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

Fri, Oct 10, 2014

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

That was NOT a good workout. There is definitely something wrong with me. I've been fighting a cold this week. It's been sitting in my throat and upper chest, not making me really sick, but making me tired and lethargic. My resting heartrate is about 60, which is high. When I run, my legs feel fine. But my perceived exertion isppretty high. I feel like I'm breathing really hard at easy paces.

So, workout. I went to Liberty Park for 5-6 x 1 mile repeats. I warmed up two miles. My repeats were 5:57, 5:55, 5:57, 5:57, 6:02. Usually I run mile repeats in 5:35-5:45. I was getting .4 recovery. 3:30-4:00. I cooled down to 10.

So, here's where I need a FRB coaching session. What to do tomorrow? I have twenty on the docket, but I'm not sure it's a great idea. Here's my options:

A) Run the twenty.

B) 10-12 easy recovery miles

C) Cross train instead

D) Nothing. Just sleep all weekend.

What would you do? I hate modifying my training plan. Having to back off sucks, but I don't want to put myself in a hole.

Comments

From allie on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:51:27 from 24.30.41.119

this is just me getting a visual -- your last 11 weeks of long runs have been 15, 16, 17, 17, 17, 15, 18, 18, 18, 17, 20.

you have eight weeks to the race, so at least five more weekends to get a long run in. you've already done one 20, and the rest of the weeks have been very solid longer efforts. i would say this is actually a pretty ideal time to back off just a bit.

your health is compromised at the moment, so i would wait to get fully healthy before doing another LR. i think if you try to do 20 while sick, the time it takes for your body to fully recover from that will be a bigger problem than missing the LR for one week (or even missing a run all together).

so -- you back off and go around the hole, which may take a bit of extra time, or you forge ahead and fall in the hole, and it takes much longer to get out (or you never get out at all, because you can't find your ladder! ugh, i've been there). :)

of course, every now and then there's the chance that you push through it and end up jumping right over the hole, but it's risky.

but sometimes running requires taking risks...

in conclusion, i don't know, but i would probably say B. maybe D.

From allie on Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:52:14 from 24.30.41.119

also, i'm sorry you are sick. kudos on doing mile repeats -- they are hard enough when feeling good.

i hope you feel better soon.

From Nan on Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 16:40:03 from 50.183.126.167

Wise Coach Allie. I'm with her. Of course my opinion is null and void now because it is 4:36 p.m. on Saturday.

All I can say is PLEASE avoid the hole! I am SO looking forward to seeing you in Indianapolis.

I hope you can get lots of sleep and bounce back quickly. You have been training awfully hard lately. I admire your capacity to work so hard and still find energy to manage everything else on your plate.

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