Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

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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

Wed, Jan 30, 2008

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

10.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.50 0.00 0.00 10.50

Let the sleep deprivation games begin!

Felt tired when woke up at 3:55am to start the day. Did 10.5 on the treadmill. At first set the speed at 7.0 then kept cranking up until what I thought was just slower than 7:30, but it felt hard, it turned out I had it at 8.4 mph instead of 7.9 so I was accidentally going 7:08. After that 7:30 felt easy.

Off to work!

Night Sleep Time: 5.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.50

Comments

From JohnA on Jan 30, 2008 at 11:23:04

3:55 AM--now that is early!!

Great job at your dedication.

From MarcieJ on Jan 30, 2008 at 19:53:14

Can you bottle up some of your motivation and determination and send it down to me? :)

From Ruthie on Jan 30, 2008 at 20:07:01

Wow. You're amazing to get up so early! And run that far on a dreadmill! Great job and keep it up through the sleep deprivation! :)

From Lybi on Jan 30, 2008 at 22:22:11

3:55!?! That's more suitable as a bedtime than waking time! I hope hope hope this tax season is good to you. You've worked so hard and are in such great shape!

From MichelleL on Jan 30, 2008 at 22:33:07

You guys are great!

Lybi - the problem is I try to do things well when I commit to them. I want to run my tax and accounting projects well, and it is hard to squeeze in overtime when you have kids and dinnertime, laundry, etc. I will try to lose it gradually and to lose less fitness this year, which is why I woke up so early and ran. We'll see how long I can manage both.

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