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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
12.010.000.000.000.0012.010.0012.01

Ran with MacK.  Nothing too eventful except for it being way too cold for the first morning in April (20 degrees).

Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.00
Comments
From MarcieJ on Apr 01, 2008 at 08:56:01

That is way too cold, whats up with that?! Hey only 17 days left!

From Mark on Apr 01, 2008 at 09:23:00

You are right, that is way too cold! I'd send some Florida temps if I could. It's good to have a Tuesday-12-mile-nothing-too-eventful-run, those can be the best.

From MichelleL on Apr 01, 2008 at 10:51:56

Thanks Marcie! I can't wait!

Mark-yes I just am lucky to not be feeling any pain!

From Lybi on Apr 01, 2008 at 11:27:56

Ah! That is seriously cold. What a terrible April Fool's yb ,b fb,vnbaybthvr5njyjybkmil,l l;.o

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From Benn on Apr 01, 2008 at 11:52:17

Man that IS cold! I woke up and found out today it's supposed to be thunderstorms, but high of 65!!! first day since that freak day in January it's been this warm :)

From Lybi on Apr 02, 2008 at 15:25:11

Sorry, Michelle--I left the computer unattended mid-comment and my 3 year old finished it for me. Yikes! I was planning on wearing shorts and a T-shirt for the Provo half, should I be thinking long sleeves and running pants instead? What are you going to wear?

From Sasha Pachev on Apr 02, 2008 at 15:59:17

It looks from the forecast like we are going to get about 35-40 degrees. For me this is a shorts weather when racing. Possibly long sleeves, but more likely just a racing jersey.

Russians would say "3 degrees of warmth" meaning it is +3C. -3C would be "three degrees of cold". +30C would be "30 degrees of heat", and -10C "10 degrees of frost"

From MichelleL on Apr 02, 2008 at 17:33:58

Lybi-I thought it was your April Fools joke on me. I will bring shorts and tights, a long sleeve and a short sleeve. I will do about a one mile warm up, which makes stripping down to shorts a possibility. I'll just have to bring a bag of clothes and be flexible. I am excited you are coming!

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