Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 Men

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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

Thu, Jan 31, 2008

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

12.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.05

Woke up at 4am. Met with MacK and went long on pretty little road and on tree line road. It got colder as the run progressed, I think there were parts at about 10F. My fingers got cold. I didn't feel too sleep deprived.

Have work to do now!

ave pace 8:15

Night Sleep Time: 5.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.50

Comments

From crumpyb1 on Jan 31, 2008 at 08:55:21

Awesome work outs this week. When are you going to catch up on your sleep? I worry about you crashing.

From MichelleL on Jan 31, 2008 at 09:49:23

I will sleep 9-10 on Sundays including a nap, which will help, but I will likely crash every day (when I fall in bed for the sleep I do get).

From Ian on Jan 31, 2008 at 14:05:34

The amount of sleep you're getting makes me shudder. Well done for still getting your running in.

From Bonnie on Feb 01, 2008 at 09:46:05

Hi Michelle,

For what it is worth - I wanted to give you my opinion. You will not lose much fitness if you lower your volume a little (40-45, maybe even 35 on the really tough weeks) you can keep your most important workouts intact (1 day of strides/fartlek + 1 day tempo/marathon pace + long run) and then do what you can the other days. Trying to do too much will wear your immune system down and could lead to illness or injury (which would cost you much more both in terms of fitness and getting your work done).

Please take care of yourself,

Bonnie

From MichelleL on Feb 01, 2008 at 13:33:30

Bonnie - here are the hard choices, do I do 4.5 hours of sleep a day to hit 45 mpw or do 5 hours of sleep a day and hit 35 mpw, or get 6.5 hours of sleep a day and run 10 mpw? No matter what, my health will suffer and my running will suffer. I just don't know how I will balance it. GRRR!

From Bonnie on Feb 01, 2008 at 14:33:24

I know Michelle. I guess I would play it by ear - and I will give you advice that I probably don't follow myself, I think 6 hrs of sleep and 40 mpw - making sure the 3 "key" workouts are after a decent nights sleep. Also alternate "longer" weeks with "shorter" weeks. Keep in mind, the next couple months are about maintaining fitness only -- not about increasing fitness.

You are a smart cookie, as long as you don't lose sight of the prize you will make it and get stronger ... the prize is "over the long haul" not the short term.

Bonnie

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