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

Tue, Jun 24, 2008

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

7.30 0.00 2.00 2.00 5.60 1.06 0.00 11.30

Met Sasha. James flaked. We did mile repeats. I don't have time for too much detail. Sasha wanted to only do 200m rest, but I wanted to work vo2 max, so we compromised and increased rest to 400 m after #2 because I did in fact need it.

1 - 5:40, 200 rest in 1:51

2 - 5:46.5, 400 rest in 3:57

3 - 5:45, 400 rest in 4:15

4 - 5:45, but only because I was able to pull out an 83 for the final quarter.

On miles 2-4 I had a hard time at the end, but Sasha harrassed me into a good workout.

I am pleased. I would say the pace was 10k goal pace, with current 10k pace at around 6:00 pace.

Glute felt fine, but sore after a little.

Update: was at training in SLC all day, glute got quite stiff and sore as I sat for long periods of time. Not a good injury for sitting :) I had the kids try to stand on it after dinner, and Paul worked it out at night. It now feels fine (I'm writing this Wed morning). I ran one mile with Benji @ 9:41, a pr for him by alot, and below my 10minute threshold so I can count the mileage at face value. Then we did 2 striders.

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

Comments

From marion on Jun 24, 2008 at 10:38:34

I know i say the same thing every day- but WOW! I don't think I could run that fast with my hair on fire ;)

From josse on Jun 24, 2008 at 10:58:53

Great job this morning, I wish I could have been there:( But my leg is feeling better.

From Steve on Jun 24, 2008 at 11:17:35

Nice workout. 200 rest is a bear.

Is there a group meeting Saturday in Provo Canyon?

Steve

From Paul Petersen on Jun 24, 2008 at 11:26:56

That's a nice workout! Good job!

From Shauna on Jun 24, 2008 at 12:14:18

Awesome! I agree with Marion. :-)

From Maria on Jun 24, 2008 at 14:44:17

These are some very solid times, Michelle. I think that Sasha is a great training partner and motivator for tough workouts (not to take anything away from your effort!). Well done.

From clay on Jun 24, 2008 at 14:51:23

Well done Michelle, those are some awesome times...

From Sasha Pachev on Jun 24, 2008 at 17:02:57

Steve - I do not know about Provo Canyon, but you can definitely join me for a long run. The time has not yet been decided, but will probably be 6:30 AM from my house at 339 N 1120 W in Provo.

From MichelleL on Jun 24, 2008 at 20:25:36

Thanks all!

Steve - Run with us not Sasha :) We are meeting at 5:30 at the base of Provo Canyon (see announcements in discussion forum) and going up and down.

From Brent on Jun 24, 2008 at 21:39:53

Holy Cow, without Harry, the lion queen roars again, nice workout.

B of BS Rools out

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