Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 Women

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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, Sep 25, 2008

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

9.68 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.68

Decent sleep. That's because I cheated and slept in and didn't run until noon. That ended up being a big mistake. I thought it would be about 75F and be some good heat training. Well it started at 82F and was 86F by the time I was done. I kept the pace at 7:30 for the first 6 miles, drank a ton at the ball park. It was hot and I decided to cut back as quickly as possible by going down the highway back to Salem. It was so windy, wind was kicking up dead dry grass, which gave me a cut on my knee. Then dirt was being blown on me from some big construction sites. It was pure misery coming back. Couldn't even hear my ipod during the toughest miles because of the wind.

Yesterday went to Dr. Brady's. I had a hard time writing down my three things because I really wanted him to work on all three and he normally only gets to two. He worked on all three this time though. Sweet! Except it hurt sooooo bad when he worked on my calf I was crying. It made his time on my ham feel like a day spa though. So much more relaxing. I now have a bruise on my foot where he worked. He worked on my rt foot (ultrasound, scraping and massaging), rt calf (scraping, "massaging," pushing, pulling, almost ripping the muscle off :) nice), and rt ham (massage, art, scraping, electro-acupuncture). I got my money's worth. I plan on going in one last time on Tuesday.

For todays run: Rt calf tighter at the beginning, only marginally tight by the end. Rt foot had no pain during the run, minor achiness after. Rt ham just a little tight. Lt ham also a little sore (what's up with that? Not the left ham too now).

ave pace 7:48

Shoe totals: Red sox: 57.25, Brooks Defyance (Blue): 475.75, Asics Stratus 2.1 (Purple) 114.35, Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) 108.82

Night Sleep Time: 8.25	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.25

Comments

From marion on Sep 25, 2008 at 19:30:01

Fun times with Dr Brady :) Why do we pay him to BEAT us? Oh yeah- the beatings WORK!!! :) I don't cry, I yell and swear :o CRAPPY run! :( AWESOME sleep! :D Sounds like a day in the life! ~Good day :D Woo Hoo!

The left ham is just jealous! ;)

From Robert on Sep 26, 2008 at 11:44:30

I'm not a expert in biomechanics, but have had my fair share of injuries. Expect your other ham to start acting up because you are placing more pressure on it to compensate the other side. The body's biomechanics are fascinating, but whether you like it or not it will compensate for an injury. This is why runner's struggle with "floating injuries" that move from one leg or spot to the next. Good luck, it will get better.

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