Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Asics Gel-2130 Women

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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, Oct 09, 2008

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

3.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.01

Well. . .I got out and ran. Made the mistake of wearing old shoes (my Defyance with 475 miles). I felt like I had dead legs the first .5 mile, felt like I had just run a marathon. Then in the second half, I could feel a distinct pain in my right mid ham, and soreness in my left quad. I stopped and stretched at one mile. Not a good sign if your ham hurts when you are stretching your calf. So I turned around after stretching, but let myself add another mile at the end since the soreness in my ham had lessened. My left achilles area started to hurt in the last 1/2 mile of the run.

I thought today would be an easy 5 and my legs would feel fresh from no running. :) I've still got some things to learn.

ave pace 8:48

weight 122 (sigh of relief - I have almost finished off that solid chocolate bar that was part of the St. G prize)

Shoe totals: Red sox: 57.25, Brooks Defyance (Blue): 478.76, Asics Stratus 2.1 (Purple) 141.05, Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) 129.03, Brooks Defyance-new (Blue): 5

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00

Comments

From tarzan on Oct 09, 2008 at 09:22:16

You do what you can. I'm sure your legs took a heck of a beating as fast as you ran on Saturday. Better hide those shoes for a couple of weeks until your legs have healed.

What do you do for work?

From Paul Petersen on Oct 09, 2008 at 09:26:03

Last year we got toffee. It was yummy.

From MichelleL on Oct 09, 2008 at 11:14:27

I am a cpa and the extended returns are all due in 6 days!!!!

Toffee would have been great, mostly because Paul would have eaten more of it.

From josse on Oct 09, 2008 at 12:24:32

Rember how I told you the first run back all that marathon sorness returns. I will go away though:)

From marion on Oct 09, 2008 at 12:41:29

I'm sorry the legs wern't feeling too great! Take it easy, no rush :)

From Clay on Oct 09, 2008 at 12:41:34

Michelle if you get tired of that chocolate send it my way, I am still on my chocolate binge post marathon craze;-D

From MichelleL on Oct 09, 2008 at 12:50:43

Josse - don't go away ;D

Clay - sorry man, just finished it off. Too early in the day for chocolate. I'm going to McGraff's tonight though! Very exciting!

Marion - you're right, but it feels good to work through the pain by jogging.

From tarzan on Oct 09, 2008 at 12:55:30

I still have a fridge and freezer full of chocolate I brought back from Italy. C'mon over. :)

From marion on Oct 09, 2008 at 12:59:44

Maurine- YOU ARE THE DEVIL!! Bring some Saturday!!

From josse on Oct 09, 2008 at 13:20:32

Opps I meant it will go away,but I am sure you already know that:)

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