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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, May 22, 2012
Total Distance
14.50

AM - Took a caffeine pill on an empty stomach this morning and was totally wired within 10 minutes. Literally started shaking. Ate a half of a banana to try to settle down, heated my hamstring, then was out the door. 2 mile warm-up. Goal today was 8 miles at MP or as fast (or slow) as I could run without any hamstring issues. 

Started out with a 6:28 mile. Felt a tiny discomfort in my hamstring but was also hyperfocused on it. Each mile I ran whatever pace felt "safe". Naturally dropped the pace without much effort until the last mile when I decided to run half marathon pace. Splits were - 6:28, 6:25, 6:21, 6:17, 6:14, 6:07, 6:04, 5:55 for an average of 6:14 pace. Two days of easy training feels really good :) 1.1 mile cooldown back home.

This afternoon my work is putting on a 5K...my goal will be to break 25!

PM - BD Medical Fitness Day 5K. The fitness director misread my map of the 5K (which I totally blame her b/c I know what I'm doing with gmap) so we ended up running 3.45 miles. No one seemed to mind - bonus miles :) I had no watch so ran comfortable - came out to 24:38 for 7:15 pace. There's just something about a "race" that makes 8 min pace end up being 45 seconds faster. Fun times - my group at work dominated but a pretty good crew overall too. No one over 9:30 min/mile!

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 117.00
Comments
From Jake K on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:01:49 from 155.100.226.54

Great run - perfect progression! Aren't you glad I left that caffeine pill out for you? :-)

From ACorn on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:01:50 from 174.255.147.111

Awesome tempo run! I think you can probably run 8 min pace for the afternoon 5K

From allie on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:20:58 from 161.38.218.168

6:28 from the gun? nice! excellent progression run.

From Jake K on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:24:26 from 155.100.226.54

soooo unfair - you have someone shoot a gun to start your workouts? one of the officers at the millcreek police station?

From Andrea on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:27:41 from 72.37.244.100

Well I popped my back pretty loud right before I took off...not quite the same effect, unfortunately.

From allie on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:33:17 from 161.38.218.168

apparently i missed the "2 mile warmup" part -- i thought you started your run with a 6:28 mile...

anyway, start guns are really helpful for workouts. i always make james shoot off a bottle rocket every time i enter liberty park.

From Andrea on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:44:49 from 72.37.244.100

Nope, my typical first mile is around 9-9:15 (group runs are pretty much the only exception - we should change that!).

From Susannah on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:15:26 from 98.202.87.3

Ha I also missed the warmup part... Great splits :)

From Derek D on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:46:07 from 166.205.142.4

Great workout! Maybe you'll still win with a 24:xx.

From Andrea on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:59:03 from 72.37.244.100

I am anxious to see the number of "all-out to death march" strategies for the 5K. I planned the course, and it has a miserable hill at the end (same hill as the end of Charitable Trust 5K). I'm sure I'll have a lot of friends after the race.

From allie on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 13:31:13 from 161.38.218.168

he he. nice choice. that is the worst hill. make sure to play the xc tips expertvilliage video for all of your co-workers before the race.

From Jake K on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 18:23:54 from 67.182.215.126

5K CHAMPION! This should be a race report! Slowest 5K win EVER! :-)

From prestonmadera on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 18:39:58 from 24.10.186.194

Sounds like my kind of race!! I picture it like the 5k that they run in the office. Anyone tape their nipples or throw up from carbo-loading?

From SlowJoe on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 18:58:23 from 69.131.141.92

Great tempo run. But let's not forget the lesson that can be learned from Jessie in Saved by the Bell:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHJDMukntZ8

One day you will thank me.

From Rachelle on Tue, May 22, 2012 at 20:32:22 from 66.7.127.115

Awesome workout this morning Andrea!

The 5k sounds fun.

From Christi on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 15:03:32 from 174.56.35.183

Great progression run!! Thats great how much you were able to pick it up each mile!

From Hamdog Alum on Wed, May 23, 2012 at 20:25:37 from 71.82.247.163

Nice tempo progression. I suppose the hamstring doesn't mind the marathon pace as much as the 5K-10K stuff. I know what it's like to be hypersensitive to pain. I'm still that way with my achilles. It gives me trouble on my hard long runs.

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