| 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 | | 23.20 | 0.00 | 2.36 | 4.35 | 15.00 | 44.91 |
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| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 26.80 | Blue Brooks Launch Miles: 3.11 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 37.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 37.50 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
| Back to Galbraith Mountain, this time to ride the mountain bike. I really try to get out on my mountain bike a few times each year, and why not today? It was 39 degrees, so the trails were not so icy as several days ago, and not yet warmed up enough to be full on mud. Nevertheless, I finished quite mud covered and somewhat bloody. Had fun, but I really don't think I would want to do it every day. Off to the swimming pool to practice! I have four swims scheduled this week - yikes. My mileage is going down each week (since I only count running, and biking as crosstraining), but I am doing more stuff than ever.
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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 | | 3.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.20 |
| A little run and a little bike, all easy. |
| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 3.20 |
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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 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Track workout, sort of. Warm up and drills, some running, some faster running, and some 100m strides. CD, and a dynamic stretching cool down, plus more drills. A little more running with Girls on the Run, but I don't think I'll count that as mileage! Their 5K is in two weeks, and they are so ready! They ran over two miles today in a bitterly cold rain, with wind, and were very very tough. Proud of them. I've got a little strength and stretching work to do this evening, if I don't fall asleep on the floor while doing it.
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| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 6.00 |
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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 | | 6.35 | 0.00 | 1.36 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 10.71 |
| Very complicated workout this morning; it happened in this big blur - on and off the bike, in and out the door for the running bits, changing shoes each time, oh, yeah, with lunges, squats, burpees, planks, crunches and push ups in between the bits. Good thing I did that before I was fully awake, or it would have been confusing. PM run - easy 4.6 with some girlfriends on the trails.
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| Blue Brooks Launch Miles: 3.11 | Mean Green Shoe Miles: 4.60 |
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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 | | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.20 |
| No running today. I had yoga early in the morning, went right to the pool and did my swim practice, which consists of drills, not real swimming. It is really fun, though, and the 45 minutes just flies by. Can't wait until the next practice! |
| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 6.20 |
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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 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Went skiing! Couldn't resist; it was beautiful and sunny, with a few new inches of snow. Very cold. |
| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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Frosty 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:22:58, Place overall: 16, Place in age division: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 6.80 |
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I just decided at the last minute to run this race. I just needed a race! It has been so long since I've raced, and unfortunately, it has been way too long since I did any speed work. But, I've been doing strides pain free for a week now, and I just decided to take this one nice and easy, focus on form, and be chill and relaxed about it. It was my perfect running weather: 32 degrees, and dryish cold air. No rain, no wind. The course begins and ends at a park. All the elevation gain is in the first 1.25 miles, beginning with a 1/2 mile gentle uphill along Chuckanut Drive, then, at the 1 mile mark, a series of steep switchbacks taking the course onto the interurban trail. Luckily, the switchback section happened early in the race when I still had some adrenaline. From there, the course cruises slightly downhill for about a mile and ends with 3/4 of a mile of flat, back to the park. Mile one I just focused on relaxing and breathing evenly (7:24). Mile two began with the switchbacks, and they felt pretty easy, but slowed me a bit (7:38). Mile three was just a cruise on to the finish line. I still felt pretty relaxed, with good form, and might have pushed it a bit harder if I had been looking at my watch (7:17). I am very happy that this last mile was my fastest! This race was so relaxed that I actually had conversations with people during the race! That's a first for me. My friend Dan came up behind me at the top of the switchbacks, we chatted a few minutes, and then he sort of loped on ahead, looking very casual indeed. For a moment, I thought we were all just out jogging, then I realized that he just made it LOOK like jogging. I didn't try to catch up.
No pain whatsoever! There is really no doubt that my hamstring healed while I was not noticing too much; I think the swimming helped. Now I am ready to get some speedwork under my belt again and get some better times. I am SO HAPPY to be racing again! Since I can't get up to the mountain to ski this afternoon, I am going to do tomorrow's swimming workout this afternoon, and ski all day Sunday.
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| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 6.80 |
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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 | | 23.20 | 0.00 | 2.36 | 4.35 | 15.00 | 44.91 |
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| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 26.80 | Blue Brooks Launch Miles: 3.11 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 37.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 37.50 | |
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