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Location:

Cottonwood Heights,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 18, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records

Aided

5k-17:01 (Halloween Half 2011)

10K-36:06 (Halloween Half 2011)

Half- 1:22 (Halloween Half/Des News/HC 2011/2013)

30k- 2:06:49 (SGM 2013)

Marathon- 3:07:18 (TOU 2011)

Unaided and (some) outdated!

400M- 1:03 (HS 2000)

800M-2:23 (HS 2000)

1500M- 4:45 (USU 2001)

3000M- 10:33 (USU 2001)

3200M- 11:24 (HS 2000)

5k- 18:10 (USU 2001)

10k-39:36 (Classic 2013)

30k- 2:09:16 (WRC 2012)

50 miler- 9:46:43 (TNF 2015)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2019 Tenitive Race Schedule

4/15 Boston Marathon

7/24 Deseret News 10k

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

I love training with others both on road and trail. I also find benefits of running solo when I need to focus and regroup.

Fun fact: Although I prefer to run outside, I don't mind the treadmill for pace accountability and for the blind assumption that I can run really fast. I have a lot of secret treadmill PR's at 0% incline:) 

Personal:

 

 

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I am a Mormon

 

I am married to a supportive and driven husband. Together we enjoy geocaching, hiking, camping, reading and playing games with our three rambunctious children.

Aside from running, I am a homemaker and a Mental Health Therapist. Running has given me the ability to better concert my energies between my family, faith and friends. 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.004.000.000.008.00

I finally made myself run on my TM. It helped that I got surround sound installed in my "home gym"(aka a treadmill in a room)for Christmas. I laugh every time I go into that room. The last time the TM when my father in law went flying off the back making a hole in the wall behind. Since he was okay, we can laugh about it. I'll keep the hole there for a while for it's mood boosting ability:)

 My goal is not make it any larger by falling off at high speeds as Ogden training is around the corner. Today's last 90 sec at 5:00 min/mi threatened the size of the hole behind me. 8 miles with 4 easy and 4 at 6:57 AP. Felt fine considering I've only cross trained for the past week. My goal is to feel comfortable training with faster AP for all runs this training season.

Looking back I realize most of my runs are at an easy pace of ~8:00, causing me to wonder if they are "base miles" or "junk miles." During training season, I constantly feel like I am balancing a fine line between challenging a PR or an injury. That being said, I know there is a difference between an overuse injury and a stupid running injury, with the later coming from pushing too fast without an adequate buildup/base. I get both but generally the "stupid" injury. The cure to that one is consistency I think. Too much consistency can cause the first, overuse. A balancing act for sure. For me, I feel like every run needs a purpose, even every mile. Can I get the basic same benefit from cooling down with less impact? I think so. Sometimes I loose this vision in the last 1-2 mile cool down when the same purpose can easily be done on the elliptical. What do you think?

After run did hip and ab exercises for 30 mins with ankle weights. 

Nike Zoom Miles: 8.00
Comments
From Burt on Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:13:17 from 71.216.109.214

Nothing.

From Jake K on Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:21:23 from 98.165.228.80

"Junk" miles got Bill Rodgers to 2:09

I don't think 8 min miles are a waste... I do a ton of running at that pace... BUT the most important thing is staying healthy consistently. If cooling down on the elliptical keeps you feeling fresher, than definitely give it a shot.

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