Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Vibram FIVEFINGERS M102 CLASSIC

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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

Sun, Feb 17, 2008

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

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Only goals I reached last week were to play with my kids each day and go to the temple, but I guess those are the ones to meet if I have to give a couple up. I worked more hours last week than I ran miles, and that is just not right.

Goals this week: Play with my kids each day, run 6 days, run 60 miles, sleep 5.5 hours during the week, enjoy elements of each day.

Night Sleep Time: 8.25	Nap Time: 0.50	Total Sleep Time: 8.75

Comments

From Brent on Feb 17, 2008 at 14:00:01

MichelleL - your comments are always so thoughtful, thanks for the commando points. I always pay very close attention to comments by runners of your standing. By the way, I would guess you are in the tax business? Busy time of year for me too, CPA and work for State Tax. (Not the enemy, no longer work in audit, implementing a new tax system)

Hope you can get 60 miles in with your busy schedule.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From MichelleL on Feb 17, 2008 at 14:34:05

Hi Brent - your comments and insight are always valuable to me. So yeah, I am in the tax business. I work for a CPA firm, Hawkins Cloward and Simister in Orem. I am on the tax side, but the big project I completed last week was a review of financial statements for a construction company. I have another one of those to do as well. Fun - construction accounting! So are you busier this time of year than others?

From Christi on Feb 18, 2008 at 09:57:57

Hey you got the important things done, so pat yourself on the back. The good news is that tax season does eventually end. Good luck!! You're a tough chick!

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