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Location:

Dallas,TX,USA

Member Since:

Feb 21, 2010

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 19:03 - Race 4 Recovery (2009)

10k - 42:23 - SLCTC Winter Series (2010)

10 mile - 1:01:51 Riverwoods 10 mile..measured 10.07 (2011)

1/2 Marathon - 1:24:53 - SLC Half Marathon (2011)

Marathon - 2:54:47 - Top of Utah (2011)

Ultra (36.72 miles) - 4:41:32 - Wasatch Back Relay Ultra Team (2009)

R2R2R @ the Grand Canyon with a group of friends - 16 hours(2014)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back in decent running form. Maybe enter a road race in 2017?

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a 5k under 18:00

Personal:

Have been active my whole life, but turned my focus to running in 2006 after deciding to run a marathon. I really enjoy the training aspect and staying healthy, but mileage has been on the decline over the past 3 years due to work commitments, so focus has turned away from races and more on just staying fit enough to still enjoy getting out. Moved from Utah to Texas in October 2016 with my wife and 3 month old babe.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Griffin Lifetime Miles:						770.29
Salomon Synapse Lifetime Miles:						108.75
Saucony Kinvara 6 Lifetime Miles:						194.25
Brown Crocs Lifetime Miles:						64.00
Bike Miles 2016 Lifetime Miles:						1074.50
TNF Hyper Track Guide #2 Lifetime Miles:						7.00

Thu, Aug 18, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.63	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.63

Felt pretty good today, yay! Ran over to Memorial Hill for a drill session, then cruised around the neighborhoods a bit. I normally do hill sprints too, but still takin it easy on the legs, so just did 2 sets of drills instead of my regular 1. Nice morning out.

1.05 to Memorial Hill,

2 sets of XC skier, ski hop, speed skater, butt-kicks, high-knee skipping, carioca w/ a stride between each,

30 push-ups,

5.58 easy

1 to the gym,

4,220m in 20:00 @ setting# 5 on the ERG,

3 easy back to the office with a little detour.

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.63	Saucony Tangent 4(2) Miles: 4.00

Comments

From allie on Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 18:30:06 from 24.10.191.18

your mileage is looking great! what is the main purpose of your drills? keep the legs loose? strength? injury prevention? overall spryness? anyway, looks good.

From Seth on Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:28:52 from 199.188.28.8

Thanks Allie! Overall I'm stoked with how I'm feeling with the higher mileage.

I use the drills for pretty much all of the above. Mainly I notice my legs feel more poppy after I do them and they're super fun! The lateral movements from the ski hop, speed skater, and carioca help workout muscles that running doesn't get. The butt-kicks and high knees stretch out the quads and hamstrings. I'll do power skips if I want more strength, but opt for skipping if I feel too heavy. XC skier feels more full body workout-ish. I like to bound sometimes too for power and to stretch the legs out. Doing a stride between each rep and doing a short run, or speed work after the drills is supposed to help your brain make the connection between the exaggerated movements and how they relate to running.

I mainly learned these from a workout class I went to last spring and noticed I felt really strong after. I also have read some articles from Peter Magill.

From allie on Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 14:58:46 from 24.10.191.18

very interesting. i did stuff like this in high school and i think it really helped. i may have to try incorporating some of this into my training.

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