Running With Pepper

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Location:

Falls Church,VA,USA

Member Since:

Mar 02, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2010 Ocean City Half Marathon: 1:41:49

2008 Marine Corps Marathon - 3:40:59

2009 Clarksburg 5k - 20:05

2008 Jingle all the way 10k - 42:36

2009 Cherry Blossoms 10 Miler - 1:14:43

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a sub 3:20 Marathon

Run a 1:30 half marathon

Ensure my heart doesn't explode while running, biking, hiking, and exercising. Live long and prosper.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep on running and not become a lard-a$$.

Personal:

Pepper is my dog, thus my namesake. Used to run quite fast in the USMC (15:30 3 miles was my best) but stopped running when I got out. Now, it's much tougher and I generally cycle more than I run. However, I still compete in races because it's run and I can be a wee bit competitive.

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Mon, Jun 30, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

Took time in the afternoon at work and decided to give it a go and run my 5 mile out and back course with all the hills. I wanted to push it a little for this run so I could test the limitations of my IT Band in my right leg. I've been stretching it various ways, and it felt good for all but the last mile of the run. Finished the run in 37:00. It was a nice pace where I felt really good with my breathing but the IT really kicked my butt in the end. I suppose I'll have to look up more stretching techniques for that darn thing.

(Brooks Infinitis 203.5 miles)

Comments

From Jim on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 16:54:38

Aaron,

I saw your comments on ITB syndrome. I know that when I had the same thing happen I tried these stretches. They seemed to work wonders when I did them diligently. Here's a description:

http://www.sportsinjurybulletin.com/archive/0168-knee-injuries.htm

Good luck and I hope it gets better soon.

From Dale on Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 19:52:44

Here's another site with a good mix of stretches. The piriformis one really saved my bacon a few months back.

http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/stretch.html

From Aaron-PSU on Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 13:24:06

Jim and Dale...thanks for the direction/tips for new stretching techniques. I tried most of them today and they really seemed to help out after I ran. I plan to be diligent with these and hope that it works out sooner rather than later.

Thanks!

-Aaron

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