| 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 | | 23.52 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 2.75 | 3.00 | 35.27 |
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| Marathon Shoe Miles: 22.27 | Vroom Shoes Miles: 10.00 | Bike Shoes Miles: 14.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 48.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 48.50 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 1.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Easy miles to try out the new marathon shoes. They do feel big, but it doesn't matter. Splits were 8:41, 8:14, 8:47, 8:36, 9:02, and 8:40. |
| Marathon Shoe Miles: 6.00 |
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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 | | 5.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.75 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| This workout was tough. So tough that I didn't even blog it last night, just ate my soup and fell down. Partly it was tough because it is really hard for me to workout at 6pm and finish at 8pm. I'm just more of a morning person. It was warm up (2 miles), warm up exercise, strides, then 5X3minute at mile pace, with 3 minute recoveries in between and then 2 miles CD. I kept thinking I just didn't have mile pace miles in me (I'm afraid of my mile pace, lol!). Also, too much math. 45 seconds for the 800m, 1:30 for the lap, etc. At least it keeps the brain busy wile running. Anyway, pace was too fast for first interval (2:50, instead of 3:04). Then intervals 2,3 and 4 were perfect! The last one was very slow (about 3:40). The CD miles felt like such a treat, just jogging along on tired little legs! Its now Tuesday am when I'm writing this down, and surprisingly, the legs feel good! Must go run 5 easy now. Its a good day to be a runner! Happy day everyone! | |
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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 | | 4.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 7.27 |
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Not quite 5 easy miles, but at least they were easy. Legs somewhat tired from last night's workout, but I wanted to run at 7am, since that's marathon time. Riding to work and back! Beautiful sunny day, unbelievable Fall weather. Once in a blue moon we have falls like this in the PNW, and its like nothing else on earth. Edit: My splits were 9:11, 8:59, 9:40, 9:27, and 9:11. That is about the best "easy" I've ever done!
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| Bike Shoes Miles: 14.00 | Marathon Shoe Miles: 4.27 |
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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 | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Assignment was "very easy" miles. What the heck is that? My splits were 9:44, 9:07, 10:26 (stopped to stretch calf muscle), 9:24, 9:58, and 9:59. That seems good enough. The newspaper this morning predicted a dry, warm fall. That's nice for right now, but what about the snow? Will we get to ski? Maybe a good year to ski Utah.... |
| Marathon Shoe Miles: 6.00 |
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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 | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Something not good happened at this morning's run. I was so psyched for this workout, because it was to be a repeat of the 800m repeats at mile pace that we did on Monday. I felt that Monday went well and felt great, and I was excited to do it again. Went to bed last night with a tight adductor/hamstring in the left leg. Just couldn't relax it. Felt ok this morning, and felt fine during the warm up, but in the first stride, I felt it clench up and tighten. Sort of like a charlie horse in the adductor muscle. I tried to go back to just jogging, but couldn't work it out. Hobbled to my car and drove home to ice it. After the initial frustration with the thing (where I sort of cried driving home), I'm feeling OK about it. Stuff happens, and tomorrow's a rest day anyway. I'm sure by Saturday I'll be back on track (pun!) Gonna try to see the leg mechanic this afternoon and coax the leg back into cooperation. Its not a torn anything, just feels kind of seized up. I'm icing. Some 10K pace stuff on Saturday, another mile pace workout on Monday, then the rest of the week is easy stuff. Marathon next Sunday. Yippee. | |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.00 |
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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 |
| Finally, a really good night's sleep! Felt almost too rested this morning. I've got a rest day planned, letting this stubborn hamstring muscle get itself back together. A gentle spin on the bike will help. After my little mishap at the track yesterday morning, I spent HOURS driving, first up to the mountain to retrieve some shoes my college boy needed, then down to the airport in Seattle to drop of some XC athletes for their flight to Stanford. I sat on some ice part of the time, saw the leg mechanic late in the pm when I got home. Here's my theory about the hamstring hurt: Its from acceleration. I seem to like speed and acceleration, but lets face facts: I actually have a very limited experience doing it. Up until six months ago, all my runs were the same: tempo runs. I didn't even know they were called tempo runs. Anyway, I think that I can assume that any speed muscles that have developed are BRAND NEW, and maybe not fully assimilated into my legs yet, so they have growing pains. To corroborate this theory, I have noticed a HUGE muscle in the back of my leg (my hamstring), that was never there before. I mean, its freakin' HUGE! It makes total sense to me that all this new training results in changes that take a while to adjust to. Can you tell I'm not a medical person? Anyway, no more intense speed work before the marathon! |
| 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 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 5 easy miles with a 10K pace mile thrown in the middle. The leg felt fine, even with the acceleration to 10K pace. Well, it was supposed to be 10K, but was actually 7:20ish. I wish that was my 10K pace! No seizing up, not even a twinge in the leg. Hooray! I am rocket-ready to go to this marathon! Schedule this week calls for easy running, with 200m pick ups during the runs. Sounds good to me. This crazy energy that I feel in my body is not nervousness, it is stored power, and it means that I am feeling rested and ready. |
| Marathon Shoe Miles: 6.00 |
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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 | | 23.52 | 5.00 | 1.00 | 2.75 | 3.00 | 35.27 |
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| Marathon Shoe Miles: 22.27 | Vroom Shoes Miles: 10.00 | Bike Shoes Miles: 14.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 48.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 48.50 | |
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