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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
Fri, Sep 13, 2013
Total Distance
3.30

Easy recovery day - 3.3 miles around home.

I can't decide between running a 5K tomorrow and doing a long (10 mile) run. I am really interested to see how I have progressed since Draper Days 5K two months ago and get an idea as to where I'm at with six weeks around 30 mpw. But I am a little nervous about trying to run fast and how everything will feel. I am planning to run TOU 5K next weekend, so I don't know whether the extra week of slow running will help or not. It would also be nice to get in a 10 mile run on the trails...I am way overthinking this. 

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 114.80
Comments
From Rachelle on Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 09:53:15 from 199.190.170.30

It probably depends on how you race the 5ks. If they are both all out efforts it may be too much. But if you race one and use the other as more of a tempo workout I think it would serve it's purpose.

However 10 miles on the trails sounds absolutely lovely. Ahh and I'm not helping much...sorry.

From allie on Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:26:21 from 161.38.221.168

september 13th. hi.

i agree with rachelle -- depends on how you run them.

you have been making good progress and you are well on your way to 40 miles this week. an easy run on the trails is probably less likely to set you back than a 5k, but that's not to say either of them will set you back.

running a 5k this weekend may be a good tune-up for an even better one next weekend. it also may be pushing it to conclude one of your highest mileage weeks of the year with a harder effort. i really don't know.

i would say just wake up tomorrow morning and do what your body wants to do. it's usually right.

if you don't end up coming, i'll have james cart home some pancakes for you.

From Andrea on Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:37:45 from 72.37.171.52

The funny thing is, I thought that running the Alta Peruvian was a risky move. But the extreme downhill pounding actually broke up a lot of scar tissue and had me feeling great for the next several days. Maybe the 5K race will be similar! And then I could run 10 miles on Sunday….that would be ideal. I do need to race quite a bit this fall in order to keep my Saucony sponsorship and show that I am improving.

From Jake K on Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:40:39 from 67.177.11.154

Split the difference. GO BIG. Big Cottonwood.

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