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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Too tired to do an early morning run.  After 15 hours of work yesterday in an office building with a dead air conditioner, I got home after midnight and didn't fall asleep until 1 a.m.  Got up with enough time to do a quick puppy walk and back in the office by 6:45 a.m.  

Maybe later????

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Comments
From leslie peterson on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 16:01:48 from 76.23.61.78

Oh yuck!

From Teena on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 16:33:44 from 67.177.20.13

Man ... your job sounds brutal!!!

How are you feeling? Did you get the meds and the inhaler???

From Smooth on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 16:48:20 from 71.32.239.100

We should fire your boss. Is the air-condition fixed? Please tell me you don't have asthma. How's the lungs? How are all the running parts after sitting thru stifling heat and working hours and hours and hours! Can you bring a mattress or treadmill or something entertaining to do. It's Sat. afterall!

From Maurine/Tarzan on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 17:44:57 from 63.255.172.2

This weekend is unusual. Usually - if I have to work on a weekend, I can do it around my running. However, this is a big project that we have been working on for over a year and the rollout kept getting put off for over a year.

I have two developers in from Michigan, and we had 7 other employees in for several hours this morning (2 are still here). We cannot have our website and applications down for more than 24 hours - so are trying to get all the final little details fixed before 8 p.m. or earlier.

I am feeling better. They put me on antibiotics and an inhaler even though they could not hear anything in my lungs - just because of the possibility of a respiratory infection/irritation outside of the lungs. By the next day I was feeling a lot better and only used the inhaler the first 2 days.

I wish I could read - but I have actually been testing both our new website and all our application. Somehow I became the project coordinator.

My boss did tell me I get to take a comp day for all my extra hours. (7 yesterday, so far 9 today, maybe a couple tomorrow). Aren't I the lucky one?

From Smooth on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 18:12:36 from 71.32.239.100

Sounds to me you're indispensable at work! Your boss obviously need you! He/she's the lucky one! Hope the project goes smoothly and you can go home for some rest real soon.

I was sick a year ago in the winter with bronchitis. The doc. put me on anti-biotics. On my follow up visit he said I had exercise/cold induced asthma and put me on inhaler meds. I used it a grand total of two times. Sounds like you're on top of this. May be this work-rest-from-running will do the lungs and legs good.

From Maurine/Tarzan on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 18:44:05 from 63.255.172.2

I'm just glad they fixed the air conditioning overnight! Not nearly as miserable here today.

Smooth - I had to take on a lot of my bosses' responsibilities when she was put on bed rest during her last pregnancy back in January. She will finally come back to work in August! But the question still remains of how much of her work I will continue. I kept a lot of extra responsibility after she had her twins 3 years ago, and will probably keep a lot of new responsibility when she comes back after this one.

From Smooth on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 18:59:50 from 71.32.239.100

You deserve a raise! They need to adequately compensate you for all the extra responsibilities. That place would fall apart if you weren't there, I am sure!

From Maurine/Tarzan on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 21:36:43 from 97.117.58.218

I'm going to be lazy and not run tonight. Might take the puppy for a walk. I worked 27.5 hours yesterday and today (on top of 26 hours the four days previous) and just want to veg out.

From Teena on Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 18:16:21 from 67.177.20.13

Hope you are getting some much needed rest today my friend! :)

From marion on Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 19:35:18 from 71.213.106.139

How are your lungs???? I am glad that you skipped your run. Too tired does not equal smart to run when you have been sick :) Yeah for fixed air conditioning :)

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