Emily's training blog

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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:	9.20	Month:	125.80	Year:	1123.00
NB 580 Lifetime Miles:						49.79

Wed, Mar 21, 2012

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
10.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.50

I almost opted for cross training or a short run today. I'm just so tired! I've been looking at other runners' blogs, and I know that a lot of runners run their recovery runs a lot slower than I do. I don't know why it freaks me out to run more slowly on recovery days. So, I tried it today. I didn't quite hit 7:30's as Andrea challenged me to, but I was over 7 minute pace which is pretty good for me. I still have it in the back of my mind that if I run slowly I will race slowly. But, I know logically that it is important to recover (especially since I'm not 25 years old any more.) So, I will try to slow it down and make sure I hit my hard days hard and see what happens.

Comments

From allie on Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 17:51:47 from 161.38.218.168

good job slowing things down today. slow is good on recovery days :)

From Jake K on Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 18:03:09 from 67.177.21.60

haha even your "slow" recovery days are faster than mine! :-)

Super easy running still builds endurance. And if it keeps you healthy and allows you to run your workouts faster, those are major benefits!

From MichelleL on Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 18:24:16 from 42.98.255.61

I agree. My coach gave me feedback regarding recovery runs:

Every run has it's purpose. Recovery runs are like a massage, it gets the legs loose, gets blood flowing to hurty areas to help them heal, etc. It is sometimes hard for me to let go of the pace during recovery runs even still, but I am never below 7mm pace :D

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