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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
Thu, Aug 15, 2013
Total Distance
6.00

6 miles around the tempo loop with 2 x 1/2 mile at 6:30 pace. Taking yesterday off helped reduce some achy areas so I felt better today.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Jake K on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 11:07:49 from 67.177.11.154

You ran more miles than me this morning!

From Teena Marie on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:29:33 from 65.130.8.28

Glad things felt better!!! :)

Have a great day! :)

From Amiee on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 16:03:36 from 155.98.164.38

Happy the achy's are gone! Dork question. How do you know you are running the 1/2 miles at a certain pace? By feel?

From Jason D on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 16:59:02 from 24.1.80.94

Excellent. The old mileage, it is a-building!

From Andrea on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 17:03:52 from 67.177.11.154

Teena - I want to pick your mind...what type of hip weakness/dysfunction might cause me to have distal hamstring pain?

Amiee - I just use the Garmin...split the watch at a half mile.

Jason - I was planning out my training, assuming gradual progression and it is still going to take me until Nov/Dec to get up to 50 mpw! As long as I keep seeing progress I'll be happy though :)

From Amiee on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 17:21:10 from 155.98.164.38

Ha! Guess I have to get out my owner's manual. I wonder if I can set it to .001K splits.

From Teena Marie on Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 17:22:16 from 65.130.8.28

Andrea~

Could be lots of things. For whatever reason, many times when I read your blog I find myself wondering if your back was ever thoroughly examined. I remember you telling me you had an MRI or something done but I can't remember what the results stated. L2-L5 is what I would be curious about.

Just out of curiousity, was this ever looked at? Did you ever try a McKenzie extension type protocol at any time?

With that said, could be so many different things. For example: an anteriorly tilted pelvis due to an imbalance in the core musculature could cause hamstring pain.

I'd be happy to sit and brainstorm with you if we could work out a time that it would work for both of us. We're leaving for Cali early Saturday morning.

From Jackie82 on Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 07:21:58 from 208.78.67.43

Nice, Andrea! Those rest days can be hard to take coming back. I bet it was a nice reward to pick up the pace for half mile repeats!

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