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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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
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Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.25Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Miles: 12.85Brooks Advantage (Blue) Miles: 5.00
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Going to do some work on the right leg today.  Tomorrow morning I will start back with the 4 miles of daily running.  Twilight will be taking it easy most of the week to let her paw heal (much to her chagrin).

At 6 I am going to Leslie's house to see the DVD of her great adventure!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles running on the treadmill and 20 minutes on the stationary bikes.  Stomach is a bit upset.  Also did my leg stretches and some single leg squats working on the hamstring. Now I will massage it in a hot bath and then ice it afterwards.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.25
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.250.000.000.004.25

No energy tonight.  I struggled on the flats and uphills to keep my pace under 11mm.

avg 10:45

miles10:33/10:39/10:26/10:49

Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Miles: 4.60
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.250.000.000.003.25

OK - this afternoon's run won the award for the nastiest run ever. I made the mistake at work of drinking a Red Bull.  This from the person who has only ever drank one cup of cola in her life.

Came home from work and was going to do 4 quick miles before working at the temple.  .75 miles into the run I found a ward member's house for an emergency potty break.  3 more emergency potty breaks before 1.5 miles - no houses to be found.  Without providing details - lets say certain parts of my body were totally raw by the time I got home and had to shower.  

So - turned around at 1.5 miles (especially because the park potty there was closed for winter). I'll make up the other mile another day.

Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Miles: 3.25
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.600.000.000.004.60

Ran 4 miles in the dark tonight followed by one mile of jogging/walking as cooldown.

I tried to run by feel and sound, not looking at my watch a lot. If I heard the alarm warning me I was going too slow I would speed up, otherwise, just run what felt good (but pushing a little bit). Much happier with the endurance today.

10:25/10:12/10:29/10:32

The eye has felt kind of goopy the last couple of days and was almost sealed shut this morning, so I must be getting some infection under the contact lens. The doctor told me to go back on the antibiotic drops and the heavy saline drops if that occurred, so started on that today.

Excitement for me at work - they are ordering me a laptop.  I am using my personal laptop at work in the meantime because we needed to reconfigure my old desktop computer for a new employee.

Brooks Advantage (Blue) Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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I heard geese this morning and that prompted me to get closer to nature.

I went over to Wheeler Farm and ran 4 miles on various paths around there. No pushing - just a nice recovery run. As I ran I was enjoying the various shades of gold, red, brown, orange and salmon.  I  kept thinking it would be a beautiful place to take some pictures this time of year.  

Interestingly enough - as I took my last step running, the sun broke through for the first time in my run. I was able to enjoy the sun glinting off wet leaves and grass. As I walked a cooldown mile, I counted more than 25 groups taking family pictures.  Guess I wasn't the only one with that idea.

Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.25Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Miles: 12.85Brooks Advantage (Blue) Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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