Emily's training blog

December 21, 2024

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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
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
5.000.000.000.000.005.00

Today's run was not very long.  Lily screamed from 11:00 to 1:30 last night.  I thought that she potentially had an ear infection, since she was running a low grade fever, but a trip to urgent care revealed a healthy, overtired baby.  I guess it might be teething, but maybe it's just too much vacation.  

So, after about 4 hours of continuous sleep, my brother-in-law and I went up to the Veteran's Memorial Park, and ran on the trail there.  I did not feel well at all.  I had planned on a longer fartlek workout, but was so sluggish, that I just ran easy.  I did try to pick up my pace on my way back to the park.  It was a nice scenery change from yesterday's highway run.  

I hope the shorter mileage week, and the short-run Saturday means that I will feel somewhat fresh for the  5k on Monday.  Of course, we're driving back tomorrow afternoon, so I will have some driving miles in my legs.  Oh well.  Vacation is fun, but not the best for a training routine. 

Asics 2150 Miles: 5.00
Comments
From Rob Murphy on Sat, Jul 02, 2011 at 17:43:00 from 98.202.141.17

Just checked out your last race report after remembering that you were doing a half the week after mine.

I've had races like that - where I made both of those mistakes. Your next half will be much better. Relax early, get into a nice groove, and realize that 9 or 10 miles is where the racing starts.

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