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Location:

So. Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

St.George marathon 2009 - 3:34:07.  It was a PR on my 11th time running St. George.

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run St. George in under 3:30; be in the top 3 in my age group

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay strong, run well for many more years.  Still set PR's in my 50's.

Learn how to run more relaxed and efficient.

Personal:

I'm married with four children.  I run with a group called the Bingham Butt-Kickers, a really fun group of people that gets me out running early on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and sometimes Saturdays.   I recently found out that I've been running with poor form for many years, which has probably contributed to some nagging aches and pains I've had for years.  One of my big goals now is to be able to run with better form and to have running feel more effortless.  I hope this won't take too many years to achieve!

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Total Distance
28.00
Total Distance
5.00

When I got up this morning, I felt like I had been hit by a truck. I  don't remember being that tired in a long time.  And the funny thing is, I did basically nothing yesterday, it was a day of rest.  Anyway, I did not make it out for an early run, so I was kind of stuck because my 9 year old is home and I don't like leaving him.  But we did have fun doing Wii Fit together, we ran a couple of races, then I did the stationary bike for about 20 minutes.  Finally, about 5:30, I made it to the Rec Center.  I was expecting it to be fairly quiet because I didn't think people really worked out at what I consider almost dinner time, but it was packed!  Hard to run the pace I wanted on the track because there were so many people.  I don't think anyone there has heard of the rule of leaving the inside lane open for the runners--lots of walkers in the inside lane.  I made 3 miles anyway, with my times being 8:31, 8:07, and 7:58.  I then did 10 minutes on the stair stepper.  So what seemed like it wasn't going to be a great working out day ended up being ok.

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Total Distance
7.00

It's been a while since I've "had" to get up early, so this morning was a bit of a struggle.  That is one good thing/bad thing about being sometimes in charge of the group:  you have to go whether you want to or not.  I always want to, but you know what they say, the spirit is willing, the body is sometimes weak.

The news said it was supposed to snow this morning.  So I dreamed that it was bright and sunny for our group, and we all said the weathermen really got it wrong this time.  Then when I got up, I remembered about the snow, so I looked out halfway hoping a blizzard was going on, but no such luck.  So off to the group I went.  Of course, once I got there and got going, I really enjoyed being back with everyone.  We ran around the Tithing Hill area.  I wanted to do a version of what I think the Kenyans do for a warm-up, that is starting really slowly then speeding up gradually as you go along.  However, I couldn't see my watch to tell everyone when it was time to speed up, so we just basically ran whatever for the warm-up, and if you were like me, it was basically the same pace the entire way.  I'll have to try that again when I can actually see what I'm doing.  Anyway, we ran some hill sprints, 30 seconds and 1 minutes, then did a 10 minute tempo run out to the trail and back.  One good thing, I wasn't coughing and didn't feel sick after, so who knows what the old thyroid is doing.  When it's really out of whack, I feel quite sick after running.  None of that today, so that's a good thing.  And the snow was so nice, it waited until we were about done before it started.  We were meant to do this workout today.  Later, I went to the Rec Center with the plan of doing about 10 minutes on the stair master, and I made it to 17 minutes.  Don't ask me why I didn't just continue on and make it an even 20 minutes, let's just say I'd had enough fun for one day.  Thanks everyone for coming to the group and making it a lot of fun.

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Total Distance
4.00

Another day of waking up tired, another day of having to really work on getting out and getting the run in.  I tell myself missing a day here and there doesn't matter, but then I worry if I miss one it will turn to two and then who knows what.  Even after many years of running and working out, I still have a fear that I'm going to quit one day and do absolutely nothing.  Probably because in my previous lives, that's what I did--I would run for a few weeks, then quit, run for a few months, then quit.  So I've got to get out every day, or else I might become a quitter again.

Anyway, enough of that.  I made it to the Rec Center about 3:00 and ran for 30 minutes, easy run, didn't keep track of splits or anything, just tried to keep things easy.  Then I did 13 minutes on the stair climber.  Fun as always.

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Total Distance
6.00

What can I say, it was a tough running day for me.  I did enjoy being with the group and talking  with different people.  That's the one positive from today.  My second 5K was 29 something, I don't think I've ever been that slow on that route.  Oh well, we'll see if things get better in the weeks to come. 

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Total Distance
3.00

Today was a lazy day, didn't do a whole lot of anything.  Did manage about 35 minutes on the stationary bike, that's it!!

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Total Distance
3.00

I went to the Rec Center and ran for 30 minutes on the track, then I did about 13 minutes on the stair master, then I ran some laps on the track, trying to see how fast I could go.  The fastest I managed was 36 seconds; my previous fastest had been 38.  I then ran several more laps, averaging around 39 to 41 seconds.  It was fun.

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Total Distance
28.00
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