Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Vibram FIVEFINGERS M102 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, Mar 29, 2008

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

20.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 0.00 0.00 20.00

I was having a dream about that Dr. McDreamy (is that his nickname), the guy on Grey's Anatomy. I was telling him I liked him from the very beginning and then I woke up. Dang it! I missed my alarm! I guess its easy to miss your alarm when you are having such a Dreamy Dream!

I met up with MacK, Josse, and the SF group (Hal and Dr. Ludlow at that point) about a mile from Bishop's. We went around pretty little road then dropped Josse off at her car. I won't tell what Josse and MacK did going up heartbreak hill but it was very naughty and it started with a W and ended with a K. We don't w**k we are runners ladies! Ok, enough harrassing Josse (Josse I know you are reading this!) and MacK (are you reading this--hey all, just so you know MacK is a blog lurker, someday she'll join ;) ).

I had to run the last four on my own and they were slow and painful miles back to my car. And the worst part was when I got to my car I only had 19 miles so I had to go beyond my car (so hard when you are tired and alone) for .5 then back. But I did it even though I missed my alarm and got a late start. Most nontriumphant 20 miler.

Oh yeah, and my gps had no juice from the start so I don't have an ave pace. I'd say slow (8:30 or so).

Night Sleep Time: 7.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.50

Comments

From James on Mar 29, 2008 at 13:51:48

You sure dream about a lot of guys other than your husband. You even had a dream about me one time that you told me about. Maybe I am the one that needs to bring the pepper spray next time we run together!:-0

From MichelleL on Mar 29, 2008 at 14:01:30

James- I don't remember dreaming about you! It must not have been too interesting. Anyway, there's no guilt with dreams, especially about movie stars.

From Sasha Pachev on Mar 29, 2008 at 14:14:40

I dreamed that I was supposed to teach a lesson in the Elders Quorum, and I had no clue what it was supposed to be about. So when I woke up I decided to read it to make sure I was prepared in case they did ask me to teach (our Elders Quorum is small, so expect the unexpected). Then Jeff told me during the run that the lesson I read this morning would not be taught for another three weeks :-)

From MichelleL on Mar 29, 2008 at 15:05:07

Yeah I think the lead time notice for teaching many EQ lessons is about 1.5 hours.

From josse on Mar 30, 2008 at 17:49:16

To me if the hill is so steep that you can walk the same pace as you can run then what is the differance.

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