Training for a Belt Buckle

Suncrest Half Marathon

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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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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, Sep 10, 2011
Race: Suncrest Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 03:12:43, Place in age division: 3
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
17.000.000.000.0017.00

Signed up this week to run the Suncrest Half Marathon.  It looked like it would be tough half and I was right about that.

I'll write more in my other blog, but suffice it to say that the course  had 3357 feet of elevation gain and 3389 feet of descent (could have fooled me on the last one).  A good mix of trails and roads.  Lots of great views of both the Salt Lake and Utah Valleys. 

There may be a tougher half in Utah - but I'm not sure what it would be. 

Wore my Hoka Mafates. They are very comfortable to run in - but I wish I wouldn't get blisters on my big toes every time I run in them. Got some large ones this time even with putting blister packs on the toes and duct tape on top of that.

Two more miles with the dog.  Going to count my walking miles until the end of the year because I need to start spending a lot of time on my feet in preparation for Across the Years 48 hour race.

 

Added two more miles tonight to get into a 40 mile week.

Hoka Mafate Miles: 15.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Kelli on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 19:23:31 from 71.219.67.175

Yes, those walking miles need to be counted!!!

I looked at the course and, WOW, you are right. TOUGH! You did a great job!

From Maurine/Miles on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 21:18:19 from 97.117.58.151

Oh good. Glad to know I wasn't imagining how tough it was. :)

From RAD on Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 23:37:43 from 76.27.16.189

wow... a VERY tough course! Nice work Maurine! I don't think I'd tackle that one. Can't wait for your Across the Years race!! It is going to be awesome!

From DaleG on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 01:32:09 from 71.199.57.238

Nice job!!! Mayne you should get some of those toe socks. The ones that fit on your feet like gloves. Ever since I started wearing them, I don't get blisters on my toes anymore. The ones I wear are made by injinji.

From leslie peterson on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 11:19:40 from 71.195.193.128

That sounds horrible! Good job Maurine. I like the toe socks too, have you tried them?

From allie on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:30:49 from 24.10.191.18

super tough! nice job, maurine. that course requires some serious strength. way to go.

From Maurine/Miles on Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 12:41:17 from 198.228.209.126

Thanks everyone. It is a pretty course but I am not sure I want to suffer that much in a half.

With regards to the Hokas and blisters - toe socks would not make a difference. The uppers have a seam that rubs against the shoe side of the big toe. I'm doing more research of methods to cope with the issue.

From steve ash on Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 16:34:43 from 24.10.169.210

Could you have picked a harder course? Great work Maurine! Proud of ya..

From Maurine/Miles on Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 18:44:13 from 97.117.76.14

LOL - yeah - this was a doozy. Thanks, Steve.

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