Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Vibram FIVEFINGERS W103 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

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

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

7.22 4.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.08

Met Ali at Peteetneet and did the up and down Payson Canyon run. I ran .44 before she came and stretched. Reset watch. We took the first mile easy then went harder. Tempo for her, marathon - tinman for me.

1 - 8:20, too much chatting not enough tempoing

2 - 7:28, starting to work

3 - 7:27, Ali thinks she's done

4 - 8:01, I coach Ali through the mile

.25 - 8:05 pace, this is to the cattle guard, Ali stops to go potty

.22 - 7:20 pace, I go up and down the mountain, pushing it while she takes her break

.86 - 8:27 pace, steep part of climb, Ali thinks she's done but I don't let her stop, I start hitting my lap button at odd times out of habit, Ali surges a couple of times to give me five

.38 - 9:22 pace, last bit

45:48 to the rock for me, 43:46 for Ali, better than she did last time and better than any of my times last year (see my 7/10/08 blog entry Ali).

In the 7's for the downhill, nice and easy.

ave pace 7:48

weight 122

ice bath - I am freezing now!

Shoe totals: Red sox: 57.25, Brooks Defyance (Blue): 469.35, Asics Stratus 2.1 (Purple) 97.87, Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) 82.22

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

Comments

From TylerS on Sep 18, 2008 at 10:26:43

Great run today.. How did the knee feel today? I checked your mail box this morning, you had no mail. jk I did run by them but I didn't check.

good job today

From MichelleL on Sep 18, 2008 at 10:29:11

That would be scary in a bad way if you had a key to my mail box. I haven't checked it in a week, so perhaps I should do so. You going to come out Saturday? I'm going to be running with the SF group, with some fast miles in there, but most easy. Your horses are neighing.

From MichelleL on Sep 18, 2008 at 11:06:02

Oh yeah, and the knee felt fine. My arch on that foot hurt for the first .5 mile, but warmed up and went away. There's always something.

From marion on Sep 18, 2008 at 13:10:22

nice run! I love that canyon! OH yeah- I'm healed... I think. I feel 100% better today.

From Chad on Sep 18, 2008 at 13:17:11

Nice work, Coach Michelle.

From kellies on Sep 18, 2008 at 13:41:44

You are awesome. I could benefit from some of your coaching. If you are ever in a mood to go on a slower training run, let me know and we can meet up!! Good work today!!

From desi l. on Sep 18, 2008 at 23:06:46

Who's this Ali girl? Rumors has it she ran her last marathon in 3:25.Why isn't she in the top 12 for marathon times?

From MichelleL on Sep 18, 2008 at 23:09:38

I emailed Sasha about it today.

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