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Tallahassee,FL,United States

Member Since:

Jun 24, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

Mile- 5:27 Breakfast on the Track, August '09

5k- 18:59 (6:07)  Tails and Trails, May '09 (And two more times! GRR!)

8k- 33:08 (6:39) Sweetheart 8k, Feb '11 

10k- 41:38 (6:42) TRBC, March '09

15k- 1:02:46 (6:44) Lake Caroline 15k, Nov '08

Half Marathon- 1:36:58 (7:24) Hoover Dam Half, Oct '09

Marathon- 3:37:16 (8:17) Mississippi Coast Marathon, Nov '08

Short-Term Running Goals:

Help my knees help me.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Personal:

Moving to Knoxville this summer. Hooray for being in a place with a running community!

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New Balance 903 (Orange) Lifetime Miles:						63.00
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Sun, Jul 27, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
9.00	0.00	9.00

I realized today that I don't like using the "slow miles" and "fast miles" on here. Because I run my butt off on a distance run but then don't think I should really consider it fast, although it is fast for that distance. But I'll suck it up and put today's run in as slow miles :)

Ran in the usual place, and it seems like my new thing is for my legs to be really tight and struggle a bit in the first 3 miles or so. But after I got through that I was able to pick it up and run sub-eight-minute miles for almost all of the remaining miles. I was pretty pumped about that, especially with the heat and the hills!

9 miles, avg. 8:11 (5 mile course, plus loop, and two mile hill)

Comments

From Lucia on Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 12:29:09

You call 8:11 pace "slow" Hmmmmmm.... maybe you should reconsider your goals in here... you can run a 1:45 half easy, and a BQ marathon will follow, no doubt! Have you seen the McMillan running calculator? If you haven't, you should google it and input your times and see what I mean. Great job running in FL weather, by the way!

From Kelsey on Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:54:21

I agree Lucia, that's why I hated putting them under "slow." But I usually just put mileage in there for a speed work out, like intervals. Maybe I should rethink it!

Thanks for the kind words! I would love Boston in 2010, but '09 would be even sweeter!

From Kelsey on Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:58:00

P.S. Thanks for the race calculator site... I've never used that one before and I like how it actually tells you what your workout paces should be, not just what to expect at a race.

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