| 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 | | 29.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 20.00 | 52.89 |
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| Brooks Defyance Miles: 14.84 | Blue Kinvaras Miles: 8.00 | Hattoris Miles: 6.65 | Bike Shoes Miles: 18.63 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 53.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 53.50 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 | 13.12 |
| Bike ride this morning; 32 miles at an average pace of 17.7. Beautiful morning, beautiful hilly ride, fun group! Coffee after. Very nice. My ankle felt so great on the ride (I could stand up pedal on hills!), that I decided to test it out on a run! 4.62 miles, at an average pace of 9:27, and all was A-okay! I guess I am healed. AMAZING, since I was using a crutch on Monday, but I am happy about it!
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| Brooks Defyance Miles: 4.62 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.20 |
| Low heart rate run. These 4.2 miles took almost 45 minutes - SLOOW. I forgot that these runs are so challenging. Directly on to yoga, with time for a liquid recovery beverage in between. That plus a couple of shot rocks is all I usually eat before a morning run/yoga combo. And, usually that is fine. But this morning, I was fainting weak part way through yoga. Lightheaded, and just plain out of fuel! Disturbing. My daughter was laughing at me because I came home and at EVRYTHING in sight! Luckily the cats were outside playing. This evening I did a bunch of strength work, mostly abs and upper body. Funny, but I haven't been hungry since my post yoga feast this morning. I am really messed up.
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| Blue Kinvaras Miles: 4.20 |
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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 | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 | 6.50 |
| Fun Tour de France this morning! I really want to go to France some year and watch this race, maybe 2012. Thor Hushovd took of his bike shoe going 40 mph, had the cleat adjusted, and put the shoe back on, cycling alongside the aid car in his sock, and STILL made it to near the front of the peloton for the fiinish. Exciting sprint finish too, with Mark Cavendish coming in second to former teammate. Luckily for me, I am doing bicycle sprints today, so I can rif off of the energy of this morning's tour. I am going NOW, and doing 5X4 minute intervals in zone 4, heart rate of 155-172. I seriously don't even know if I can get my heart rate this high on the bike, unless its a major hill. We'll see.
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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 | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 7.80 |
| Track workout; first one since my mono recovery that I have felt "on" for track! Feels kind of like my old self again - hooray! My paces were: 400m@1:23, 800m@3:30, 1200m@5:12, 800m@3:38, and 400m@1:35. The first 400m was WAY too fast, but everything else was on pace and felt great. Finished off with 200s, and I didn't worry about pace. They were :45 and :43. WU and CD in the Hattoris, because I love them; workout in the kinvaras, since the ankle is only about 98% and I wanted to give it a little extra love and support for the hard work. Another great tour de france this morning, with an exciting sprint finish. Mark Cavendish showed 'em who is really the fastest sprinter in the world and did his missile thing at the end; excellent performances by a group of break away lead riders, who almost made it, but were swept up by the peloton anyway. Tomorrow starts the mountain climbing stages, and we'll get to see the climbing guys come out and do their stuff. My money is on Andy Schleck this year; Contador is not having a great year so far, and Andy looks strong and determined!
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| Blue Kinvaras Miles: 3.80 | Hattoris Miles: 4.00 |
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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 | | 2.65 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 7.65 |
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Early yoga (which felt perfect after last night's track workout), and then an EZ bike ride in the freezing cold and pouring rain. July? Really? Something is whacked about the weather. I was going to go strawberry picking today, but now I'm not sure.
Had to miss the tour this morning, but I need to find a replay, because it was the first mountain stage - exciting!
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| Bike Shoes Miles: 18.63 | Hattoris Miles: 2.65 |
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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 | | 3.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.40 |
| Easy run, longish strength workout (mostly upper body and abs), plus stretching. Busy work in the yard, then off to Seattle for an evening swim clinic. Swim clinic was a bad idea, because it made my ankle hurt. Biking and running are fine, but swimming is not? |
| 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 | | 10.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.22 |
| Was supposed to run a very small, local 1/2 marathon this morning. I was just going to run it at marathon pace, for practice. But I got home after midnight from Seattle, and couldn't sleep, so I opted to stay in bed this morning until 7, get up and watch the Tour de France, then headed out for a lazy, slow long run around Bellingham. Fun morning for it, and I wasn't sad at all about missing the race. Especially when I looked at tomorrow's workout, which looks very intimidating! Just found out that I got into the JFK 50 miler! Its in November in Maryland. Exciting, huh?
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| Brooks Defyance Miles: 10.22 |
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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 | | 29.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.80 | 20.00 | 52.89 |
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| Brooks Defyance Miles: 14.84 | Blue Kinvaras Miles: 8.00 | Hattoris Miles: 6.65 | Bike Shoes Miles: 18.63 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 53.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 53.50 | |
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