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

Thu, Sep 24, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00

Something not good happened at this morning's run. I was so psyched for this workout, because it was to be a repeat of the 800m repeats at mile pace that we did on Monday. I felt that Monday went well and felt great, and I was excited to do it again. Went to bed last night with a tight adductor/hamstring in the left leg. Just couldn't relax it. Felt ok this morning, and felt fine during the warm up, but in the first stride, I felt it clench up and tighten. Sort of like a charlie horse in the adductor muscle. I tried to go back to just jogging, but couldn't work it out. Hobbled to my car and drove home to ice it.

After the initial frustration with the thing (where I sort of cried driving home), I'm feeling OK about it. Stuff happens, and tomorrow's a rest day anyway. I'm sure by Saturday I'll be back on track (pun!) Gonna try to see the leg mechanic this afternoon and coax the leg back into cooperation. Its not a torn anything, just feels kind of seized up. I'm icing.

Some 10K pace stuff on Saturday, another mile pace workout on Monday, then the rest of the week is easy stuff. Marathon next Sunday. Yippee.

Vroom Shoes Miles: 2.00

Night Sleep Time: 4.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 4.00

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 15:27:19 from 198.241.174.15

Yeow. No fun with that leg. I hope that all is okay very soon, perhaps with some help from the leg mechanic.

The marathon is getting close! Exciting!

From JD on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 15:34:08 from 70.96.78.157

It's nice to get to this point in the training cycle. Relaxation, visualization, hibernation, hydration...

From april27 on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 22:04:30 from 99.188.251.180

I have a question-do you think you should be heating it to relax it instead of icing it?

From auntieem on Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 22:09:27 from 67.182.145.8

Spent most of the day driving - 6 hours! Then saw the leg mechanic who fixed it (I think). I will take tomorrow off, with permission to take a bike ride - yiippee! Then test run on Saturday. Mechanic thinks I just wasn't warmed up enough for the speed work and tweaked something.

I'm not worried. I'm feeling so ready to run the marathon right now! But I'll probably do better if I rest a bit this next week.

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