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Bryce Canyon Half Marathon

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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PR's: 50 Mile 13:07 (Pony Express 2010), 50K 8:35 (Buffalo Run 2008), 25K 4:02 (Buffalo Run 2006), Marathon 5:09:12 (St George 2008), Half Marathon 2:28 (Provo 2008), 10K 1:17, 5K 27:54

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

After 1/9/2010 - I am taking a year off from marathon length distances and focusing on building up my base speed on half marathons and shorter distances.

2010 Speed Goals:

  • Build up my base speed on training runs to 10 MM miles or better
  • Half Marathon - break 2:05 (9.5 MM avg)
  • 10K Goal 1 - break 1:00 (9.67 MM avg)
  • 10K Goal 2 - break 55 minutes (8.87 MM avg)
  • 5K Goal 1 - break 26.35 minutes
  • 5K Goal 2 - break 25 minutes

Long-Term Running Goals:

Long Term Goals:

  • Complete a 100 Mile race
  • Complete a 100 K race
  • Break 12 hours in a 50 mile race
  • Run all portions of the Wasatch 100 course
  • Break 5 hours in a marathon
  • Break 4.5 hours in a marathon
  • Qualify for and run Boston

Personal:

I need to figure out something inspiring or funny to write here. For now - I'll let the suspense build.

For further unexciting information on my life, check out my blog: Adventures in Running

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Hiked up and ran down from Lamb's Canyon to Millcreek Canyon.  On the way back up, started to hike up Mt. Aire, but I was too tired and knew the climb up was going to be tough as it is.  

Definitely need to do more uphill work.  It wiped me out.  But the downhill runs were worth the uphills.  My garmin stopped working on the way back up to Lamb's Canyon but then worked running down.  I must have been moving too slow and it figured I was dead.

1.5 miles with Twilight tonight.  Upper body workout.


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3 miles walking with the dog.  Leg muscles are really sore.  Trying to burn off some stiffness.

 

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3 miles running with the dog this morning. 

Late afternoon I headed out on the Elliptigo to find the end of the Jordan River Parkway Trail.  It disappeared right around North Temple - so I'm thinking that might be the end - or else you have to zigzag to find it.  Found lots of neat sights on territory I haven't covered before. My shoulders were really stiff on the way home.  Either I was grabbing the bar more than I thought or too tense.  Ran out of 70 ounces of water at mile 30.  Stopped and filled the bladder with 40 more ounces of warm water.  It beat nothing.  That too was drained on the way home and I only pee'd once and not much - so probably dehydrated.  The last three miles are a gradual uphill and I was totally drained by the time I got home.  38.25 miles on the Elliptigo.  I'm giving myself 19 miles credit for the 4 hours of riding.

After - drank an entire quart of chocolate milk. That sure tasted good.

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Finally got up early and beat the heat.  3 miles with the dog then another 4 on my own.

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6 miles running and then 1.5 miles with my daughter and the dog.

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Got in about 13 hours of work then went for a run.  Good thing I have tomorrow off. Maybe I can fit a run in earlier tomorrow.

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Race: Bryce Canyon Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:59:53
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Paced the 3:00 pace group for the Bryce Canyon Half Marathon.  This is a beautiful course with lots of downhill. The first mile it rained and was cold which had me a bit concerned.  Then the rain dropped back to a drizzle and race conditions were perfect until around mile 8 or 9.  The day wasn't too hot, it was overcast, I had two fun teenagers to run with and lots of great people around.  Last few miles it alternated between raining and pouring.  We were trying to motivate people so we did a lot of jumping around and running backwards getting cars that passed us to honk.  We motivated a few people - so it was all worth while.

My daughter is in town, so we enjoyed the chance to go down and see Bryce Canyon.  We loved taking pictures in Red Canyon.  After the race, we got cleaned up and headed out to see Bryce Canyon.  It was overcast, so we couldn't see much, but decided to go partway down into the Navajo Loop to see if it was pretty down there.  It was - we got some gorgeous pictures.  That area is really spectacular.  Unfortunately, at the halfway point it started to rain and then pour.  Jenn lives at below sea level - so combining altitude, being out of shape, and slippery/gunky trails made the trip back up even harder - but she hung in there and made it.  I took off to hike to Sunrise Point while Jenn took a few more pictures and then drove over to get me.

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Plantar Fascitis really flared up after Bryce Canyon.  Signed up for Big Sur 2013 and then walked the dog for a mile.

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6 miles late night run

100 pushups program at work - plus squats

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3 miles with the dog.  10 hard miles on the Elliptigo.

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100 pushups program at work.

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3 miles walk/run with the dog.

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Walking the dog and to church.  Plantar Fasciitis now affecting right heel.

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100 pushup program.  No walking or running because both feet hurt.  Picked up some new insoles.  Lots of massaging and stretching of calves and ankles.

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Ordered Isagenix today. Have to get off weight somehow.

16 miles around town.  Lots of uphills (went up toward Highland Drive).  Way too hot and ended up walking a lot.  Easy miles are a total misnomer - because this was really tough.  Desperately need a great run that reminds me why I do this.

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1.5 mile Wellness Walk with work.

100 pushup program with coworkers

200 situp program with coworkers

Workouts 1 & 2 of Kettlebell video with 5# kettlebell

30 minutes of Program 1 on the Elliptical. (Gave myself 2.5 miles on this)

1 mile cooldown with the dog

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Little Cottonwood Canyon trail.  No energy - had to walk up and even walk portions of the down.

100 pushup program at work.

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Lambs Canyon hike to the top, then ran back down.  Ran down Lambs Canyon Road to the freeway and then speed walked back up.

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Three recovery miles with the dog.  Stretching.

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AM 1 mile with the dog.  

100 pushup program with work.

PM - 5 miles on the Trax trail.

Hamstring/Quad/Ab work on the Swiss ball.

Stretching.

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Nothing special.  Walked the dog. 

200 situp program with work (I have no ab muscles).

Stretching.

Clamshells - 100 on each side.

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