| 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 | | 24.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Well, my runs are starting to get predictable and boring for everyone to read. I'm loving the consistency, though (except for the blip on Saturday). It's getting pretty cold out! No signs of back pain today, except for a twinge starting at mile 6.
Total time was 1:07:33, a 9:39 average. My mile splits were 9:45, 9:49, 9:44, 9:35, 9:39, 9:39, and 9:20. I'm very happy with the consistency of my pace throughout the run. I'm itching to step up a few runs to 8 miles this week, but I'm a little hesitant, too. I don't want to overdo it with my upcoming half marathon on Sunday, where I am really hoping for a PR. We'll see! | | Comments(2) |
| | 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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Well, isn't it funny that as soon as the words "consistency," etc., are in my blog entry, I log a big fat ZERO for the day?!?!? I got to bed at 11 pm last night and had plans after work tonight. I just couldn't drag myself out of bed at 5:30 this morning.
I'm justifying it with my half marathon on Sunday, which will still give me 5 days of running for the week, even though Sunday's race will technically count for next week. But, it's still 5 out of 7 days, so I'm OK with it.
One of my friends whom I hadn't seen in a few months told me tonight that I look like I have lost weight! Yeah! Funny-the scale isn't registering the weight loss....I can see and feel a little bit of a difference though... | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Tonight I tried to do a run that Sasha recommended I do before my last half marathon (which I couldn't complete due to GI troubles): 4 mile warmup, then 3 miles at half marathon goal race pace (8:20). So, I thought I'd give it a whirl. Unfortunately, I never got down to 8:20 pace. With all the easy mileage, it feels so much harder to run fast now. I'm going to try and do a similar workout to this every week now, and hopefully it will get easier.
Total time was 1:05:15, a 9:19 average. My mile splits were 9:39, 9:47, 9:50.5, 9:47, 8:58, 8:39, and 8:31.5. Those last 3 miles felt brutal! I'm going to try and forget about it, and hopefully I can still break 1:50 on Sunday.
I had a really stressful day at work. A problem came up that I won't be able to resolve until Friday, because the person I need to talk to is gone until then. It's going to eat at me until it's worked out, and I can't put it out of my mind! I definitely think it's related to my subpar run tonight... | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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I was not sore at all today after my attempted tempo run last night, which I thought was a great sign. The last time I attempted a similar workout, I was pretty sore the next day. Seven miles has started to feel pretty easy, so I thought I'd try 8. I got out of the residential area and was running among skyscrapers. I thought I would hate running down there, but it was really cool! Guess I'm a truly an urban girl at heart. :-)
Total time was 1:17:10, 9:39 average. I was happy that I was able to keep up the same pace with an added mile, even though my splits were kind of all over the place! My mile splits were 9:35, 9:48, 9:40, 9:38, 9:41.5, 9:47, 9:40, and 9:13. My heart rate was low-to-normal at the end and was under 90 within 5 minutes.
1:50, BRING IT ON!!!! | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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This was an easy run, just to get the blood flowing before the race, and my shortest run in a very long time! It was pretty cold outside (about 45: that's COLD for us desert rats!), but a beautiful morning. I ran on my normal weekday path, and it's usually dark when I run, so it was really nice to run in a beautiful place during the day!
Total time was 47:55, a 9:35 average. My mile splits were 9:41, 9:44, 9:39, 9:36, and 9:14. The quicker pace felt almost effortless compared to the slower miles. However, the cold made the effort seem a little harder, so I need to make sure I'm fully warmed up before the race starts tomorrow. It's supposed to rain tomorrow. :-(
Have a great day, everyone! | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 24.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 27.00 |
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