| 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 | | 17.04 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 1.75 | 9.70 | 29.79 |
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| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 16.19 | Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 3.90 |
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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 | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 | 6.50 |
| After yesterday's race and swim practice, I rushed up to the mountain, so that I could spend my Sunday skiing. Snow is actually getting pretty good, not so many rocks and stuff. Still have to dodge snowboarders, though. Luckily, I am faster than most of 'em. I downhill skied all morning, which is hardly enough exercise to keep warm, unless you hike instead of using the lifts. Then I had lunch and switched out for my new skate skiing gear. Skate skiing counts as crosstraining! I did this for about an hour and forty five minutes, up and down a groomed road here at the mountain. Its not ideal skate skiing territory, but good enough. There is a steady skate up for about a mile, then back down (and up again, etc.). Gave me a chance to try and remember everything I know about skate skiing, which is not very darn much. I think I'll need a lesson, but it was a good workout!
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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 |
| Tired, tired, tired today. Taking a much needed day off. I went to yoga, thinking maybe I didn't even want to do yoga, but it turned out to be "restorative yoga"! Perfect. |
| 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 | | 4.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.24 |
| Easy run, through Whacom Falls Park. No plans, no goals. Onwards to swimming for 40 minutes. I am starting to really look forward to these pool sessions, seriously! The water feels so comforting, and I think the chlorine makes my itchy skin better. I guess chlorine is actually good for me. Busy day; my youngest chick turns 18 today, and I've got a lot of cooking to do. I feel kinda old.
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| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 4.24 |
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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 | | 3.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 4.95 |
| Track workout. Warm up, 2X800 at I pace, then 5X200 at R pace. Its been so long since I did a track workout that I could barely remember my paces, and I screwed up and did the 800s at the same pace as the 200s, because I did the math wrong! So, 800s were at 6:26 and 6:28 mile paces. 200s were: .43, .47, .49, .51, .50. The weather last night was rather hideous: not cold, around 48 degrees, but absolutely torrential rain! Raining so hard that huge puddles formed on the track, and the infield was a soggy mess. The ground just could not soak it up fast enough. It is really pretty fun to run in hard rain, once you are all wet; it was only miserable afterwards.
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| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 4.95 |
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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 | | 2.60 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 3.20 | 7.10 |
| A combo workout: wu on the indoor bike, some weight exercises, some easy running, then more weight exercises, bike intervals, more weight exercises, running intervals, and a bike cool down. Tiring on the legs, and many changes of shoes are required. Kinda fun though. |
| Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 3.90 |
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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 | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Day off to enjoy the freshly fallen Baker PowWow on the mountain! We gotta' race up there and get it when it happens; it doesn't last long! Ripped it up until my quads were about to melt right off of my legs (and that would look really strange in my running shorts). |
| 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 | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Today was the 5K event that I've been training my Girls on the Run group for. Very exciting day for these girls. They each have a "running buddy" to run with, a family member or friend, or, in some cases, one of us coaches. In addition, a lot of people from the community come out to run with us, often in costumes. The course this year was along Bellingham's beautiful South Bay Trail, an out and back. I was the running buddy for one of the girls that I have coached. I knew she could sprint, but really had no idea if she could run for an entire 5K, since in our practices, they often take walking breaks. This is a non competitive event, but my little runner wanted to dart in and out in the beginning and get up in the front of the pack! I told her I would match HER pace the whole way, and helped her get up to the front. Well, she finished like third girl in the whole run - totally impressive. The last 1/2 mile, she said "this is where I feel like quitting", so I encouraged her to do what she could, and she actually sprinted the finish! Fun run - and in under 27 minutes too! Really a rewarding day.
After the little celebration party for the girls, I did my own little run, back out along the South Bay Trail.
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| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 7.00 |
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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 | | 17.04 | 0.00 | 1.30 | 1.75 | 9.70 | 29.79 |
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| Mean Green Shoe Miles: 16.19 | Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 3.90 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 53.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 53.50 | |
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