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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Vibram FiveFingers Lifetime Miles: 452.95
Montrail Streak Lifetime Miles: 195.69
Montrail Vitesse (9.0) Lifetime Miles: 89.75
Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Lifetime Miles: 228.50
Brooks Advantage (Blue) Lifetime Miles: 271.42
Crocs Black Lifetime Miles: 80.85
Vibram FiveFingers - Black Lifetime Miles: 65.50
Hoka Mafate Lifetime Miles: 36.95
Hoka Stinson Evo 2012 Lifetime Miles: 53.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Nice easy run today.  12:33/12:03/12:02/11:55/12:05

Oh, thank heaven, for 7-11.  Desperately needed a VPB at mile 2, but thought it might be frowned on along 7th East - so I borrowed their facilities.

Nice and warm and enjoying the clean smell of the air until the turnaround point.  I had unzipped my running vest to cool off. Right as I turned around it started to rain and I quickly cooled off and was really glad I had the running vest on.

Kind of funny, as I was ending my run I passed another runner wearing the same Ogden 2006 Marathon shirt that I was running in (not THE same, but the same year).

 

Later.....my boss gave me a free pass for a Kinesis class at her gym.  She has been so excited (in a warped sort of way) for me to go because she said it kicked her's and her husband's butts and knew it would do me in. So, she called and asked - well?  I told her I asked the instructor's permission to tell her honestly that it didn't kick my butt.  I know my abs will be sore for a couple of days (which is a good thing) and I could probably work harder, but she had me on the highest weights of any of the women there and I was working harder than them.....

Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From leslie on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 10:38:02

Good run Maurine! I am trying to figure out what VPB. VERY big POTTY BREAK?? Please educate me.

From marion on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:57:52

Virtually private bathroom :) The are great, except when the virtual part is literally "virtual"

Great run Maruine! You DO realize that you are going to smoke your current marathon PR, right?

From Kelli on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 16:14:24

Good job again today!! I have yet to use a bathroom at a gas station, I am always afraid they will not let me!! I just keep running until I come across a porta potty (they are everywhere out here with road construction and home building). They can be pretty gross, though!

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