Running For Trevor

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Member Since:

Jul 14, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records

26.2----------2:58:45 09/15/2012 Top of Utah Marathon

13.1--------1:17:55 11/02/2013 Snow Canyon
10k---------38:10 03/2013 Hale Freezes Over 10k
5k----------18:48 09/2012 Spanish Fork 5k

Short-Term Running Goals:

My goal is to continue to enjoy running and maybe get faster a long the way! :)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I am 100 years old!

Personal:

I decided to join to hold myself accountable for my training and because I love learning from others running experiences. I just started running a little over a year ago and have a lot to learn. I work fulltime as a Manager of Telecommunications for Intermountain Healthcare and go to school online through Weber State University. If you want to know more check out my blog: www.runningfortrevor.blogspot.com

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics 2160 Lifetime Miles:						362.50
Asics Racing Flats Lifetime Miles:						60.20
New Balance Nimbus Lifetime Miles:						443.00
Mizuno Waves Yellow Lifetime Miles:						419.75
Mizuno Waves Pink Lifetime Miles:						493.83
New Balance 950 Lifetime Miles:						406.55
Pearl Izumi's Iso Shift Lifetime Miles:						394.10
Asics Yellow Lifetime Miles:						490.25
Saucony Blue Lifetime Miles:						429.00
Saucony Mirage Pink Lifetime Miles:						574.90
Saucony Mirage Green Lifetime Miles:						461.45
Kinvara 2 Purple Lifetime Miles:						440.25
Saucony Mirage Blue Lifetime Miles:						443.60
Orange Mizuno Waves Lifetime Miles:						510.25
Kinvara Pink Lifetime Miles:						475.54
Altra Olympus Purple Lifetime Miles:						22.70
Virrata Pink Lifetime Miles:						11.30

Wed, Aug 22, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	6.00	10.00

2 mile warmup and then 6 mile tempo 6:49, 6:45, 6:41, 6:39, 6:30, 6:25 (last 2 miles of the tempo are slightly aided). 2 mile cooldown. I honestly felt great during the tempo probably because I have ran really easy the past 3 days and I was mentally and physically craving faster miles. But as soon as I slowed I could feel my calfs tighten up a little.

Patience, Patience, Patience! EASY running (maybe even a day of cross-training blah!) the rest of the week and then pacing TOU 1:45 on Sat.

Aug 26th (3 weeks out): 9-10 mile tempo workout, Pocetello half marathon pacer 1:50 on Sat.

Sept 3rd (2 weeks out): Payson Onion Days 10K on Labor Day, maybe SF 5K on Sat the 8th....

Sept 10th (Race week): 3-4 mile tune up tempo, easy easy running

Kinvara 2 Purple Miles: 10.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 113.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From Jake K on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:06:47 from 155.100.226.191

One more time - patience patience patience! I think you have a good plan for the next couple weeks - no need to cram in any more workouts. You've been running plenty of them since January with no extended break. The 0.1% increase in fitness you *might* be able to achieve at this point is probably not worth the risk of going over the line and feeling crummy @ TOU. Do the pacing and run some races - mentally those won't be draining like doing long solo workouts. And I really believe that if you are in a good place mentally (ie. refreshed) than your body often responds to the lack of stressors and will be feeling good as well. It doesn't need to be pushed any harder at this point... it just needs to rest and re-charge so you'll be able to let it all out again in 3 weeks. Bottle up the energy!!!

I almost feel like a hypocrite giving this advice considering what I've been doing for the past month... but I've been in your shoes, right where you are at, several times in the past... and every time I blew it and got myself hurt or mentally burnt out. I dont want you to have to go through that b/c its no fun.

After TOU I think you should do what I did after Duluth... you can build the miles back up, but back off the intensity for a extended period of time. I did about 6-7 weeks of no workouts. A few weeks ago I wondered if that had been too long - the legs didn't feel like they had any speed... but after a few weeks it comes back really quick, even if you don't expect it would (I didn't expect to turn it around as quick as I did)

From Rachelle on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:33:01 from 159.212.71.77

I'll probably require at least 5,000 more reminders of the patience thing! Honestly I am really glad I have the pacing assignments the next 2 weekends because that should keep me from doing anything extremely stupid.

And yes I definitely agree with the post TOU plan. I probably wont really race again until a Thanksgiving 5k. And I'm already looking into basket weaving and cake decorating classes.....maybe I'll even learn to Zumba or something. :)

From RAD on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 15:15:37 from 98.202.23.178

Nice work Rachelle! Those last few weeks always make us crazy. Patience is where it is at, just take a deep breath!

From Tara on Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 16:35:47 from 75.169.137.17

Very nice workout. You are set up for a wonderful reward at TOU in my opinion. I also think your plan looks solid. Keep it up!

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