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Post-AS 2000m time trial

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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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NB RC 1600 Lifetime Miles: 96.76
RC 1400 Lifetime Miles: 90.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
35.551.000.001.500.000.000.0038.05
Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 11.00Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 17.05Saucony Type A2 Racers (red Baby) Miles: 2.25Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 44.00Weight: 129.33
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Walked .5 mile, windmill ham lunges, 1 hour elliptical, keeping hr between 145-155, basically 2/3 level 4, 1/3 level 5.  Then ball grab exercise.  


Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50Weight: 130.60
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.000.000.000.003.00

Warm up inside.  Ran 3 with MacK.  8:23 pace.  Ab workout inside, walked a mile too.

 

Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 129.40
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Oops, meant to run 8 and got an extra mile.  I went around the HS track 4 times to try to tramp down the snow.  I may be doing a time trial to figure out my optimal paces on Saturday.  We'll see.

Included in 9 mile run were 6x20-25 sec strides, about a minute rest in between.  Felt fine during them.  Like crum otherwise. 

Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 9.05
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 127.20
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Inside warm up, met MacK ran 7, meeting up with Aubrey in the middle.  Started to do some walking outside afterward, but in the mid 20's so I decide to some walking on my treadmill at home.  Walked 3 total.

Will do abs later. 

Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 129.20
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Indoor warm up, then ran 7 outside @ 8:49 ave pace, 6x15-20 sec strides.  Also 1.75 walking.  

Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 129.20
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Race: Post-AS 2000m time trial (1.25 Miles) 00:07:25
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.501.000.001.500.000.000.0012.00

18F, track was about 20% covered in lane one with snow/ice.

Indoor warm up.  .75 walking on treadmill, 12 minutes of good stretching.  Ran 4.5 miles easy, meeting up with Josse and MacK halfway through the easy stuff, said goodby to Josse, earned my third star at the Chevron, then we did a marathon pace mile, I changed shoes to my Saucony A2 racers, then did 4 strides on the track, earned a 4th star (this shows where my nerves were). Striped down to just shell of gloves and one shirt.

Then started a 2000m time trial.  Goal is to run it even or negative split.  I really wanted to go 6:00 pace, since I felt close to that, but thought this goal might be stretching myself a little, and the goal may be at odds with the negative split effort.  So I thought, 93, 90,89,89,89 would be perfect.  I had to swing wide 2/3 the way through one curve to lane 3 because of the ice/snow.  Also some patches in lane 1 elsewhere I just ran through.

1 - 89 (I go into the 200m at 42-43, and say out loud, dang it!  too fast), pace felt right

2 - 88 - threw hat off, then instantly wondered if that was a good idea (it was fine)

3 - 89 - starting to taste that acidy "you're doing a short race" taste in my mouth

4 - 88 - MacK joins me ahead of me, was the perfect rabbit, 

5 - 87 - MacK joins me just ahead the second half of this lap

I was ecstatic as I finished to be sub 6:00, but now I am looking back, thinking, I could have done this faster (I know this because there was no dry heaving or crying at the end).  Isn't that typical me?  So unsatisfied.   But, I am satisfied, and so grateful to have run my first sub-6:00 mile since my AS diagnosis, and to be bouncing back, and to be able to train, and to have friends to join me, to cheer me on remotely.  Every speed workout I can do is a gift.

When I got home, I just stared at Paul for a few minutes as he chatted to me about sundry topics, and he's asking why I'm looking at him funny, then I break down and say that I was just waiting for him to ask me how the time trial went.  Then he got the conversation on the right topic :D 

Bonnie wants to know how I am feeling afterward:  I don't feel any SI or ham issue, just deadleggy in my cool down.  I have soreness on both sides of my back and in my hams from two different new exercises my PT gave me yesterday.  I feel hungry for more, but done for today.  How's that?  I am supposed to do core today, but with the PT exercises yesterday, I think I will keep things super low impact and do a yoga/low impact core combo later today. 

 

Saucony Type A2 Racers (red Baby) Miles: 2.25Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 130.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
35.551.000.001.500.000.000.0038.05
Brooks Defyance (Blue) Miles: 11.00Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Miles: 17.05Saucony Type A2 Racers (red Baby) Miles: 2.25Mizuno Precision (periwinkle) Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 44.00Weight: 129.33
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