Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

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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, Oct 18, 2008

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

18.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 18.01

I met Ali at 5:45. We ran almost 2 miles before meeting the 6am group, then we ran toward Leland then to Osborne's. Ali had to turn around then I had 6 miles on my own, but I got to stop and chat with Clay (such a nice guy!). The run seemed so long after all this shorter mileage, but I am excited to get back into training. I am thinking to do a 6 mile progressive tempo next week as my first post marathon workout. How does that sound?

We are going to the Scarecrow Festival as a family today. Should be fun.

ave pace 7:54

weight 122

Shoe totals: Red sox: 57.25, Brooks Defyance (Blue): 478.76, Asics Stratus 2.1 (Purple) 154.31, Mizuno WaveRider (aqua) 144.18, Brooks Defyance-new (Blue): 40.83

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

Comments

From Christi on Oct 18, 2008 at 11:30:32

OTC here you come! You did 2:50 despite the CRAZY conditions. You are an inspiration!

From Clay on Oct 18, 2008 at 15:29:32

Great job today Michelle. That is great mileage day considering you are only two weeks out from a very hard fought marathon, you must be recovering well. Thanks for stopping and chatting too...

Keep up the good work;-)

From Superfly on Oct 18, 2008 at 17:28:36

6 mile progression tempo next week. It sounds like @#$% if you ask me but I have a little jaded view on life. Actually if your feeling up to it by the end of next week should be just about the right time. I'm going to wait one more week- so 2 weeks from today I'll do some kind of "workout" and see if I'm cut out for another marathon in a couple months.

From MarcieJ on Oct 18, 2008 at 22:44:41

Great job on your long run! I felt the same, after only doing 6 miles for awhile now, my 15 yesterday felt like it took forever. I am excited too to get back into my reg training. I am ready!

From josse on Oct 21, 2008 at 10:52:07

I am with Clyde on this one, my body is just not ready to jump into training again. Either is my mind for that matter. But I think you are such a go getter and that is great.

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