| 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
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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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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | 18.27 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.27 |
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| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | 5.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.01 |
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Today is a beautiful day. It's about 60 degrees out, and I wore shorts and a tank top (new running clothes that I bought with my Christmas money). The streets were deserted. The running felt very easy, and I'm starting to get very excited about the race. I won't know what to do with all the time on my hands, though, during the taper! I have to force myself not do overdo it.
Total time was 47:31, a 9:30 pace. Mile splits were 9:30, 9:34, 9:38, 9:38, and 9:13.
Time to make blackeyed peas! Happy New Year! 5 miles down, 2003 to go! | Comments(3) |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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I hate tapering! I feel so unmotivated that I turn into a sloth! I had every intention of running tonight. Last night, we drove to my husband's brothers house to pick up a FREE treadmill that his wife is "letting us borrow indefinitely." I was SO EXCITED to get a treadmill. Everything worked fine at their house, except the display and the incline. It was set at a permanent incline, but somehow we got everything working there. So we loaded it up and brought it home.
Tonight I was planning 5 miles with 2 miles at race pace, and I thought I would try out the new treadmill. Lo and behold, the incline AND the display were broken again! I got some phone books to prop up the back so it would be flat, but I have no idea how to get the display working. By then, I was so frustrated that I decided to just call it a night. I spent the evening on the computer setting up the Mvelopes system (very cool budget tool-I am determined to quit blowing so much money this year!). Tomorrow I'll just plan on running outside. It was 71 degrees here today! | Comments(5) |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | 3.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Tonight's run was a real struggle. I planned on running 7, but once I got out there, I knew it was not going to happen. I had a cramp in my side for most of the run. The plan was to start easy and finish with 2 miles at race pace. I did it (kind of), but none of it felt easy. This happened during my last marathon taper. I had some crappy workouts. I crashed and burned at the race, but still ran a 17-minute PR. So hopefully by tomorrow I will have put this run out of my mind.
Total time: 47:30, average pace: 9:30. Mile splits: 9:35, 9:40, 9:51, 9:15, 9:08. Blah!
I haven't decided my goal for the race yet. I think I could PR if I go all out (sub-3:54:16), but I don't know if I want to do that. I take a very long time to recover from marathons, and I have a lot of work ahead of me if I want to qualify for Boston by June. I think I might pace my friend, whose goal is to break 4:00, and that would be a great race for me. But my biggest goal will be to not hit the wall. I think I would be ecstatic to finish in just under 4:00 and still feeling good. We shall see... | Comments(4) |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | 10.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.26 |
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Today's run was harder than it should have been. I am just psyching myself out too much for the race. After today, NO MORE WATCH until the race. It was perfect racing weather: 55 degrees and cloudy. I hope it's like this next weekend.
For some reason, I decided to run a little faster today. I think I was hoping to emulate my awesome run on Christmas Eve, but it didn't quite happen. Today I ran from my house to my office building and back. Total time was 1:37:20, a 9:29 average pace. Mile splits: 9:29, 9:37, 9:23, 9:23, 9:36, 9:35, 9:28, 9:33, 9:30, 9:26, and 9:03 for the last .26. I'm surprised that mile 2 was the slowest mile. The run back felt much harder, but it's a long, very gradual uphill, so that probably made a difference.
Has anyone had a massage after a marathon? My friend has a free gift card to Massage Envy, so we're thinking about going in the afternoon after the race. I think it would help my recovery. | Comments(2) |
| Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | 18.27 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.27 |
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