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UT,

Member Since:

Dec 31, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I ran my first marathon as a teenager in 1981 with my Dad (The Coronado Marathon). Since then I've run St, George (3x) Utah Valley (3x) Ogden (1 full, 2 halves) Park City (1 x) Boston Marathon (1x) Washington DC (1x) Moab Half Marathon (6x) ,Ye Old Freedom Festival 5 & 10K (a million x) and many others.

But I'm all done with that now.  I'm officially a jogger.

Short-Term Running Goals:

My running goal is to keep on keepin' on.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Jog into the sunset.

Personal:

I like being outside.

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Fri, Jul 11, 2008
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.674.0011.67

I did not sleep very much last night.  So I treated Josse to 8 miles of sheer boltushka style running.  Josse!  Welcome to Luz's world at fatrunningslob.com -- ruining the reputation of elite atheletes since 2008!  We ran 4 (9:14/8:52/8:51/8:54) into the canyon wind uphill-ish and 4 back down (8:25/8:25/8:19/8:21).  The great news is I've gone 5 days, (6-10 miles at a time) with NO STOPPING and holding steady near or under a BQT pace.  Oops, I just forgot we did stop for a drink at mile 6.  Darn.  I can't resist that cold, fresh artesian water fountain at the mouth of the canyon. Came home and ran a few more miles with Sarah.  I'm not sure I can get through my week now without her.  It's Friday! TGIF or whatever, I've almost made it.

Comments
From Laurie on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 18:54:30

Personally, I think you are crazy, you run so much......I can't believe it. Before my marathon I will have one week over 50 miles.

Hey free slurpee day at 7-11

From luzylew on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 19:05:13

I know. It started as an experiment prior to the Freedom 10K, and although I didn't reach my sub 50:00 dream and didn't perform my personal best, I did improve my average pace by about 6-8 seconds on a fairly rigorous course. I've never really tried to run fast. But strangely, I think consistant highter daily mileage feels a little better than doing a long Saturday run. I just promised myself to tone it down this 'recovery' week, but kept having wonderful opportunities to run with others (which to me, is really, one of the biggest benefits of running in the first place). But I agee, it seems a little too much mileage at this stage in the St. George training game.

From Laurie on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 19:08:50

I am just no where close to where you are. Someday people will call me crazy too :)

From luzylew on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 19:12:20

oh no... I see how many marathons and races you've run. When you've got a good thing going and you know what you're doing and you enjoy doing it-- let 'em call you whatever they want.

From Laurie on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 19:23:12

Oh, those races were bad. All of them except the very first one I did WAY undertrained. So this year my main goal is to be trained and to train smart. I want a good race and I know it will be if I just keep working.

From josse on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 19:28:26

Luz-recovery weeks are very important, so remeber to take them or you will be forced to.

Bad races make the good one so much sweeter:) Keep up the good work girls, I had many bad races this spring before I had a good one.

From luzylew on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 19:37:58

I know, I know. I didn't shave 15-20 miles off as you suggested, but I did cut 10 (counting what I'll do tommorrow, and I did less intensity work outs). I'm planning tommorrow super low-key, and of course, resting on Sunday....is that enough to be considred "recovery"?

From josse on Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 19:47:18

You are fine this week, I usually do 3 harder week of building and then on the 4th week I will cut. So next week either cut out the intense running (except for the run with me) or you can cut out some miles. I would think cutting 10-12 would be fine. So it would look like this 50, 53, 55, 40, 53, 55, 58, 42, 55, 58, 60, 45 ect...miles a week assuming you want to get up to 60 miles a week. The recovery week helps me to be able to handle the higher mileage.

From Shauna on Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 01:28:38

Man, I am so jealous that you all get to run together. Someday I will be (a) fast enough to hang for a while and (b) in Utah for a visit!

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