Denouement

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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

Sat, Dec 01, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
17.83	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.83

Met Roberto for a long fartlek. It was 25-30 x 2 min on/1min off, so since that is 50-60 of hard running I assumed it should be goal HM pace, or 3:40-3:45. We averaged 3:39/k pace for the fast bits. Roberto has been injured and thus is in perfect shape for me (half in shape), so it is risky for him to do hard work, but 3:45 pace is not that fast so it was less risky of a workout for him, and we did it on the outside lane of a track, so it was a softer surface. The first 10 went by so slowly but it got better after that. I had the runs, presumably from eating rich leftover foods from my Viennesse book club (we were discussing Freud). Roberto timed my first bathroom break after #7 as 1:19 and my second after #13 as 1:14. At that rate I should have had two more bathroom breaks but thankfully that was my last one. I told him I have had bathroom breaks as short as 20 seconds long in the Salem Utah farm country but he said they were not on an IAAF accredited track so those PRs do not count.

I am very close to 100 miles for the week but I will NOT go out and run a mile or whatever I need to get there. (Or should I?).

2012 MTR Miles: 11.60	NB Ionix 3090 Miles: 17.83

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 121.40

Comments

From Steve Hooper on Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 21:44:03 from 174.27.244.187

Great job on your week! Especially coming off your Half on Sunday. I'd go out and do the 1 miles later in the day, just for the heck of it. Having that 100 posted on the calendar always feels good!

From MCKENZIE on Sat, Dec 01, 2012 at 16:10:52 from 67.2.58.73

The question is " how can you not?" Yes, ho run it to hit a Wild 100 miles for the week! Thats sweet

From Smooth on Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 17:43:51 from 67.2.119.62

So did you do it? :)

From MichelleL on Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 16:06:06 from 168.70.21.27

I did not do it! I wasn't supposed to be that high in mileage but that isn't really why I didn't. I was busy running around with the family. We had a church party where we made gingerbread houses and we went and saw the Life of Pi on IMAX 3D. It was awesome. Got home at 10:30 and debated going out, but in the end did not.

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