Boo Legs

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Location:

Salt Lake City,Ut,

Member Since:

Jun 11, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Races and Progress

2006 Salt Lake Marathon-4:10:53

2007 Top of Utah Marathon-3:52:17

2009 Ogden Marathon-3:43:46

2012 Utah Valley Marathon-3:21:59 *PR*

2012 Provo Half-1:28:54 *PR*

Short-Term Running Goals:

Working my way to get faster.....

10K: 41:00 or better 

Half Marathon: 1:27 or better

Marathon: 3:15 or better 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run into old age.

Personal:

Married with 2 lively boys. I love running and I love getting faster. Just trying to figure out how to balance life between being a mother, wife, part time nurse, and runner. :)

When I was in 6th grade I filled out a Getting to Know You sheet. Under nicknames I wrote, "My brothers call me Boo Legs, I think its because I run fast." (It really came from the movie, Strange Brew) And its been my family nickname ever since.

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Tue, Oct 30, 2012
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.004.008.00

Today I did a treadmill workout that I haven't done in a long time. I used this workout to get back to running after I had a baby. Its a ladder workout. A certain amount of time spent going fast followed by an equal amount of time for a recovery walk/jog. Here are the numbers.

1 mile warm up, 1 min on (10 mph/6:00 min/mile), 2 min (9.9/6:04), 3 min (9.8/6:07), 4 min (9.6/6:15), 5 min (9.5/6:19), 4 min (9.6/6:15), 3 min (9.7/6:11), 2 min (9.8/6:07), 1 min (9.9/6:04), about 1/2 mile cool down.

My recovery jogs were between a 10:00-9:30 min/mile. By the end I was a little nauseated so I know it was a good workout. :) 

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Comments
From Andrea on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 16:05:38 from 72.37.171.52

Nice workout Natalie!

From Carina on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 18:00:39 from 204.15.86.83

Looking good!

From Brooke on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 19:52:54 from 70.196.197.97

Nice!! I'm always on the lookout for TM boredom busters, I will definitely try this, thanks for posting! When you say your recovery jogs were 10/9:30 mm, did you do them inbetween each set and if so for how long?

From NatalieK on Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 20:20:41 from 174.253.161.133

Thanks Andrea, Carina, & Brooke.

Brooke, yes I recovered between each set. So I was 1 min fast, 1 min recover, 2 min fast, 2 min recover, and so on.

From Rachelle on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 09:41:48 from 199.190.170.29

That workout sounds absolutely terrible but in the most awesome, sweaty, kick a$$ way possible. Nice work girl!

From Bam on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 14:49:12 from 89.204.162.123

Great workout Natalie. How would you develop this session? Would you cut the recovery times? Do two sets? Increase the speed?

What are your racing plans?

Do I ask a lot of questions?

From NatalieK on Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 16:45:46 from 67.182.200.33

Bam, Are zebras black with white strips or white with black stripes? :)

To make it harder I'd increase the speeds. (But you certainly could do any of your suggestions...)Part of the reason I put all my speeds/times in the workout was so I could go faster next time.

And I don't have any current racing plans. Just maintenance over the winter I guess.

What else you got for me?

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