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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
37.660.0016.351.400.000.000.0055.41
Brooks Launch B Miles: 7.85Saucony A2 (blue) Miles: 4.002011 Mileage Miles: 298.00
Night Sleep Time: 15.00Nap Time: 0.75Total Sleep Time: 15.75Weight: 127.27
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.850.000.000.000.000.000.007.85

Met JenH for an easy run. 7.85 in 7:39 pace.

Third day in a row, #5 since counting of dietary virtuosity. 

Brooks Launch B Miles: 7.85
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 127.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.910.003.100.000.000.000.0011.01

Workout this morning s/b 4-5 x 1000m cruise intervals, at 3:39-3:44, 200m rest.  Met Mack at Loafer, then found Tyler, did warm up, then Mack peeled off.  I switched into light shoes, then we started the workout on the track.

Track was clear of snow/ice.  Temp about 23F, wind about 6-12 mph (12 per ksl.com microcast), and it was headwind on three straightaways. Not bad, you can just feel it when going fast. 

1 - 3:39, started this one a tad fast, 1:16 rest 

2 - 3:41, 1:33 rest

3 - 3:41, 2:04 rest (includes quick bathroom and then a jaunt across icy/wettish grass to the start line)

4 - 3:39, 1:36 rest

5 - 3:40 and done!

Tyler and I took turns on the inside curve.  Neither of us felt like it was as easy of a workout as it was meant to be, but we were on the lower end of the range of target times, used 1:22 marathon time for establishing the target.

Cooled down a bit with Tyler then more on my own.  Felt no vertigo issues during the workout, but did for much of the cool down.  It is like feeling ocean waves, like I just got off of a boat. Weird man.  Anyone else experienced this?

10 min ice bath in 43F temps!  I am a popsicle! 

Saucony A2 (blue) Miles: 4.002011 Mileage Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50Weight: 127.40
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.830.000.000.000.000.000.003.83

30 min run with MacK, you read right, just 30 min.  3.83 miles.  Dizzy most of the time.

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
8.820.000.001.400.000.000.0010.22

4.5 mile warm up, then 8x 1 min on/off, 5:44 ave pace, then 3.43 cool down.  Total distance 10.22 miles.  Only minor dizziness during warm up/cool down, but more during the day.

Core in the evening.

I went to urgent care on Wednesday to see if I had an ear infection, that was negative, so he put me on musinex, which clears me up but makes it hard to sleep.  I went to the rheum. Thursday, and he agrees the dizziness may just be a combination of long haul flight, and catching a cold bug, and to wait and see.   

My coach has me peaking a bit for this race, then I'll have a down week next week, and then start up marathon training.  But with cold symptoms, perhaps rain and wind, hilly course, and a dash of dizziness, I think this isn't going to be such a glorious race.  What it will be is a great workout, a great practice for racing hilly courses (like RNR San Diego is), and it will get me out of the blizzard that is supposed to be hitting this weekend up in UT county.  Also, I have been able to have good workouts this week despite the cold symptoms, so perhaps the cold won't bug me much.  There's always race day magic you can count on :D 

Day 8 of nutritional virtuosity (6th day in a row), despite the Fat Boys served at cub scouts.  I did not partake! 

2011 Mileage Miles: 9.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 127.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.750.000.000.000.000.000.004.75

Ran with MacK and battled with cars in the slushy roads. 40 min.

2011 Mileage Miles: 260.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Race: dogtown half marathon (13.3 Miles) 01:25:10, Place overall: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.500.0013.250.000.000.000.0017.75

will write details later. am  proud of my effort.

K, I am home.  I just have to say that I think the weather people are over dramatic in their forecasts.  

Woke up at 6:30.  Took Musinex and other meds, had oatmeal.  Checked the weather.  Light rain, low 40's, wind.  On the way to the race I call Amber to discuss wardrobe.  I brought an assortment of clothes in my car.  I got to the race a little over an hour before start.  Picked up my packet, then back to my car.  Met up with AmberG and ran most of my warm up with her.  I know I felt off, and she seemed to not be into the race either today.

Why was I feeling off?  These are not excuses. These are just some unfortunate inputs:  sore throat (sounded froggy), stuffy nose (musinex took care of these two symptoms during the race), dizziness that has been with me off and on for 2.5 weeks, and I could feel it in warm up.  Also the knowledge that this was supposed to be a key race for me, but the weather was kind of crummy, and I was worried about how well I could do. 

Got about 2 with Amber, a bit over 3 overall in the warm up.  I kept running back to my car to modify my wardrobe.  I eventually changed into shorts.  Wore shorts, singlet, my windbreaker, throwaway gloves and my pink brooks launch.  I think the wardrobe ended up being ok, but I wished I had arm warmers instead of the coat, since the coat acted like a parasail in the wind.

There were some long and short mile marks, but I will try to piece the race together 

Mile 1  6:25, has maybe 70 m of red mud after .12 or so at the start, I follow Steve Hooper along the edge and it's not too bad through most of it, I felt good in the race for about .25 miles :D, turned east and had head wind.  Throughout the whole race I battled the wind alone, with the exception of 5 second breaks. When I would pass someone, they would be going too slow, so I would tuck in for a couple of seconds before moving on.  There was a great big group of HS guys ahead of me, but I couldn't catch them.

Mile 2  6:15, .98 lapped at mile marker on this one, I am lead woman

Mile 3 6:14, there is a 180 turn in here, can see Ty is next girl, then Amber, then the Sojourners chick I met before the race (name is . . . can't remember)

Mile 4 6:15

Mile 5 6:12, big hill looming

Mile 6 6:25 uphill, then crest

Mile 7 6:57 uphill and headwind

Mile 8 funky mile split, have 6:45 pace for .81, I think I was trying to get on their mile markers, this was still uphill 

Mile 9 6:21 pace for .94, another funky split, I should really just let my watch run

Mile 10 6:04, finally we do another 180 and there is some downhill and tail wind

Mile 11 6:34 up and over a hill

Mile 12 6:19, down hill, but it was 1.19 miles to get to the mile 12 marker, the .19 was at 6:30 pace

Mile 13 6:11, have been dizzy during the race, but it is increasing towards the end

.3 @ 6:16 pace to finish, including another jaunt in the red mud/dirt. 1:25:10 end time 

I measured it at 13.25, which is the shortest I heard of from anyone.  I guess I am way good at tangents :)  The shortest besides mine was a couple of people at 13.27.  A couple of other people were at 13.4.

Assuming the course was .25, then it was .14 long.  1:25:10 is 6:26 pace for 13.25, so I can take off 54 seconds.  1:24:16.  UPDATE:  BASED OF STEVE HOOPER'S COMMENTS, THERE WAS A TIMING ISSUE.  SO I LOOKED AT MY OVERALL TIME PER MY WATCH, AND SUBTRACTED MY COOL DOWN, AND MY OVERALL TIME FOR THE RACE WAS 1:24:30, subtract 54 sec for the extra length and we get down to 1:23:36, not too shabby :D

This is not the result I wanted, but I did work throughout this course, and I didn't give up, and I had some good miles in there.  I felt at mile 6 what I normally feel at mile 9 ("this race is getting long, my legs are tired"), but I hung in there.  There were no steep hills, mostly 1-2% grades, but it had long stretches up and down, that combined with the wind and rain, made it a challenging race.  Ty came in second a couple of minutes behind, and Amber was third.

I now have a down week before serious marathon training and two-a-days begin.  I need to regroup mentally (let go of the two races that haven't been up to snuff), and I need to get well--kick the cold and hopefully that will make the dizziness go away.

I am in Phase 3-which means I consider running in about every decision I make.  Which means I didn't have any naughty treats after this race.  I did go to a Thai restaurant Saturday night, though, so not 100% dietarily virtuous.

Monday is my b-day, Ben will make me fat free brownies, and Paul will make me a chicken salad :D :D 

 

 

2011 Mileage Miles: 20.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.75Total Sleep Time: 9.25Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
37.660.0016.351.400.000.000.0055.41
Brooks Launch B Miles: 7.85Saucony A2 (blue) Miles: 4.002011 Mileage Miles: 298.00
Night Sleep Time: 15.00Nap Time: 0.75Total Sleep Time: 15.75Weight: 127.27
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