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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
Mon, May 04, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
20.100.000.000.000.000.003.1020.10

ran 13 miles to the gym to do some weight lifting and strength training. Did some strength training and weight lifting for an hour. Then, did some speed work by running 3.1 miles between in a 7.7 to a 9.4 pace. Ran the 3.1 miles in 22.30 minutes. Afterwards, ran 4 miles back home.

I did not get a lot of sleep last night because i got home too late from traveling and i was a little nervous about my work out today because of that. I am happy that I still had some energy and had a pretty good work out today. I am going to make sleep a priority for the rest of the week (and beyond of course:))

Brooks Trance 8 Miles: 20.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Sasha Pachev on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 15:24:45 from 64.81.245.109

Some thoughts on your training. The mileage looks good. One concern is how you are handling it. Make sure to eat enough and to sleep enough. If you feel tired, do not be afraid to back off to 8-10 miles a day to recover.

Try to race once every two weeks or so if you can. If you cannot find a race, measure out a course near your house (ideally with a wheel, if you do not have one, you can just plot it with the Course Tool), and run a time trial. Ideally, it would be nice to find somebody to do it with. Either a faster runner that will pace you, or somebody your level plus or minus that will make you extend yourself. The races could be anywhere from 5 K to the half marathon.

I noticed you ran a 5 K in 23:46. That puts you within a shooting range for 3:40 marathon.

Also - I am curious what you can do in an all out 800 meters. Find a track near your house, warm-up, do a few accelerations, and then run 2 laps as fast as you can. Record your 200 meter splits and the finish time. If you've never run track, the 200 meter mark is half way through the lap and you will usually see two lines there, one straight, and one arced that starts at the same place as the first, and then diverges from it.

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