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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,

Member Since:

Aug 18, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2007 Chicago Marathon 3:49:15

2006 Chicago Marathon 3:47:42

2005 Chicago Marathon 4:19:39

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 00:23 5k 

Sub 3:30 marathon48

Long-Term Running Goals:

sub 3:00:00 marathon

Personal:

I have loved to run since I was a little girl when I won my first race against a neighbor boy in his backyard. I have run recreationally ever since, but never really setting any goals other than distance or to participate in a race for the fun of it. So this is all new territory for me and I'm feeling very out of my league. At the suggestion of a friend, here I am... trying to get to the next step in my running. Besides being a runner, I own an IT Staffing company, am a yoga instructor and snowboarder. I have a wonderful husband and beautiful baby girl.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

1:07:32
Legs feel pretty good. The extra day of rest on Friday helped. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Shauna on Mon, Oct 01, 2007 at 20:23:56

Great pace! I noticed that you took a significant amount of time off your marathon in one year. How did you do it? Any special training?

From Melinda on Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 12:15:50

Hey Shauna - sorry to take so long to respond; it been a crazy week. To answer your question, here are a few differences in my training from one year to the next.

1) I increased my weekly mileage slightly

2) I did a few weeks of hill work in the Spring

3) The first year I ran by myself, last year I ran the race with someone.

4) I was more diligent about stretching

5) I got a light massage the day before the race

6) The night before, I used Biofreeze all over my legs and slept with it on.

Are you currently training for a race?

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