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, Oct 30, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
4.00	0.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

Since I have to miss my group's longer together run tomorrow, I decided to do a track workout today on my own. I don't know why I decided to do 800s, I'm really kind of lost doing this with no guidance. But 800s sounded fun. I meant to do them at about 5K pace, but they turned out quite a bit faster. I did four, with 2 miles warm up before, a lap or so in between each 800, and some cool down miles afterwards. The last 3/4 of a mile were barefoot on the track, since its quite warm today. Splits on the 800s were 3:14, 3:16, 3:13, and 3:20.

Just small spitting rain here today, but no sun. Very very windy; we seem to get a lot of wind here in Bellingham.

Vroom Shoes Miles: 5.25

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00

Comments

From JD on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 18:57:19 from 166.216.128.152

Nice. Workout and some barefoot action.

Hey, I have close friends who live just over the mountain from you in Twisp!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 19:09:32 from 24.8.167.243

You are built for speed.

From auntieem on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 19:52:32 from 67.182.145.8

I LOVE Twisp! Wanted to buy a place there at one time. Funny thing, even though it truly is right across the mountains, it takes a really long time to drive over there. No direct road.

Carolyn: This whole speed thing is weird. I like it, but I'm much more interested in my next marathon, which, unlike going fast, is a whole lot of WORK.

From JD on Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 20:06:37 from 32.178.178.115

Yeah, she's a flight attendant and makes the 3 hour drive into Bellingham to catch a plane to SLC where she officially works. Quite the commute! It's a beautiful drive though.

From Snoqualmie on Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 17:30:16 from 24.18.192.33

Galloway considers 800s to be the perfect VO2 for marathon training. :) Nice run! Happy Halloween!

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