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.

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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, Mar 07, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
22.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	22.50

Apparently, I'm going to be sent to my room or the principal's office soon if I don't report in.....

This report will be split between this blog and my other Adventures in Running blog.

Dang! It was cold this morning. About a mile or so after I left to head up to Layton, I realized I forgot my outer top layer and turned around. I was very glad to have that.

We met on Antelope Island about 8:20 and the wind just smashed into us. It was that lovely biting cold and most of us were adding extra layers to stay warm. Hope it's not like that for the race. I was glad I waited for Jim Skaggs, the Race Director, to show up. It turns out he has modified the initial loop even more and I was able to run (ok walk) the change-up. I'm not too happy about it, but will live with it.

About one mile in I joined up with two men. One of them took off after about 4.5 miles to loop back to his car. He was just beginning to get back into running after being diagnosed with Insulin Dependent Type I diabetes. The other runner made sure he had some jelly beans to munch on and I gave him a Gu packet in case his blood sugar dropped. He is still learning how to control all that.

The other runner, Joe and I stuck together the rest of the run. It wasn't as cold after a while, so I was able to unzip my top layers and peel off my hat and gloves for about 20-30 minutes at a time. We were going at the same pace and I was able to tell him all about previous Buffalo Runs and explain what to expect on an ultramarathon and how to set up drop bags and stuff. I was pretty impressed, he turns 50 next week and is doing the 50K as a birthday challenge. Even more impressive - he had a knee replacement in 2007 and this was his biggest challenge since then.

We did 16.3 miles on the island, I was going to do more, but had another appointment to get to, so stopped after the first loop.

PM - A couple of hours later, I was on my way home and decided to try and run on the trails beside the Legacy Parkway. They are hard to get to, but I finally found my way to one. Ran 5.7 miles in about 1:04 to put me at 22 miles.

11:46/12:04 (including VPB)/11:41/11:16 (including another VPB)/11:04

Ran .5 miles with Twilight just now to get her to burn some excess energy. I was going to walk on the treadmill tonight - but decided not to.

The hernia is starting to impact me more. I am seeing a doctor about it on Tuesday.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 0.50	Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 Miles: 22.00

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

Comments

From leslie on Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 21:22:43 from 76.23.61.78

Hey, you got your miles in! Sounds like it was cold but worth it, I am glad you had fun running with that fellow and telling him about ultras. That is very impressive for him to attempt that with a knee replacement. You have really done well getting your miles in, you are going to do so well. I hope you get a decent report from your doctor. I am going to keep my fingers crossed that it isn't anything serious.

I have been laying low, my throat is sore and my chest feels congested, we went to see Slumdog Millionaire, it was good,but alittle hard to watch at some points, and now we are just chilling watching TV, I am hoping if I rest up I will be able to run on Monday.

Good Job Maurine!!! You totally Rock!!!!

From Kelli on Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 23:11:16 from 71.219.97.142

Holy amazing cow! What kind of cheerios do you eat woman????

From tarzan on Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 10:57:20 from 97.117.61.26

The wrong kind, Kelli. Time to focus on eating healthy again and lose my stomach padding.

From luzylew on Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 12:08:55 from 69.169.165.206

My Aunt lives in Farmington, and we always take a trip to AI in the Spring. I've always wanted to run on the Island. I can't believe all these miles. I thought 13 would kill me yesterday. About that hernia though. Is it in your belly button or lower? I have had both and now-a-days it's a pretty easy fix. I hope it can wait until after your 50 miler. When is that anyway?

From luzylew on Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 12:11:42 from 69.169.165.206

Ok, I just read the 50 miler is in March. I'm trying to decide about the Ogden Marathon myself. I had a bad SGM this October and am trying to get up the nerve to run in May. We'll see. Thanks for the great journaling/posts here!

From Maurine/Tarzan on Sun, Mar 08, 2009 at 16:10:50 from 97.117.61.26

Luz - yep - the 50 miler is 20 days from today (not that I am counting). I am figuring that if I don't do weight lifting and abs work until after the 50 miler and I find some way of supporting those muscles when I run I will be good.

The hernia is in the lower right abdomen (below the belly button). I had a hysterectomy last May and it is right under one of the incisions from that.

By the way - Ogden sold out a couple of weeks ago. Why don't you join us in the Utah Valley Marathon in June!

From Smooth on Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 00:01:59 from 71.36.69.102

Maurine,

WOW, you put in a lot of miles!!! Sounds like a cold windy one. GOOD JOB helping and sharing tips with the "knee replacement" fella. 20 days?!!! I'm so excited for you! 50 miler is HUGE! We are all rooting for you!

I hope the doctor has good answers for you about the abs/hernia.

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