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
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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, Feb 29, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.75	4.00	8.75

Planks & pushups

8x800's with 400 rest in between.

1.4 mile warmup at 8:34 pace

800's were very controlled effort and around 6:58-7:05 pace.

2 miles cooldown at 8 minute pace.

I felt great and by doing the 800's slower I was able to speed up for the last 2. I was worried that 400 meters in between wasn't enough to recover but with the controlled effort it was perfect.

PM: 20 minutes elliptical, easy

Asics Yellow Miles: 8.75

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00	Calories: 114.40

Comments

From Carina on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 09:39:40 from 204.15.86.83

Great workout Rachelle, you are training so well!!

From Jake K on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:05:53 from 155.100.226.54

You did that workout perfectly. Best to keep it controlled since you did plenty of faster running over the weekend. A 1/4 mile recovery is usually enough rest if you are doing them at the right effort - which it seems like you did.

From Lily on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:43:22 from 67.199.178.210

Nice job! It was quite crazy in there this morn'.

From JulieC on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:58:41 from 71.35.248.72

well done Rachelle. definitely the "cruise intervals" feel best. Speedwork does not. I ran 1/2 mile in between my sets yesterday just because 2.5 minutes would end with the "virtual" track on the TM in an odd area and would play with my head so I just added on longer to make it an even two laps. Which actually got me too rested (harder get going fast again) so better shorter than longer I say.

Jake is it okay to have the same amount of rest period as the actual interval??? I think I read that somewhere.

From Jake K on Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 13:02:11 from 155.100.226.54

Kinda depends on what the goals of the workout are... if you are doing like all-out 800s (5K goal pace or faster), then equal rest (in terms of time) is fine. When you are doing them more as "cruise" intervals they should feel more comfortable and you won't need as much rest - you don't want the heart rate to drop too much during the rest (that makes the first part of every interval harder in my opinion as it spikes back up). I did pretty much the same workout yesterday, and my rest was a 200m jog, so less that one minute recovery. I find I stay in a better rhythm that way, even if I am running the reps a tiny bit slower than I might if I took more rest.

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