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

Fri, Jul 31, 2009

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

Day of rest! Rest from running anyway. The is a 7" X 2" bruise down my left IT band; I'll look; I'll look really colorful tomorrow. It feels better though, and that's what counts. I've spent some time working out some stretches for it, so should keep it in shape.

I think I figured out what caused the IT band flare up in the first place too. Was talking to the chiropractor, who, in addition to being an expert at torture, is a very smart running coach/trainer guy. I've been doing some hill repeats on a hill near my house that is quite steep and seriously canted to the right (when I run on the right shoulder). The combination of running hard up a hill and running on the canted surface is not so good for the opposite IT band, especially when its already feeling stressed.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 14:00:30 from 198.241.156.7

It's nice that you know what's causing it. Maybe lay off the hill repeats for a while and then when you resume find a hill that's not canted or that you can run up the middle of safely.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 23:50:18 from 24.8.167.243

RAD left some good tips on preventing ITB problems on Marion's blog today. You might want to check it out.

http://marion.fastrunningblog.com/blog--Adventures-at-Michelle-s-on-Thursday/07-31-2009.html

From april27 on Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 00:38:52 from 99.188.251.180

what does canted mean?

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 12:42:42 from 24.8.167.243

It means that the edges of the road slope down so that the rain will run off. When you run on the shoulder of a canted road, the leg that's toward the road has a shorter distance to the road than the other leg does because of the slant of the road.

From april27 on Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 01:57:27 from 99.188.251.180

I thought so but I had never heard it called that!

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