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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
40.00
Total Distance
7.00

I ran on the treadmill, alternating paces, from very slow to quite fast.  Always enjoy that workout.

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Total Distance
11.00

A big workout at the track and the roads.  After a 3 mile slow warm-up, we did 4 800's; my times were 3:42, 3:36, 3:34, 3:28.  Then an almost two mile run.  The pace on that was 7:40.  Then about a 1.6 mile run, pace was 7:28.  Then two half miles in Prospector.  My times were 3:37 and 3:39.  It was  a great workout.

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Total Distance
3.00

Not a lot of mileage, but did put in some sprints on the treadmill.

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Total Distance
12.00

Today the group's plan was to run 4 5K's.  We like to call them 5k's because it's the old course of the So. Jordan 5K, but whoever measured it got it a little wrong, and it's more like just 3 miles.  But I don't care, it's close enough for me.  That extra .12 miles may have put me over the top today.   So we get there at 5:30 and just take off, turning left and running the course that way first.  I felt pretty good, fairly comfortable.  But that was the plan, stay comfortable so you can finish strong at the end.  The time on that was 26:55 avg. pace 8:56, best pace 6:28.  Hmm, no wonder it felt fairly comfortable.  Will 23 minutes ever feel fairly comfortable?  Probably not.

Anyway, then off for the next one.  This one was harder, I felt fairly uncomfortable on it.  My time was 24:29, avg. pace 8:13, best pace 6:32.

So I try to tell myself we're halfway thru, pick up the pace now.  Did I do it?  No, my time on this was 24:54, avg. pace 8:18, best 6:19

Now I'm starting to hurt, I'm stiffening up, I just want to go home and go back to bed.  But I told myself I was going to run 4, so by golly I was going to do it, even if it took 45 minutes.  The only ones left standing were me, Kelli and Debbie.  We decided we were just going to run slow and just get thru the dang thing!  So we take off, running probably about a 9:30 pace, crest Rustic Roads, start our downhill on 2700 W., and all of a sudden I felt the proverbial "second wind."  Finally, I had some energy, which was nice.  I think my mind knows the misery is almost over, so it's more willing to let me loosen up and run a little better.  If only I can feel that way at the beginning of runs.  Anyway, my time on that was 25:42, avg. pace 8:37, best 5:48.  I guess that's pretty good after averaging probably about a 9:30 first mile.

So while I was happy to finish strong, I wish I had felt a little better on the two middle 5k's.  Always something to be a little dissatisfied about and always something more to work on.  That's the life of a runner, it seems like.  That's what makes running fun!  Congrats to everyone who took on this tough workout, and good job Kelli for sticking it out with me and running all 4.  I hope you felt better than I did when you got home.  It took until about noon for me to feel among the living again.

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Total Distance
7.00

So I was evaluating why my run yesterday wasn't the greatest, and I realized that my old nemesis (or nemesi), tightness and tenseness, have crept in again (or maybe they never left).  I know I need to run "looser" and more relaxed, so that's what I practiced today.  I didn't worry about pace or anything else, just staying relaxed.  And voila, I had a much better run, much more enjoyable.  I didn't go any faster (probably went slower) but I just felt a lot better.  So that's my goal now for every run, staying relaxed.

PM--I guess I felt so good that I wanted to do another run.  So while my son practiced football at the SJ park, I ran around there for about 30 minutes.  Is that called multi-tasking, running and watching football practice at the same time?

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Well, a big goose egg for today.  Not that I planned it that way, it's just that a blister on my foot that I first noticed on Thursday really was bothering me today and there was no way I could run.  Grr, I'm not happy about this, two months out from St. George and I missed a big long run.

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Total Distance
40.00
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