Training for a Belt Buckle

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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
30.750.000.000.0030.75
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Ran with a patella strap this morning and there was no knee pain. Don't know if that is from resting or the strap - but I'll take it.

Need to remember to put vaseline on my feet when running in my old FiveFingers.  I think the insides are starting to rub behind my big toes raw.

Getting better about starting the week off with speed. Not as many mental grumbles. 1 mile warmup at 5 mph.  Today I did 1 minute intervals at 7.5 mph followed by 2 minute recoveries at 4.3 mph.  2.25 miles worth of interval work.

.75 cooldown.

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4.250.000.000.004.25

1 mile walk in the morning with the dog.

My right hip and buttock have been bothering me for several days as well as my left knee, so I finally gave in and set up an appointment this afternoon for the chiropractor.  When he started working on my back, glutes and piriformis, I realized I had waited too long to get in there. He gave me some stretches to do to try and keep the piriformis loose and told me to quit sitting on my wallet - especially now that I am working two IT jobs where I sit a lot.

It was windy out, so I headed to the gym for a treadmill workout because I wanted to work on pace some more and that is hard to do with a headwind.  1 mile warmup at 5 mph. Then I kicked it up to 7 mph and every .10 mile I dropped the speed .1 mph.  When I got to 5.9 mph, I kicked it up to 6.7 mph and started all over again. Finally, at a  total of 3.75 miles, did a cooldown. Lots of stretching and hip flexibility work afterwards.  Another mile walk with the dog as a final cooldown. Iced the hip.

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2.500.000.000.002.50

Couldn't get up the guts to run in the wind, so an easy 2.5 miles on the treadmill before heading off to the temple.

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Went to the chiropractor again yesterday afternoon to have him work on my right piriformis and left knee.  The left knee is almost back to where I want it to be. The piriformis, right glute and lower back were all really inflamed, so I took the day off running and did lots of icing and stretching because I wanted to do three medium to long runs over my four day weekend.

Drove to Draper this morning and did the Porter Rockwell Trail out to Point of the Mountain and the Draper Canal Trails on the way back.  The wind was awful.  Headwind the first three miles, then side wind to the turnaround that made me have to run canted to the side to stay upright.  Much easier on the way back.  Still building up endurance for the year, so did 3 minutes running 1 minute walking the entire time. Got through four more PMP Prep podcasts while running.

12:33/12:26/12:06/12:28/12:44

12:02/11:29/12:13/12:15/12:14

Yoga, then stretching and icing.

Going to Tiburon with my sister tonight (thanks to Groupon) and then to the Symphony to hear Bravo Broadway/Wicked Divas.


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10 miles on the treadmill.

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