| 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 | | 20.52 | 0.00 | 5.75 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 35.27 |
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| Bike Shoes Miles: 36.00 | New Saucony Guide Miles: 3.00 | Vroom Shoes Miles: 13.77 | Saucony Miles: 7.50 | Marathon Shoe Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 41.50 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 42.50 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Worked for my bike club at the Mt. Baker Hill Climb (best bike race in the world). Helped people with bike troubles before the race. Once everyone was headed up, we took down our tent, and I met a nice sports massage guy waiting around to do massage on finishers of the bike race. I got a GREAT massage, which worked out a few sore spots from yesterday's run. Then I got on my own bike and biked back toward Bellingham. Just part way, a short recovery spin. Spinning feels great on the running machine; a nice way to recover. | |
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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 | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Wow, this tapering is really stupid! Ran 3 miles, didn't breathe hard, didn't sweat, didn't even shower. That was the assignment. On the positive side, we still get 2 track workouts, mostly 5K pace stuff in each of the next two weeks. That's great, because I really LOVE track workouts. I'm thinking the taper is also a nice time to EAT and gain a couple of lbs. |
| New Saucony Guide Miles: 3.00 |
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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 | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| Crosstraining day; did a bike ride. It was beautiful out. We ride out on county roads, where berry fields and corn fields line the highway. It smelled and looked like Fall, but warm still. We start at 5:45, and in summer, finish while it is still fully light. Tonight it was getting darker already! The spinning felt relaxing and easy on the legs. I made no attempt to ride with the "fast" group. They ride at 20-22, and on fresh legs, that speed is fun for me, but I stuck with the 17-19 group tonight, and it felt perfect. | |
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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 | | 5.52 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.52 |
| Went out early this morning, because it was clear and warm, and I thought it might get hot later. Nice easy miles. I just ran, not even looking at Garmin, letting the pace feel "easy". As on othe runs like this, I noticed that I start right out at 8:40 and speed up a bit by mile three. Makes me think that going out right on pace for the marathon might be the best strategy. | |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.50 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| This morning's workout was supposed to be a couple of miles warm up, special warm exercises, strides, then 5X3 minutes at mile pace, followed by several more cool down miles. I had no intention of doing my actual mile pace for these intervals, just because my legs are still feeling somewhat stressed and I don't want to take any chances at this point. So I adjusted the pace to 6:40, which is somewhere in between my mile and 5K paces. Even so, I completed 3 intervals and felt a slight twinge in the left adductor. I hope I made the right decision to stop and jog instead. I am worried about giving up any valuable training, but I'm also worried about pushing too hard right now. Making mature decisions about my training is so new to me. Beautiful morning after yesterday's rains. Cool, with a light mist hanging over the infield. The sun was rising just as we finished about 7am. We are working out at WWUs track, and I keep wondering where the cross country team is. Shouldn't they be practicing? I have been so faithfully doing my strength training, core workouts, and stretches (2X/day) that I feel differences, particularly in ab and glut strength. It does seem to be helping my form over distance; the hips stay in place better because there is more hip flexor and glut strength, I guess. Happy day, everyone! | |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
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Day off. I feel like I might explode. But not in the house; too messy. Finished all my work in time to run downtown and pick up my new marathon shoes. During the 22 mile run last week, I seriously damaged four toenails! Apparently, my feet really do swell up enough to warrant a bigger shoe. This is my marathon shoe, apparently. Seems so silly, since I will never wear it for shorter runs, and I may not ever run another marathon. I tried them on, went for a jog which felt so good that it lasted for two miles. Cheating, I know, on a day off, but it did keep me from exploding.
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| Marathon Shoe Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.50 | Total Sleep Time: 8.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.25 |
| Early am track workout this morning, in pouring rain! Yikes. 4X1600s at 5K pace. It was terribly windy, so the three of us ran in a line, taking turns to break the wind. Splits were 7:22, 7:23, 7:19, and 7:28. That third one is my fault; my turn to lead, and I'm really bad at being chased, and I can't pace. Anyway, a pretty good effort overall, with 2 miles warm up 2 miles CD, strides, and special warm up exercises. Finished wet, wet, wet. Ran home to shower, hop in the car, and drive Son#1 off to college in Olympia! Spent that day getting him organized in his new place, hugging a lot and crying a bit. | |
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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 | | 20.52 | 0.00 | 5.75 | 0.00 | 9.00 | 35.27 |
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| Bike Shoes Miles: 36.00 | New Saucony Guide Miles: 3.00 | Vroom Shoes Miles: 13.77 | Saucony Miles: 7.50 | Marathon Shoe Miles: 2.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 41.50 | Nap Time: 1.00 | Total Sleep Time: 42.50 | |
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