| 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 | | 23.67 | 6.95 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 13.50 | 45.87 |
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| Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 8.56 | New Blue Saucony Miles: 10.54 | Pearl Izumi Trail Shoe Miles: 13.27 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 37.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 37.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| Yesterday was a nothing day; today was a little bike ride, just to warm up the legs. It has alternated between sunning and lightly SNOWING here all morning, so the ride was interesting. I feel pretty well recovered from Saturday's brutal run; kinda surprised, actually. My schedule for the next few weeks looks like a taper, but not one that will drive me nuts. I've still got some track workouts in there, and a few two a day run days. |
| 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 | | 4.95 | 3.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.15 |
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A very unusual morning here: sunny, cold, and LOW HUMIDITY! We almost never get low humidity here. I find that the cold feels so much better when its dry cold, instead of the moldy, wet, damp inside cold that we usually get. Its glorious! I got to run this morning, too. 3.26 miles at an AP of 9:41 (splits 9:01, 9:39, 10:23, and 9:36). Not as slow as I would have liked, but it just felt great to run again - I have missed it. And, I wrote a couple of haikus while I ran (I don't write haikus when I don't run): A great color scheme; redwinged blackbirds without doubt win the prize on this. Marsh grass is disturbed, horrible honking ensues; a pair of loud geese. Another run this afternoon, probably in Seattle, since I'll be down there with my mother looking at some galleries. Its a marathon pace run, so I'll probably go to the Burke Gilman Trail, nice and flattish. Evening in the pitch dark: 4.89 miles at AP 8.48. This was supposed to be a run with some marathon paced parts in it, totalling about 30 minutes of MP running. It was really hard to tell if I achieved this because it was sooo dark out by the time I made it outdoors (we have few streetlights and NO lights once I'm on the trails), so I just did my best. The croaking of frogs! most certainly to anyone this means spring is here.
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| Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 4.89 | New Blue Saucony Miles: 3.26 |
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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 | | 3.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.67 |
| Yup, that's it! |
| Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 3.67 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.78 | 1.75 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.28 |
| Cold. Rainy. Windy. Unpleasant. wu strides 2X1600 (one at marathon and one at tempo) 2X1200 (one at marathon and one at tempo) cd There was no rest interval between these intervals; the marathon pace work was the rest interval between the tempo bits, I guess. How clever. |
| New Blue Saucony Miles: 7.28 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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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 | 7.50 | 7.50 |
| Early morning yoga class, then 90 minutes recovery bike ride. Too rainy and windy to ride outdoors, so I did it indoors, while watching Forrest Gump, my favorite running movie. |
| 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 | | 11.27 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.27 |
| Beautiful, sunny morning, but cold. The car said it was 41, but it felt about 35. I waited around for Brad for about five minutes, then started out on my own. Ran out from Fairhaven to Larrabee Park, along the Interurban Trail. This will be the out and back sections at the beginning and end of next week's 50K. I did no extra hills; I will save that for next week. Of course I got way to warm after a mile or so, and wished for shorts. This happens every time I wear longer pants. I have these knicker length tights that are supposed to squeeze your muscles or something and provide support, but all they do is make my legs feel hot and constricted. Unless it is in the low 30s, I should always wear shorts. I reached Larrabee and turned around and met Brad coming up the trail! He had thought that we were meeting at the Farmer's Market in Bellingham. Anyway, nice place for some company, so we finished the run back to Fairhaven together. I tried really hard not to speed up as we approached the actual finishing place for next week's race; I'll save that for next week too. There is a four switchback hill that will be at about mile 29.5; I wonder if I'll be running that hill next week! 13.27 miles, AP 9:07. The rest of the day will be spent cooking a nice dinner for my daughter and 15 of her friends. Its prom night, and I offered to make them a "fancy" dinner. Off to make the pasta! I hope you all have a great weekend! |
| Pearl Izumi Trail Shoe Miles: 13.27 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 23.67 | 6.95 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 13.50 | 45.87 |
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| Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 8.56 | New Blue Saucony Miles: 10.54 | Pearl Izumi Trail Shoe Miles: 13.27 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 37.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 37.00 | |
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