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Location:

Kowloon Tong,Hong Kong

Member Since:

Jul 02, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided:

5K - 17:11 (track Pre-kids and at BYU) (1998)

10K - 35:48 (track Pre-kids and at BYU) (1998)

10K - 35:34 (road - Shek Mun 10k 12/12)

1/2 Marathon 1:19:44 (UNICEF HM 11/12)

Marathon 2:47:08 (ING Hartford Connecticut 10/10)

Aided:

St. George Marathon 2:50:40 (10/08)

1/2 marathon - Hobble Creek 1:17:14 (8/08)

10K - Deseret News 10K - 35:02 (7/08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

PR 1/2 marathon AGAIN

Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 2:46 in Boston!

Personal:

I used to run for BYU, but only after trying out three times and finally walking on, so I was never a star. However, it was wonderful to run with great people and under Coach Shane. When you run with fast people, you can't help to improve! I graduated BYU in 1998, and didn't run a race until 2002, after having my second child. My hiatus and other crazy life commitments have made my competitive running suffer, but the last couple of years I have tried to get back into it the best I can. I have been married since 1996, to Paul Lowry, who is a runner himself. I have three boys (my three rascals), ages 12, 10, and 8.

After a great 2008 season, I was injured and eventually diagnosed and cross-diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a type of arthritis disease, which precludes running for all but the most stubborn. So I am on medications, trying to stay healthy, and seeing my PT often. And running! Now beating the streets in Hong Kong.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
NB RC900 Black/yellow Lifetime Miles:						183.31
NB RC1300 Red/Black Lifetime Miles:						195.31
2012 MTR Lifetime Miles:						4035.70
890 Blue Lifetime Miles:						310.55
NB RC 1600 Lifetime Miles:						96.76
RC 1400 Lifetime Miles:						90.60
NB 890 Baby Blue Lifetime Miles:						233.26
NB 890 Electric Blue Lifetime Miles:						319.67
NB 890 Tokyo Turquoise Lifetime Miles:						163.54

Tue, Feb 12, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
5.34	9.32	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.66

Ran with Curtis, 6.2k warm up, then 3 x 5k. The goal was to slowly ease into 3:50 pace and not go faster than that. 3:50 pace is 19:10/5k, and is roughly my marathon pace. I felt quite discomboblulated in the first rep, like fast running was foreign to my legs. Had one or two twinges in my hamstring but ok. We jumped right into 3:50 pace, but ended up at 19:20 (3:52 pace, 4 min rest). 2nd rep was 19:11 (with one shoe fully untied for 3k, so annoying!, 5:11 rest), and third was 18:50 (3:46 pace).

Honestly, I felt smoother with each rep, but I was disturbed by the amount of effort needed to sustain 3:50 pace. It did not feel like marathon pace, but more like 1/2 marathon pace. I didn't like how labored my breathing is. I am sure I have lost a bit of fitness, perhaps just 5% but when it is from your top fitness, you can feel the difference. Plus I am a couple of pounds up. I am very happy to be back into training, though, and hope my legs can continue to handle it.

Massage after workout

PM: core, walk with hubby, stretching

890 Blue Miles: 14.66

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 124.80

Comments

From Jake K on Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 08:47:01 from 155.100.226.191

You know how at the beginning of a training cycle, when you're getting back into workouts, you kind of expect those first couple sessions to feel really hard? And often times they do... and then all of a sudden one or two workouts really click and you're like "hey, I remember how to run this fast!" and then you just keep rolling from there...

That's where you're at now. The fitness is there, maybe you lost a couple %... but its not far away. I'm kind of in the same boat as you right now. Its easy to keep rolling when you have momentum building, but the little hiccups disrupt that flow. Stay the course, keep plugging away, and don't expect it to feel fantastic right away... then you'll be (pleasantly) surprised when it clicks again.

From runningafterbabies on Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 12:09:07 from 71.195.219.247

Hang in there. It stinks feeling like you are 'out of shape,' or in your case, out of the same shape you were in, but Jake is right. Your fitness is there. The body can bounce back, but not over night. Listen to your body, train-don't strain, and you'll be right back where you were before your little hiccup.

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