Training for a Belt Buckle

Week starting Jan 11, 2009

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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

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
37.05	3.50	0.00	0.00	40.55

Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 28.50	Brooks - Water Resistant Miles: 3.50	Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 Miles: 4.25	Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.30

Night Sleep Time: 34.75	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 34.75	Weight: 143.50

Mon, Jan 12, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

Moved up to 7 miles daily today. I ran down 7th East to 90th South and up the big quarry hill to 13th East and 9400 South. Then down 13th east to South Union Drive, over to 7th East and home.

Avg: 11:50

13:14/12:24/12:21/11:12/10:59/11:26/11:11

Listened to Mind Body Mastery as I ran. One quote I liked a lot:

"If you think you are in a slump or moving backwards, maybe you are only backing up to take a running start at progress."

Everybody check out *JenJen*. That is my daughter in Italy.

PM: Did Day 2 of Jillian Michaels 'Making the Cut' (except for two exercises I wasn't able to do in my home gym). Lots of leg work on this one - not fun after increasing my miles and lots of hills this morning. Stretched afterwords with a puppy attached to my foot by her leash. She kept wanting to lick my sweaty face.

Ate good today - with one exception (an eclair at work for a birthday celebration). However, I did avoid eating that 2nd eclair I wanted. Dinner was very italianesque. A whole wheat roll dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Followed by insalata caprese in a whole wheat pita.

Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 7.00

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 147.00

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Tue, Jan 13, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	3.50	0.00	0.00	3.50

YIKES! I just agreed to run the Buffalo Run 50 miler instead of the 50K. Leslie - I am going to need you to pace me! Think you can keep me on pace at the end?

PM - Planned to run outside, but my son was over and spent time with him.

Went to the gym and did 3.5 miles on the treadmill. I was planning to do more, but my stomach was really bothering me and the pain got bad and I couldn't force myself to throw up.

Rested for an hour and was going to run on the treadmill - but the 19 year old messed it up, so it took to long to get the belt working properly. Oh well, I'll make up some miles tomorrrow.

Brooks - Water Resistant Miles: 3.50

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

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Wed, Jan 14, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
11.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	11.50

Took me a half hour to drag myself out of bed this morning. I've been too warm on some of my recent runs, so wore lighter weight gloves, a long sleeved running shirt and a vest on top. Guess what? I am still trying to thaw out - I was so dang cold. I've been bringing along a 'flask' with gatorade on my recent runs that I drink after an hour and that seems to help me not feel like I am dying the last few miles.

Flat course today. Avg: 11:53 mph, Max: 6:44 mph - threw in 4 sprints in miles 2-6

12:07/11:52/11:34/11:22/11:25/11:19/10:47 (looks like I did some negative splits)

On the brighter side - all my bathroom trips the last few days have dropped 3 pounds since Monday.

My son was over last night and mentioned that I am looking great and he thinks this is the skinniest he has ever seen me. Bless his pointed little head.

PM: Walked 4 miles on the treadmill at 3.8 mph with incline between levels 6-8. I need to get more miles on my feet for the ultra and can put in hard effort walking without the stress on my knees of running. The plans are to still do my 7 miles a day of running and supplement it with walking in the evening.

Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 11.50

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00	Weight: 144.00

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Thu, Jan 15, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.25

Went over to Wheeler Farm and ran the trails during my lunchtime. It was sooooo nice to see the sun. Most of the trails were covered in snow and ice and mud, but I had my hobnail shoes on and experienced very little slippage. I didn't have to slow down significantly on the ice and snow.

Avg: 12:06

11:48/12:26 (VPB)/12:05/11:51

Leslie - I am sure you will be relieved to hear I did not experience a wedgie with those tights today. I forgot to pack undies - so ran commando :-)

Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 Miles: 4.25

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 142.00

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Fri, Jan 16, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

PM 1: .5 miles running to the vet and back with Twilight.

PM 2: Ran from my house to the Queen's Penguin Trail and then to 112 South and back. I thought that was the end of the trail, but noticed that it crossed to the other side of Trax, so will have to see if it extends farther. The legs felt light and springy from miles 3-8. I finished mile 8 at 1 hour 30 minutes. Starting at nine it was uphill and the legs felt heavy - but that could be because I didn't eat enought before that. It took tons of food to quit shaking from cold.

Avg - 11:25 Max - 8:24

11:47/11:36/11:05/11:24/11:42/11:12/10:47/10:30/11:04

Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 10.00

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.50	Weight: 141.00

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Sat, Jan 17, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.30

4.3 miles on the treadmill while listening to Body Mind Mastery. After dinner I plan to do day 4 of Making The Cut.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.30

Night Sleep Time: 8.25	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.25	Weight: 0.00

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Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
37.05	3.50	0.00	0.00	40.55

Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 28.50	Brooks - Water Resistant Miles: 3.50	Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 Miles: 4.25	Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.30

Night Sleep Time: 34.75	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 34.75	Weight: 143.50

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