Training for a Belt Buckle

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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's: 50 Mile 13:07 (Pony Express 2010), 50K 8:35 (Buffalo Run 2008), 25K 4:02 (Buffalo Run 2006), Marathon 5:09:12 (St George 2008), Half Marathon 2:28 (Provo 2008), 10K 1:17, 5K 27:54

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

After 1/9/2010 - I am taking a year off from marathon length distances and focusing on building up my base speed on half marathons and shorter distances.

2010 Speed Goals:

  • Build up my base speed on training runs to 10 MM miles or better
  • Half Marathon - break 2:05 (9.5 MM avg)
  • 10K Goal 1 - break 1:00 (9.67 MM avg)
  • 10K Goal 2 - break 55 minutes (8.87 MM avg)
  • 5K Goal 1 - break 26.35 minutes
  • 5K Goal 2 - break 25 minutes

Long-Term Running Goals:

Long Term Goals:

  • Complete a 100 Mile race
  • Complete a 100 K race
  • Break 12 hours in a 50 mile race
  • Run all portions of the Wasatch 100 course
  • Break 5 hours in a marathon
  • Break 4.5 hours in a marathon
  • Qualify for and run Boston

Personal:

I need to figure out something inspiring or funny to write here. For now - I'll let the suspense build.

For further unexciting information on my life, check out my blog: Adventures in Running

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Vibram FiveFingers Lifetime Miles: 452.95
Montrail Streak Lifetime Miles: 195.69
Montrail Vitesse (9.0) Lifetime Miles: 89.75
Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Lifetime Miles: 228.50
Brooks Advantage (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 271.42
Crocs Black Lifetime Miles: 80.85
Vibram FiveFingers - Black Lifetime Miles: 65.50
Hoka Mafate Lifetime Miles: 36.95
Hoka Stinson Evo 2012 Lifetime Miles: 53.50
Sat, Nov 15, 2008
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.0013.50

Leslie, Harold, and Odee picked me up and we went to Lehi and met Jon A, Scott, Kelli and Britta and ran the Jordan River Parkway.

My feet were pretty cold the first two miles in my FiveFingers, but weren't bad after that.  The balls of my feet are a little sore because I ran about 2.5 miles further in them today than I ever had previously.

12:53/11:54/13:04/10:47/12:33/11:29/11:47/11:07.  The slower miles were usually where we stopped to give Odee a water break or picked Leslie up off the trail after Odee tripped her.

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I got tired of cleaning and reading, so went out and did my hill run. Stopped at Starbucks after 3 miles and got a Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate since I knew I needed electrolytes (yeah, right).

It was starting to get dark as I ended and I was pretty cold.

11:46/11:55/10:56/11:25 (not bad for running with hot chocolate in my hand)/11:12


Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 8.50Brooks Advantage Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Teena on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 12:51:44

Nice run Tarzan!!

How fun to run with that group again. Can't wait to be out there with you all again.

Have a great weekend!

From leslie on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 13:05:29

It was an awesome run! Thanks dear buddy!

Teena, I hope you are feeling better soon! We look forward to running behind you again!!:)

From jona on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 15:05:34

Maurine, you rock. I have no idea how you run in those five fingers. You and Leslie are some serious tough cookies! Yum that sounds good, I'm going to get a cookie!

Have a great day!

From Kelli on Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 16:34:33

I wondered how your feet held up in those things! They seem so uncomfortable to me, but I hear people really like them! And my feet were freezing in my shoes, so I bet yours were cold.

Great job and sorry we were too pokey to catch up to you guys before you left!

From Graceland Drew on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 20:04:11

Nothing better than to reward yourself with Starbucks. Don't feel bad. ;)

From tarzan on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 20:06:23

Heck - I didn't feel bad at all. The 'barrista's' got quite a kick out of me asking for a small hot chocolate in the largest cup. I had spent 3 miles planning on how I could run without splashing and that worked perfectly.

From Kelli on Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 20:48:47

Running with hot chocolate!! PRICELESS.

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