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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

Sat, May 09, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
10.00	3.00	13.00

Progression Run - 10 miles easy, 3 miles moderate. Average pace: 9:35.

Weather 46°F, 51% humidity, wind 12 SSE.

A friend of mine and her neighbor, who are training to finish a half marathon in June, were running 10 miles today. It was their longest run this far. I ran it with them and then did three more on my own. It was running with people for a change and they kept up a good pace. Splits were 9:38, 9:37, 9:43, 9:52, 9:54, 10:08, 9:55, 10:05, 10:03, 9:50, 8:43, 8:40, 8:23.

We ran on the Highline Canal Trail but there was a race this morning on the part of it that I normally run. So we went to a different part of the trail a little further north. That's actually a really nice section of the trail and has fewer streets to cross than other sections of the trail.

One week to go until Ogden!

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 13.00

Night Sleep Time: 8.50	Nap Time: 2.00	Total Sleep Time: 10.50

Comments

From Bonnie on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 12:27:57 from 71.210.108.76

yea, one more week! When you head to Utah?

From snoqualmie on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 13:14:36 from 67.171.56.164

Wow, just one week!?! I hope you are feeling excited and visualizing the fun more than the "challenge." You are very well trained and you should have a very respectable finish, but the most important thing is to enjoy your First. I don't know what you've decided about your pacing plan, but I wanted to share a quote from one of my Ravelry.com friends about the mental aspect of pacing. He's a super fast ultra runner (mostly 50 milers). I was sharing my thoughts with him last week and this is one of the things he wrote:

"Yeah, the whole pacing thing is something that we all understand in theory. But putting it in to practice requires learning (first-hand) how not to do it. For a while, I couldn’t understand why all of my “key” races sucked, and all of my last minute, “don’t care” races resulted in good results. Eventually, I realized that the pressure to maintain some predetermined pace in the early miles of the key races was a problem for me."

And that is the same thing I have learned. But whatever you decide to do, be sure to *enjoy* this experience! I think that's key. You'll be in my thoughts this week. :) Sno

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 14:59:59 from 71.229.164.25

I head to Utah on Wednesday. I'm really just looking forward to the vacation and I think I'm relatively relaxed about it right now.

As far as pacing goes, I think I'll just run what feels comfortable in the early miles, as long as it's not too fast. We'll all be surprised to see what happens.

From Metcalf Running on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 20:48:45 from 71.219.133.242

Nice run today!! You are so ready! You have had some great training times, so I think you will do fantastic!

Look forward to seeing you.

From edrickt on Sat, May 09, 2009 at 22:59:07 from 64.2.220.135

If you don't fight the hills (let them pull you) you'll hit your pace pretty effortlessly through the canyon in Ogden. I'm confident you'll run well and even beat your goal time. I've already predicted your time, but can't share it with you until after the race. (Something to do with Karma.) Sadly, I won't be running with you. I'm just not ready for this one.

From jun on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 00:03:48 from 71.213.1.42

This will probably be the first of the next 6 times I tell you good luck. I'm still planning to be there to cheer everyone on. I'm very excited for all of my family and friends who are running in this race.

You are going to do great!

From april27 on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 21:45:36 from 99.188.251.180

I second Sno's quote...During my first 1/2 i set a time of doing it under 2:30 and guess what? I didn't really care about time I just wanted to fnished but I did it 10 minute faster than I thought I could do it. And it felt easy!

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