Auntie Em Goes Running

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Member Since:

Jun 03, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

MacDash Duathlon, Sept. 10, 2011.  1:29:48.  Second woman overall, third racer overall, and first in AG.  

Mt. Ranier Duathlon, May 1, 2011.  3:05:00, 1st in age group.  5.1 mile run, 28 mile bike ride, 3.78 mile run.

5K:  Fun With the Fuzz, April 23, 2011.  21:59,  1st in age group.

Marathon:  Paris, April 10, 2011.  4:05:24.  

1/2 marathon:  Geoduck Gallop, February 2011.  1:42:23, 1st in age group.

Waterfront 15K (September 2010), 1:14:43.  3rd in AG.

Lake Padden Duathlon (July 2010), 1:36:something.  1st in AG .

10K:  Smelt Run, La Conner (2010)  47:14.  2nd in AG. 

I have fun every time I run, and have recently overcome the "I can't go fast anymore" hurdle.  I'm having fun going faster and working towards becoming even faster.  

I have raised two running children, one competitive and one not.

I have learned to run in ice and snow and I don't complain. 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Work towards a faster marathon by Spring 2012.

Get my 5K down to 21:30. 

Place in my division at duathlon and triathlon.

Train for biathlon.



 




 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Joining Forrest Gump


 

Personal:

I'm a 52 year old mom of two ex homeschooled teenagers. They both think I'm nuts.
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Bike Shoes Lifetime Miles: 2225.45
Pearl Izumi Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles: 139.33
Marathon Shoe Lifetime Miles: 244.33
Blue Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles: 223.68
Mean Green Shoe Lifetime Miles: 318.72
Blue Kinvaras Lifetime Miles: 207.12
Brooks Defyance Lifetime Miles: 361.34
New Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 275.90
Hattoris Lifetime Miles: 41.29
Addidas Lifetime Miles: 168.97
Nike Vortex Shoe Lifetime Miles: 64.50
Orange Newton Lifetime Miles: 36.20
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.620.000.001.000.006.62

Track workout only today.  Track is always at 5:30pm on Tuesday.  Last week it was little bit light outside; this week it was really light outside when we started!  Yippee - spring is coming.

Hill 200s:  .48, .48, .52, .48 (goal is .48).

Track 200s:  .44, .47, .46, .48  (goal is .48).

I think I'm getting pretty good at these, and I don't want to do them anymore.  I am sooo tired of 200m repeats.  Give me some miles! 

Here is a bit of weirdness:  My ankle/foot has till been a bit swollen and has stayed about the same since Friday.  Running doesn't aggravate, so I've been running since Saturday.  I had acupuncture on it yesterday midday, then went to track later.  I've been lacing up my shoe pretty loose on that foot, since the swelling is across the instep, but I had to stop TWICE and tighten my shoe DURING RUNNING!  When I got home, the foot looked almost normal.  Go figure.   

 

New Saucony Guide Miles: 6.62
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
Comments
From Snoqualmie on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:56:04 from 24.18.192.33

That's funny, because I often think I might like 200m repeats better than the longer ones. Tough effort, but I think my brain would "support" me more if it knew I just had to do it for a short time. I've never done 200s, because everyone says a marathoner should work on longer intervals.

From auntieem on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:29:58 from 24.17.177.218

Well, 200s are fun! You are right, the short effort is good, especially on the hill, so I feel like I have to work to get the correct pace, but I can easily do it because of the distance. I'm just tired of them because I've been doing them for weeks, with 800s thrown in. Thursday I start mile repeats - hooray! My advantage as a newbie marathoner is that I have no idea what I "should" be doing, so I'm just dong what I'm told.

From Snoqualmie on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:36:18 from 24.18.192.33

Re: "Thursday I start mile repeats - hooray!" At VO2 level? Either you will eat these words, or I will declare you to be my new fitness idol and bow to you whenever we meet. Sean had me doing mile repeats at the track last summer, and I'm sure I'll do them again when I return to the track, but... oh. my. goodness. They kick me.

From april27 on Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 17:40:43 from 99.188.251.180

What a weird foot!

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