Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Vibram FIVEFINGERS M102 CLASSIC

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Location:

Woodland Hills,UT,84653

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Unaided:

5K - 17:11 (track Pre-kids and at BYU) (1998)

10K - 35:48 (track Pre-kids and at BYU) (1998)

Painters' 1/2 Marathon 1:22:42 (race time 1:21:39 adjusted to true up to 13.1) (1/08)

Aided:

St. George Marathon 3:00:41 (2007)

Ogden Marathon 3:02:18 (2nd place) (05/08)

1/2 marathon - Hobble Creek 1:17:14 (8/08)

10K - Deseret News 10K - 35:02 (7/08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

10K - sub 37:30 flat

5K - sub 18

Make the effort to find races to compete against more elite ladies.

Proposed racing schedule 2008 (feel free to provide feedback):

May 17 - Ogden 1/2 marathon

June 14 - Provo River 10 Miler

July 4th - Freedom Festival 10K

July 24th - Deseret News 10K

August 9th - Provo River 1/2 marathon

August 23 - Hobble Creek 1/2 marathon

Sept 6 - Spanish Fork 1/2 marathon

Oct 4 - St George marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run St. George 2008 in 2:50 or less, gauge whether an OT time is in my future.

Personal:

I used to run for BYU, but only after trying out three times and finally walking on, so I was never a star. However, it was wonderful to run with great people and under Coach Shane. When you run with fast people, you can't help to improve! I graduated BYU in 1998, and didn't run a race until 2002, after having my second child. My hiatus and other crazy life commitments have made my competitive running suffer, but the last couple of years I have tried to get back into it the best I can. I have been married since 1996, to Paul Lowry, who is a runner himself. I have three boys (my three rascals), ages 8, 6, and 4.

Miles:	This week:	28.54	Month:	63.98	Year:	63.98
Asics Stratus 2.1 (purple) Lifetime Miles:						276.92
Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) Lifetime Miles:						404.19
Brooks Defyance (blue) Lifetime Miles:						203.46
Mizuno Precision (yellow) Lifetime Miles:						399.44
Saucony Type A2 Racers (red Baby) Lifetime Miles:						81.29
Brooks Defyance #2 (blue) Lifetime Miles:						181.46
Mizuno WaveRider #2 (aqua) Lifetime Miles:						41.20
2009 Driving Miles Lifetime Miles:						55.00

Tue, Jul 15, 2008

Easy Miles Marathon Pace Miles Threshold Miles VO2 Max Miles Trainer 1 Miles Trainer 2 Miles Racer Miles Total Distance

11.56 0.00 0.00 4.75 0.00 0.00 4.00 16.31

Bad stressy sleep. Paul is out of town.

AM: Met Ali in SF riverbottoms for 6x1000 and then 4x400.

I borrowed a measuring wheel from Jamie, but it was early morning and I couldn't see the thing so I couldn't figure out how to lengthen the handle, so I walked with a crooked back trying to measure the road. The measurements didn't make sense to me at all, but I figured it out later that it was measuring feet, so kind of hard to translate to meters. I picked landmarks in the end, then measured them again after the run after I was awake enough to calculate 440yds=1320 ft, 880yds=2640, 1000m approx = 880 + 220 =1100yds, 3300 ft. These measurements on the road were shorter than what we ran, but close, so we actually ran a bit longer.

1 - 3:27, slight uphill (Ali 3:45), rest 3:25

2 - 3:26, slight downhill (Ali 3:45), rest 3:24

3 - 3:27, kept switching directions so up again, (Ali 3:53), rest 3:30

4 - 3:24, rest 3:34

5 - 3:28, rest 3:24

6 - 3:29, rest 4:35 then started 400's

1 - 76, slight uphill (Ali 85), .25 rest

2 - 75, slight downhill (Ali 85) .25 rest

3 - 77, slight uphill (Ali 85) .25 rest

4 - 73, Ali hung tighter on this one and got a 77

I am generally happy with the workout. I did start to fade on the 1000's a bit, but not too bad. It's so much harder to do a workout without Sasha or Jeff pacing, but this is exactly what I need, to learn to be tough all by my lonesome.

I ran over 3 miles after cool down.

Thanks Ali for coming out and doing speed with me!

PM: I went to Josse's and she worked out my right hamstring. It's been bugging me for about a week now. There was a big hard knot she worked on. It hurt so bad!

I ran 4.25 miles on the treadmill at an easy pace (between 8:40 and 8:00).

I will do abs later tonight.

Night Sleep Time: 5.75	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.75

Comments

From Katie on Jul 15, 2008 at 12:16:52

Are you really pounding your body doing speedwork on asphalt? Why don't you find a track or dirt or grass trail? It's no wonder you have aches and pains.

From MichelleL on Jul 15, 2008 at 12:54:16

In my experience asphalt is better for my body than a track because of the curves I avoid. I think my groin issue came after an indoor track workout (5 laps to a mile so not a very small track) in December. I don't like grass and trails because I am afraid I am going to twist an ankle and I don't race on either surface. I think the aches and pains come from the 80 miles a week. Any intervals add increased injury risk, but they hopefully also have an upside :)

From Steve on Jul 15, 2008 at 16:51:54

I love running Ks. Nobody seems to implement them into their workouts. But K's are one of the best speed/endurance workouts.

Nice job under 3:30's. You should be able to run in the 17s for a 5k!

From Paul Petersen on Jul 16, 2008 at 12:04:37

The way I look at it, we race on asphalt, so we should do speedwork on asphalt. (although track, grass, or trail is a very healthy change of pace). Doing longer workouts like this help adapt the body for the rigors of the race. Half of marathon training is adapting the body to not break down after mile 20. (the other half is fueling).

I love 1000's. I think they are one of the better interval distance out there, as they require (and develop) both speed and endurance. They were key for my summer and fall of racing last year.

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