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Location:

Taylorsville,UT,

Member Since:

Sep 17, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2 x Deseret News 10k winner

3 x All-American at BYU (back in the day)

10 x state champion in high school (way back in the day!)

3 x USA team member

Short-Term Running Goals:

I would like to run an Olympic Trials Qualifier in the marathon.

I would also like to run on one more international team before I pack it in!

 Stay healthy!  (My biggest challenge!)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run my whole life, and then live vicariously through my children. (just kidding) , but I do want to pass on a healthy lifestyle to them.

Help coach East High to a state championship. (hope it doesn't take a lifetime!)

Personal:

I've been running since I was nine.  I'm married to a fellow runner who inspires and supports me.  We have two children:  Cole (4) and Lily (18 mos.)  I help Bill Cobler coach cross country at East High School.
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Miles:This week: 21.00 Month: 88.80 Year: 1086.00
NB 580 Lifetime Miles: 49.79
Mon, Sep 24, 2007
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

My achilles is still very sore after the race, so I ended up cross training for 1.5 hours.  I did the elliptical for 45 minutes, starting at level 8, and increasing every 15 minutes.  Then, I did 45 minutes on the stationary bike, starting at level 6, and increasing every five minutes.  My coach told me that 1 hour of cross training equals 5 miles.  So, I guess I'll figure mileage that way, even though it's not the same as running

Comments
From MichelleL on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 13:07:11

As much as this is hard enough advice for me to follow myself, I agree with Sasha's advice that every month you give yourself with base running and only tempos/races (without speed) should strengthen you and enable you to do the tough speed training you'll need to gain the goal. Doing the speed now might derail you because of the injury issue.

From josse on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 13:59:15

Crosstraining isn't by far as fun as running but it does help keep you in shape for when you can return to running. I have been injured most of the summer, I did the spin bike, swimming, and elliptical to stay in shape and now that I can run pain free I feel suprisingly good and am running faster than I though I would be able to.

With the bike you want to simulate hill climbing and stand when doing so. This is easier on a spin bike.

Lot of iceing and massage as well as physical therapy got me better.

From josse on Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 14:06:52

I just read that you have tendonitis, that is what I had, I used scrapping to get better, let me know if I can help.

From sarah on Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 00:00:04

Hi Emily! Welcome to the blog. I'm not even sure how long you've been on. We had major explosions in our house last week with our plumbing, washing machine and vacuum cleaner all going out on us so I was a bit out of it. Sasha has told me a lot (of nice things) about you. So glad you are here and hope that you find it helpful and uplifting as you train.

From MichelleL on Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 19:25:36

Just crosstraining on Tue, Wed? I hope your legs are recovering. Ibuprofen is my standby. You know its bad when you have no problem finishing a big Costco bottle before it expires. Hope to hear from you soon!

BTW, I saw on your sponsors website (NB) that you have Coach Shane as your coach. Is he still coaching you? Do you ever come down for workouts?

From MichelleL on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 21:50:19

Hey Emily, Haven't seen any posts in a while. Are you running?

From MichelleL on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 21:43:39

Emily!!! Where are you??? Are you going to come to the Nutcracker 5K on Dec 1 to to kick my rear?

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