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

Mon, Dec 28, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

Pool workout again. I call it 6 easy miles, because I stay in the pool for 65 minutes. However, I actually did an interval workout this morning. I do hard efforts for 5 minute intervals, followed by ten minutes of "easy" effort. I have no way of knowing how far I actually "ran"!

The water workout always makes me ravenous! Why is that? I could run for an hour or even two hours and not even be hungry, but being in the pool makes me just starving.

Followed up the large breakfast with a 1 1/2 hour yoga class. Not ideal to eat right before yoga, but this yoga place has the most awkward times for classes, and I've got to eat sometime. Just have not found the right yoga teacher since I moved up here. I believe I have tried all the ones at this particular studio and haven't really loved one.

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.50

Comments

From JD on Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:56:50 from 70.96.78.157

I've never tried pool running. But there is something about water sports that triggers the appetite. I used to do a bit of whitewater kayaking, and was always starving after a couple of hours in the river. I wonder what it is about water and hunger.

From april27 on Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 19:07:53 from 99.188.251.180

Plus I would hate for you to have passed out face first into the mat b/c you didn't eat!

Maybe the water has to do with the resistance. Are you on a treadmill kind of water thing like in Spirit of the Marathon or are you doing laps in the pool? either way you are using your entire body to cut through all that water!

From Michelle on Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 21:09:56 from 63.227.3.181

Good job with a 65 minutes in the pool and then 1 1/2 hours of yoga. That is a lot of working out!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 22:17:00 from 66.205.215.167

Pool running sounds tough, and then yoga besides. I'm glad you got something to eat even if the timing wasn't the best.

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