| Location: St. George,UT,USA Member Since: Oct 20, 2008 Gender: Female Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: I have been running for a long time...about 14 years to be exact. I started in 7th grade. Recently, I just finished my first marathon. It was the first time in a very long time that running made me feel alive. It was incredible. I also realized how sick and tired I was of my mediocre runs. I can do better. My time at the St. George Marathon (2008) was 3:51:59. This was exciting as I caught a glimpse of how much improvement can be made with some extra effort. When I first started training, my goal was to finish. Gradually, I realized that I would easily be able to finish. Visions and daydreams of qualifying for Boston seem to taunt me daily. I realize that I need to be more serious about tracking my miles and times. Hence, the running blog. I am SO excited to learn from others who have more experience!
Short-Term Running Goals: Find another marathon to run. Long-Term Running Goals: Qualify for the Boston Marathon. Personal: Married to the most fabulous man ever for 6 years and now have 2 beautiful/busy little boys (3, 18 months). |
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| Tomorrow starts my new effort...running faster. Sounds simple, right?? Not really. I've been a cruiser for so long that I honestly am nervous about trying to run faster tomorrow (like night before my first marathon nervous). Alright, no miles today...just loads of laundry. Hoping for the best.
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| When I started running again, back in March 2008, a 10-minute mile felt SO hard to me. It was very discouraging. However, as I have been more consistent with my running, 10-minute miles feel really easy. Today, ran with Megan. Did an almost 5 mile run in 43:30. Felt really good. Could have gone faster. I'd like to be a consistent 8-minute/mile runner. It's going to take a lot though to break through. | |
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| Pushed 2 heavy kids (ok not that heavy) in a jogging stroller mostly uphill...VERY hard, VERY slow. Not a good run...ugh. Should've gotten up early enough to run without kids. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Better, but my whole body is sore from the jogger-stoller-athon...phew. That was crazy :)
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| Did speed work today. Clocked out a 1 mile loop, and did it three times. Mile1--7:36 Mile 2--16:02 Mile 3--23:58 I took a small recovery break in between miles. My lungs were killing me by the end of mile 3. But, my legs didn't hurt at all. I am excited to get used to running faster. Think my legs are ready, but my cardio needs improvement. Felt great.
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| Ran with Megan today. Good run, not too fast, but comfortable. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Did a sweet-up dirt run with Megan at Chuckawalla---kicked my butt. Lots of hill running. Maybe not my best pre-half marathon run :)
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Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon (13.2 Miles) 01:50:23, Place overall: 71, Place in age division: 10 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 3.00 | 13.00 |
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Snow Canyon 1/2 Marathon. Goal: 1:57
Smokin' 5k time, actually way too fast (my PR 21:00)...proves I am a rookie racer. Bonked at mile 4, and the rest of the race felt longer than the marathon. Ouch, in a big way. My average mile was 8:26, obviously my last miles were significantly slower than my first. This is my goal time to be training at though. Would really like to train consistenly at 8:30 minute/mile. This kind of a time would help me qualify for Boston. Still can't seem to find my rythm for this pace though...always going to fast or too slow, very inconsistent.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 36.00 | 6.00 | 42.00 |
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