Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow

November 20, 2008

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Location:

Logan,UT,

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 14:48
10K: 30:27
Half Marathon: 1:09:27
Marathon: 2:18:09 (aided), 2:22:34 (unaided)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis in June of 2008. Need to learn how to manage the disease and the treatments, and figure out what sort of training I can do with it.

I would like to spend the winter building a really strong base, and potentially try another marathon in 2009. Next big race will be the Indy Mini Marathon in May, 2009.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run another marathon...well.

Personal:

Personal Blog: Of Marathons and Maps.

1 wife, 1 kid, 1 dog.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to your good. - Ovid

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. - Romans 5:1-5

Favorite Blogs:

Miles:This week: 15.75 Month: 96.75 Year: 1508.05
Nike Air Pegasus Lifetime Miles: 298.50
Nike Elite Lifetime Miles: 400.00
Brooks Adrenaline 7 Lifetime Miles: 408.50
Saucony Tangent Lifetime Miles: 100.00
Brooks Axiom Lifetime Miles: 181.00
Montrail Hardrock Lifetime Miles: 100.00
New Balance 780 Lifetime Miles: 50.00
Saucony Racing Flats Lifetime Miles: 5.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

No running yesterday, today, or tomorrow. I'm on day two of another apple fast, so trying to avoid physical exertion. Figured this would be my last chance for a cleanse before starting up winter training, plus it gives a few more days to work on my shin.

Comments
From wheakory on Nov 03, 2008 at 13:23:59

Apples are great. I had them before my Half Marathon Race Saturday breakfast and they do the trick. One thing good about Apple is the amount of water content they contain, and are not that high in sugar.

I really hope you can begin a good solid season of winter training.

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