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

Sat, Apr 19, 2008

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

6.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 7.00 0.00 0.00 7.00

Ran same as yesterday out and back on highway 9. Morning temp was 29F so my feet defrosted at 4 miles instead of 5. I felt much more spry than yesterday, and did the uphill at about 8:30 ave pace, and then the down hill was right around 7 min pace with my last mile 6:36, so I'll count that last one as a marathon pace mile. I have been doing my stretch regimen about 4 times a day.

No hiking today since we went to St. George. I did do a frisbee tournament with my eight year old and ran with my six year old at the park where the St. George Marathon ended. I also got three pairs of shoes at St. George Running Center and got to chat with Steve Hooper. One of the shoes is a sweet pair of red racing flats with black laces and some silver trim. It matches our racing clothes but I am afraid these are bright shoes and I need to race fast in them because these shoes say, "Look at me!"

I also ran into Wildbull and ignored his first attempt to talk to me. I guess he recognized me but I didn't recognize him. Finally I understood he was a blogger and we chatted for a little, but hubby was burning me with some laser beams (he had been in the car with the kids as I tried on various shoes, for good reason not as excited as I am to be at a running store with blogging buddies). Sorry I couldn't have chatted more!

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

Comments

From MarcieJ on Apr 21, 2008 at 12:59:59

Sounds like you had a fun trip, well needed after a grueling tax season!

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