Training for a Belt Buckle

Mountain View Trail 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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Two with the dog. One hour upper body. 3.25 on the treadmill.

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Race: Mountain View Trail Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 03:10:05
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Can't say that I actually 'raced' today - but had a great day out on Antelope Island.  I had originally signed up to race the half marathon, but instead turned it into a volunteer opportunity and ran as sweeper.  Started 10 minutes after the race and figured I'd eventually catch up to people.  It was a gorgeous day on the island - sunny and warm, but not hot.

The trail was overgrown.  Running through the grassy sections was kind of cool. Grasses taller than my head and only a tiny path through it that you could see.  The sunflower sections was not as cool - they were a bit painful and scratchy when they hit you.

Saw 5 buffalo after the bushwhack section down to the Mountain View Trail but those were the only ones close to me.  At the first aid station - around mile 5, I asked where the last runners were. The one volunteer told me they were two miles ahead.  Knowing most volunteers - I figured that meant about a half mile or so. When I got to the aid station at Frary Peak, I could see the last runners only about 100 yards out, (I knew they couldn't be that far ahead), so hung around that aid station for 5 minutes or so to give them time to get ahead.  Started walking a lot more to keep behind them and finally caught up about mile 12 and they told me to go ahead.  They looked good - so I just ran it in. 

Helped drive runners back to the start line and then helped Jim and Karen Skaggs pack up the truck and Jim drove me back to the start.

Neat experience as I got back on the main island road - an antelope walked very slowly across the road about 10 feet in front of me. 

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