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Location:

Phoenix,AZ,

Member Since:

Jul 23, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 22:15 (January 2005);
10K-48:40 (November 2005)
Half-marathon: 1:50:25 (, March 2006);
Marathon: 3:54:16 (January 2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Finish half marathon in January 2010

Run consistently

Lose pregnancy weight + 10 pounds

Long-Term Running Goals:

Complete an Ironman triathlon; run the Comrades Marathon in South Africa (55 miles)
Marathon: sub 3:30
Half marathon: sub 1:40
10K: sub 42 minutes
5K: sub 21 minutes

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Personal:

I've been running since high school (mid-1990s) and do pretty well when I'm focused on a goal. My main problem is running consistently when I'm NOT training for something specific. I'm an attorney, and I've been married to my husband, also a runner, for 5 1/2 years. We live in Phoenix, Arizona. We had a beautiful baby girl, Caroline, in August 2009.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Wed, Jul 09, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
3.75	0.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	6.75

Pre-blogging yet again. I slept 9 hours last night! I might do 6 tonight, but I haven't decided.

PM-chiropractic adjustment. Hopefully my neck issues will go away...

PM-At the last minute, I decided to do mile repeats on the treadmill and get the painful workout of the week over a day early. I started with dynamic stretching and then warmed up for 1.5 miles at about 10:30 pace. I did all three mile repeats at 8:19 pace with .25 miles after each (took about 3 minutes). I cooled down with another 1.5 miles between 10:30 and 11:00 pace. Then I did the anti-sitting stretches.

I guess the good thing about the treadmill is that I am forced to keep up the pace. On the other hand, maybe I could have gone faster. I probably could have...a little bit.

The other good thing is all the sleep I'm getting this week! I still get to bed around 10:00 and sleep until about 7:00! Next week I'll be back to the 7-hour nights.

Comments

From Kim on Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 12:07:50

Hey you pre blogger girl! That makes you be pretty committed about getting out later! Good job!

From Jody on Wed, Jul 09, 2008 at 15:59:50

Can I have some of your sleep hrs? I haven't had more than 6 all week and it is killing me today! I took a short nap on the couch this morning and I am trying to stay awake, but when you are working at home and the couch is there it is very,very tempting. So I will just keep eating!

From Christi on Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 09:57:23

Pre-blogging is working well for you! GREAT job getting out late in the day, that's tough!

From Tom on Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:54:50

Nice job getting the mile repeats done on the treadmill. Even though in theory it should be as easy or easier to do them on the treadmill than the road, I find I can rarely keep the pace as well as if I was on the roads. Just too dang boring.

So are you running a 5K on Saturday? If so good luck!

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