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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
Mon, Jan 25, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

I was wide awake before my alarm went off at 5 and headed out the door for a run. So - following Allie's plan - I did 5 miles at 5.

I am going to blog more about this in my Adventures in Running blog, but have been working on heart rate training the past couple of months.  I quit using my Garmin except on long runs (I know all the distances around my house) because I was feeling like a slug when I ran. Trying to keep my heart rate between 75-80% on daily runs and 65-76% on long runs was making me so slow that it depressed me to see my speed.  As a matter of fact, on Saturday I was running some 16 minute miles.  I just felt so out of shape and couldn't run slow enough to keep my heart rate in teh proper range.

Saturday made me start to suspect that it might be the heart rate monitor's fault and not mine.  I have been using the cheapest Polar that I had bought a year ago and decided to read the book on the new, expensive Polar that my son and ex-husband bought me for Christmas.  Using the new monitor this morning, I actually was able to run and had to push a little to get into the range.  Last week I was running 5 miles on about 67 minutes, today I was back to somewhere under 1 hour and probably closer to 57 minutes.  That is a big difference.

Montrail Streak Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Smooth on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 23:26:45 from 174.23.232.65

So glad you made the discovery with the new Polar. Allie's plan sounds like a good plan for you, eh? Keep up the good work!

From CookieLegs on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 09:58:26 from 70.56.100.145

I'm impressed by all runners who can get up early and run by 5 am! I hope you make your goals this year. - Adele

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