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Location:

Meridian,ID,United States

Member Since:

Jun 02, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Best Marathon: 3:18:02 (Ogden 2011)

Best 1/2 Marathon: 1:28:08 (Fit for Life 2011)

Best 10k: 40:03 (Barber to Boise 2011)

Best 5k: 20:10 (Cottonwood Heights Thanksgiving Day 5k 2011)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Upcoming races:

Utah Valley Marathon

Freakin Fast Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running, stay healthy, have fun.

Personal:

I like to run.

"Running in place will never get you the same results as running from a lion" -- The Most Interesting Man in the World

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Pearl Izumi Trail N1 Lifetime Miles: 145.52
Brooks Ghost 6 Grey Lifetime Miles: 1207.23
Brooks Ghost 5 Yellow Lifetime Miles: 101.98
Total Distance
3.79

Glenwood Springs, CO 9am

I went out for a nice little run along the river, not pushing myself too hard and not going too far. Planning on a long run tomorrow.

All went well until I got off of the greenbelt path by the funeral home. You have to go about 10 feet out of your way to go around the guardrail, or you can jump over it. I should have gone around. I think my foot hooked the rail because I went down on the sidewalk straight on my face. I got right up, knowing it was bad. A guy in a truck pulled over and gave me some paper towels and drove me to the hotel.

At the hotel I looked in the mirror and saw that my face was indeed a mess. I called my wife and she called the insurance company to find out where I should go for medical attention. I texted her a picture of my face -- probably a bad idea.

So I went to the clinic and they got me right in to see a doctor (that happens when you are bleeding). The doctor water-boarded me, cleaned up the wounds and gave me two or three stitches. I still look (and feel) like hell. My teeth are ok, my nose isn't broken and I think my head is fine, but my leg has a nasty bruise on it and my shin got ripped up.

Tomorrow's long run is cancelled. Now I'm tapering.

Oh, and if you want to see something gross, click here and here

Brooks Ghost 3 Red Miles: 3.79
Comments
From Neil on Thu, May 02, 2013 at 22:24:08 from 65.129.82.162

Dang dude! Glad you're ok, relatively. Use it for some down time. If your wife is anything like mine she'll totally feel sorry for you and pamper you silly. ;)

From Court on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 18:26:15 from 50.78.87.81

I don't get those normal injuries like plantar fasciitis. I'm more likely to crash and burn. On the bright side, this will be my lightest taper ever for a marathon, so that might help.

From Neil on Sat, May 04, 2013 at 19:39:08 from 65.129.82.162

Yeah, the hay's in the barn already, right? At least that's the conventional wisdom. Get in a few short high intensity runs early in marathon week and you should be golden. Hope u feel better soon.

From jtshad on Tue, May 14, 2013 at 14:55:50 from 141.221.191.225

Just saw this, I hope you are doing better and healed up. Sorry about the injury.

From Court on Wed, May 15, 2013 at 13:12:11 from 204.228.205.14

Thanks Jeff. I'm definitely out for Ogden on Saturday. It's gradually improving, but still sore. Hopefully I can be running in another week or so. I think I'm going to shoot for Top of Utah in September.

From Neil on Wed, May 15, 2013 at 22:50:14 from 65.129.121.101

Sorry about the DNS. Heal up and let's do some trail running this summer.

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