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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

Tue, Nov 10, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.08	4.00	8.08

Threshold Run - 2 miles easy, 4 miles @ half-marathon pace, 2 miles easy.

5:04 am, 34° F, 76% humidity, wind 5 SSE, clear sky with a waning crescent moon.

I wouldn't normally wear the trail shoes for a run like this, but I wanted to see whether I could run fast in those shoes because I've been feeling like they've been slowing me down and I'm trying to decide whether to wear them for my race on Saturday. I think I've been running slowly in them up until now because I was wearing them on easy days. I think they did okay today and I'll probably wear them on Saturday.

AP: 8:36. Splits: 9:28, 9:09, 8:05, 8:01, 8:10 (big long hill), 7:40 (hooray - I'm past the hill), 9:15, 9:03.

I saw Team Michelle out running when I was leaving the school after the seminary drop-off.

Brooks Adrenaline Trail Miles: 8.08

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.50

Comments

From auntieem on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:01:35 from 67.182.145.8

Sounds like you ran fast in the trail shoes! I don't know the Brooks line very well; I've got narrow feet and Brooks never fits me.

What is your race Saturday?

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:12:24 from 24.8.167.243

A trail 1/2 marathon.

From RAD on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:22:52 from 76.27.12.70

Nice job on the hill and keeping your tempo paces! PLUS a 7:40...Rockin'!

Glad the shoes are treating you well and you'll get your money's worth at the race on Saturday!!

From jun on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:07:57 from 66.239.250.209

Trail races are quite a bit different than road ones (as you've already found out) and therefore require different kinds of goals. Do you have a time you are hoping for, considering it is such a hilly course?

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:33:16 from 198.241.159.80

I've never been on the course before. It's composed mostly of recently created trails. Apparently portions of the course are not open to the public yet. All I have to go on is this from the course description: "This is a hilly course that is 95% trail. It is scenic and challenging."

If this were a road race, I'd be shooting for about an 8:00 average pace. Given that it's a hilly trail race, I suppose I should be happy if I can manage an 8:30 average pace.

From The Quiet Pirate on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:37:36 from 24.199.205.252

Great times in your trail shoes. It's wonderful that you found out it's the slower paced runs that were responsible for your slower paces, and not your shoes.

Now you can run with confidence knowing your trail shoes are FAST!

I know you've got a crummy forecast for Saturday. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that the precip holds off until after your run.

From JD on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 17:20:28 from 70.96.78.157

You seemed to maintain your speed today just fine in those shoes.

Every time you mention Michelle and Michelle, I think of a one hit wonder band from the 80's(?) named "David and David", they had a song called "Welcome to the Boomtown".

From Mark on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 10:00:47 from 24.129.132.74

Great HMP tempo in those trail shoes!

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