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

Fri, Jun 20, 2008

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

10.11 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.26 1.60 0.00 10.11

Recovery day! I ran 5 easy miles on my own, then joined MacK at the Payson pool for some very fun pool running. I figure 12 minutes pool running should equal one mile since I typically run around 8 minute miles.

48 minutes in pool = 4 x train miles.

I am liking the cross training on Friday routine. My legs do feel kind of hammered from the miles this week. There is nothing specifically wrong, but aches and pains in various locales. Legs should be fresher for tomorrow's long run. Anyone besides Josse coming?

Afternoon: ran with Benje 1.5. He did so awesome: 10:15 pace, so 15:22 all together. That is a mile PR inside of his 1.5. Then I ran to get the younger kids.

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.50

Comments

From marion on Jun 20, 2008 at 10:08:09

REcovery days are the BEST!!!

From Steve on Jun 20, 2008 at 10:31:09

What do you think of pool running? Do you find it beneficial to training.. or just something to replace running when you're banged up?

Do you think it would be possible to do a "workout" in the pool?

From MichelleL on Jun 20, 2008 at 11:16:19

I'd say its a good alternative when you want to workout more but don't think your legs can handle more mileage. If your legs can handle more miles on the road or trail, I think running more miles would generally be better than running. But those run for lifers will often find we can benefit from some variety.

I definitely think you can do good workouts in them, though fartleks are probably more realistic than a tempo.

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