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Location:

Sydney,Australia

Member Since:

Oct 24, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

10K: 42:07 (NYC Runs Roosevelt Island Hot Chocolate, December 2012)

Half Marathon: 1:30:23 (Philadelphia RnR Half Marathon, Sept 2013)

Marathon: 3:17:13 (New Jersey Marathon, May 5, 2013)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:30 half marathon, Summer 2013

sub-3:30 marathon (my first) Spring 2013

sub 3:15 marathon, Fall 2013

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run long. Get fast. Stay injury free.

Personal:

Running blog: www.twolittlerunners.blogspot.com

Travel/Life/Food blog: www.big-spoon-little-spoon.blogspot.com

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Mizuno Inspire 8s Lifetime Miles: 377.00
Brooks Pure Cadence Lifetime Miles: 40.00
Mizuno Inspire 9s Lifetime Miles: 398.10
Black Mizuno Inspire 9s Lifetime Miles: 432.20
Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Lifetime Miles: 490.50
Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Lifetime Miles: 218.82
Red Mizuno Wave Rider Lifetime Miles: 403.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires Lifetime Miles: 405.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires 2 Lifetime Miles: 300.00
Red Mizuno Wave Riders 2 Lifetime Miles: 252.00
Black Brooks Pure Cadence Lifetime Miles: 29.00
Mizuno Inspire 12s Lifetime Miles: 69.00
Mizuno Inspire 12s Coral Lifetime Miles: 32.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
36.000.004.002.0042.00
Black Mizuno Inspire 9s Miles: 13.00Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Miles: 16.00Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

13 miles at around 8:40 pace. Whoa, felt very hard. Nearing 80 degrees and I think I was quite dehydrated. Sweat a LOT and was feeling reeeeeally thirsty after my run, which is not normal. Gotta start remembering to hydrate the day before long runs... and probably the morning of, as well!

Black Mizuno Inspire 9s Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy delightful miles at around 8:45 pace...right past the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. Its funny pinching myself now, when a few months ago I was pinching myself running past the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty. Lucky girl I am :)

Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.002.006.00

4 x 800 at 6:27. Was going to go for 2 more, but was too tired. Felt much harder than last week. Was very very sick later that night (food poisoning or brief flu with mucho vomito)...So maybe that was it. But didnt feel sick on treadmill... so I dunno. Got the legs turning over though. 

Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.004.000.007.00

Only had a short time to run this morning, so my 3 x 2 miles plan went out the window. 

Decided on 4 miles at tempo/HM pace roughly. My main aim was to start a tad slower than HM pace and speed up to faster than HM pace.

Very annoying - my brand new garmin had a "Lap error" on the first mile and didn't record it, so I dont know what that was. Probably around 7, based on my occasional glances down.

Splits: 7:00 (?), 7:05, 6:51, 6:37. Around 6:53 avg.

I think this more continuous tempo works better for me. Although I loooove tempo intervals, my body takes about 3-4 miles to truly warm up (which I usually don't have time for). So, doing a 1-2 mile warmup, then 3 x 2 miles or 2x 3 miles at HM, can be very disheartening after the first interval (which is typically my slowest). In a "progression" tempo like this, I can see the average pace go down over the course of all the miles, which is what I *hope* I can do in races.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Easy miles at 8:50 pace.
 

Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
36.000.004.002.0042.00
Black Mizuno Inspire 9s Miles: 13.00Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Miles: 16.00Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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