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December 2014

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Member Since:

Jul 14, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records

  • 26.2----------2:58:45 09/15/2012 Top of Utah Marathon 
  • 13.1--------1:17:55 11/02/2013 Snow Canyon
  • 10k---------38:10  03/2013 Hale Freezes Over 10k
  • 5k----------18:48  09/2012 Spanish Fork 5k

Short-Term Running Goals:

My goal is to continue to enjoy running and maybe get faster a long the way!  :)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I am 100 years old!

Personal:

I decided to join to hold myself accountable for my training and because I love learning from others running experiences.  I just started running a little over a year ago and have a lot to learn.  I work fulltime as a Manager of Telecommunications for Intermountain Healthcare and go to school online through Weber State University.  If you want to know more check out my blog: www.runningfortrevor.blogspot.com

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Yoga

8 miles on the treadmill with Heather, 7:45 pace.  So tired

Still so tired!  I feel like I could hybernate like a bear all winter...

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Tuesday TM workout with AmberD.  I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this up.  The gym is so fetching crappy and hot that I literally feel dizzy by the end because I'm losing so many fluids.  Gross

7 x 2 min on/1 min off.  These were all basically at 6:10 pace which was HARD!

6 x 1 min on/1 min off.  These were all at about 6:00 pace which again was HARD!

I was hoping these dumb workouts would inflate my confidence but I fear the opposite is happening.  haha oh well at least I'm trying something once a week.

Recovery was at 7.2 whatever in the crap that might be.  8.5 miles in 62 minutes.

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8 miles with my sista, 9:14 pace.

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8 miles, 7:30 pace.

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7 miles with Amber/Amber.  Love me some Amber's!

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14.000.0014.00

14 miles with Mack & Amber.  We started way to early for a Saturday.  Thats all I remember.

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5ish miles on the CIM course.  We were able to get on the course at mile 8, 13, 17, 20, and 25.  It was an emotional Rollier coaster for me to say the least.  We had Amber, Emily, and of course Jen we were cheering for.

Mile 8:  This was a surprise to Jen that AmberD and I were going to be there.  We had her girls make a poster and she said the first thing she saw the poster.  Her and AmberG were with the OTQ pacer and they looked incredible.  I had butterflies in my stomach and Jen was so excited/shocked to see us.

Mile 13:  Amber & Jen were still right with the pacer.  The pack had spread out a bit and wasn't quite as big but they looked so incredibly strong.

Mile 17:  Amber & Jen were leading the pack,  They looked incredible.  My butterflies were turning into anxiety....but good anxiety.  It's going to happen!  

Mile 20:  Jen was a step behind Amber, her cheeks were flushed, she looked up at us but did not wave.  But she was still on pace.

Corom (Jen's husband) was navigating the course and miles 21-26 were a bit more difficult to get on to.

Mile 25:  waiting impatiently!  I saw Amber, she was alone but she looked good.  I cheered and said a quick prayer that she would make it.  Where was Jen?  I started frantically jogging backwards on the course, the longer it took to find her the harder I cried.  Why?  Why was this happening,,,where was she.  I was a basket case!  I ran with her for 1.5 miles with a complete mix of emotions.  It is crazy how quickly things can slip away.

Jen ran a 2:48.  It was a 6 minute PR but it was not what she wanted.  She will get there, that I know.

My thoughts:  I know that none of the three girls will ever use this as an excuse or even mention it.  But in my opinion the 100% humidity was a major factor.  It's just difficult to train to replace that kind of fluids when your training in Utah.  When your chasing such a fast time every single little detail has to come together perfectly and I personally think, for Jen at least, it came down to fluids.  

We had a 10 hour drive home after the race to talk about a lot of things.  Jen is already Registered for Boston so that more than likely be her next shot.  

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9 miles in the orchards all by myself, 7:40 pace.

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9 miles on the treadmill, there was some speed involved but it was just oh so very ugly.  10 x 1 min on/off 6:00, half mile @ 6:30 pace, 3 x .25 mile @ 6:15 pace.  Really really ugly like OMG I think I'm going to pass out, pausing the TM whenever I felt like it, sweating until my clothes come off type of ugly.

Weights

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7 miles on the SF river trail with my sister, 9:07 pace.  

Made my last commute to Davis for my Accounting final last night.  Yahoo!  

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8 miles with AmberD in Salem, 7:55 pace.  We climbed Harry's with a headwind and then climbed up to Woodland hills.  I HATE this route which means I should run it more often!

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8 mile orchard loop with AmberD, 7:54 pace.

Weights at home.

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14 miles up/down hobble creek canyon with Josse, Mac, Aubs, and Amber.  8:02 pace.

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6 miles downtown payson loop, 7:47 pace.

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Yoga class

8 miles on the TM after yoga, 7:45 pace.

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Tues TM workout:  I am doing AmberD training plan with her just for fun.  She is motivated and thrives on having "a plan".  I am unmotivated, do not feel like training for anything right now, but do have a part of my crazy that enjoys feeling like death every once in awhile.  Apparently my type A personality, and weird satisfaction of killing myself is tough to shake. ha!

Anyway this workout called for a 4 mile tempo.  2 mi wu 8:00 pace and then a progressive tempo 6:53, 6:44, 6:35?, 6:27? 5 x 30 seconds @ 10.1mph + cooldown to 10 miles.  I completely cheated twice and paused my TM to drink water.  It really is so dang hot at the gym and I'm a weenie.

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7 miles with Jen, Sierra, sister, and Megan. 9:13 pace.  I stayed with Megan and the sis and let the other two do their fast thing.  Fun morning!

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Today we ran Harry's and climbed up to woodland hills way too early.  I was tired the entire time,  It was snowing.:)  11 miles, 7:50 pace.

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8 miles on the river trail with Amber, Megan, Scott, Melissa, and Jen 8:28 pace.  Jen and I got into an argument this morning.  We are the best of friends, arguing is healthy and fun.  We were arguing about recovery/easy runs as Jen was running up ahead, running circles around us, and doubling our mileage....

My argument = I'm a firm believer that recovery is exactly what the word says and there is no such thing as too slow.  I think that the harder your hard days are the easier your easy days should be.  Clearly I'm not racing well now but in the past I feel like this is what has worked best for me.  But maybe this is just my excuse to run slow?  hahaha I wouldn't put it past me.

Jen's argument = That method doesn't work and there is no reason to run anything over an 8 min pace ever.  Jen likes to do her recovery days at around ~7:15-7:45 pace and feels that running "slow" is detremental to her progress towards OTQ.  I think that if she would have taken her taper week and recovery runs slower it would improve her chances of OTQ.

Obviously there is plenty of scientific research and opinions out there and I think we are both right and wrong.

I think every runner is just different and responds differently to different training.  But I like to debate about it and I'd love to hear others input.

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15 miles in provo canyon, 8:04 pace. fun times!

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6.5 in the orchards, last mile was 6:52.  I had the help of a pretty massive tailwind.

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Yoga class

8.5 on the TM with Heather & AmberD.  I did SW and felt oddly awesome...which is RARE so I made the best of it.

16 x 1 min on/off 5:52-5:56 average

4 x 30 5:49 average

Calves are shot.  LSD tomorrow:)

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9 mile recovery run, 8:31 pace.  First loop with Jay, Melissa, and Scott.  I did not have enough time to get in quite as many as I wanted but life will go on. :)

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10 miles easy with juliec from willow park in lehi

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7.5 miles, 8:24 pace.  First yak trak run of the season.  Ran from my house up to my brothers to see what Santa brought the kiddos and then back to my house.  It snowed A LOT in Payson and I loved running in the snow. :)

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9 miles on the TM in 63 minutes.  2 mile warmup and then 6 mile progressive tempo 6:53, 6:44, 6:39, 6:31, 6:27, 6:22.  Felt really good today.

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15 miles in Salem with Mack, Jen, and Amber, 7:49 pace.  10 degrees...at least the roads were fairly clear.

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6 miles, 8:10 pace.

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8 miles on the TM.

I skipped Yoga today so I lifted a few weights after the run.  Then I spent an hour on the freeway crawling my way to work.

PM:  4 miles

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8 miles on the TM in 56 min, 7:00 min pace.  I did a workout of somesort but I do not recall the details.  

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15 min elliptical talking to Amber.

6.5 on the TM talking to Dawn, 8:00 pace.

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