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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
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

Recovery run + core conditioning.

6:30 am, 30°F, 36% humidity, wind 2 S, sunshine.

My kids don't have school today (it's a teacher work day) so I didn't have to drive anyone anywhere or get home before kids left for school. So I slept in a bit and ran in the sunshine.

Yesterday about half-way through my run, I caught my left toe on some jagged pavement and started to go down, but then managed to take a step with my right foot and didn't fall. However, that step with my right foot was pretty awkward and hard and I've had just a little tightness in my right glut since then. It's still tight this morning, but it's not too bad.

I'm liking these short run recovery days. I think that maybe they do more for me psychologically than they do physically.

AP: 10:03. Splits: 10:17, 9:56, 9:50, 10:02, 10:12 (the last two miles were in VFFs).

Nike Lunarracer Miles: 3.00Vibram Five Fingers Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
Comments
From Tracy on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:38:18 from 209.175.177.37

I didn't think about the psychological benefits of the short run. My plan calls for 4 mile recovery days, and I've been extending it a little because that just feels too short...but I should probably just do it, I guess.

Hope the tightness goes away!

From jun on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:39:16 from 66.239.250.209

I'm not going to lie, I value those moments when I get awkward tight muscles. It's the few times I have a good excuse to ask my wife for a massage. On the other hand, she gets a massage of one sort or another (usually a head massage, she loves those) almost nightly. I've never quite understood how it works out that way.

From RAD on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 15:51:47 from 67.172.229.125

Glad it was a short recovery run with that pain in your butt :)

I hope it goes away and doesn't linger!!

From JD on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 15:53:44 from 70.96.78.157

You put the "very" in recovery.

From Nan Kennard on Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 16:53:22 from 174.51.250.151

Yeah, we definitely need a regular mental break from running. Sometimes I really appreciate cross training for no other reason than its just NOT running.

Take care of that glut. Don't want a little tightness to turn into something more.

From auntieem on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 01:29:23 from 67.182.146.94

I think the recovery run days make your appreciate the hard days more. Do you have one of those foam roller things for the glut? I love those things.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 16:38:11 from 24.8.167.243

Yes, I have a foam roller. I should use it.

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