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Member Since:

Mar 27, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

4:18 at Kiawah Marathon----December 2008

4:01 Vermont Marathon--May 2009

3:44 at Eugene Marathon--May 2010

3:55 at Eye Q Two Cities Marathon--November 2010

3:55 at Baton Rouge Marathon---December 2010

3:49 at Boston Marathon--April 2011

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a 3:15 marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a sub-3 hours

Personal:

-Love to dance-- Running and dancing: two things in my life that are like breathing.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Adrenaline GTS8 #1 Lifetime Miles:						450.80
Brooks Trance 8 Lifetime Miles:						447.42
Brooks Adrenaline GTS8 #2 Lifetime Miles:						432.63
Brooks Adrenaline GTS7 Lifetime Miles:						240.89
Brooks GTS #3 August 13 2009 Lifetime Miles:						332.38
Brooks Trance #2 Sept 25 Lifetime Miles:						324.44
Brook Adreneline 8 Nov 20 Lifetime Miles:						335.69
Nike Pegassus #1 Lifetime Miles:						337.79
Brooks GTS 9 Feb. 25 2010 Lifetime Miles:						333.80
Brooks GTS 8 # 5 March 17 2010 Lifetime Miles:						265.05
Brooks GTS 10--June 30 2010 Lifetime Miles:						360.30
Nike Pegassus #2 August 20 2010 Lifetime Miles:						313.95
Brooks Trance 9 # 1 August 31 2010 Lifetime Miles:						246.15
Nike Lunar Racer 2 Lifetime Miles:						8.40
Brooks Ghost 2 Nov 13 2010 Lifetime Miles:						293.55
Brooks Glycerin November 20 2010 Lifetime Miles:						290.87
Brooks Launch November 25 2010 Lifetime Miles:						255.08
Brooks Launch# 2--April 4, 2011 Lifetime Miles:						98.30
Brooks Launch 3--August 26, 2011 Lifetime Miles:						226.00
Brooks Glycerin#2 July 11, 2011 Lifetime Miles:						204.70
Nike Pegassus # 3--April 30, 2011 Lifetime Miles:						263.80
Brooks Ghost 3-June 1, 2011 Lifetime Miles:						314.02
Ghost 4--October 17, 2011 Lifetime Miles:						204.75
Brooks Glycerin 3--October 26, 2011 Lifetime Miles:						342.65
Brooks Glycerin 8-Feb 6, 2012 Lifetime Miles:						339.40
Brooks Flow--Feb 8, 2012 Lifetime Miles:						89.50
Asics--GT 2100 Lifetime Miles:						48.20
Ghost 4--April 18, 2012 Lifetime Miles:						246.10
Brooks Pure Flow 2--April 2012 Lifetime Miles:						63.20
Glycerin 9---June 22, 2012 Lifetime Miles:						246.10
Brooks Green Silence--August 23,2012 Lifetime Miles:						39.90
Nike Vomero September 23 2012 Lifetime Miles:						337.40
Brooks Glycerin 9--October 16, 2012 Lifetime Miles:						383.65
Brooks LAunch November 4, 2012 Lifetime Miles:						259.30
Launch March 9, 2013 Lifetime Miles:						148.20
Nike Pegassus---March 21, 2013 Lifetime Miles:						268.40
Glycerin 10--June 20, 2013 Lifetime Miles:						315.20
Brooks Ghost July 2, 2013 Lifetime Miles:						289.50
Glycerin 10--Sept. 2013 Lifetime Miles:						206.90
Ghost 5 October 13, 2013 Lifetime Miles:						187.70
GHOST NOV 30, 2013 Lifetime Miles:						58.10
Glycerin 10--January 2014 Lifetime Miles:						59.40
Launch 3--Nov 2013 Lifetime Miles:						159.80
Aesics Lifetime Miles:						110.90
Brooks Ghost--Sept. 2014 Lifetime Miles:						133.50
Asics Nimbus Feb 2016 Lifetime Miles:						18.40
Brooks Ravena 6 Lifetime Miles:						326.90
Ravenna 6--March 2016 Lifetime Miles:						221.35

Thu, Aug 11, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
21.80	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	21.80

20 miles + 5x hills

Nike Pegassus # 3--April 30, 2011 Miles: 1.80	Brooks Glycerin#2 July 11, 2011 Miles: 20.00

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

Comments

From allie on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 00:52:31 from 24.10.191.18

mich! it's been awhile. how are things going? looks like you are getting in some great mileage right now. hope all is well with you.

From Mich on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 01:24:52 from 65.0.106.83

Hey Allie! How are you? Congrats on doing so amazingly at the half a few weeks ago. How are your feet feeling? Anymore races coming up?

yes, I am trying to have decent mileage weeks to condition my body back to long distance. I was not able to run long distance for two weeks while I was in Peru. Hiking in the jungle and the Andes mountains was great, but I really missed running:) I am worried about the two weeks without doing any long distance affecting me in my next race (labor day), but trying not to stress about it.

-M

From allie on Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 01:16:41 from 24.10.191.18

everything is feeling good -- progress was pretty slow through july but i am almost feeling back to "normal" again. i have 5 weeks until the top of utah marathon. it's coming a bit too fast for me, and i'm not sure i will be fully ready for this one but i am excited to get out and race again. i haven't run a marathon since last december! it's my longest marathon drought ever :)

sounds like you had a very fun/adventurous trip in peru. i think the little two week break you had from long distance will be just fine -- you still have the conditioning and it looks like you have jumped right back into the mileage. plus, it is always good to take a bit of a break every now and then. best of luck with your race on labor day. i look forward to hearing how it goes for you.

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