Patience, the NEW Endurance Sport!

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Location:

Payson,UT,

Member Since:

May 27, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Payson Canyon Fox Club 4th of July 5K 2008- 27:56 :) (aided-downhill)

Onion Days 5k Route Jan 2010 28:18

Onion Day's 10 K 2007 1:09:36

Provo Riverwoods 10 mi 2008 1:49:09 (aided- downhill)

Riverton 1/2 Marathon March 28th, 2009 2:23:24

UVM 2009- 5:14:49

Short-Term Running Goals:

Recover from being hit by a car while I was running in early October 2010. Be healed enough to run my planned races.

Planned races for 2011:

UVM 1/2 June 11 (registered)

RHPC 1/2 July 9th

Payson Onion Days 10k (break 60 min)

St George Marathon 4:22 (3rd times a charm)

Long-Term Running Goals:

I just want to be able to run...

Personal:

I am the self proclaimed FEARLESS leader of the FRB's RED HOT PINK CHICKS!!! Our Motto's are- 2010 "Diamonds and Titanium, Thats what we are made of!" 2009 "We are water-proof-dye-in-da-blue-crazy-nut'n-gonna-stop-us-fun-lovin'-red-hot-pink-chicks!!!"

The next official RHPC event is the RHPC 1/2(5k, 10k, 10 miler) July 16th, 2011. PLEASE join us !!!

My Favorite Quote- "When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." -Harriet Beecher Stowe

I started running in May of 2006 while losing 85 lbs after my youngest was born. I have 6 fantastic kids, 3 girls and 3 boys and a wonderful husband. My oldest is in college and my baby is in pre-school. (Six kids in 5 schools ;)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics Gel-Nimbus 9 Lifetime Miles:						504.58
Mizuno Wave Rider 13 Blue Lifetime Miles:						216.67
Mizuno Alchemy Red Lifetime Miles:						79.44
Asics Pulse 2 Red Silver Lifetime Miles:						87.90

Sat, Jan 31, 2009

Total Distance

8.00

1:29:48, ave 11:14, best 6:57 (darting in front of speeding cars ;)

splits- 12:43 warm up up hill,10:23 net up hill,10:27 net down hill, 9:45 down hill, 10:02 flat, 10:10 flat, 12:32 flat, 13:49 flat

Sasha wanted me to run a 10 mm to failure and then jog the rest of the miles. I warmed up for the first mile. It took about a quarter mile to get to 10. I was surprised at this. I kept trying to go faster and nothing. I thought I'd have to settle for an 11 mm, but then I was at 10 after about .25 miles. The tempo was not bad until at 6.2 miles, my pace suddenly dropped. I think I could have pushed for at least a 1/2 mile more, but I consciously chose to slow down and instantly my legs turned to molasses on a winter morning. I sped up one more time and could not make myself stay there. I am guessing this is failure. Now that I am not afraid of the failure part, I am going to shoot for 6. Anything over 6 will be cake! I guess I will see next week. So overall, I did I five mile tempo run inside an 8 miler. Next week I am planning for 10 miles with a 6+ mile tempo. You know, running faster at 10 mm was WAY easier than running those last two slow miles. I guess that is why they call it failure!! I have got to learn how to hold off the "failure" for as long as possible because I really hated the last two slow miles. They were horrid! ;D

Asics Gel-Nimbus 9 Miles: 8.00

Comments

From leslie on Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 14:54:06

Nice pace!!!! See you tonight!!!

From tarzan on Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 18:46:43

Great effort Marion! Way to go on the pressing the pace.

From Metcalf Running on Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 19:30:03

Nice effort, I guess it's to know when failure is :)

From Smooth on Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 00:38:04

AWESOME tempo run. Yup, marathon pace is gonna feel very slow for you. I just cannot see "failure" in you. It doesn't belong in your vocabulary or fit your positive vivacious personality. Sasha needs to name it something else, may be like 10mm to jello legs? or 10mm to cookie dough?

We had a blast tonight. You're a great cook. I can seriously just live on your salad alone and the dream cookies are to run for. We are getting together for a group run, yeah?

From Teena on Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 02:15:28

Marion,

Those cookies were HEAVENLY!! I am usually not a cookie-type girl, mostly just like cookie dough ... but those were unbelievable!! YUMMY!!

It was great to see you and meet David.

Hope you have a fantastic Sunday!

From Marion on Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 14:41:25

We had the BEST time last night with y'all. thanks so much for a great time. You guys missed the really fun game we played. ;) I got into bed at 12:40. I am off to take a nap!

From tarzan on Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 15:53:53

It was great to see you and David last night! Loved the salad and cookies.

One thing about those tempo runs is they are training your body to deal with the lactic acid buildup and things. You will find as you do them more, that you body will adjust more. (Easy to say - not fun to do).

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 15:00:02

Try to do those on a flat marked stretch. Borrow a wheel from us or Michelle, or Jamie, or buy your own, and measure out a flat course marking every quarter mile. There are 1320 feet in a quarter mile, 2640 in a half, and 5280 in the mile. GPS is not reliable enough for tempo runs. You never know if it is your speed that has changed, or if it is just the GPS error. The reason for flat - after a lot of practice of running hard you do not need to practice even effort because you already know it. So it does not matter if you run up, down, flat, or rolling - you can use your feel of effort to evaluate the grade of the hill, and if you know how fast you actually ran up that hill you'll get the grade measurement with quite a bit of accuracy. But if you are not used to running hard, you need to learn even steady effort, and monitoring your pace on a flat course that is well marked is essential. Also, the measurement of the failure is more accurate. It is defined as failing to break 2:30 over a quarter two or three times in a row in spite of your best effort. You will not stop your tempo run early because your GPS goes on a blitz for a minute or two and tells you you are running 10:45 when in reality you are still running 10:00.

From Marion on Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 15:15:07

Thanks Sasha. I have SO much to learn and really appreciate all of your help. I rely on the garmin so much because it is easy and I am able run anywhere the wind takes me ;)

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