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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
35.500.007.000.0023.5066.00
Bike Shoes Miles: 101.80New Kinvara Miles: 15.20Brooks Defyance Miles: 13.40Hattoris Miles: 4.97Marathon Shoe Miles: 8.93
Night Sleep Time: 31.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 31.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
10.200.000.000.007.0017.20

Rode for an hour and forty five minutes, and covered 32.8 miles at average pace of 18.6 mph!  This is FAST for me.  Especially fast considering that I rode alone, with no pacing/drafting assist for all but five miles.  And during that five miles, I was pulling others up the hills for most of it.  Pace felt comfortable.  Did I mention the course is quite hilly?  

Running today was 1.5 hours and "easy" pace.  Got together with a friend and enjoyed the sunshine and warmish temps.  Kept it flat.

Bike Shoes Miles: 32.80New Kinvara Miles: 10.20
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.900.005.000.000.0011.90

Early morning mountain run for my birthday with my son!  We ran until he was hungry on Galbraith Mountain, my favorite.  These say easy miles, but really a hill workout; I love that.  Followed up with yoga and a second coffee.

Evening run with a large group of my training friends.  Supposed to be five easy, but a couple of us wanted to run a tempo run, so we did!  

 Home now, and waiting for my birthday dinner - it smells so good!  A great birthday.  I feel 12.


Brooks Defyance Miles: 6.90New Kinvara Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.970.000.000.000.004.97

Hattoris Miles: 4.97
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.0010.0010.00

Bike Shoes Miles: 42.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.500.002.000.000.006.50

Brooks Defyance Miles: 6.50
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.006.506.50

Bike Shoes Miles: 27.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.930.000.000.000.008.93

So good to be back home!  Long, slow run this morning.  It has been awhile since I did one of these low heart rate runs, and it was very challenging.  I chose the wrong terrain, for sure, with many hills and rough trails, which make the heart rate go up, and I barely managed to keep it in low range, even though my average pace was over 12 minutes!!!

I discovered an outdoor sculpture park a couple of miles from my house, that I have never seen before, tucked back in the woods on a trail that I have never been on.  About thirty different sculptures, spread out over about an acre of gravel trails, go figure.  A nice diversion, but after that I went downhill for EVER!  I don't know how I gained this much elevation, but the downhill was very very long.  

 

Marathon Shoe Miles: 8.93
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
35.500.007.000.0023.5066.00
Bike Shoes Miles: 101.80New Kinvara Miles: 15.20Brooks Defyance Miles: 13.40Hattoris Miles: 4.97Marathon Shoe Miles: 8.93
Night Sleep Time: 31.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 31.50
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