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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
29.750.000.000.0029.75
Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 14.00Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Miles: 2.00Brooks - Water Resistant Miles: 9.25Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 21.50Nap Time: 1.50Total Sleep Time: 23.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

Walked the puppy 2 miles this morning.  I am still pretty tired. Think I'll get a substitute in nursery so I don't have to wrestle kids for 2 hours.

I registered for the Top of Utah Marathon yesterday - so am back on track for my Grand Slam.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Will work out tonight.

Updated my Adventures In Running Blog with a modified race report and pictures from  Saturday.

I've had a co-worker coughing and hacking all over the place for a week. Marion gave me lots of information about Influenza A during our visit on Saturday.  When Mike came in today and mentioned his grandfather was in the hospital with pneumonia - I suggested that perhaps both of them had Influenza A.  He called his grandfather's doctor who checked the blood test results and I am correct.  At this point we have all been exposed for over a week, but I did give him my jar of Clorox Wipes and asked him to wipe down his cubicle thoroughly each day until he is better. I'm really glad I didn't get the passed on to me before the race.

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This is another post I just made in my main blog:

Anyone who has entered a long race can tell you that sometimes the supporters/fans can make a world of difference. In my race last Saturday I saw examples of both types of fans and think we can all learn from them.

Good Fans:  Michelle Lowry is an injured elite runner.  She took second place in the St. George Marathon in 2008 and is incredibly gifted. Unfortunately, she has been experiencing some injuries in her hip/SI area this year and it has become debilitating enough that she is relying on crutches to get around and sometimes even a wheelchair.  I can only imagine how frustrating this must be for someone of her talent and yet she took three hours out of her Saturday to come and cheer on fellow runners in the Utah Valley Marathon.  As Marion McLellan and I approached Mile 6, we saw an excited woman in a blue jacket yelling and screaming at us.  Just to make sure we didn’t miss her, she brandished her crutches in the air and we knew we had found Michelle. She had a poster cheering on the FRB (FastRunningBlog) runners and waited until the last ones she knew (us) arrived. We gave her a quick thank you and hug (we weren’t racing after all and a hug can do a world of good) and then headed on.  A mile or so later, she passed us once again in her van honking, cheering and waving.  Michelle continued on the course cheering on runners and watching the elite women finish.  Thank you, Michelle.

Bad Fans:  Marion was really struggling physically and emotionally the last couple of miles.  After Kelli Stephenson joined us (and Mandi – Marion’s sister-in-law), somewhere before the last mile we saw a guy sitting on the side of the road with his finisher’s medal.  Trying to motivate Marion, I said, “In just a short while you will be wearing one of those.”  Instead of being encouraging, this jerk (calling him a gentleman would be wrong), waved his medal back and forth chanting and jeering – “I’ve got one and you don’t”.  I strongly considered going back and choking him with his medal.  It was probably the worst show of sportsmanship I have ever seen at a race.

Thank you to family and friends who have cheered me on at races in the past 6 years.  You have no idea how much it means to me.

And – Boston/medal guy – may you pull an important muscle in your next big race and have to DNF….

 

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PM - came home from work an hour early and took a long nap.  I felt a lot better after that.

Ran/walked 1 mile with the puppy as a warmup

Ran 3 miles to the Trax and back

Ran/walked 1 mile with the puppy as a cooldown

 

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 1.50Total Sleep Time: 8.50Weight: 0.00
Comments(10)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

1 mile with the puppy this afternoon.

Went down to Provo tonight and ran 6 miles on the River Trail.  1st mile at 12:00, remaining under 11:30.

Joined the Provo Weight Watchers with the amazing Melting Marathon Marion as my leader.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 7.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

RHR 46

Woke up refreshed with a low heart rate, but the joints were all very stiff when I got up, so decided to take today as a low impact day.  Walked the dog for 2 miles this morning before work.

Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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I'm massively depressed and feeling the dark side encroaching and having to seek out comfort food.  If I disappear off the face of the earth, please remember me at marathon_maurine@hotmail.com.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(13)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.250.000.000.009.25

Last run in one of my favorite pairs of running shoes this morning. I met Leslie and some of her friends at Birch Hollow for a before work run on the Pipeline Trail.  Leslie turned back to find her friends at about .75 miles and I was alone from then on.  At the turnaround took a gu and some water.  Started feeling soooooo hungry at 6 miles. Can't figure out why.  At 8 miles I totally bonked and started throwing in some walking breaks after that.  I think the 5 hours of sleep last night and the night before are impacting me because I usually need at least 7.5 hours each night.

Off to work.   Oh yeah - note to self - don't try to leave MillCreek Canyon between 8:30 and 9:15 on a day when there is scout camp.  Tons of cars sitting in the road waiting to park and drop off little scouts and  you can't go around them.

Brooks - Water Resistant Miles: 9.25
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00Weight: 0.00
Comments(8)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.500.000.000.004.50

Caught up some on sleep last night.  The knees are really achy today - so I am walking errands instead of doing a long run.

Walked the puppy 2.5 miles.

Walked to the post office and another store and back - 2 miles.

Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 9.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.50Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
29.750.000.000.0029.75
Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 14.00Mizuno Wave Ascend 3 (2009) Miles: 2.00Brooks - Water Resistant Miles: 9.25Mizuno Wave Alchemy 8 Miles: 4.50
Night Sleep Time: 21.50Nap Time: 1.50Total Sleep Time: 23.00Weight: 0.00
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