Auntie Em Goes Running

May 02, 2024

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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.352.540.000.000.0012.89

Sucky run.  My crazy day on Thursday and skiing all day on Friday definitely affected the quality of this run.  When will I ever learn.  First few miles were easy trail, easy pace (9:08, 9:21, 9:00).  Then the climbing to Fragrance Lake and around the ridge (13:59, 12:33, 11:39, 11:03).  Descent to interurban trail (9:10).  Here I started my MP 20 minutes.  This amounted to 2.54 miles at an average pace of 8:12.  I was very tired today, so this pace felt like my tempo pace!  My Garmin was recording wildly stupid pace data here, so I only had "feel" to go on for pace.  I am quite pleased about this, actually, because I got the exact pace for MP miles without having the Garmin.  Sadly, after running easy for about 10 minutes, I had no energy left for tempo miles, and I knew it.  So, I drove my car back down the road a ways to meet my friend who had done a second hill loop.  I just thought she might be tired.  I jogged up the steep road to the trail and jogged up the trail for about another 1/3 of a mile, met her, and jogged back to the car.  

On the positive side, it was a 2 1/2 hour trail run, with challenging hills, somewhat sunny skies, and some faster miles randomly thrown in there.

Back to the mountain now.

 

Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 12.89
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 16:29:24 from 24.8.167.243

Great job hitting your MP miles on feel.

I'm sorry the run was sucky, but at least you got it done.

From JD on Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 16:46:26 from 70.96.78.157

Sounds like a good run, and a nice addition to the weekend.

From SnoFlake on Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 23:58:45 from 24.18.192.33

Nice run!!!!

From april27 on Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 23:41:04 from 99.188.251.180

very nice run!

From TBarlow on Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 14:40:33 from 216.194.124.36

Hooray for the trails!

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