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

Wed, Oct 22, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.20

My lower body muscles started aching a lot last night from Monday's workout and weren't any better this morning. My body woke up at its usual time - even though I have a class to go to today and could sleep in. I spent a half hour trying to talk myself into moving and finally decided to go run. Getting down the stairs was pretty painful.

The first mile wasn't too bad, even with uphills. I had to push the long uphill on 8600 South and was glad to reach 13th East. From about 1.5 - 2.5 miles I was feeling really good, then hit the big downhill and that hurt my quads and glutes A LOT. I didn't enjoy it at all. Right at the start of mile 4, I hit a wall and just lost all energy. I really wanted to stop and walk the rest of the way home, but just kept repeating the mantra - "The sooner you get home, the sooner you can stop." The last mile felt worse than mile 26 of St. George.

12:27 11:47 10:43 10:58

On the bright side - I saw 2 gas stations with gas for $2.99 a gallon.

Stopping was painful. Walking up the stairs to my kitchen was painful. Sitting down was almost impossible. Remind me why I am doing this?

34 degrees out. I had on running capris and the lower body felt fine. Long sleeved running shirt was not enough on the upper body. I was cold the entire run.

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

Comments

From marion on Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:59:56

Your paces were SMOKIN'! Dang it! Be sure to do some really slow runs for a few days to give the guns a rest. You are doing SO great, we don't want any injuries! :D

Slow slow slow slow slow slow slow slow slow slow sloe slsoe sloe lsoelsleosllso esl oelso eo ....

From Kelli on Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 14:33:16

WOW, that was a good post, that is why we are here! I hate it when your legs hurt that bad, especially when you have to sit so low to the toilet!! That is the worst!

That is a tough area to run, you did great. And it was so bitter cold this morning which always makes it harder to get the legs going!

You continued on and you defeated your body trying to sop you, that is all that matters! That is why I love running outside vs the treadmill, you have to keep going to get back home, and the faster you go, the faster you are done. On the treadmill, you can just hit STOP!

Great job today and I hope the legs ease up on you! Do not drink too much today, cause that toilet sitting is the WORST!

From tarzan on Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 14:45:55

Getting in and out of my jeep has also been a joy. Tonight I will do some 'the sticking' and 'styrofoam rolling' and hopefully clean some of the crud out of my legs.

Thanks for the positive comments - fellow runnettes.

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