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Location:

Littleton,CO,USA

Member Since:

Aug 04, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

I've run off and on (more off than on) throughout my adult life. Most recently I started running in May of 2007.

5K PR: Colder Bolder in December 2009 in 22:50.

10k PR: Bolder Boulder in May 2009 in 48:06.13.

1/2 Marathon PR: Canyonlands Half-Marathon in March 2010 in 1:43:20.

Marathon PR: Newport (Oregon) Marathon in June 2010 in 3:42:17.

I have completed two full marathons.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back to consistent running.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3:30 marathon.

Personal:

I grew up in Utah, but live in Colorado now.

I am married and am a working mother of four children, ages 9-19.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Lunarracer Lifetime Miles: 284.91
Brooks Adrenaline Trail Lifetime Miles: 574.62
Brooks Green Silence Lifetime Miles: 681.13
Brooks Adrenaline 10 (2) Lifetime Miles: 424.52
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.120.888.00

Fartlek run - 8 miles w/ 8 x 50.sec @ 10K-3K pace

6:30, 59-66° F, 28% humidity, wind 10 SW, sunny but a fair amount of shade.

It's Fartlek Tuesday again. That means it's Table Time (see below).

I felt kind of sluggish today. Maybe it was the heat. I feel like a wimp that 60 degrees wipes me out, but it does. Or maybe I was sluggish for some other reason, like staying up too late to watch the Rockies game. The Rockies games are just too late on this extended California road trip. Darn Pacific Time. At least they won last night.

Two of the three things I saw yesterday were still there, but the condoms were gone. I could have taken picture of the dead bird or the cars parked at the gate of the garden center (it was three cars again; I think the same three cars as yesterday), but those things aren't that exciting and I didn't want to stop and take pictures.

Average pace for the whole run was 9:31. All but one of my fast intervals were below my fast miles threshhold (the one was close), but I put them all into the fast miles bucket anyway because I tried hard on all of them. The slowest one had a big uphill in it. (Excuses, excuses).

Now it's time for the table.

Lap Number Distance Pace
1 1 mile 10:14
2 1 mile 10:03
3 0.11 mile 7:34
4 0.5 mile 9:49
5 0.11 mile 8:27
6 0.5 mile 9:52
7 0.11 mile 7:51
8 0.5 mile 9:19
9 0.11 mile 7:43
10 0.5 mile 9:31
11 0.11 mile 8:35
12 0.5 mil 10:05
13 0.11 mile 8:18
14 0.5 mile 10:08
15 0.11 mile 7:47
16 0.5 mile 10:07
17 0.11 mile 7:14
18 1 mile 9:11
19 0.63 mile 9:32

Brooks Adrenaline 10 (2) Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
Comments
From RAD on Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 11:05:48 from 98.202.17.113

You hit some great paces there Carolyn! Nice work on the focused run. I should do more of these kinds of runs - I usually just get out and run.

From bye-wing on Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 22:21:43 from 124.121.189.229

Good run for a "sluggish" day. I am curious, what does FARTLEK RUN mean?

Rockies are my favorite b-ball team too. Go Rockies Go!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 09:05:06 from 76.25.72.82

Fartlek is Swedish for "speed play." It's a run in which you have short bursts of speed, usually at random intervals, though mine were not at random intervals.

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