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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 08, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided -  
17:16 OktoberFAST 5K (10/11)
17:23 BAA 5K (4/12)
37:10 Memorial Day 10K (5/11)
1:17:03 Long Beach Half Marathon (10/11)
1:17:21 USA 1/2 Champs - Duluth (6/12)
2:49:01 Philadelphia Marathon (11/11)

Aided -
16:52 Fight For Air 5K (6/11)
17:08 Provo City 5K (5/12)
1:17:52 Top of Utah Half Marathon (8/11)
1:17:54 Utah Valley Half Marathon (6/11)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run consistently as I get back to 100% health. Stay patient!

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun training and racing.

Sub-17 5K
Sub-1:17 Half Marathon
Quality for the Olympic Trials in the marathon

Personal:

I am originally from Knoxville, TN and moved to SLC with Jake in 2010. I started racing in 2011 and had some great success before a major injury hit me in July 2012. I had athletic pubalgia surgery in May 2013...then again in Sept 2014 and am still trying to get back to my old self. Although running is my true passion, I love doing pretty much anything active outdoors - backcountry skiing, backpacking, biking, etc. 

I've been running for the Saucony Team since 2011. I enjoy representing the brand and really do believe they make the best shoes :)

I work as a Quality Engineer for BD Medical in Sandy.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Skinning Miles (1000ft ~ 2.5 Miles) Lifetime Miles: 912.35
Hiking Miles Lifetime Miles: 10.50
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
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AM - Strengthening exercises for 30 minutes. I hoping that all these hip and back exercises will prevent my back pain from coming back in full force once I start running again. My foot feels significantly better which makes me believe that it wasn't a stress fracture but just needed some time off. I'm going to be conservative and not run the rest of this week so that I'll be ready to go next week!

PM - Spin session. 10 min warmup then 20 minutes at 160 bpm heart rate, which felt like a pretty hard effort. Then 5 x 30s sprints. 45 minutes total. 14.6 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 117.20
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:32:32 from 205.127.70.66

Where are you doing your spin class?

From Rachelle on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 13:15:47 from 199.190.170.28

Very glad to hear you are feeling better Andrea.

From Andrea on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 13:56:39 from 72.37.244.100

I'm doing them everywhere - Sugarhouse, 9th St, and Taylorsville depending on what time and place are convenient at the time. I was thinking Sugarhouse for tonight at 5:30pm.

From Steam8 on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 13:59:02 from 166.70.55.77

Be careful! Stress fractures do feel better when you have stayed off of them for a week and then the next time you run the pain starts at about about mile 1-2! All of the strengthening exercises take up so much time and are a pain! I hope they work too.

From Andrea on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 14:02:46 from 72.37.244.100

Oh really? So if it starts hurting in the first couple miles when I try to run, I should just stop, right?

From runningafterbabies on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 21:58:41 from 71.195.219.247

I know how frustrating it is to be sidelined from running and I am so impressed with your positive attitude. Once when I was injured I was watching a pretty lame movie with my husband. Once scene depicted a girl very slowly jogging - you know the type, hair and makeup perfect, jogging in a $150 track suit... anyways I hated her for being able to "jog", and it wasn't even a real life situation.

From Hamdog Alum on Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 13:53:23 from 66.188.108.30

Have you ruled out the back and hamstrings being related to sciatic? The pain can be referred to those areas and will sometimes show in both hamstrings, then the back, then one hamstring or the other, etc...

From RAD on Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 15:07:47 from 98.202.23.178

Hard choice on the no running, but VERY smart. You are really working hard on the down time. Listen to Steam :) I really think that you should try the 6% incline when you do start back. That will alleviate the impact on your foot and possibly bring you back faster than flat running.

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