| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 52.49 | 9.32 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 68.01 |
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| 2012 MTR Miles: 33.20 | NB 890 Grey Miles: 7.15 | 890 Blue Miles: 14.66 | NB Charcoal 780 Miles: 31.02 | RC 1400 Miles: 9.30 | NB 890 Baby Blue Miles: 5.75 | NB 890 Electric Blue Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 124.40 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.15 |
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Ben rode a bike with me as I ran my first outside run. Couldn't run very fast, got below 5:00/k pace toward the end. |
| 2012 MTR Miles: 10.80 | NB 890 Grey Miles: 7.15 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | 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 |
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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 | |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 124.80 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 6.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.84 |
| Stretching warm up. Ran 11k without watch, went to New Balance in the afternoon and got new training shoes :D PM: core workout |
| NB Charcoal 780 Miles: 11.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 8.14 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.34 |
| AM: leisurely 20k bike ride with my kids from Tai Po Market to Tai Mei Tuk and around Tai Mei Tuk. Very fun. PM: plan was 10 x 1,000m @ 3:45 launching at 6 min, didn't want to run alone, but the only group that was running was doing tempo intervals around the track. I felt like a track workout is still risky because it is my outside leg that is the "problem leg" and this is only my second fast workout. So I decided to stick with the 1k reps but do them on the road. I felt much more snappy during my warm up than I did on Tuesday so that was nice. Warmed up 6k, and my reps were going back and forth along a stretch of bike trail. Going one direction was harder (the odd ones) than the other direction (even reps), and I set my watch to have exactly 2:15 rest | 1 | 3:46 | | 2 | 3:41 | | 3 | 3:48 | | 4 | 3:40 | | 5 | 3:44 | | 6 | 3:44 | | 7 | 3:45 | | 8 | 3:42 | | 9 | 3:45 | | 10 | 3:41 | | | |
My quads were sore by halfway into the workout, perhaps some fatigue from the biking? The workout felt much better than Tuesday, my pace generally felt like HM pace, but I sometimes started slower and accelerated, sometimes started too fast then cruised in, it was quite a mix. 23.1k total |
| 2012 MTR Miles: 11.60 | RC 1400 Miles: 9.30 | NB 890 Baby Blue Miles: 5.75 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 40 min elliptical, stretching, 5 mile run on TM, core workout, making 5 dozen sugar cookies, 6 batches of frosting and eating none of it. |
| NB 890 Electric Blue Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 20.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.02 |
| 4:47 ave pace for 32.22k (20 miler). I was 8 days out from Standard Chartered Marathon, an important but not goal marathon. I thought the fitness gains and confidence from a 20 miler would be better than rest since I had an early unplanned taper. Felt good and pace increased towards the end, had to hold back, but quads were a bit sore and the legs felt like they had run 20 miles by the end. Felt good after, hiked up to the top of Sharp Island with the boys in the afternoon. Core workout and stretching at night. |
| 2012 MTR Miles: 10.80 | NB Charcoal 780 Miles: 20.02 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 124.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 52.49 | 9.32 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 68.01 |
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| 2012 MTR Miles: 33.20 | NB 890 Grey Miles: 7.15 | 890 Blue Miles: 14.66 | NB Charcoal 780 Miles: 31.02 | RC 1400 Miles: 9.30 | NB 890 Baby Blue Miles: 5.75 | NB 890 Electric Blue Miles: 5.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 124.40 | |
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