| 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 | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
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| Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 1.00 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 38.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 38.00 | Weight: 125.40 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.30 |
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Dang it! Bum hurt pretty bad yesterday. Took a walk and stretched in the afternoon, which didn't seem to help it. Iced it and stretched in evening. This morning it felt good for about 5 minutes, then could feel it a bit as I walked to the treadmill. I walked for a bit to warm up, hurty, then started a slow jog, hurty, when I started gasping, clenching teeth, I thought of MacK and her jump start she would do before she knew she had a stress fracture, and I turned the stupid machine off. The good news is I didn't have to run on the treadmill. The bad news is I didn't get to run on the treadmill, well not for long. |
| Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 0.30 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | 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 | | 0.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.70 |
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Warning - PG level expletives. Holy mother of crap! Second day in a row of too much pain to run. I ran about .6 out with MacK, stopped and stretched. The pain was as bad as yesterday, but I enjoyed being with her and didn't want to stop. On the way back I was at first jogging but was laughing too much which made my bum hurt so I had to start walking because I wasn't going to stop telling my funny story. So we walked the rest of the way. I am going to beg for a dctr appointment today, camp out until Dr. Brady can see me. I hate how everyone but me got the day off yesterday. That just delays my treatment by one day. Crap crap double crappity crap. Update - went to Dr. Brady. First was the rubdown and hot stone treatment with Megan, then she put the stem patches on me for 15 min, and that felt so good. It felt like worms crawling around between the four patches, placed about 6 inches apart in a square. Sounds gross from that description but it felt so good. Then Dr. Brady, questions about how it felt, ultrasound, massage therapy, chiro adjustments, stretching, and the grand finale, electro acupuncture, and he even favored me with an extra long needle coming in from the side, which he had to push in with several strokes, it was long. Eek. The diagnosis is inflammation/irritation of the joint where my tailbone and my pelvic bone meet, its called the SI joint or something. He said one of the bones meeting at that joint is the same bone Josse's been talking about with her injury, the sacrum? Anyway, he says no running until my next treatment (Thursday), but that he could tell I didn't let it go long, and my muscles and joints reacted well to the stretching and stuff, much better than his bad cases with this problem IB 3x in the next day and icing 3x/day until the next treatment. Now, where are my pills. Oh gosh, how will I cope with not running for another couple of days?
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| Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 0.70 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| Let the slack and indolence begin. Guess that means I get to go to work early. |
| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 125.00 |
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| GRRRRRRR. (that's me growling at my scale). No major indiscretions eating wise. Had a 44 oz drink that was 2/3 coke, 1/3 diet coke, and had hot chocolate for dessert. That was it for badness. SI joint still sore, even as I wake up this morning and walk around the house. I would think even pool running would increase soreness right now. Have Dr. appt this afternoon.
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 | Weight: 127.00 |
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| The humiliation is now complete. I've got a chinese herbal patch on my bum. Went to Dr. Brady's yesterday afternoon. Because I didn't feel better than I did the first time I came in and told him so he told me I still shouldn't be running, Saturday at the earliest. He gave me all the same treatment as last time + chinese herbal patch. He said my body was cooperating with the adjustments and stretching better, and that I was rolling on the table (constantly going from belly, to side to back, then to belly again, etc) with less discomfort (I guess I let my discomfort show - I'm a real baby), so that's about it for the good news. Feel the muscles atrophe from inactivity.
No sharp pain yet this morning. Just a dull soreness.
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | Weight: 125.00 |
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| Sleeping in on a Saturday is a rare treat. My SI joint pain has been gradually getting better, just some lingering soreness. Dr. Brady said I could run this afternoon, since afternoon runs allow your body to be more warmed up, if I was feeling better. I am improving and feeling better, but I have to weigh the benefits of a dopey 4-6 mile run, with the drawbacks of most likely making it more sore. Since tomorrow is Sunday and the sanctioned day off, by skipping my dopey run this afternoon I get two more days of rest for my injury, and I think that will do me more good in the end than burning off 500-600 calories. The decision is surprisingly easy to make. Now were are my big girl jeans? I want to comfortable today. . .
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | Weight: 126.00 |
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| Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Miles: 1.00 | 2009 Driving Miles Miles: 9.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 38.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 38.00 | Weight: 125.40 | |
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