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Location:

North Salt Lake,UT,

Member Since:

Jan 04, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

  • 5K 
    • '08 SLC 33:11
    • '10 Winter Series 24:49
    • '10 Salt Lake Run Co 23:37
  • 10K 
    • '98 Des News 56:33
    • '99 Des News 49:52
    • '10 Des News 44:48
  • Half 
    • '10 Canyonlands 1:54:22
    • '10 SLC Half 1:45:32
    • '10 Provo Valley 1:44:04
    • '10 Provo River 1:43:56
    • '10 Snow Canyon 1:40:18
    • in 2012 I did Snow Canyon at 5 months post baby and got 1:45 - I was pretty proud about that!
  • Full
    • '08 SGM 5:54:00
    • '10 SGM 3:55:19

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Focusing on cardio and strength training so I can push baby out in record time come early spring '15. ;)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Boston.

Break 1:40 in the half.

Personal:

We have a 2 year old girl and we're expecting baby #2. :) I'm a NICU nurse working full-time nights.  

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Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 63.20
Asics Nimbus 15 Lifetime Miles: 62.00
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**injury recovery**

  • 1 hour cycling class, heart rate 162-186
  • 30 minutes strength training

I love me a good cycling class.  The instructor was excellent today.

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  • 1 hour aerobics/strength training class using barbells and dumbells.

Worked out muscles I will never use again once I start running, but hey, it works.  The soreness makes me feel like I'm doing something. :)

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Recovered from the night shift and spent the rest of the day feeling sorry for myself and thinking "what's the use of excersing if I can't run?"  So heart-breaking, I know.

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Really struggled in the am about everything because my achilles was feeling especially tight and sore even after not running for a WHOLE week.  Felt so much better after a good doctors appointment.  We're getting somewhere! :)

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  • 1 hour cycling class, heart rate 160-182
  • 10 minutes row machine, heart rate 125-130
  • 30 minutes elliptical, heart rate 145-157

Feeling much better about everything today! :)  Dug myself out of the cloud of self-pity I have been in the last couple of days and had a good workout at the gym.  I also had a complete shift in perception about cross-training today!  I used to think nothing was as good as a run, but I was proven wrong!  I am very motivated by numbers, so as long as something can keep my heart rate up as high as a run does, I'll do it anyday until I can start running again.  I also needed a reference point to know how my time and effort translates into mileage.  I know it's not the same, but I just need some kind of reference to compare, you know?  So I took the calories my Garmin said I burned today and found out the average # of calories I burn on my runs using the same Garmin calculation, and it turns out based on the # of calories burned today, I would have ran about 10 miles!  I am SOLD!!  It took a little longer than a run would, but I will never gripe about going to the gym to get on the bike or elliptical ever again. :) 

Not too shabby for only 3 hours of sleep this morning after the night shift in order to make it to the 12pm cycling class via the bus if I do say so myself!

(I haven't figured out how to add the cross-training mileage tracker to my blog yet, so for now I'm just going to put them in the easy mileage.  Hopefully that's OK with everyone!)

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  • 1 hour elliptical!!! heart rate 167-182
  • 30 min swim, heart rate would be fairly low I'm sure because swimming is hard (for me) and I needed a few breaks! 

Thoughts during my workout this morning:

  • I love my new Nike Free shoes that don't squish my achilles!
  • I miss my running friends terribly (and they're just gonna have to deal with the fact that I may get sappy)
  • My foot is feeling exponentially better; can't wait to start running again. :)
  • My whole 28 years I truly thought swimming caps kept your hair dry...you can imagine my surprise and disappointment when I pulled my cap off this morning.

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