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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
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
Total Distance
6.00

AM - JAJAF Run this morning! Breezy but nice temperatures and a enjoyable, casual run to keep Allie fresh for her race. I'm on a streak of days running with little foot pain and shorter distance seems to be the key. I will gladly take 5-6 miles a day for a while until I'm feeling 100%. Afterward did yoga for 30 min and might have pushed a couple of the back stretches a little too hard today.

PM - 50 min on the recumbent bike and 10 min on the elliptical. 

Interesting study on the Efficiency of Barefoot vs. Running Shoes

Saucony Omni 8 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lulu Walls on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:09:04 from 155.100.212.98

Yay running! You are so on the up and up. Keep up the yoga, but be careful since yoga can kill!

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/07/146463156/the-risks-and-rewards-of-practicing-yoga

From Jake K on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:10:58 from 155.100.226.54

Wow that is interesting! I am NEVER doing yoga now! WAYYY too dangerous. Andrea is going to be so mad at you for posting that link - she almost got me to try it a few days ago... now I can use that extra time doing more intervals on the track, I'll get faster and NOT DIE.

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:17:50 from 24.18.125.122

Very interesting article(s), thanks for sharing! I'll be wearing my shoes while quickly running away from any yoga studios I happen to see.

From Andrea on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:19:03 from 72.37.244.100

Jake - what I was having you do is called stretching. You should try it more often.

Lulu - very interesting. I'm doing Rodney Yee's AM yoga...not too yoga-y and it seems to be mostly stretches that I should be doing after I workout anyway. Just can't feel bad about barely touching my ankles when he's got his elbows on the ground!

From SlowJoe on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:21:50 from 74.195.74.62

Glad the pain is subsiding, you've been really smart with your injuries. Good article too - Go Shoes!

Jake - good call - the sane decision is actually to just keep running 150-mile weeks.

From Lulu Walls on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:25:55 from 155.100.212.98

My mom has a huge crush on Rodney Yee. She watches the videos without actually doing the yoga sometimes.

There is this yoga class I love that is in your neighborhood. I go to this slightly mellow super stretchy class on Wednesday nights if you ever want to check it out. First class is free!

Jake - Yoga doesn't always kill so you should give it a try with Andrea!!!

From Rachelle on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:32:11 from 159.212.71.173

So glad to hear you are feeling better Andrea.

There was a guy at Ragnar running barefoot in the desert on dirt trails....with rocks.....in 80+ degree heat....it looked incredibly painful!

From Jake K on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:34:07 from 155.100.226.54

Haha good thing it isn't rattlesnake season yet. I really dont believe people running on rocky trails w/ no shoes actually enjoy what they are doing.

From Rob on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:35:32 from 206.71.84.68

I tried Yoga with my 4 year old. He was way to bendy and flexible and I got hurt when I tried to put both legs behind my head, so I quit.

From allie on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:28:39 from 161.38.218.168

yay for the running streak! thanks for the run this morning -- company is always nice, but it's extra excellent during taper week. i can't wait to add in the daily dose of ice cream to my training.

as for yoga -- i took a yoga class in college from a woman named emerald green. it doesn't get much better than that. and i didn't die...

From Susannah on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 19:22:41 from 98.202.87.3

The first time I tried yoga was at Bikram, it wasn't the most pleasant experience. I took a regular yoga class at my high school senior year and loved it, I took it with some team mates right before track practice and those were always the best days of running I felt.

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