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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:

BQ

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

Find out what my potential is and reach it.


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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

Tonight felt much better, but I'm still not back to 100%.  I'm still a little bit sore.  My quads started hurting a bit at mile 5, and I could really feel everything after stretching.  Thinking back, though, I have never run a half marathon as part of marathon training, where I had to immediately jump back into high mileage after the half.  So, although I wish I had recovered faster, I'm glad to be doing 7 miles again already.

Total time was 1:08:29, a 9:47 average.  My mile splits were: 9:55, 9:53, 9:48, 9:51, 9:47, 9:50, and 9:26.  I ran negative splits of one minute.  I'm happy that my splits were not all over the map tonight.  They were pretty close together, except for the usual "turbo" last mile.

I plan on getting up early and running tomorrow morning.  I'm attending continuing education for work all day, and I don't have to be there until 8:30!

Comments
From MichelleL on Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 21:48:47

I have CPE for accounting tomorrow. I hope I can keep my eyes open! It's hard to soak it in for 8 hours.

From Shauna on Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 23:05:46

Yes, I agree. My topic tomorrow is evidence-yippee! I'll learn a lot, but my brain will be fried by 4:30.

From Lybi on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 00:12:20

Those are good splits, Shauna, especially so recently after a race. Kudos.

From Mik'L on Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 20:34:59

Good job jumping back in to things. I think it takes my body forever to recover after even a short race. Hope you enjoyed the CE! I did some real estate CE this morning myself...not so much fun.

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