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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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 MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.300.000.000.0016.30
Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 6.50Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.00Brooks - Water Resistant Miles: 4.30
Night Sleep Time: 12.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 12.00Weight: 0.00
Sun, Mar 15, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

TAPER TIME!!!!!!

I won't be running much in the next couple of weeks, but I will still be thinking a lot about running. I just posted my first 'preparation' update on my other running/life blog. Check it out!

http://adventures-in-running-with-maurine.blogspot.com/

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Comments(5)
Mon, Mar 16, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

Wow - in about an hour's period I went from feeling fine to sneezing non-stop, mucus dripping and the ears plugged up.  I am starting on the zinc, echinacea and Vitamin C to fight this off. Good thing it is a taper week.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(6)
Tue, Mar 17, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

1 mile with Twilight and 5.5 miles on my own this afternoon. I felt really good today until I started running. The running totally depressed me.  Every step felt like work and I had no endurance and threw in a bunch of walking breaks.  Hopefully it is from being sick.  If running felt like this every day - I would question why I would ever want to run again.

Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 6.50
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
1.500.000.000.001.50

After 10 hours at work, I crashed Leslie's birthday dinner with Harold and ate some unhealthy Thai food (but I had eaten healthy the previous 1 3/4 days).  Dropped off papers for her on pacing me for the Buffalo Run.

Walked 1.5 miles with Twilight.  Still feeling light headed with no energy - so not ready to do too much yet.

Did mobility exercises from The Biggest Loser 30-Day Jump Start.

 

Yesterday I stayed home and read a couple of novels and the Biggest Loser 30-Day Jump Start - there were some good quotes and food ideas in it. 

1 - Get connected to the bigger picture. Remember that this is not your last supper - another delicious meal is only a few hours away.

2 - About Ali Vincent: each day she wakes up knowing she will have to make decisions about what she'll eat and how she'll exercise -she can't put her life on autopilot. She has become aware and mindful about each daily decision and the impact it can have on her health.

 

I also read the supermarket version of Eat This/Not That.  Makes me want to pay a lot more attention to what is on the label of foods I eat.

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Comments(3)
Fri, Mar 20, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

It is such a glorious day out.  I took Twilight for an easy 1 mile jog after work and then decided to keep going and ran another 3 miles alone in 35 minutes.  The lungs loosened up after a few miles.  This run was a lot better than the one on Tuesday night - for which I am very grateful.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Sat, Mar 21, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.300.000.000.004.30

4.3 miles tonight while my son watched a movie.  Not bad on 3 1/2 hours sleep, but the last two miles I could feel the lack of sleep hitting me.

11:41/11:24/10:16/11:01

Brooks - Water Resistant Miles: 4.30
Night Sleep Time: 3.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 3.50Weight: 0.00
Comments(2)
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.300.000.000.0016.30
Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 6.50Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.00Brooks - Water Resistant Miles: 4.30
Night Sleep Time: 12.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 12.00Weight: 0.00
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