| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 46.19 | 4.19 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 9.50 | 62.28 |
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| New Saucony Guide Miles: 13.08 | Bike Shoes Miles: 17.00 | New Blue Saucony Miles: 15.70 | Marathon Shoe Miles: 17.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 49.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 49.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.57 | 1.89 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 10.96 |
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Workout today was a little bit different. I ran for 60 some minutes as: 22:32@Easy (AP 9:09) 10:43 as drills with strides 15:09@M (AP 8:01) 15:25@Easy (AP 9:23) Ran straight to my house, and got right on the stationary bike for 52 minutes, easy. That way I kept my legs moving longer without major stress to my leg. It was raining hard and cold when I left, but now that I'm back and indoors its sunny! I hate that. Cold, hard rain is fine when I know that a hot bath is waiting for me.
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| New Saucony Guide Miles: 6.46 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 12.00 |
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7 miles in the pool. Beautiful sunrise just now; the lake is glowing orange. I forgot my own flotation belt this morning, and used one of the pool's instead. It was seriously less effective! I had a really hard time staying afloat with just the belt on. It was sort of funny; I felt like I had to run at a faster pace the whole time just to keep my head above water. I may be able to get a few mountain miles in later this afternoon. There is a short (6 mile) loop that is part of the upcoming 50K that I can do. PM update: No run today; I thought maybe I should stay off the leg and save it for tomorrow. Got a 1 hour spin in though; it was sunny here, no winds, beautiful.
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 6.62 |
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Track workout only today. Track is always at 5:30pm on Tuesday. Last week it was little bit light outside; this week it was really light outside when we started! Yippee - spring is coming. Hill 200s: .48, .48, .52, .48 (goal is .48). Track 200s: .44, .47, .46, .48 (goal is .48). I think I'm getting pretty good at these, and I don't want to do them anymore. I am sooo tired of 200m repeats. Give me some miles! Here is a bit of weirdness: My ankle/foot has till been a bit swollen and has stayed about the same since Friday. Running doesn't aggravate, so I've been running since Saturday. I had acupuncture on it yesterday midday, then went to track later. I've been lacing up my shoe pretty loose on that foot, since the swelling is across the instep, but I had to stop TWICE and tighten my shoe DURING RUNNING! When I got home, the foot looked almost normal. Go figure.
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| New Saucony Guide Miles: 6.62 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Easy miles on the trail this morning before yoga. It was very cold (shorts and gloves), but the SUN felt warm, like summer sun! Glorious morning all 'round. There was a woman in yoga who kept adjusting the shades so that sun did not come into the room. I wanted to scream at her, but that is really not in keeping with the atmosphere in yoga class, so I thought quietly to myself "how fortunate you are to live in this grey and dismal place". Here is a haiku I will leave under her mat when she is not looking next week. I am such a child sometimes. The sun is a gift we don't always appreciate until it is gone. |
| New Blue Saucony Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.50 | 2.30 | 1.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.20 |
| Early am run: 5 miles at easy pace. I didn't wear a watch, just ran 48 minutes at an easy effort. Later am run: 2 miles easy, then 2.3 at Marathon pace and 1.4 at tempo pace, then .5 at easy. The mile repeats that I was so looking forward to were canceled by my coach, who is much smarter than I am, and still wants me to go easy on my foot. Hopefully there will be another time in my life when I get to do mile repeats, but maybe not. |
| New Blue Saucony Miles: 11.20 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Lovely dinner last night with friends, still feeling the endorphin charge of yesterday's second run! Today is a day of rest, and my mind is already wandering to activities that I can do. I need some reminding of "restful" activities. I will spend some time writing, and working on my new "job". I am the race director for a local race here; the oldest footrace in Washington state, as a matter of fact, and its time to start with the organizing. The event is in July. I've been reading George Sheehan, because I find his perspectives on aging and running particularly meaningful. Not sayin' I'm aging or anything, but I will someday, so any perspective I gain now will be put to good use, right ; )? "What I have lost I can afford to lose. What I have gained is something I cannot do without." Sheehan on aging and running. "The mind's first step to self awareness must be through the body". Don't know if this is true for everyone, but it kind of says it all for me. No matter how many times I've tried to practice "seated meditation", it never clicks like the insights I gain while running, cycling, backcountry skiing, climbing, or otherwise pushing the physical limits. Enough rambling! Off to plant the peas and spinach. |
| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 17.00 |
| 50K training run. We couldn't have asked for a better day for this run! Beautiful clear skies and sunshine. Makes climbing up, up, and up for those viewpoints so worth it! Some of the ladies in our group met at 8:00 and ran flat trail for 6 miles to warm up, but I wanted more miles in the hills and fewer flat ones, so I met them at 9:00 and had a couple of flat miles before we headed up Raptor Ridge. This is a long steep climb (parts are non runnable), then we headed down and traversed across to the Ridge Trail and down Fragrance Lake and back to the interurban, finishing with about 4 flat miles. That was 15, and I had to run 2 miles on flat paved roads near my car just to see if I could. The first 15 averaged 11:02/mile. That gives you an idea of how tough the course is. My last two averaged 8:45. We ate PayDay bar, since that is what they give you in the race at the aid stations. All agreed that they were delicious, perfect combination of sweet and salty. Happy Saturday running! |
| Marathon Shoe Miles: 17.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 46.19 | 4.19 | 1.40 | 1.00 | 9.50 | 62.28 |
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| New Saucony Guide Miles: 13.08 | Bike Shoes Miles: 17.00 | New Blue Saucony Miles: 15.70 | Marathon Shoe Miles: 17.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 49.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 49.00 | |
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