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
24.050.000.000.0024.05
Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 3.50Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 6.30Montrail Streak Miles: 3.00Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 38.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 38.50Weight: 150.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.250.000.000.002.25

Twilight and I have never explored the subdivision across 7th East - so we headed out this morning.  There are going to be lots of neat streets for us to explore and we got a good 2.25 miles in together.

It sure is a pretty day outside.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 2.25
Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.300.000.000.006.30

Finally dragged myself out of bed. Forgot my IT Band brace, but only started feeling any twinges about mile 5.5.

Nothing to write home about.

13:08/12:14/12:00/11:48/11:51/11:41

.3 cooldown walking with the pups.

Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 6.30
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.750.000.000.003.75

RHR - 48

.75 miles with the puppies this morning. Arm workout included at no extra charge trying to keep them each on their side of the sidewalk and moving.

Marion and Luz - I'm going to back out on running with you on Saturday.  There is a nutrition seminar I want to attend in Layton at 12:30 and I think I will go run up North so that I can attend it.  Anyone want to go to a free Nutrition Seminar with me?

Since everyone wussed out on the run this afternoon and I was stressed from work - I went to the gym. 

1 hour on the arc trainer on a cardio setting.  I was pouring sweat the entire time and had a high rate - but the machine says I only did 3 miles, so that is what I am putting down.

1 hour on the stationary bike - higher settings the first half hour, then dropped it slightly the last half hour when the knee started hurting. 15 miles on the odometer.

Watching Biggest Loser.  The makeover section made me cry.  Now Laura's stress fracture of her hip (3 months of no pain activity - Teena - are you listening) is making me cry.  Maybe I am a crybaby.


Montrail Streak Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 150.00
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3.000.000.000.003.00

Walked  the Porter puppy 1 mile.   Walked Twilight another 2 miles.

I am ready to give up and quit on almost everything.  My joints are killing me, I feel like I have pulled muscles in my legs, I am severely depressed, I can barely walk up the stairs after a lousy  3 miles of slow  walking.

I took yesterday off from working out and relaxed all evening and my resting heart rate was 6  bpm faster upon waking up.  I spend my days in or near tears, I'm dizzy and I want to throw two little puppies out the window for being normal puppies.

I think I'll go eat some dinner and try and  crawl in bed with my computer and work the rest of the evening.  At least then I will feel like I am doing something worth while.

OK -  done ranting and  raving. Back to my normal crazy life.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.500.000.000.000.50

Laid in bed all morning relaxing and recovering.  Started to go stir crazy around noon, so hobbled into work and put in 5 hours trying to catch up.  As the day progressed, I started to feel better, but still moved like an elderly person when getting up and starting to walk around and on the stairs.

Walked the dogs for half a mile then spent the evening in bed getting ready for a full weekend of work.

Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.250.000.000.008.25

I'm starting to see daylight at the end of the tunnel and think I must have been hit by some kind of virus.

I was able to walk the dogs for about 20 minutes this morning and threw in a couple blocks of running and didn't feel too bad.  I'm hoping to take a couple of hours off from work this afternoon and get some running/walking in at Wheeler Farm and then do the same thing tomorrow.

I think next week I might try to run 4 miles easy each day.  My body needs physical activity and it is going to be a very stressful week at work.  I had gotten approval to sign up for 3 days of a 'virtual conference' Wednesday through Friday on SQL Server and was going to be working nights on top of that to stay caught up on work. Then my boss realized that the Project Manager for our current product development will be in the office from Michigan on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and I need to be in those meetings all day long - particularly because their is a high chance she won't be available since she is on long term bed rest for her pregnancy. So - should be totally nuts. Good thing I only live 2 miles from work or I would have to sleep here.

 

5 miles around Wheeler Farm at lunch time.  It was sure pretty outside.

PM - Took my brother-in-law out to dinner as a thank you for some projects he did for me. Ran home from the restaurant.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 1.25Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
24.050.000.000.0024.05
Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 3.50Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 6.30Montrail Streak Miles: 3.00Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 38.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 38.50Weight: 150.00
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