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January 08, 2009

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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.000.008.000.008.00

The dang noisy birds woke me up at 5:10 even though my alarm wasn't supposed to go off until 5:50!

This morning's soreness is more like normal soreness with some fatigue mixed in. I just want to keep my miles easy this week.

Ran with JH in Salem, ave pace 8:12

weight 126

Went in and had groin issue worked on.  Dr. Brady and his assistant did some stretches that required them both holding one leg and pulling it toward my shoulder.  Got a herbal patch on it, not sure if that does any good but I had to keep it on for 72 hrs.

Night Sleep Time: 7.75Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.75
Comments
From Christi on May 20, 2008 at 11:26:15

Love the new tag line for your blog. So appropriate at my house! You look great in your blog pic & I see your weight is down to 126. That is fantastic. So what are some of your favorite snacks, treats?

From dave holt on May 20, 2008 at 11:48:51

Congrats on the amazing race - you are doing so well right now!

From Jon on May 20, 2008 at 12:03:52

Michelle- was your watch time the same as your official time for the race? I ask because my watch was 17 seconds slower, but all the guys ahead of me did not have a problem. I'm wondering if anyone behind me saw a difference.

From MichelleL on May 20, 2008 at 14:02:39

Christi-yeah that tag line pretty much sums it up. The only thing is that I am often working or paying bills online and Paul now assumes when I am at my computer I am blogging, so he thinks I am doing even more than I am. Snacks - I can't eat most of my fav's when I am being good. Snacks I do eat - a bowl of healthy cereal, dried fruit, real fruit, yogurt, teddy grahams, beef jerky (not all at the same time, just pick one). When I want to snack but I am not supposed to I get to have prunes--not like I am going to eat 20 of those.

Dave - thanks!

Jon - I accidentally turned my watch off on one potty break (the last) so my time was off so I can't be a data point in your analysis. Sorry!

From Bonnie on May 20, 2008 at 21:05:57

Hi Michelle -- your picture is awesome! The birds are driving me crazy too - as an animal lover I feel guilty, but I want to open the window and let Titus (the cat) at them - sad thing is that he is really not that good of a cat, so probably couldn't shut them up anyway!

Bonnie

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