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:	21.00	Month:	88.80	Year:	1086.00
NB 580 Lifetime Miles:						49.79

Thu, Jul 11, 2013

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
11.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.00

I warmed up 2.5 miles over to the track. I did 4 x 200 to get some turnover. My goal for the workout was 6-8 x 1000 with 400 meter recovery. I wanted them around 3:30. However, as long as I was hitting under 3:35 I would continue to do them. I really wanted to hit eight of them.

This workout was tough. It was hot and humid. In addition, I had to dodge the football team. The managers had kindly set up water in lane 1. Thanks so much!

Times: 3:27, 3:28.8, 3:28.9, 3:30.8, 3:29.4, 3:31.4, 3:30.8, 3:34.8. (I may have done one too many. My legs were shot by the last one.

I just cooled down home. My legs are so tired now.

Comments

From allie on Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 09:52:55 from 161.38.221.168

great workout!

a few weeks ago i had to dodge a guy in lane one who was sitting in a lounge chair taking photos. you just never know what you will find at the track...

From Jake K on Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:19:57 from 67.177.11.154

That's good work Emily. Maybe one too many, but maybe not... it's not like you fell apart on the last one. I bet you had to dig a bit, which is what you need to do at the end of races. Sometimes the wheels start coming off and you just need to be able to hold on, and if you never practice that, its hard to make it happen in races.

From emruns on Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:43:16 from 67.186.252.90

That's what I thought, too, Jake. I was determined to get all eight it. That last one was some definite work. But, I hope that it was a mental victory that will pay off in a race at some point.

From Jake K on Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 11:46:28 from 67.177.11.154

Yeah I think there is something about finishing the full workout, within reason. If you fell off to 3:45, then that means something was wrong. But to only drop a few seconds, that just means you did the whole workout right on the correct level - a good overall judgement of effort on your part. And it was hard at the end like it should be! :-)

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