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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

Wed, Jul 29, 2009

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

Yesterday some soreness in SI, slight, but more pronounced than the prior week. It wasn't concerning in itself, if I always had this niggling at this level I would be peachy, but I am concerned that I might be affected by the minimal exercise I've started. I called the rheum office to see how the preauth for enbrel went, and they hadn't started it, but they submitted it to my insurance yesterday.

Since my soreness was quite low still (1-2 max yesterday) and my exercise is reasonable, I will keep going with it. One of the things to work out over the next month or two is whether I need enbrel, and I must train, or have a flare up in trying to train, to find that out.

Anyway, today walked 1.7 in 30:05. Had to remind myself to take the pace easy. 17:41 pace today. I'll start fast walking next week.

Light abs - easing into core training again - planks, bridge, and superman

light stretching

30 min weeding

Night Sleep Time: 7.75	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.75	Weight: 144.00

Comments

From Maurine/Tarzan on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:09:15 from 63.255.172.2

Michelle - are you keeping detailed information in a spreadsheet or somewhere (in addition to here) regarding your pain/meds/exercise so that you can track flareups and what works/doesn't work?

From MichelleL on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 11:21:44 from 71.35.248.79

Yeah, I do have a summary spreadsheet. Before Diclofenac any exercise flared it up. We'll have to see if that story changes.

From paul on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:08:53 from 76.27.122.123

For whatever it's worth, training makes me feel better, not worse. The only thing that makes me hurt is a long trail run, probably due to the unevenness of the surface and lack of rhythm in the stride. But of course everyone is different.

From MichelleL on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 12:42:05 from 71.35.248.79

Yeah I have done my share of not training, so I'm going to give training a go.

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