Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Vibram FIVEFINGERS W103 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

Tue, Sep 02, 2008

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

11.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.50

Alone and easy. Not much to say about the run. 7:55 ave pace. Some music and some NPR.

I think my 4 miles with Sasha yesterday and my run today indicate that yesterday was not a true race effort. I forgot to mention that Sasha was right at the finish line and the first thing he said to me was, "What was your time, low 38?" then he said, "Was it a race effort?" cutting right to the chase :)

Also from yesterday, my youngest son said his prayers something that was blogliscious. His prayers are always a daily travelog of what happened that day. He said, "that we went to a fun party and there were some weird people there." He was talking about the breakfast party at marions. I won't hypothesize on who he was talking about. . .

Also from yesterday, Paul got a new phone which is really sweet and has good internet access. I teased him that it's just going to make him more antisocial, and he said, "Well, it's just for if you start talking too much about Sasha or protein bars." It was so funny!

weight 122

Shoe totals: Red sox: 57.25, Brooks Defyance (Blue): 455.77, Asics Stratus 2.1 (Purple) 78.1, Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) 48.11

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

Comments

From wheakory on Sep 02, 2008 at 12:31:03

Nice run today. If you feel your effort wasn't a race effort yesterday than that will give you motivation to want to be more aggressive next time. I think feeling the pain of working hard in a race is really the best feeling and that's what I think I've learned about racing to get a personal best.

From Clay on Sep 02, 2008 at 13:58:26

Nice race yesterday Michelle. And I don't care to much about effort, a win is a win. Tiger Woods wins sometimes when he doesn't have his "A" game and he gets praised for it, so why not you! Don't let anyone take that win away from you Michelle, you earned it!

What kind of phone did your Hubby buy? Thanks for your sons comments to, kids are so cool and I think I know who he was talking about:-)

From TylerS on Sep 02, 2008 at 16:01:36

I know that it was a not your A game. I was with you for 2 miles, usually that doesn't happen for 200 feet. Thanks for making me feel good though, by letting me finish in less than a minute behind you. great win!

From marion on Sep 03, 2008 at 11:53:40

LOL! I take full credit for the fun party and the weird people! It can't be a fun party without a few weird-o's! :D I know SO badly all about the phone/electronic gadget and the anti-social hubby thing! OH MY GOSH!!! When my 2 year old ate my husbands latest electronic gadget, there was a part of me that said "oh yeah baby- now maybe he'll talk more!!" :D

Great run :)

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