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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
Total Distance
23.30
Saucony Kinvara Plum Miles: 7.60Saucony Kinvara 5 #F0158 Miles: 8.10Saucony Fastwitch 6 Miles: 4.60
Night Sleep Time: 55.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 55.00Weight: 134.22
Total Distance
4.50

AM - 4.5 miles with Jake in the valley of the sun.

PM - 5 mile bike ride with the boy.

Saucony Kinvara Plum Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 183.00
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Total Distance
4.60

AM - Still living the dream in Phoenix...ran 4.6 miles with Jake on the dirt canal trail. I have been on the '30 min of running at a time' plan for three weeks now, and it is going very well. I have less discomfort throughout the day and am not stressing the body - but it's just enough to satisfy my running fix every day. Also, I can already feel a difference with the new therapy. So I need to stick to this plan for 3-5 more weeks...

Saucony Kinvara 5 #F0158 Miles: 4.60
Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(5)
Total Distance
3.50

PM - 3.5 miles with Jake, half on the grass. Didn't feel as great today.

Vern Gambetta:

Without risk there is no return. Certainly no truer words have been spoken. As coaches in preparing our athletes for competition one of our big jobs is to manage risk. Each training session contains an element of risk and to optimize the training benefit the risk must be calculated. In order to achieve adaption we must push the envelope of function, therefore higher risk. The question is how hard and how often? Obviously it is highly individual, sport and event specific. There is no way to have the athletes on the edge all the time. Something will eventually breakdown.

As I have mentioned many times in this blog Bill Bowerman was a huge influence on my coaching. His mantra was a very strict adherence to a hard day of training followed by an easy day. Without sophisticated monitoring technology he was able to achieve great success following this principle. His simple hard easy sequence was his method of managing risk. We know that training is cumulative. Every workout does not have to be at the edge of the envelope of function. The key is to stay healthy and allow the training effects to accumulate. Find out how much and how often you can push it to expand the adaptive horizon, but be sure to balance that with adequate easier work that allows time to adapt.

Saucony Kinvara 5 #F0158 Miles: 3.50
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 116.90
Comments(4)
Total Distance
0.00

Took the day off from running. I should have taken yesterday off b/c I had some mild discomfort in my groin, but I didn't and am paying for it more today. Live and learn (again). 

PM - 30 min of strength training.

Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00Weight: 118.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
3.00

AM - 3 miles.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
4.60

AM - 4.6 miles easy, last half with Jake on his cooldown. I wore the Fastwitches to make me feel faster. 

PM - 30 minutes of strength training. 20lb arm weights today!

FRIDAY!!

Saucony Fastwitch 6 Miles: 4.60
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 119.00
Comments(8)
Total Distance
3.10

Jake and I went up to Meadow Chutes to backcountry ski today - one of my favorites spots. We haven't skied here since April 2011, and I have missed it! Powder turns and blue skies today.

PM - 5k with Jake around the neighborhoods. I feel better when I run after skiing....maybe it has something to do with improved hip extension.

Saucony Kinvara Plum Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
23.30
Saucony Kinvara Plum Miles: 7.60Saucony Kinvara 5 #F0158 Miles: 8.10Saucony Fastwitch 6 Miles: 4.60
Night Sleep Time: 55.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 55.00Weight: 134.22
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