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Flat as a Pancake 5K

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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
38.30
Night Sleep Time: 59.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 59.50Weight: 114.35
Total Distance
6.60

JAJA RUN! They are coming back :) We ran up the summer road to the campground very slowly (~1000ft) then back down. Luckily we hit the 1 hour time window when it wasn't pouring rain. I felt super tight as soon as we stopped but the post-run hot tub worked wonders. My legs feel like I ran a hard half marathon yesterday but otherwise feel good. Seems like I do a lot better when I'm running uphill/downhill then running flat these days. Or maybe I'm just not thinking about how I feel quite as much when I'm running with people. Doesn't matter - 35 miles this week!

PM - 9 mile bike ride with Jake. Best-feeling bike ride since last year. 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.80

AM - 5.8 miles around Millcreek with Jake, 8:15 pace. We ran a hillier course than usual since I seem to feel better on hills than on flat terrain. I'm going for 40 miles this week! :)

Interesting summary of a study about interval training in Sweat Science - "Jog or walk the Recovery?". 

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 114.80
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Total Distance
4.10

4.1 miles around the tempo loop. Ran 1/2 mile and 1/4 mile hard during the run just for kicks (3:00 and :82, respectively). I could feel a lot of fatigue in my legs from increasing mileage, but it's a good fatigue. 

Does anyone know how to fix the weird formatting of my blog entries?

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 114.00
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Total Distance
7.00

7 miles (!!!) with Jake up to Sugarhouse and back. It was raining the whole time and we both got completely drenched twice from car splashes.

Great read by Science of Running: "State of the sport - Rescuing running from life support"

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 114.00
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Total Distance
5.00

5 miles up and down the hills close to home, 8:15 pace. 

I just had a conversation with a new coworker of mine that was apparently into cycling racing back in the 70s. The topic of doping came up and she said that she used her share of steroids and EPO at that time. It was all so nonchalant and casual - she even mentioned that it was "just what you did back then". I'm still unsure what to think of this conversation...

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 114.50
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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
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Race: Flat as a Pancake 5K (3.107 Miles) 00:19:13, Place overall: 2
Total Distance
6.50

Flat as a Pancake 5K! Great race today - I am so glad that I ran it. The race was a fundraiser for the West Jordan XC Team, and the kids did a great job putting it together (except for maybe promoting the event to get more people to race). The course is as flat and accurate as you could hope for with about 1 mile on the road/track and 2 miles on dirt.

I ran a short warm-up with Allie and James (1+ mile) then a couple strides. The race started and a large group went out fast. I tried to hang back, knowing that going out too fast would be detrimental because of my lack of speed work. The first 1/2 mile is on the road then it's an out-and-back on the dirt canal trail. No mile markers and I forgot to start my watch, so I have no idea how fast/slow I was running. I passed several of the early sprinters then was solo for the last 2 miles. I got to see Allie and James duking it out right before the turn-around and wished that I was in better shape because they were already a good 45 seconds in front of me! My breathing was pretty out-of-control, and I just couldn't get my legs moving faster (not surprising). I hit the road again at 2.5 miles and got a boost from the faster surface. The last 350 meters are around the track and I finished in 19:13.

I had absolutely no pain and felt very much like my old self, except for slower time :) I am so thrilled with this - I ran what I thought I was capable of (my guess was 19:15) and seriously no discomfort! This is 2:15 faster than Draper Days 8 weeks ago.

I asked Allie and James how they did, and Allie ran an 18 second PR (17:30)!! James ran his best 5K in over a year....so a satisfying day for all of us. We cooled down for 2+ miles. Our rewards were the choice of a jug of orange juice, grape juice, or milk! You had to be there, but this was just hilarioius. You can see how happy Allie is - she chugged all 100 grams of sugar in that healthy chocolate milk.


 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 114.00
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Total Distance
38.30
Night Sleep Time: 59.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 59.50Weight: 114.35
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