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

Sat, Jul 12, 2008

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

14.75 0.00 6.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.75

I did it! My first 80 mile week ever!

Josse and I met at the end of the HobbleCreek 1/2 course, drove up to the 6 mile mark, then ran up easy, then ran down, with alternate miles of easy and 1/2 marathon goal pace.

When we got out of the car to start the run it was 50F!!! It was a little chilly to start but perfect weather for a long run.

Note to self: water out of spigot of the campsite at the hobblecreek start tastes nasty! Took a gu there, so at mile 6.

So we got in about 7 miles before our first hard mile. I really would like to keep my HobbleCreek pace to 6:00 average or below, so my miles should be 6:00 or below on this workout. I would have been fine with 6:10 on the last one since its flatter. Here are the splits for the hard miles:

1 - 5:52 (mile 2 of Hobble Creek race)

2 - 5:48, did two miles easy between 2 and 3 because we missed our water bottles so we got a drink at the cherry campsite. The water tasted better there but the spigot was close to a smelly bathroom. (mile 4 of Hobble Creek race)

3 - 5:57 (dreaded mile 7 of Hobble Creek race, two uphill segments in there, though likely still net downhill)

4 - 5:47 (mile 9 of Hobble Creek race)

5 - 5:58 (mile 11 of Hobble Creek race, a nasty but short hill - likely .15 in length, also road was gravelly for last 3/4, like they purposely tore up the top of the asphalt, hopefully they will repave before the race because it will slow me down).

6 - 5:55 (mile 13, including .15 of grass at the end--why does there have to be grass at the end when my legs are so tired?).

So I am happy to be sub-6 on all miles. It didn't feel easy. Hopefully this means a 6:00 pace for the race is getting close to do-able, and I am hoping this also means I am ready for a fast DesNews. I have been blessed to have great training this week, even as ran the most miles ever.

Good stretching when I got home (felt way rickety by the end), ice bath up to the navel, and 45 minutes of weeding when I got home.

1:34:17 for the 1/2 marathon

weight 122 (even after a banana and a bottle of water-way dehydrated).

Night Sleep Time: 5.75	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.75

Comments

From marion on Jul 12, 2008 at 15:24:36

WOW- Smokin' fast! I am in awe- as ususal!

(cool weight :)

From MarcieJ on Jul 12, 2008 at 16:18:26

WOW WOW AND MORE WOW!

From Sasha Pachev on Jul 12, 2008 at 16:28:13

Are the splits based on the painted race marks?

Quite remarkable that you still finished the half with a competitive time doing it as a fartlek with long fairly leisurely recoveries.

From MichelleL on Jul 12, 2008 at 16:32:59

They were based off garmin, but we watched the painted marks and they were never far off, so no crazy gps variation, but its fair to day there could be 10 seconds variation on any mile. That being said, my gps watch tends to react to miles slower than Josse (a couple meters longer than Josse miles) so I think they'd be not too short if short at all. Josse-what do you think?

From Shauna on Jul 12, 2008 at 18:59:14

Marion sums it up well: I am in awe too! Great workout, great mileage this week, etc. More great things to come for you...

From Ian on Jul 13, 2008 at 10:03:34

Good training week Michelle, well done.

From doreen on Jul 13, 2008 at 20:45:34

Hi Michelle,

Thanks for the welcome on my blog! My kids are 10(boy), 6(girl), and 4(boy). Almost like yours! Glad to hear you love your kid's dentist! I was just reading your blog-- very inspiring!!! You rock!! I can only hope to be 1/2 as fast someday! Congrats on your high mileage week!

From The Howling Commando on Jul 14, 2008 at 15:41:17

Really great week, Michelle!! Congratulations on the first 80+ week. And super times, oh and the 122 lb too!!! I hear you about dehydrating. Today in my ride I emptied 5 24oz waterbottles and still lost about 2 pounds haha. Keep on rockin'!

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