Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8 Women

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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, Jan 15, 2008

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

8.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.30

Ran with the 5am Scenic Drive group at a VERY easy pace. I think we were averaging 9:45 or so. I ran with them for 6 miles then stopped for a potty break at a church, which had lots of women exercising in the dark with very relaxing music on (presumably yoga). I think I would just fall asleep if trying to exercise to that new agey stuff. Yoga and running are pretty much opposites in my mind. I ran on my own for 2.3 after that at about 8:10 pace.

I was going to do a couple of miles at race pace but my groin was feeling worse again this morning, some pain in the first mile or so and then niggling the rest of the time, so I just laid off. Perhaps I'll do a two mile tempo or strides tomorrow.

Did the grocery shopping thing after running and I was cold and miserable. SF was about 25F this morning, not that cold, but lots of wind swirling old snow all around. What a miserable town, why do I run and shop there?

Ave pace 9:15

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

Comments

From josse on Jan 15, 2008 at 10:59:15

When you go shopping after take dry clothes to change into I promise you will feel so much better.

From Clay on Jan 15, 2008 at 11:59:00

That's why I mainly run in Salem and Payson, less wind and for some odd reason it always feels warmer...

From Ali on Jan 15, 2008 at 19:32:29

You run there because you have such amazing, wonderful friends who live there and you can't live without them . Ha! Ha!

From Shauna on Jan 15, 2008 at 23:11:24

Hey, great picture! Hope the groin feels better.

From Jamie on Jan 15, 2008 at 23:53:41

I'm tired of the snow and miss the green! Thanks for sharing the picture...it's the first time I've seen any from your trip.

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