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Porter's Half Marathon

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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
77.500.000.000.000.0077.50
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.250.000.000.000.007.25

School threw my day off. I was trying to get a run in before Teren ran and we had to head to school. So, I managed 7, with the promise to run in the afternoon. That never happened. So my week is all off already.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
14.000.000.000.000.0014.00

My plan was 6 x 1 mile this morning. I jogged over to the track, and then jogged three miles with Becca. When we got back to the track, it was locked. We debated whether we should hop the fence, but decided against it. We ran down to the river trail. At this point I had five miles of warm up. We did two miles with .25 recovery. We were using Becca's garmin,and I couldn't get it to take splits. So, we turned the workout into 5 minutes on, 3 minutes off. We did four sets. (after the two miles we had already done. We were hitting .86-.88 for five minutes. Between 5:45-5:50 pace.

Kind of a mixed up hodge podge of a workout. 2 mile cooldown. 14 total.

For comparison, back when I started training in March, I did 4 x 5 minutes on 3 minutes off. I ran between .79-.83 for the five minute intervals. Total average for the workout was 7:08. Today I ran six, two of them full moles, .86-.88 for the intervals, 6:32 average for 8 miles of workout. My fitness has definitely improved.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
13.000.000.000.000.0013.00

Midweek midlong. Long tour of the beautiful Taylorsville neighborhoods with Becca. You know you're a marathoner when 13 feels relatively short. 7:24 average.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
14.750.000.000.000.0014.75

AM: I planned on a second run last night, but was feeling pretty pounded, so I decided to play it safe and skip it. I will be short of my goal mileage of 80, but a few miles isn't going to make a lot of difference. At least that's what I tell myself. Morning run. 9.35 miles. 7:21 average.

PM: Treadmill. 5.4 miles.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.500.000.000.000.007.50

7 miles plus strides. I feel really flat. I don't think I'm going to have fast legs tomorrow. Hopefully, I will perk up a bit.

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Race: Porter's Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:20:09, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
21.000.000.000.000.0021.00

The plan was a controlled marathon effort half marathon today. Becca and I warmed up five before the race. We had a lot of time to get a long warm up in. True to small race form, it started about 20 minutes late. My goal was control. I ran with Bill for a few miles before pulling away. He got me excited for TOU, and gave me some good advice . . .mainly to get out of my own head.

I ran alone for much of the race. It's about an 800 foot drop total, but really rolls. I just tried for even effort. The last three miles was on the Draper 5k course. So, mile 11-12 was pretty ugh. It finished in Draper Park. I was reeling in the first place male, but he saw me, and sped up. I finished in 1:20:09.

I cooled down three miles looking for Becca. Apparently, she amd another girl got lost in the race. They missed a turn and ended up somewhere in Draper. They hitchhiked back. Such a bummer for both of them.

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Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
77.500.000.000.000.0077.50
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