| 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 | | 42.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.40 | 31.96 | 0.00 | 42.36 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 41.00 | Nap Time: 8.25 | Total Sleep Time: 49.25 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.25 | Nap Time: 1.75 | Total Sleep Time: 10.00 | 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 | | 4.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.15 | 0.00 | 4.15 |
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Ran on the treadmill. Linkin Park and Foo Fighters. It took some time to get down to 7:30 pace but settled there. My lower calves were tight. I think it is from the Saturday scraping. Should it feel tight like that? I stretched before the run and will after too.
Ave pace: 7:40
Free food at work today I am determined not to eat (last year I would indulge in this stuff-I have to stay strong!) -
brownies
chocolate chip cookies
assorted chips
sandwich wraps
potato salad
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.75 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.75 | 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 | | 12.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.80 | 0.00 | 12.80 |
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Met with MacK and we did a longer run. I felt some breathing constriction at first but it went away. The pace felt faster than it was. I guess that is just a combination of not enough sleep and losing some fitness :( Ave pace 8:24 It stinks to have broken through to a new level with my running with my Painter's Half just to have my fitness slowly deteriorate. I only have four more weeks so I need to stay strong and not lose my will. One thing I have discussed with Josse is that I have never really taken time off this year, other than two days just before Christmas, and the Monday and Wednesday after St. George. I am considering not running (or cutting back miles severely) the week after the Provo half. My work will be really busy that week, so not running will help me get more sleep, and it might give my body some rest. So the questions are, do I need a rest from running, if so should I do it April 7-13, in a week when I will be working 50-60 hours, or should I perhaps wait and rest the following week, when I will also be able to take naps and slow down in general (we are taking a family vacation April 16-20). Perhaps I don't need a rest at all because I have had this period of reduced mileage. My baby (ok he'll be four in the summer so he's not really a baby) was diagnosed with strep this morning (that makes two kids). I was wiped out from the run this morning, and I was sore, so I took a morning nap. It was heavenly but then I woke up with a bad headache and I felt convinced I was coming down with strep. I feel better now, but I just ate dinner and food has a funny way of making me feel good! I may not run in the morning so I can get a little bit more sleep, though I am not sure that sleep is a good defense for strep.
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.75 | Nap Time: 1.75 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 | 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 | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No run. Woke up at 3am and went straight to work, since I knew one of my boys would not likely be able to go to school. I started feeling sick at work at around 7am, and my husband called me to come home at 8am, and I called the doctor for me and they sent over a prescription. So I didn't get swabbed for strep but all three of my kids did and are positive. My oldest son came home from school early because of being sick. We ran around town trying to find a doctor who could squeeze us in to diagnosis him and prescribe some meds and finally did. We got home around 3pm and we all took a nap (me and three kids, and the two older never nap so it was so nice). I felt better in the evening. No energy to run or work though. |
| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 1.75 | Total Sleep Time: 7.25 | 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 | | 10.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.40 |
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Met MacK and Josse in SF. It was windy and warm (49F at start, but I am sure with windchill it was more like 42). I wore shorts! The temps dropped as we ran and a cold front moved in. We ran around the golf course. All three of us have sore throats so we didn't have energy for speed. I would feel like I had plenty of energy for a while, then I would feel like I couldn't keep up for a while. Overall I am glad I got out. Ave pace 8:25 Two short naps, one am and one pm. Gradually felt less streppy through the day. |
| Night Sleep Time: 6.75 | Nap Time: 1.25 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 | 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 | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Went to work groggy after waking up a 3am. Was out of the house by 3:25 and at work before 4am. Was able to get good things done at work. I lost my voice a little during the day but my voice came back later that day. While on a date with my husband I accidentally hacked up a big strep throat loogie (is that how you spell it?). Paul thought it was a really tender moment! We went to Magleby's and I finally got the crab legs I have been craving since January. Boy King Crab legs are expensive! King Crab legs: $26 Diet pepsi at a nice restaurant: $2.59 Medocre chicken enchiladas at a non-mexican restaurant (this is what hubby ordered) $12.99 Humungous piece of chocolate cake: $5 Tip on big restaurant bill $10 Hacking up a loogie on a hot date: PRICELESS
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| Night Sleep Time: 5.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 5.50 | 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 | | 15.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.01 | 0.00 | 15.01 |
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Had awful sleep last night because of stomach issues. I had a rare but serious heartburn case along with GI issues. It wasn't food poison because there was no violent reaction, just pain and sleeplessness. So the only glorious thing about the run today is that I actually made it out. I was so glad I set a time to meet MacK or I wouldn't have done as many miles. My stomach and throat hurt at the beginning but I felt better half way through the run. MacK was also really tired so we were quiet for the first part of our run but we had some great conversation in the second half. We also ran with Hal, Kevin, and Pat for miles 6-9. Ave pace 8:30, just glad to have gotten this week done. Took long nap in the pm, my throat is getting better but I am congested and felt sick to my stomach at times today. |
| Night Sleep Time: 4.50 | Nap Time: 1.75 | Total Sleep Time: 6.25 | 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 | | 42.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.40 | 31.96 | 0.00 | 42.36 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 41.00 | Nap Time: 8.25 | Total Sleep Time: 49.25 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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