired U.S. Marine with a wife and 5 children ranging in age from 21 to 2. I have lived all over the world and speak several languages. Running has been a great way to meet people from different countries and all walks of life. Currently, I am the President of the Fallbrook Running and Walking Club and the Washington, DC Roadrunners SLR Group and the Camp Pendleton, CA Triathlon Club. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 218.95 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
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| Every Friday is a running rest day on my Hal Higdon Marathon Training Program. I thought about doing some crosstraining, core strength and stretching but in the end, I decided to just chill out and store the energy for the weekend long mileage. Invited to a friends house for dinner and busted my diet pretty bad, but that doesn't happen often with me...
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Started out with a 3 mile warm up run using my new runner's metronome to set a cadence of 90 steps/min based on the ChiRunning technique. The idea is to maintain the same cadence regardless of speed or terrain. Your gas pedal is your forward lean. The cadence was very comfortable and not difficult to maintain. Linked up with my running club for a 10K trail run at marathon pace. This is a challenging course with tough hills. It is actually easier to maintain cadence going up hill than it is going down hill. Bottom line: using the ChiRunning techniques, I'm starting to smoke my buddies who previously were smoking me. Ran a relaxing 3 mile PM run after an hour nap. I will try to get a nap today with high miles scheduled for tomorrow.
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 18.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Sunday Long Run Out the door at 5 AM. Perfect SoCal weather. Focused on a 90 steps/min cadence during the first two hours of a 3:15 run. Met my running buddy Ted at the end of the 2nd hour, changed running shoes and hit the trails for the last hour. No problems, all went well. Felt relaxed and strong. Plenty of hills in the mix. Only the slightest fasciia pain.
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 2.50 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ran 8 miles at noon. Felt comfortable and relaxed. No soreness from yesterdays 18+ miles. Ran tempo just because I felt like it. Followed workout with core strength and stretching for about 30 mins. I feel like I'm recovering well from the long miles this weekend. I still consider sleep a critical component of my workouts. Running at a 90 steps/min turnover rate regardless of speed is working really well. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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Noon workout: 5 mile run, core strength and stretching
PM Track Workout:
9 X Bowerman Strides
6 x 10 sec hill strides
2 x 1200 ( 5:00)
2 x 1600 (7:00)
1 x 800 (3:16)
Felt good and loose. Heart rate got pretty high during the intervals but legs felt good. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.75 |
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Crosstraining
Intense 50 min endurance spin followed by a short abs workout then in the car for a 4 hour trip to the high desert. Hoped to run in the PM but decided to get into bed early instead. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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On the road at 5AM in the high desert. Warm temps and could field the altitude. No tightness or fatique from previous workouts. Good sign.
3 mile afternoon run upon return to San Diego. Had to do the superman trip changing in a public bathroom and taking a "birdbath" on return. Sometimes you have to be creative to get your miles.
Off diet today. Tomorrow is rest day. |
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| Running rest Day today. Didn't get as much sleep as I wanted or needed last night, but that is life in the real world. I did an easy core strength and stretching workout. Looking forward to getting some miles this weekend. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 12.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Caught up on sleep last night but still wished I could have slept a little longer. Ran 2 1/4 mi warm up, 10K at pace and a 3 mile warm down. Temps got a little warm towhtards the end and I felt tired. Although tomorrows long run will be shorter than last week, I'm wondering if I'll be ready. MUST get in bed early again tonight. So much for watching the Olympics. |
| Night Sleep Time: 9.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 15.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Long Run but shorter than last week as per training schedule. 6 mi of run on trail. Hilly course. Iced left foot after run due to fasciia pain. Turned 53 today. |
| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 7.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Early morning run at the start of a busy day. Cool and foggy. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.25 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.25 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Very tired last night. Thought I might be getting sick or feeling the effects of overtraining. Felt better in the AM. Workout #1: 5 mile easy run at lunch Workout #2: SDTC Track workout which included shorter intervals and downhill strides. My year old Garmin Forerunner 305 finally kicked the bucket. It had been acting up for a while. Fortunately, Garmin will replace it. Until they do, it will be difficult to monitor pace and distance.
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 |
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| Felt tired and a bit washed out today. As a result, I took an unscheduled day off with hopes of regaining my vigor later in the week. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Still tired this morning but ran a comfortable, relaxed 8 mile run with buddy Brad. Tomorrow I'm up at 3:30 AM for an early flight to DC. Time changes as different weather are going to make the next week challenging for training. |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Up at 3:30 AM. Travel to Wash., DC. Light 4 mile workout but felt sluggish. We will see what the weekend brings... |
| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.50 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Morning run with Marine WWII Vet Vic Bond, age 85. What a privilege! Vic is a very dedicated runner with over 40,000 miles logged. A fine gentleman and I tried to get him to tell me all his secrets. This will be a workout I remember for a long time. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 1.50 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| Missed my long run today due to social obligations. Oh well... will try to make up some of the mileage in the upcoming days. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Workout #1: 9 mi run on Northern VA country roads Workout #2: 2 mi warm up, Bowerman Strides, 1 x 2400M, 1 x 1600M, 1 x 800m all at 5K pace on Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA track.
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 10.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Good AM workout including hill strides, but a more labored afternoon workout. We'll see what tomorrow brings. I need to repeat today's mileage. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Comfortable 8 mi morning run before dawn. |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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1) 8 mi AM run
2) 10 mi afternoon run with buddy Brad at Prince William Forest Park. Hilly and shaded. Fascia pain... |
| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.50 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| Rest day. Travel home from DC to California. |
| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 3.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Easy trail run. Depart for vacation in the high sierras. |
| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| No run. Camped last night in Lone Pine, CA. Continued travel to Bridgeport, CA |
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| Bridgeport. California. Day of work. Resting. |
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| 40 min gym workout. Drive to Yosemite National Park. Camping. |
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| Travel to Sequoia National Park. Camping. |
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| Return home. Return to running tomorrow after 5 day break. |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 6.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Easy solo run. Sluggish probably due to heat. |
| Night Sleep Time: 10.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 10.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 11.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AM trail run with running club. I usually run this at pace, but ran easier at the pace of other members. Had a nice nap and later a good quality PM run. Today was the set up for a long run tomorrow.
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 3.00 | Total Sleep Time: 10.00 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 14.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Long run with second half mostly on trail at a brisk pace. More humidity than usual. For some reason, the run took more out of me than usual. I'd planned to do about 18 miles. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 |
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| | Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | | 218.95 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 191.50 | Nap Time: 12.00 | Total Sleep Time: 203.50 | |
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