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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
Thu, Jul 16, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Just ran 3 miles with the dog this morning.  

I don't know whether to be concerned about my lungs or not.  The past three days have been 'different'.  I go to bed at night with high expectations for my workout in the morning. Then I wake up and my lungs feel 'tired'.  I can't explain it - but I can really feel my lungs when I wake up and they are not happy.  They don't bother me later in the day, but take away my motivation for working out in the morning.

Also, I have had the ball of my right foot hurt for the past 2-3 weeks.  It is most sensitive when I walk barefoot, but I can also feel it when I am running.  Strangely enough, it hurts less running in the FiveFingers than in padded shoes.  I felt the ball of the foot several times on my trail run yesterday.  It is not a painful hurt, but feels like a bruised foot would - however, it doesn't get better or worse and it does not stop me from working out.

Maybe I'm just getting old and falling apart.  Any thoughts?

Update: Went to the doctor who says my lungs are clear - no sign of infection or asthma.  However, considering the amount of training I do and my fitness level, she says that maybe there is some kind of upper respiratory infection/inflammation, so we are trying a combination of antibiotics and inhaler to see if they help.

PM - 2 miles with the dog.  We headed down to a snowcone shack and shared a sugar free snowcone.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Teena on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:43:25 from 67.177.20.13

Have you ever been tested for asthma?

From Maurine/Tarzan on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:00:10 from 63.255.172.2

Funny you should ask. I was thinking of that earlier today and wondering. I have had asthma in the past on occasion when I had a cold - but not since I started marathon training. Maybe I should get it checked out. (They didn't hear anything when I went in to the doctor last week though).

From Teena on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:02:11 from 67.177.20.13

Do you feel like there is something in your lungs that you can't quite get out? Even when you are laying in bed?

From Maurine/Tarzan on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:03:56 from 63.255.172.2

Yes. I feel like there is a bunch of pollution in there.

From Teena on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:06:45 from 67.177.20.13

One way to check for asthma is to try an inhaler and see if it helps. Maybe call your doc and see if it would be okay to try ventolin ... if she/he says that would be alright come and get one of mine. Try it for a couple days and see what happens. Seriously.

From Maurine/Tarzan on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:10:23 from 63.255.172.2

My daughter has bad asthma and my son nearly died from it when he was a baby - so odds are good that I get it off and on.

In 2005 I spent months on ventolin/proventil and advair because they thought I had asthma (coughed non stop for 3 months) - but they decided it couldn't be asthma because running was the one thing that stopped me from coughing.

I do feel like there is an elephant squeezing me most of the time this week - so will call the doc now and see if I can get an appointment around my crazy work schedule for the next few days.

From Maurine/Tarzan on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:16:12 from 63.255.172.2

OK - scheduled a doctor's visit at 11 to see if I can get this fixed.

From Teena on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:36:24 from 67.177.20.13

Great!!! Keep us updated.

From marion on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 14:42:28 from 71.213.106.139

#1- Yes, you are old and falling apart ;D

#2- but really #1, glad that the lungs are clear :)

#3- SHOOT! I am sorry you are still not feeling well!! :(

#4- Maybe you have lazy-induced asthma? ;) ..you know, since running makes the cough go away ;)

From leslie peterson on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 15:32:05 from 76.23.61.78

poo! get those lungs in ultra shape sister, we are on a mission!!!!! let us know what the doc says

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