Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Asics Gel-2130 Men

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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

Mon, Jan 21, 2008

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

10.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.30

Nice run by my lonesome, contemplating life and where to go from here in my running. It was about 28F with light snow falling, so it was just about as warm as the race on Saturday. My groin pain was still present and not quite as good as the second half of last week so I'll have to watch it.

Ave pace 8:03

Mizuno

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

Comments

From MarcieJ on Jan 21, 2008 at 10:40:19

Glad you got back safely. Hope the groin gets feeling 100%. With tax season and a little down time I think it will heal itself up. You are going to go places in your running!

From Bonnie on Jan 21, 2008 at 13:57:40

Hi Michelle, great race on Saturday, congratulations. I have started using arnica cream (I have tried the gel as well) on my PF and achilles ... it seems to work. You can get it at any natural food store, and they might have it at a drug store as well. I have a friend who was competing in the cyclocross races this fall (these are hard core!) and she would get really really bruised up. She was taking the tablets and she swore that the helped her bruises heal faster.

Bonnie

From Aaron on Jan 27, 2008 at 23:30:00

Nice run. Groin pain is frustrating, especially on the uphills. I had it for about three weeks after the marathon--couldn't stride at all. But I think the muscle is stronger now. Maybe it's all part of the toughening up.

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