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Women's Fitness Celebration 5k

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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: 0.00 Month: 11.60 Year: 109.80
NB 580 Lifetime Miles: 49.79
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
25.000.000.002.000.0027.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

I have achilles tendonitis and have not run since last Wednesday.  I have been cross training and working on strength training.

A.M.  I took the 24 lift class at my health club.  It is an overall strength workout focusing on muscle endurance.  3-4 sets of 16 reps, continuous.  1 hour class

P.M. spinning bike.  10 min warm up,   ladder: 1 min hard 1 min easy 2 min hard 2 min easy 3min hard 3 min easy 4 min hard 4 min easy 5 min hard 5min easy 5 min hard 5 min easy.  I was trying to get all the way down the ladder, but Cole started crying.  50 min. total

 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

I needed to see how my achilles was feeling.  I ran an easy 5 miler.  I started at my house, ran down 48th south, hopped on the river trail until Millrace park, and then ran through the neighborhood home.  My achilles really hurt for the first 10 minutes, but then seemed to warm up.  It still hurt, but was bearable.

 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.002.000.007.00

Warmed up ten minutes.  Ran to Millrace Park.  Ran 15x 1min hard/1min easy.  Cooled down 10 minutes.  I stayed on a flat, grassy running surface to protect my tendon.  My achilles hardly hurt at all when I started, but got progressively more sore as  the workout went on.  But, it seemed to handle it okay.  We'll see how it feels tomorrow. 

 

 

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

I ran 30 minutes easy along the river trail in Boise, ID in preparation for a 5k road race.  The achilles is hanging in there.

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Race: Women's Fitness Celebration 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:17:32, Place overall: 6
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
3.500.000.000.000.003.50

Warmed up 15 minutes plus strides.  The race went pretty well considering my training has been sub-par for 2.5 weeks.  In addition, my baby didn't adjust well to sleeping in a hotel, and was up all night long.  However, it was good for me to race under less than optimal conditions, even if it meant that I didn't run my fastest race ever.  There is so much that is out of my control, especially now that I'm a mother.  It is good for me to be mentally tough and just do my best.

I ran a short 10 minute cool down.  My achilles really hurt after the race.  Time for ice and ibuprofen.

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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

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
25.000.000.002.000.0027.00
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