| Location: Payson,Ut,USA Member Since: Jun 23, 2008 Gender: Female Goal Type: Marathon Finish Running Accomplishments: 2006 Salt Lake Half-Marathon (2:23; my first one); 2006 Hobblecreek Half (2:09); 2006 St. George Marathon (My first marathon! Finishing was the goal, and I'm happy to say that I wasn't even close to the last one!); 2008 Provo Riverwoods 10 miler (1:49); 2008 Hobblecreek Half Marathon 2:07. Short-Term Running Goals: March 2009 Moab Half Marathon; May 2009 Ogden Marathon Goal: 4:30; 2009 Hobblecreek Half 2:00
2009 Run the St. George Marathon or the Top of Utah Marathon. Long-Term Running Goals: Keep running as a priority in my life. I initially started running because I told myself "there are no fat runners" (not meaning to offend anyone--just needed something to help me get fit after 4 babies!) Then I started discovering not only the health benefits of running but the psychological benefits! These were the icing on the cake! Running makes me happy, it makes me funner, it makes me feel so much better about myself, etc., etc.. There are way too many benefits to ever give up! I may never win a race, but I am happy and make life better for my family because of this little piece of time I take for myself! Personal: I've been married for 18 years and have 4 fabulously cute boys (15, 12, 10, 6). I love running, reading, volleyball, scuba diving, gardening, cooking, and hanging out with my family. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | 41 minutes on the elliptical. Does anyone know how to convert this to running miles? The elliptical keeps track of miles, but it's very different from actual running. |
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| | 35 minutes on the elliptical |
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| | Late run outside for the first time in weeks. Harder than I remembered! |
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| | Pounding it out on the treadmill! Putting in the time and miles VERY SLOWLY! |
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| | Nice & cold, but got to run with Marion! It made the miles fly by. . . well at our pace they aren't really flying. |
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| | 30 minutes on elliptical with resistance program #2 |
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Nice late morning run in the frigid outdoors!
Time 57:54 Avg. Pace: 10:38 Best Pace: 8:12
.2 Mile Warm up then. . . Lap 1: 10:20 (1 mile); Lap 2: 10:04 (1 mile); Lap 3: 10:43 (.26 miles); Lap 4: 10:06 (1 mile); Lap 5: 10:21 (.62 mile); Lap 6: 12:02 Big Hill (.46 mile); Lap 7: 10:08 (.60 mile); Lap 8: 16:25 (.20 mile cool down)
Plus, 75 minutes of competitive volleyball! |
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| | Nice and sunny but cold! I thought my lips were going to freeze off! |
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| | Nice afternoon run with Marion! It's so much nicer to run with a friend! |
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A miracle happened today! I got into the Moab Half Marathon!!!!!! Yippee!!!! It truly was the flukiest miracle ever! Growing up in Moab paid off!
THE WEATHER IS SO BEAUTIFUL TODAY I CAN HARDLY STAND IT! SPRING IS COMING. . .
Pounded out the miles today! Had to take off my jacket for the first time this winter! Then had to take off the warm pants after 7 miles and just run in leggings. What a nice change!
Run time: 01:52:24
Avg. Pace 11:11
Best Pace 07:57 |
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| | Nice run with Marion! |
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| | 1 hr. recreational volleyball |
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Didn't take my garmin--just ran. I'm not sure when I left, but got home a lot earlier than I planned. Nice weather!
Decided to find a different race plan for the Ogden Marathon. Used the Smart Coach on Runner's World. Like the plan very much! We'll see how it goes! |
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This long run felt like a loooooong run! Just one of those days when it just doesn't feel good! Got to do the first 5 with Marion & Trisha and then Trisha and I did the last five. Those last 5 were the worst!
Gotta eat better and drink more water!
Hope Moab Half doesn't feel like today's run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 |
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58:50, ave 11:46, best 8:41, splits-12:09, 11:28, 12:48(strong headwind and a STEEP hill), 11:27, 11:30
Nice run with Marion in the snow! I'm ready for spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sit-ups 25
Pushups 16
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So, today was the first day of speedwork that I've done in a long time! My goal, per my training schedule, was to run 5 miles with two 1600's at a 9:02 pace. Well, it didn't work out exactly how I had planned! First of all, I didn't read my schedule very good and thought I was supposed to do the 1600's in 9:11. Second of all, I'm a wimp and hate to push myself beyond my comfort zone--which this was. And thirdly, now I know how important speed work is!
Anyway, here's the breakdown:
Average Pace: 10:53; Best Pace 7:05
Lap 1- 11:57 (1 mile); Lap 2- 10:12 (.52 miles); Lap 3- 9:17 (.98 miles); Lap 4-11:07 (1 mile); Lap 5- 10:50 (.19 miles); Lap 6- 9:06 (1 mile); Lap 7-16:01 (.47 miles) |
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Did these miles on the dreadmill! I run sooo much slower on the treadmill! I don't know what my problem is! I was supposed to do 3 miles at 9:34--NOT EVEN! I did 4X400 at 8:30. That's as good as it got!
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| | The weather was beautiful! This run felt great! |
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| | Long run before Moab Half Marathon! |
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| | 3 mile tempo run within the 6 |
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| | Had a good 3 1/2 mile run with Marion and then did another 2 1/2 on my own. Felt good this morning! Loving the warm weather! |
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Moab Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:15:56 | |
This was my first time running Moab Half Marathon. It ended up being a lot harder than I anticipated. I think I was just having a bad race day inspite of all the things I did to prepare. Maybe my run the day before was bad--I don't know. I just felt so tired for the last 5 miles. |
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| | My wagon was dragging for this run too! What is the matter with me????? I feel like I'm going backwards instead of forwards with my running progress! |
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After feeling "burned out" with running, I decided to take a day and do something else. 40 minutes of Yoga and Belly Dancing did the trick. My legs feel tired and I'm happy to be inside my warm house. Maybe I'll do some weights tonight.
Also did 20 pushups and 30 situps. Not many, but something! |
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| | Nice easy going run in the beautiful sunshine. Trying to remember why I like running!?! |
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