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

Fri, Jun 06, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00

I am back to exercising now. I took 3 weeks off to recover from some major surgery and have been given the go ahead to exercise as long as I don't overdo it (which is hard for me to judge).

Tonight I went to the gym and did an hour of lower body weights. Then I did a slow 1 mile on the treadmill. It felt good to be running again. I felt like I needed a girdle because my insides were a bit tender - but am proud to have gotten in a good workout.

I am hoping the three week layoff provided my legs a long needed recovery from the past 4 years of marathons and constant training.

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

Comments

From josse on Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 11:20:23

Welcome to the blog. Be careful with your come back. I had surgery last nov. and tried running to soon and payed for it. Althoug I was able to bike and do the eliptcal fine.

From Tarzan on Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 14:28:42

Thanks for the advice. I am trying to be really cautious and will walk more than run this first month or so. My doctor is aware that I am a marathoner and he is giving me some good guidance. I'm also willing to spend a lot of nights resting if it gives me a chance to work out a bit.

The bike and elliptical are good ideas.

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