Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Asics Gel-2130 Men

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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

Mon, May 26, 2008

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

10.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.15 0.00 0.00 10.15

Just me and my music and lots of sprinkles. It sprinkled the first 4 or so miles, strengthened to a rain in the middle, then lightened back up toward the end. I got slowed in miles 6 and 7 because I got on a dirt road accidentally, which was turned mushy from the rain. Thus I had mud up and down my calves.

I forgot to stretch after warming up, thus when I stretched at the end I was pretty tight. I can feel my groin lightly and felt some tightness in my right quad toward the end of the run.

Ave pace 7:51

124 weight

Night Sleep Time: 7.75	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.75

Comments

From Mike Warren on May 26, 2008 at 13:21:43

Good run, take care of that tightness. Running in the mud, sounds kinda fun to me. What is your goal time for stgm this year?

From MichelleL on May 26, 2008 at 13:28:15

Thanks Mike. It's too early to really know what can be done in St. George. If I stay injury free I am hoping to break 2:45, but my Ogden time predicts a 2:52, so that's probably where I am now. I am hoping I can improve and place top 5 in St. G. Only time will tell.

From josse on May 26, 2008 at 13:43:33

With a summer behind you I think you will be where you want to be. You have to remember that the predictor is what you would have ran then not at the end of the summer. Michelle is going to ROCK at SG.

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