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Location:

Draper,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 11, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

5K- 16:37

6K CC - 19:55

4 miles- 22:10

10K- 34:38

15K- 49:57

Half Marathon- 1:12:03

20K - 1:08:38

Marathon- 2:35:49

Short-Term Running Goals:

Stay fit and have fun doing some local races.

Get my youth cross country team, www.racecats.org off the ground.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Feel energized. Stay healthy and balanced

Personal:

Four awesome kids ages 4, 8, 10, and 12 years old. Love to run, play, and write. Married to entrepreneurial Aaron.

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Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.50	2.00	0.00	0.00	5.50

5.5 miles in 7:17 pace

Happy Birthday to Aaron! Got up and made french toast, fed the kids and got them dressed and ready to go for the day so Aaron could sleep in. He woke up around 8 am and took the kids to the gym with him so he could work out and I could go running.

After talking to my ART guy yesterday about whether or not it is still possible for me to build up to do Boston, I decided I should avoid running on uneven, icy surfaces and seek out flat, dry surfaces. So this morning I left for my run fired up to go do some interval work. Decided I would do 3X10 minutes at 6:20-6:30 pace instead of doing the group workout in Boulder since that workout was a lot of shorter, faster stuff run on crusty trails.

Warmed up 20 minutes, stretched, and did some easy strides.

Ran 10 minutes at 6:18 pace. Noticed that my left hamstring felt pretty tight and my right adductor was not liking the speed either. Jogged for 3 minutes. I started the next interval more conservatively at 6:33 pace and went for 4 minutes, but my form just kept getting uglier and uglier and I became overly frustrated so I just stopped. And walked. Lots of thoughts flooded my mind, mostly discouraging, dispairing ones. As I continued walking I noticed I was limping again. Not limping at the beginning of the run, but limping now. Great. I've done it again.

Maybe I just need to stop pushing the pace altogether. Maybe I need to stop hoping I can get it together quickly enough to run Boston and just take my time getting over this injury. Its obvioulsy not willing to heal as quickly as I hoped it would and I keep trying to push it and it just comes back. I really want this injury to heal and I also really want to run Boston but I'm feeling very mentally fatigued from trying to train when my body is not cooperating. Maybe I should just set other non-running related goals to keep me motivated in life in general and when my body gives me the green light to progress in running again, I can do so.

For now I'm just going to try not to think about it and have a fun time with Aaron on his Birthday. He agreed to go to Chuck-e-Cheese with the kids tonight (Abe's idea) but I think we'll eat dinner at home and just go there to play since their pizza is hardly edible. The kids and I made him a yummy cake and I think I will take one freebie slice of cake on my husband's 30th birthday since its almost the end of my no sugar month, and I haven't taken any freebies yet.

Comments

From redrooster on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 17:08:41 from 65.100.253.126

tell Aaron I said happy birthday!

Chuck e cheeze- yuck, I am glad I am beyond that, what a scene that is.

I got injured last year training for Ogden, tried to push through it and just made things worse. I wouldn't feel bad about bagging out of Boston, or just run it for fun if you already have a ticket and hotel. It is just as fun that way anyway.

We need to be focusing on the Bolder Boulder anyway. I am counting on you to push me to a PR so I need you to get healthy fast!!

have fun tonight, Scott

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 17:19:22 from 24.8.167.243

Dang it. I'm sorry that this injury is still bugging you. It's hard to drop out of a race that you've been aiming for, but maybe it is better in the long run, so to speak.

Can you just run it for fun or do you have to try to race it if you run it since you have a comp entry? (You do have a comp entry, right?)

From seeaprilrun on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 21:51:03 from 205.172.12.229

so sorry! that stinks.:( Hope you had a fun day. You must be the sweetest mother and wife!

From Toby on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 22:05:58 from 216.194.124.36

I'm SO sorry Nan. What a bummer! It is so hard when you are mentally ready to ROCK! But you are a smart runner and will make the right choice!

From jess1 on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 23:39:28 from 98.202.112.240

That is so frustrating. I'll hope Boston works out for you this year - but if not, goodness knows you'll be hitting it hard soon. You're amazing!

From Burt on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:15:37 from 206.19.214.144

I came over here to reprimand you for not commenting on my Sunday post, but now I can't. I'm so sorry your injury's not cooperating. That is frustrating. :(

From Samantha Dean-Howard on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 17:41:22 from 90.201.147.80

Hiya Nan, sorry to hear of your un-co-operating body is that even a word lol but anyways, I have had to back off and train not like others at all but its working, and I ended up writing off last year due to me running through injury in the spring to do a half marathon, and it all came back in the training for Berlin which was a huge decision to not run even lost the flights and the whole price...... I think you take a step back do fitness training and cross training, I did lots of swimming, you can do lots of cycling or what helps you ! and some running if your body lets you..... Its hard but I wouldnt run a main race for fun and any marathon really takes it out of you its best if you dont think you will be in tip top condition why run it???? if your real goals in your mind is to pr, then you wont pr if your not in tip top condition. Just my thoughts and I hope this helps you in some ways its better to make the decision if your like me I am a stress head until I make the decision.

Happy Birthday Aaron, and I hope you all had a great day ....

From runningafterbabies on Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 21:44:54 from 67.177.9.74

You can always be my pacer. My MP would be a walk in the park for you, Nan. Truthfully though, I am really sorry and hope that you can kick this injury once and for all. Talk about annoying!

From Nan Kennard on Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 13:41:02 from 174.51.250.151

Thanks for your encouragement, everyone. I was feeling pretty down Wednesday and Thursday, but am feeling better now. Just choosing to be grateful for the things that ARE working out in my life rather than discouraged about the things that aren't.

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