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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, Oct 24, 2012
Total Distance
2.20

AM - 2.2 miles around home, felt about the same as yesterday. Still have some glute annoyances going on. 

PM - 40 minutes of pool running. Distal hamstring a little irritated afterwards. 

Interesting study by Roger Kram's lab that especially applies to Utah with all it's downhill courses - the mechanical energy required to run downhill is significantly less than flat or uphill. This is why downhill courses aren't allowed for OTQ anymore :( Ideal grade, in terms of mechanical energy, is actually between -6 to -9 degrees (-10 to -15% grade) as long as your legs can handle that extreme pounding!! As a comparison, Halloween Half this weekend is about -3% gradient, so about -2 degrees.


Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 114.50
Comments
From Jake K on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 09:29:19 from 155.100.226.191

I don't want to run on a -9% or +9% gradient!

From allie on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 09:42:52 from 161.38.218.168

-15%?

my quads!

From Rob on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 09:50:51 from 206.71.84.68

My costume will be perfect for the course then. I'm pacing the 30 minute group.

http://goo.gl/hS4nO

From Andrea on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 09:52:21 from 72.37.244.100

Haha that would be perfect Rob! You may even be have to stop and wait to stay around 30 min!

From Ken Bess on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:07:50 from 174.52.148.34

I bet you guys can gobble the hills up, the talent on fastrunningblog is unreal. I want to be like you guys when I grow up.

From Rachelle on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:43:12 from 199.190.170.31

Downhill running is dangerous! Very interesting info though.

From Lily on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:20:33 from 67.199.178.95

The Spanish fork half is a good, non downhill half to run. Its flat, incline, rolling. Not really any downhill. It's good for people who want to test themselves for sure.

From Lily on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:22:27 from 67.199.178.95

I've never wrecked my shop more than when I ran Halloween half in 2010. I smuggled in, and Julie esplin ended up giving me her bib. Haha. I lost 3 toenails from that half. Seriously.

From SlowJoe on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 11:32:00 from 155.219.241.10

I can see why improvement goes down after -15%, but I think it would pick back up around -100% as you transition to more of a falling motion. More studies needed obviously.

From Cam on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 23:26:51 from 70.95.175.41

pool running!? what is this that I have missed! sweet!

btw i fully support a crusade against downhill marathons. That being said- I truly believe those who live at 5000' (this blog ) are some of the toughest runners in the country. if not the world.

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