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Mar 09, 2007

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Female

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Other

Running Accomplishments:

4k- 16:53

5k- 20:53

6k-23:53

3-mile- 20:03

3200 m- 12:57

1600 m- 5:45

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a 5k in the 19s

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run forever and be happy.

Personal:

I have four brothers, three sisters, I am an auntie to eleven boys, four girls, and I am a senior at BYU-Hawaii majoring in International Cultural Studies - Communications.

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Tue, Mar 20, 2007

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.25	3.13	5.38

Pain. I ran in spikes for the first time today and now I have to walk like a penguin. I did a 400 m warm up with Amanda, then strapped on my spikes and started on some 1000 meters. My times:

1- 3:40

2- 3:59

3- 3:57

4- 3:57

5- 3:51

We did those plus a 400m jog in between. I felt like I was pushing on most of the repeats. I usually fly on the first repeat of any set probably just because I have the most energy then. That was also my first time running in spikes and I was trying to learn how to run in them. They pulled me right up onto my toes (thus the aching calves) and I ran the first one like that, but I couldn't keep it up for the other ones, so I would save toe running for when I needed an extra push. It was a little disappointing getting 19 seconds slower on the second one but I felt like I was doing okay, especially because I never did worse than the second repeat. The wind was blowing pretty hard which made it a little more difficult, but helped when it was behind me. It was blowing hardest on the last repeat, but I was working harder so I got faster (which upped my esteem a little bit). We were supposed to do a 3/4 mile cool down but I forgot and just went home.

Comments

From Breanna on Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 20:43:57

I was wondering what events are you doing at the track meet?

From Dave Holt on Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 09:38:49

You should be proud. I was a little worried after the quick 1st and drop on the 2nd, but you held mentally and physically strong especially out in that wind by yourself. PLEASE... do your cooldowns.

From Dave Holt on Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 12:44:16

I like cheesy potatoes

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 20:36:43

I think there are two things that kill young athletes - spikes and track. Mileage is ok, as long as you do not go too crazy on it, especially for girls - I think girls can and should start pushing the mileage a bit sooner than boys. But spikes and track can really kill the biomechanics of a growing body and cause some serious injuries later on. Running in flats and not being used to the track may cost you maybe 5 seconds per mile in one race, but you will get it back by being stronger, injury free and running with better form later on.

Ally - you should try to work on your sense of pace, as well possibly on the ability to distinguish the true signals of fatigue from a mere illusion. It is not that you do not have the endurance to run steady splits in a workout like this. But for some reason it is not happening. Possibly you are losing concentration, or paying too much attention to some irrelevant indicator that tells you to slow down. Wind can be a big distraction.

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