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Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

May 22, 2012

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

5k - 16:40 (2014 SLCTC Winter Series)

Half - 1:15:26 (2014 Canyonlands)

Full - 2:34:17 (2014 Boston)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay in shape

Personal:

Married with sons ages 8 and 4

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Merrell Road Glove Lifetime Miles:						92.47
Brooks Defyance 3 Lifetime Miles:						670.34
New Balance MR 1400 (2) Lifetime Miles:						469.02
Brooks Cascadia 7 Lifetime Miles:						552.10
Saucony Fastwitch 6 (Orange 10.5) Lifetime Miles:						238.47
Saucony Ride 5 Lifetime Miles:						270.14
UA Cold Gear Rubber Lifetime Miles:						398.72
Kinvara 5 Test Lifetime Miles:						537.10
Asics Hyper Speed 6 Lifetime Miles:						128.90
Kinvara 5 (May 2014) Lifetime Miles:						464.01
Altra Loan Peak 1.5 (free) Lifetime Miles:						109.83
New Balance RC 1400 Lifetime Miles:						414.63
Brooks PureFlow 4 (June 15) Lifetime Miles:						380.33
PT Lifetime Miles:						14.00
Brooks Launch 7 (9-15) Lifetime Miles:						234.59
Treadmill 2016 Lifetime Miles:						38.39
Brooks Cascadia May 2015 Lifetime Miles:						120.74
Treadmill 2017 Lifetime Miles:						3.10

Thu, Aug 29, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

Easy miles at lunch going through the U and down Guardsman/1500E. Mid to upper 80s and I was slower going back up the hill. 28:12 out and 32:06 back.

Very frustrated with my continued inability to wake up early and get a run in. Two mornings in a row I've gotten up and out of bed and then talked myself out of it. Toe feels good as new :)

Saucony Kinvara 4 (halloween Fright) Miles: 8.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From RileyCook on Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 19:07:00 from 174.52.234.49

We've all been there before on the going back to bed thing. It's certainly easier if you are meeting someone, but I know that's not always a possibility.

I've gotten into the habit and don't have problems getting up to run anymore, but I used to struggle a lot with it. I would wake up and then decide "Nah, I can sleep and run later".

I found that the best way to overcome that for me was to repeat in my mind 3-5 times before I went to sleep "I will get up and run tomorrow. I will get up and run tomorrow". I plant that in my mind, make the decision the night before if you will, and it worked for me.

But, anytime I thought I'm going to try to get up and run or I may get up and run, it failed almost always.

From Josh E on Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 20:22:04 from 166.137.209.35

Thanks Riles. It's all about the night before. Are you willing to go on less than six hours or is that part of the discipline?

From RileyCook on Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 20:28:26 from 174.52.234.49

I am willing to do it, but I am pretty good at getting to bed before 10:00. So, it's rare that have to go on less than six hours.

We actually cancelled our satellite TV service two months ago and since then going to bed early has been easy. But now that college football has started I'm craving tv again.

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