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Location:

Rochester,NY,

Member Since:

Jun 18, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

 September,2007 - Completed first marathon, Rochester in 4:17

July, 2008 - Completed Musselman Triathlon (half Iron)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Winglass Marathon - October, 2009 - Break 4 hours 

Qualify for the Boston Marathon 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I'm 90 years old!

Personal:

Married with two sons, ages 14 and 11.  My favorite running partner is my cockapoo, Teddy.  Belong to Moms In Motion, a national women's running and triathlon club.

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Night Sleep Time: 15.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 15.00Weight: 127.00
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Well, I must confess that after three beers on the 4th that I was pretty dehydrated going into this run.  I thought I was running the way I felt, but truth be told, I probably was going a little faster than necessary.  It seems like I love to run that first mile too fast.  Need to break that habit.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 127.00
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Sleep.

I need more of it.

Today, I needed to run early because there really was no other time to run, and I was DRAGGING myself out of the bed.  I ran how I felt, which apparently was slow (9:33's).  Perfect.  That's the speed I'm supposed to be running anyway.  

My legs felt pretty good on the run, I just felt sort of systemically tired.   Hope I can catch a nap or something today. 

This week, I'm upping my daily run to 8 miles, but it is a step back week for my long run, so overall, I should be running a tad less then last week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 0.00
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Good run.  First time trying new Asics shoes.  I liked them pretty well.  Sadly, I sort like my shoes better when the cushioning is shot.  Not sure why, but I like a very firm shoe where you really feel the road.  Nonetheless, these felt okay.

 Pace was 9:04.  I know I'm supposed to be running slower.  Sigh. 

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Pace was 9:01.  Okay, again, I need to get some control on my pacing.  But I'm delighted to be feeling good on my runs.  Not fabulous, but good.  Usually it is EITHER I feel weak on the cardio side or just systemically tired, OR my legs are sore/tired/stiff.  Neither of these issues was severe today, but I felt more leg tired than cardio tired.

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lol . . .okay, this was my step back week so my long run was a measly 10 miles.  I'm laughing because I decided to do this run with a friend - - 5 trail miles and 5 regular miles - - and this time, the pace was a in too much control.  Granted, the trail run is extremely hilly, but an average pace of  12:00 min/mi for the whole run tells me that we were really poking!  Oh well, it was probably good for me.

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OMG, I never have runs like I had today.  It was all systems go big-time.  Nothing hurt.  I felt like I was slowly gliding along, and then much to my surprise I found I was running 8:50's, which is my goal marathon pace.  If I felt like I did today in the marathon for twenty miles, I think I'd actually really qualify for Boston . . .lol . . .I'm sure there isn't much chance of that, but something was just "on".  Until the very last mile when I suddenly really needed a restroom badly . . .but up until that, I was running on air.  Surprising after my so called long, hilly run.  

 

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Picked the perfect day to have off.  I had to go see my son play baseball at 8:00 am at a location that was 45 minutes away.  And now we are having a massive thunderstorm.  Just a nice day to not be squeezing in a run . . .

This upcoming week, I'm sticking with 8 milers daily, but have a true long run on Thursday of 15 miles.  I'm a little worried about the following week as we are going on vacation.  Hope I can get in all the running I need to without incident. 

 

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Night Sleep Time: 15.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 15.00Weight: 127.00
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