Rain or Shine the Road is Mine

January 08, 2009

Asics Gel-2130 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

Sat, Mar 01, 2008

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

14.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 16.00 0.00 0.00 16.00

Woke up 15 minutes late so had to park when the SF group was one mile along on their run. I felt good at times during the run, at others I felt like I was just hanging on. Jamie came and it was nice to catch up with her and my other running buddies I don't get to see nearly as much as I used to. I convinced Hal to do pretty little road. He said we were doing some miles right about 7 minute pace and were under 7 for a while (he had a nike pedometer on). On tree line we saw kent and holly so I turned around and ran with them since I needed more miles than Hal did.

So I think I got some good paced miles in there, but the miles are approximate, and I don't really know my pace. I have been without my gps for 9 days.

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

Comments

From Jamie on Mar 01, 2008 at 11:59:37

Michelle, it was so good to run with you this morning...even if only for four or so miles!

From Bonnie on Mar 01, 2008 at 18:13:02

Happy belated birthday Michelle!! I hope Paul is bringing you a nice birthday present when he gets home.

Bonnie

From Christi on Mar 01, 2008 at 22:43:48

Great run today! What happened to your gps? Hope it didn't die (like my IPOD did...sad...)

From MichelleL on Mar 02, 2008 at 12:57:04

Jamie-It was really great. I hope we can do it again soon. I appreciate your friendship, even though we are not able to see each other as often right now. You ran great on Saturday!

Bonnie-Thank you! He did, two sets of "handmade" earrings, two t-shirts, two polo-type shirts, and matching watches for him and I. I guess he's a keeper!

Christi-Thanks! My GPS died when my husband was using it, but it has been sketchy ever since I bought it. It is under warranty so I sent it back and should get a new one. It was a 301 and it will stay a 301, they say I can't upgrade :( .

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