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Location:

Kowloon Tong,Hong Kong

Member Since:

Jul 02, 2007

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)

10K - 35:34 (road - Shek Mun 10k 12/12)

1/2 Marathon 1:19:44 (UNICEF HM 11/12)

Marathon 2:47:08 (ING Hartford Connecticut 10/10)

Aided:

St. George Marathon 2:50:40 (10/08)

1/2 marathon - Hobble Creek 1:17:14 (8/08)

10K - Deseret News 10K - 35:02 (7/08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

PR 1/2 marathon AGAIN


Long-Term Running Goals:

Break 2:46 in Boston!

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 12, 10, and 8.

After a great 2008 season, I was injured and eventually diagnosed and cross-diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a type of arthritis disease, which precludes running for all but the most stubborn.  So I am on medications, trying to stay healthy, and seeing my PT often.  And running!  Now beating the streets in Hong Kong.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
NB RC900 Black/yellow Lifetime Miles: 183.31
NB RC1300 Red/Black Lifetime Miles: 195.31
2012 MTR Lifetime Miles: 4035.70
890 Blue Lifetime Miles: 310.55
NB RC 1600 Lifetime Miles: 96.76
RC 1400 Lifetime Miles: 90.60
NB 890 Baby Blue Lifetime Miles: 233.26
NB 890 Electric Blue Lifetime Miles: 319.67
NB 890 Tokyo Turquoise Lifetime Miles: 163.54
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
69.3416.7813.051.100.000.000.00100.27
2012 MTR Miles: 68.20NB Charcoal 780 Miles: 25.03890 Blue Miles: 21.00NB 880 V2 B Miles: 4.00NB RC 1600 Miles: 15.00NB 880 V2 A Miles: 5.02
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 123.65
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
16.030.000.000.400.000.000.0016.43

AM: 16k easy (4:36/k pace) then 8 x 80m strides

PM: 8.35k easy run (4:49/k pace), core workout

2012 MTR Miles: 10.80NB Charcoal 780 Miles: 11.50890 Blue Miles: 5.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 124.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
11.610.0012.430.000.000.000.0024.04

AM: 8.18k at 4:58/k

PM: Hardest workout to date. 3-4 x 5k at goal HM pace.  Since my Taipei HM was so fast that makes this workout faster because goal HM pace needs to be faster than Taipei, right? In Taipei did 3:41/k pace overall, so goal today was theoretically 3:40/pace or 18:20/5k, but that sounded so hard, I thought I would try for 18:45 for the first one and be to 18:20 by the last one.  Curtis was supposed to join on #2-4.  I showed up early to do #1 on my own so I would finish with everyone else because we were going out for dinner afterward.  Felt good on the first one, 18:19, people starting to show up for their warm ups, waving hi, no sign of Curtis.  Saw Curtis during my break, he was just arriving, not warmed up yet, so I told him to jump in when he could.  I started #2 after 5:00 break exactly, after 3 or so laps Curtis jumped in.  He as angsty and telling the dozens of people to move out to lane 2 and he was running fast, so we got 18:08.  5:12 rest, I asked to slow down the next one, so we got 18:15 (fast first two miles, then made 88/lap seem easy for the last one).  5:08 rest, and did 18:19 for the last one.  Felt tired and wasted on one hand but on the other Curtis was holding me back (because I told him at the start I wanted to go no faster than 88).  So this workout went much better than I thought it would.  I felt the inside knee, starting on the third rep, but not bad.  I could have really used an ice bath.  Will run easy Wed for sure!

2012 MTR Miles: 35.00NB 880 V2 B Miles: 4.00NB Charcoal 780 Miles: 5.20NB RC 1600 Miles: 15.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 124.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.270.000.000.400.000.000.008.67

AM: 12k run then 8 x 80m strides will do core tonight

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
16.674.350.000.000.000.000.0021.02

AM: 25.74k total.  schedule is upbeat tempo my choice, so wanted to help someone else.  Met viola and did about 17k with her, then did 7k at my marathon pace (3:50). Very tired.  Almost vomited on the mtr (had no gu during run but did have half an aquarius).

PM: 8.1k @ 4:57 ave pace

2012 MTR Miles: 11.60NB 880 V2 A Miles: 5.02890 Blue Miles: 16.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 121.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.030.000.000.300.000.000.008.33

AM: 12k, then 6 x 80m strides

PM: core workout 

2012 MTR Miles: 10.80NB Charcoal 780 Miles: 8.33
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 124.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
8.7312.430.620.000.000.000.0021.78

Ran 4k on my own around the track (5:00 pace), then stretched a bit and Curtis joined.  Did another 1.3k warm up, then started into the 26k of hardish stuff, in a progressive fashion, wanting to end up at 3:50-3:40 pace.  First 5k was 21:35 (4:19 ave), then 19:54 (3:59 ave pace), then 19:44 (3:57 ave pace), then doubled down, stopped talking, 18:52 (3:47 pace), 18:35 (3:43 pace), and last k was 3:40.  This workout was hard, but I felt like it was good marathon training, I told myself with 4k to go, "would you run sub 6:00 pace or above 6:00 pace if you felt like this at the end of your marathon?"  then pushed myself to keep under (3:44 pace is basically 6:00 pace).  I will have an even bigger and badder version of this workout in two weeks.  Another 3.75k at the end of cool down.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
69.3416.7813.051.100.000.000.00100.27
2012 MTR Miles: 68.20NB Charcoal 780 Miles: 25.03890 Blue Miles: 21.00NB 880 V2 B Miles: 4.00NB RC 1600 Miles: 15.00NB 880 V2 A Miles: 5.02
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 123.65
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