| 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 | | 26.25 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.25 |
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| New Saucony Guide Miles: 30.00 | Saucony Miles: 8.25 | NB Orange Shoes Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 36.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 36.50 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Not sure if I can run today or not. Its so windy right now that I'm afraid I'd blow away or get hit by a catapulting object or something. I'll wait awhile, since its a totally "free" day and I can run whenever. There is a house next door to us (separated by a small orchard), and the owner rented it to a bunch of college students, who had a big noisy party last night! That is so inappropriate in this neighborhood! I was out in the middle of the night, telling kids not to park in my yard! Millions of cars coming down the street late in the night, etc, etc. I will go over this morning and talk to the renters, and tell them that they will not get a second chance; next time its law enforcement immediately! Unbelievable. The home owner must be a complete idiot to rent her nice home to these trashy hooligans. PM: Running, sort of. 3 easy miles, splits of 10:10, 10:30, 10:12. Something is not right. Tomorrow is another day. The wind never let up all day, and is so strong now that there are whitecaps of several feet in height on the lake. Our dock is underwater.
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| New Saucony Guide Miles: 3.00 |
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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 | | 4.25 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.25 |
| Nice run this morning. I ran a mile to the meeting place for our group. Our track workout was cancelled because of the holiday, so we had decided to meet anyway just to run. We ran 6 miles together, then I ran back home. Splits were 9:14, 9:09, 8:44, 8:33, 8:47, 8:46, 9:16, 9:17, plus 9:20 (for the last little bit). Weather is still cool, but the wind and rain of yesterday are gone, thank goodness. It looks like rain is a possibility later today, though. Enjoy the holiday, fast runners! | |
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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 | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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4 miles. I have come to the conclusion that I have messed up all my training by my complete inability to run easy miles. I believe that I will take up rowing. |
| NB Orange Shoes Miles: 4.00 |
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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 | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Treadmill run! Nice and easy. Trying to rest my totally fatiqued legs with easy running. Its a pretty good place to work on form and cadence. |
| New Saucony Guide Miles: 5.00 |
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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 | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I have not disappeared, just on a little bummer this week. I'll post tomorrow after 22 miler and update the week's events. Mantra: I am strong, confident, and capable (of anything!). |
| 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 | | 10.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 |
| OK, I'm back. Just had a sad week, with very little running, due to extremely fatigued legs. Fatigued means HURTING. Muscles just feeling so tired, weak, and hurt, I wasn't sure about anything. And not exercising much makes me feel sad, and desperate. My leg mechanic assured me that I was just tired, not hurt, and could still make my marathon. This session ended with lots of whining on my part, crying while my legs were worked on (it hurt). I left with some tape on the left leg. Took Thursday and Friday completely off, just trying to make it to the 22 mile run today. Hung out in the lake (the water is cool), used a lot of ice, gentle stretching, some strength work, and even about 10 seconds of meditation. Worked a lot on positive mental attitude and mental strength. I really had no idea that marathon training would become so absorbing and emotional. I really should take up a sport that complements me better. This morning my legs felt pretty good, not what I would call fresh by any means, but better. I decided to do the run, and felt positive and strong in my head about it. We were supposed to run the first eight easy, and this felt truly easy and fine (splits are high 8s to mid 9s). I told my partner that I might just run the 12 MP miles easy, but we kicked right into them and the effort felt good! My left leg spent most of the run asleep, but no real twinges of pain. My Garmin crapped out at mile 18, with two MP miles to go. But I know I achieved them. This run required more mental strength than I have ever had to use before, and I was very happy with my effort. Huge deposit in my mental strength bank account today. Splits on the MP miles were in the low 8s to high 8s, with one longer one where we stopped to refill our water. The last two miles we were supposed to slow back to easy, and I tried, but not sure if I did because Garmin was done. So, its over, and I'm pretty pleased with the result, both in MP miles and being strong mentally. Clearly, my legs are still very tired, but I didn't hurt them today. I'll need a plan to get through the next few weeks to let them rest. I know today would have gone even better on fresh legs. Just had an ice bath! Thanks everyone, for your support while I was being a baby. |
| New Saucony Guide Miles: 22.00 |
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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 | | 26.25 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 42.25 |
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| New Saucony Guide Miles: 30.00 | Saucony Miles: 8.25 | NB Orange Shoes Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 36.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 36.50 | |
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