Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 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

Sat, Jan 05, 2008

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

12.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.00

Ran with James in Perry and Brigham City in slushy snow, which got us completely wet. My feet were wet from the slushy puddles on the ground within 1/2 a mile. Then James took me through the golf course, where I got freshing slushy water in my shoes repeatedly. It was great fun! The hardest part was trying to keep up with him AND hold a conversation. He just patiently pulled me alongl, up hill then down hill, up hill, then down hill. I said I wanted about 10 so he pulled me through 12, which got me closer to 70 miles so its a good thing.

My hip/groin pain wasn't painful, just some niggling.

After the run I had to go to Wal-mart to pick up some last minute things and I was soaked through so I just got progressively colder and colder. The only thing that got me out of the hot shower later was knowing that Paul's parents had pancakes on the griddle. They are such wonderful hosts! They will be watching our children while we are in Hawaii, which is such a comfort, to know your kids are at the best place they could be with the best caregivers. The weather today makes me anxious to get to paradise.

7:53 ave pace

Asics (now in the dryer).

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

Comments

From James on Jan 05, 2008 at 12:58:44

Thanks for the run this morning. I had fun getting to know you better. How about that weather, eh! I don't recall ever getting that wet on a run before. I hope you don't end up with pneumonia in Hawaii because of today!

Have a great trip! If you have time to hook up when you come back for your kids let me know, in not I will see you at Painters.

From josse on Jan 05, 2008 at 13:57:54

Sound like the two of you had a blast. I love winter weather if there is someone else there to suffer through it all. I was alone today so I decided not to run out in those nasty conditions.

From Jamie on Jan 05, 2008 at 14:38:38

Have fun Michelle. Paradise...very tempting.

BTW, you may not have had any other option because of your trip, but its a bad idea (in general) to dry your shoes in a dryer. When possible, you may want to air/sun dry them. Advice not from me, but from the top.

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