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Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 29, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I was a much better runner in my 20's and 30's.  When I was 52 I had a 28.5 5K and a 58.5 10K, and I would like to surpass those times.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a 1/2 marathon.  I would actually love to run a full marathon, but am not sure if my body would break down with injuries training for one.  Update fall 2010: still no 1/2 marathon, but I did run all the way up city creek and back home (14 miles)  - absolutely gorgeous!!

Personal:

My name is Adele Kimbrough - I'm 58 and have been running (off and on) since I was 16.  My body is not well designed for speed, and I'm a bit arthritic, but I'm having fun trying to figure out just how fast I can be.  And this blog helps! 

2011 Deseret News 10K Finish Line.
Dang - missed my goal by 4 seconds!

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Mon, May 07, 2012
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3.852.256.10

um . . . hadn't tried any *speedy* workouts in a while, so I thought I should try to get back into the swing of it.

Kept tm @ 1.5%, then did a mile warmup, then a mile @ 6 mph, then 3 reps of 3/4 mile @ 6.5 mph (9 min 13 sec pace), with 1/4 mile recoveries after the 3/4 mile reps.  Then ran slower for a while. 

I was really dreading doing any type of speed work and felt pretty horrid running a faster pace when I started (what can I expect after slacking off for a few weeks), but I felt better pretty quickly.  And, of course now I'm happy I ran the faster reps . . .


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Tue, May 08, 2012
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5.000.005.00

early morning run to city creek one mile marker and back home, pretty slow pace.

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Wed, May 09, 2012
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5.001.006.00

Early morning run up to city creek 1.5 mile marker and back home. 

I tried to run the first mile up city creek in 10 minutes; got 10:36.  It was harder than I expected - guess I still have a ways to go (but still better than a couple months ago when my timed uphill mile was about 11 minutes).  I was breathing at a hard 5k pace effort and really wanted to slack off the last tenth of a mile, but didn't, so I'm HAPPY about that.

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Thu, May 10, 2012
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6.000.006.00

nice morning run to city creek 1.5 mile marker and back home. 

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19.853.2523.10
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