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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:01, 9/11/2010

10K: 43:49, 7/24/2010

15K: 1:21:00, 5/22/2010

Half-marathon: 1:41:41, 8/28/2010

Short-Term Running Goals:

Now that I'm (almost for sure) done having all the babies, I'm working on building consistency and seeing how fast I can get in my old age. ;)

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to be a healthy and relatively injury-free runner for the rest of my life.  

Personal:

I'm married to Eric (Faceless Ghost on the blog) and we have very active daughters and one dog. I have a PhD in sociology and demography, and I'm incredibly grateful to have work that is meaningful and that builds on my academic experience. I run because it makes me feel strong and it helps to keep the crazy away (there is a long history of abuse and mental illness in my extended family).

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles: 73.39
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 372.79
Girly Altra Lifetime Miles: 366.08
Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 175.92
NB Orange Lifetime Miles: 13.50
Total Distance
19.96
Saucony Kinvara Miles: 9.00Kinvara 2 Miles: 6.20Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 4.76
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
1.00

A mile around the neighborhood at noon. Hot, but I wasn't out for very long. I wanted to just run easy since we're doing the 10k tomorrow (and this was kind of just running to not have 0 on the calendar), but I saw that I was going at about a 9:00 pace and I thought, "self, maybe it's time to change your easy speed." So I finished in 8:30. And then I thought, "self, let this be a lesson - you can always find 8 and a half minutes in a day. Don't be such a slacker." 

Good luck to everyone running/racing tomorrow! Say hi to me and Eric if you see us.  

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 1.00
Weight: 0.00
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Race: Deseret News 10K (6.2 Miles) 00:45:04, Place overall: 75, Place in age division: 15
Total Distance
6.20

We met my parents at the race start this morning so my dad could watch Elliott, and we were all able to make our potty stops before the race began. I remembered that I hate weaving through all the people at the beginning, but at least I wasn't stressed about it like I was two years ago - my goal was just to be faster than last year, so losing a few seconds around people wasn't going to make a big difference. Once the people spread out, I had a great couple of first miles. My first mile was 6:32, so I made a goal to keep the same pace for the second mile (6:29). I had a gel at 2 miles because I think they really do make me feel less tired (I swear I felt it kick in at 4.5, but that's also when I was running slower so who knows). Then we were on some flat and uphill parts, so my goal for the third mile (7:34) was to keep my overall pace under 7:00. Then I wanted to see if I could have a fake 5k PR, but I was about 15 seconds off. I did my first-ever running water grab at that aid station on South Temple and it was intense. My next goal was to have the first four miles under 7:00, and I got it with a fourth mile in 7:19. Then I told myself I just had to stay at that pace until 4.2 so that I'd only have two miles left. I didn't really stop trying for the last two, but I gave myself some slack for the slight uphill (7:34, 8:12, 7:47 for the last bit (0.18 on my garmin)).

I was pretty confused about the course toward the end; at some point on 300 E I asked someone next to me if we weren't supposed to be on the parade route, because I remembered always turning onto that from South Temple, but he said that we'd merge into it. So for that whole stretch I was trying to think of reasons why they wouldn't have wanted the runners to do that whole part next to the parade-watchers (my best guess was that the race organizers were afraid of runners slipping or tripping on spills or garbage). Then when we did go down to 200 E there were people running on the other side of the cones, and I was afraid I had gone the wrong way. But there were tons of people around me, and someone asked the people on the other side what they were doing, and they said they were 5K runners. Except that the 5K shouldn't have started yet. So maybe they were confused about which race they were in. After reading people's race reports it sounds like someone messed up and sent some people the wrong way at the beginning? I'm glad someone figured out how to fix the distance problem by the time I came along, but I'm sad for the people whose races got shorted. 

After the race Eric and I and Elliott saw RAD and Glider Girl and met JD and someone else? (I'm sorry for forgetting who). We hung out and saw Fritz win (remember when the race talker made him run back onto the course after he was finished?) and Allie do awesome and Sasha say "CROCKS!" and had an accidentally long walk (and fun talk) with Glider Girl back to our car. 

I'm happy with how my race went. I'd like to get stronger/have more endurance so that my pace doesn't blow up, but I'm glad that my legs could go as fast as they did at the beginning (even though the hill helps so much). I was surprised that my first two miles were so similar to two years ago. And for sure the endurance will come if I just run more consistently.  

Also, overall I'm happy with where I'm at. The FRB (and, you know, Des News articles about women who win races after having a c-section 4 months ago) makes it easy to compare one's self to other people. Sometimes this can be bumming, but most of the time it's helpful to see how A leads to B, and people don't get to B without A. And some people get to C, but those people have pre-A. Or something. Anyway, maybe I should chide myself for not trying to be excellent, but right now I'm enjoying running and am glad for its place in my life.

2009: 55:32 (pre-garmin, no splits)

2010: 43:49 (6:28, 6:31, 7:20, 7:16, 7:10, 7:29, 7:32 (0.2))

2011: 57:01 (8:33, 8:11, 9:05, 9:07, 9:37, 10:14, 10:54 (0.2))

2012: 45:04 (6:32, 6:29, 7:34, 7:19, 7:34, 8:12, 7:47 (0.2)) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kinvara 2 Miles: 6.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments(13)
Total Distance
3.35

A very pleasant recovery(for me)/taper(for her) run with Toby. I'm always so glad to run with her in the mornings - last night Elliott woke up for a bit, and if I hadn't been meeting someone there's no way I would have woken up early to go run. But now it's done and I don't have to stress all day about when to run and the world is a happy place. 

I was really afraid that today my knee would hurt from all the downhill yesterday, but it totally didn't! My legs were sore and tired, but so far they're not even *that* sore. I've been doing lots of hip stretches and foam rolling on my butt and quads to try to keep the can't-lift-my-legs soreness away, so we'll see if it works. 

9:57, 10:07, 10:18, 10:33 for .35 

Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 3.35
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
1.41

Still sore, still afraid that my knee will start hurting, but still in the clear. Elliott's been super needy lately and it makes me crazy trying to figure out what to do with her in our apartment, so as soon as she woke up we jogged over to the park. I'm pretty sure she sat in some dog's poop, but at least she was happy for awhile. I was super slow with the jog stroller and our dog who likes to suddenly stop every 5 minutes or so. It made me appreciate all the races Eric's done with Elliott. 

Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 1.41
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

A half marathon was pretty close to my house and Toby was running it, so I told her I'd meet her and run part of the race with her. I didn't realize that there was also a marathon, so I was confused for a bit when I was running backward on the course and the first people I saw didn't seem very fast. But then I saw the half people coming, and they were super speedy. I met Toby at about the mouth of the canyon and tried to think of some stories to tell for the next couple of miles. But then I got the poops and I had to leave Toby to find a potty. Bad race buddy! But I found her again at the end and she looked like she had had a good race. And I was home by 8 with the miles (including some nice up and downhill) I needed for the day. 

9:43, 9:50, 10:30, 10:03, 8:42, 8:48, 9:19, 9:33 (9:34 ap) 

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
19.96
Saucony Kinvara Miles: 9.00Kinvara 2 Miles: 6.20Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 4.76
Weight: 0.00
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