Dasha Runs Austin

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Location:

Austin,TX,

Member Since:

Jan 10, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

3:57 at Austin Marathon (Feb. 2010) 

3:34 at California International Marathon (Dec. 4, 2011) 

1:47 Half at Champaign Half Marathon (April 2011)  

1:38 Half at 3M Half Marathon (Jan 29, 2012)

Completed 14 Marathons including Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, Big Sur, Carlsbad, Austin, Champaign and CIM

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-3:30 at Eugene Marathon (April 29, 2012)

Berlin Marathon - Training run for CIM (September 30, 2012) 

3:20 at California International Marathon (December 2, 2012) 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub - 3:15 Marathon

1:30 Half Marathon 

 

 

Personal:

I am a 27 year old girl, from Illinois (via NYC), currently living in Austin, TX.  

I've been running for about 6 years, have completed 14 marathons and recently qualified for the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:34!  This was a 23 minute PR for me!

After years of running very high mileage at pretty slow paces, I decided to get serious and joined Gilbert's Gazelles training group. The BQ came 8 months later.

Hoping this blog will help add some further insight and organization to my running. :) 

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Brooks Adrenaline Lifetime Miles: 288.73
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8 recovery miles on the trail this morning. 45F and raining, not so fun.

Pretty tired but oddly not very store from hill-torture.

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 8.00
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10 mile recovery run.  Went to the 7:30 "friendly" gazelles today since this is my last week of fun-employment. Had a nice 7 mile recovery run with them, then went back out for an additional 3 miles. Average Pace - 8:55.  

I was so hungry this morning that before getting out of the door I had to eat a bowl of low fat coffee ice cream!! I think that's a new rock bottom for a running addict.  

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 10.00
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#1 - 2Ks at Zilker park this morning.  This is actually my favorite "speed" workout, the longer the repeat the better I tend to do.

Felt pretty good today - a bit tired on the 5th one, but thats expected.  I think that ice cream yesterday made everything better.

Warmup: 1.45 miles

1. 8:42 (6:57 pace)

2. 8:32 (6:49 pace)

3. 8:24 (6:43 pace)

4. 8:26 (6:44 pace)

5. 8:34 (6:51 pace)

Cool down: 1.35 miles at 8:19 pace  

I am going to try adding in a double today. Will go and do 4 miles or so in the afternoon. 

#2 - Swam 1 mile at Pure Quarry pool 

 

#3 - Did my first double in a very long time.  Ran 4.25 miles on the trail around 3PM. Pace was pretty good - 9:00 average but I felt pretty tired.  I think this is something my body needs to get used to again.  Or maybe it was just the mile in the pool!

Met a friend for a pilates class after to get some core in.   

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 13.25
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Cold morning!  Had some oatmeal and a latte this morning waiting for it to warm up. No such luck.

Had a pretty efficient run this morning.  The place where we park for our group has a car wash service that does your car while you run. Had them scrub the car down while I did an 8 mile recovery run.

Thinking of doing a 10 mile run tomorrow with 8 miles at MGP.  Will see how I feel about that in the morning.  

Evening: Hot Vinyasa - 75 minutes at Bfree Yoga

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 8.00
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The group was doing a 1 min on 1 min off fartlek which I did not feel like doing.  Decided to go for a little pace run instead.  I think I pulled something in my leg the other day, which made for a miserable pace run but I got through it.  

Ran on the trail, a couple miles on Lake Austin Blvd, back to the trail and finished at RunTex.

Splits: 9:22, 8:49 - 7 MGP Miles: 8:07, 7:37, 7:57, 7:53, 8:05, 7:59, 8:02 - Average for the total run (incl. warm up) was 8:13

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 9.00
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Had to skip long run today and rest my legs.  Hammie is still pretty sore and walking with a bit of sad limp. I don't do well in the cold, so if you are going to miss a workout today was a good one to miss!  

Met the group for breakfast after - which is my favorite part anyways.  My friend Craig put the idea of doing Cozumel Ironman 2013 into my head.  A couple of my friends are thinking of doing it...so I think I am in.  Oh my.  

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Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 48.25
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