Training for a Belt Buckle

Week starting Aug 09, 2009

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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.

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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

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
19.00	6.67	0.00	0.00	25.67

Brooks Advantage (Blue) Miles: 16.67	Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 5.50

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 147.13

Mon, Aug 10, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.00	3.67	0.00	0.00	6.67

1 mile jogging warm-up followed by 4.5 miles of pushing the pace on my hilly quarry route. (11:51/10:11/10:25/10:28)

1.17 miles jogging cool down with the puppy.

PM - 11 miles biking to Draper and back. Stopped at the gym and did chest/triceps/calves for 45 minutes. I didn't eat enough today and could tell it was affecting my strength.

1 mile walking the dog to her training class and back.

Brooks Advantage (Blue) Miles: 6.67

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 148.40

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Tue, Aug 11, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.50

Not feeling the love yet this morning. Walked 1.5 miles fast with the dog and was in the office by 6:15. I'll walk another 2 miles at lunch and then do some pool work and weight training tonight.

Wish I could lose 2.5 pounds every day. (too bad it will never happen).

Problem with speed walking at lunch - I was soaking wet beneath my clothes for an hour after getting back at work. Luckily - no one is in the cubicles next to me :)

Tonight I did 30 minutes swimming, followed by 20 minutes of abs.

1 more mile with the dog.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 1.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 146.00

Comments(9)

Wed, Aug 12, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
7.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

The plan was to do a 3 hour workout this afternoon. Coming home from work I wasn't sure if I could do it because I was bonking without even working out. Ate a big tuna fish sandwich with some milk and after an hour was feeling stronger.

Part 1 - Treadmill workout. .3 mile at 5.0 mph. Had to take a potty break because I figure Gold's Gym would not appreciate a VPB. 1.0 mile further warmup at 5.0 mph.

Tempo/speed workout (for me): 1 mile at 6.0 mph. 1 mile at 5.5 mph. Kicked the speed up to 7.0 mph and for the next 2 miles decreased the speed .1 mph after every 10th of a mile until I got to 5.8 mph and then started back up. 1 mile cooldown at 5.0 mph. During the speed portion my heart rate was between 80-95% of my max heart rate (near the end it was up to 173 at times and my max heart rate is about 177).

Part 2 - got some shot blocks in my system and immediately started a hard leg strength workout. It was supposed to be tomorrow, but I figured it would be best to pound my legs all in one day and then do tomorrow as a recovery & back/biceps/stomach day. (50 minutes)

Part 3 - Arc trainer for 30 minutes - keeping the heart rate under 132.

Part 4 - Walked the dog for 2 miles. We stopped for a sugar free snow cone on the way home and that was so delicious. Now we are sharing our 100 calories of popcorn as I blog and stretch. Twilight's favorite flavor is mango and she is crazy about popcorn (no spoiling of the dog at my house).

Brooks Advantage (Blue) Miles: 10.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 147.00

Comments(4)

Thu, Aug 13, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.50

4.5 miles brisk walking with the dog this morning. Nice day out so far.

Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 4.50

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments(5)

Totals

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
19.00	6.67	0.00	0.00	25.67

Brooks Advantage (Blue) Miles: 16.67	Vibram FiveFingers Miles: 5.50

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 147.13

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