Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 07, 2009

Vibram FIVEFINGERS M102 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

Fri, May 23, 2008

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

7.60 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.60 0.00 0.00 7.60

Ran easy 7.1 with JH. I have been feeling tired so I cut back the miles slightly today. I want to make sure I recover adequately from the marathon. I have also been trying to decide when to do by first speed workout (tempo), and I think I will wait until next Saturday when Josse and I go up and down Provo Canyon, so that I get more recovery in. I am not sure if I am not getting enough sleep, coming down with a cold, am worn down from stress (having high stress right now!), or just still recovering from the marathon but I am just feeling kind of blah.

Ave pace 8:20

Jogged 1 mile easy with Benji in the park in the afternoon. 12:24

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 1.50	Total Sleep Time: 8.00

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on May 23, 2008 at 12:08:53

Not getting enough sleep under high stress after a marathon will disturb your balance. In my experience a lot of high stress situations are 90% internal. It is the way you react to what is happening around you. In fact, that would make it 100% internal. Because the stress is always in how you react. Somebody yelling at you about a deadline has zero impact on your physical or mental condition until your brain starts processing the message and responding to it. So if you learn to relax and take it easy when that happens you can take a lot of stress out of your life.

From sarah on May 23, 2008 at 13:29:15

Some adults need less than 8 hours. I guess you have to see how many hours you need. You could experiment with this by not waking up to an alarm clock for a few days. Go to bed early enough so you won't be too tempted to sleep in and try to really just get up when you wake up and think, "I should get up now". Then look and see on average how many hours your body takes. If you really are sleep deprived you may find you are sleeping a lot at first to make up for it. Anyway, my point is you may find 7 to 71/2 hours works for you or less if your lucky I guess. Of course when you are sick you'll need more. Good luck.

From MarcieJ on May 23, 2008 at 14:08:40

Sasha-

I agree with your comment but its sure easier said than done! (to just relax, that is one thing I struggle with ALOT)

From jona on May 23, 2008 at 15:56:53

I agree Sasha/Marcie, I am having a really hard time right now in my life and am having a lot of stress, I notice it in big way in my running, and sleeping. It would be interesting to see how others relax, what things they do.....

I'm sure there is a lot to be said for being consistent and doing those relax techniques frequently.

Michelle, sorry to use your blog for discussion. I enjoy following your efforts, and am happy when I see you have done well, like last weeks race. Your awesome.

From Sasha Pachev on May 23, 2008 at 16:49:41

I make an effort to put the source stress in the proper perspective. Visualize the worst possible scenario and then think about how it will affect my life after I am dead. All of a sudden the prospects are a lot brighter because when I am dead the only thing that would matter is what kind of choice I made in God's eyes, and the right choice although rarely easy is always stress-free, you just know what is right and do it.

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