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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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Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Snow.  Went to the gym and did 30 minutes pretty hard on the elliptical and ran 4 miles.  Then I did some core work, lifted weights and took a shower.  2 hours later....finally done.

Hip is feeling quite good now!  This is the first day all week I've actually felt motivated to work out.  I figured since I'm mentally dragging and my hip still isn't recovered fully anyway, it wouldn't hurt to just take an easy week.  I'm hoping to get my fire back soon and simultaneously feel 100% in my hip so I can get out there and get into great shape again.  Right now I'm still feeling like an injured, out of shape athlete. 

Comments
From Scott Ensign on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 15:37:24 from 129.123.3.31

glad the hip is getting better. good idea to take it easy. My motivation is low right now too, so I am glad to see I am not the only one.

I am beginning to think January and february are good months to not do any running at all unless an important spring marathon is on the agenda. I think I am going to get some x-country skate skis and just do that next winter for two months and bag running completely.

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 16:45:33 from 68.103.242.46

Glad you had a good workout today. Hip feeling good + newfound motivation sounds like a great combination-hopefully you experience it soon. You are such a tremendous athlete that in reality it will not take long at all for you to get back into shape. I doubt you are very much out of shape anyway! The low-key week sounds nice--I am planning on a few of those after my April marathon!

From Burt on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 19:18:13 from 206.19.214.144

Remember that time you ran a 2:44:10 at TOU? That was awesome!

From Nan on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 19:46:25 from 174.51.250.151

:) Thanks for that Burt.

I know from my past that fast running can come back pretty quickly. I've done it three times after not running at all through pregnancy and I've had my seasons of very little running followed by lots of fast running. In fact, last winter around this time I was running about 10-15 mpw and didn't even start bumping up my mileage until June when I joined the blog. So a fast fall marathon is still in my realm of possibilities.

From AmberG on Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 23:35:03 from 64.255.88.27

You are an INCREDIBLE ATHLETE and really an inspiration to so many runners/bloggers! I agree w/ Burt, think of where you've been, , , ,you'll for sure be there again. Hang in there girl!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 09:19:36 from 74.40.148.80

I think the relative rest you're having right now will do you good and you will come back stronger than ever when your body and your m ind are ready.

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