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Location:

Littleton,CO,USA

Member Since:

Aug 04, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

I've run off and on (more off than on) throughout my adult life. Most recently I started running in May of 2007.

5K PR: Colder Bolder in December 2009 in 22:50.

10k PR: Bolder Boulder in May 2009 in 48:06.13.

1/2 Marathon PR: Canyonlands Half-Marathon in March 2010 in 1:43:20.

Marathon PR: Newport (Oregon) Marathon in June 2010 in 3:42:17.

I have completed two full marathons.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back to consistent running.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3:30 marathon.

Personal:

I grew up in Utah, but live in Colorado now.

I am married and am a working mother of four children, ages 9-19.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Lunarracer Lifetime Miles: 284.91
Brooks Adrenaline Trail Lifetime Miles: 574.62
Brooks Green Silence Lifetime Miles: 681.13
Brooks Adrenaline 10 (2) Lifetime Miles: 424.52
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Medium-long run.

5:56 am, 29° F, 56% humidity, winds 2 S.

Yesterday's snow is pretty well all gone. Still, there was no cloud cover and it got cold over night. But it was nice and sunny, though still cold, by the end of my run.

I ran the home/work loop. I try to do that once a week. This Pfitzinger training plan doesn't have hill sprints and hill repeats like the Hudson plan I did last year. But I figure I can make up for that by running hills in my regular runs. Actually, I don't really have much of a choice, but this home/work loop is a little hillier than my other routes. And it's different in that the first half is mostly downhill and the second half is mostly uphill. Most of my other routes are the reverse.

I don't feel well. I've got a stuffy head. I think it's a cold this time, not allergies like it was a couple of weeks ago. Dang it.

AP: 9:16. Splits: 10:13, 9:40, 9:41, 9:33, 9:36, 9:08, 9:19, 9:03, 8:46, 8:29, 8:30.

By my arbitrary threshold for fast miles, those last 2 miles maybe should have been classified as fast miles, but they're right on the threshold, and I wasn't pushing that hard, so I'm calling them slow miles.

Brooks Adrenaline 10 Miles: 11.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
Comments
From jun on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:03:22 from 66.239.250.209

Yeah, you should change them to fast. They were definitely speedy. Sometimes just classifying them as 'fast' is good motivation mentally. Not like you need any motivation.

From Tracy on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:10:25 from 209.175.177.37

Nice progression!

It seems like everyone is sick. Probably the fluctuations in weather. Take care of your stuffy head...

From KP on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:12:43 from 65.208.22.26

You weren't pushing too hard because you're an Extraordinary Machine and your fitness is improving. What used to be a tempo mile for you is now easy. That is what is supposed to happen!

By the way, I thought you were going to sleep in this week?!??! At 5:56am I was still in bed. Granted, I was awake, but I was staring at the glorious ceiling refusing to budge until my 6am alarm.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:28:15 from 24.8.167.243

I hate to admit that getting up after 5 am is sleeping in for me. Today I got up at about 5:20. I'll be back to getting up at 4:30 or even earlier next week. Blech.

From JD on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:41:06 from 70.96.78.157

Given your rigorous training regimen, I'd say you lost your marbles a long time ago. :-)

Nice mid-week MLR. I hope you're not getting a cold, and if you are, that it's one of those not-too-severe-and-short-lived kind of colds.

From Michelle on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 17:32:12 from 97.122.175.87

I'm sorry you aren't feeling well. It is a bummer to try and run when you don't feel good. Great job with the hills. I don't think you are cocky to call your blog extraordinary machine but, they must have taken my marbles away is also fitting!

From RAD on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 17:39:32 from 67.172.229.125

I love the rotating blog title. Wish I was creative enough to come up with a new one even once a year :)

Nice job on the run, and working in some faster paces at the end - despite the cold.

From Toby on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 17:45:59 from 216.194.124.36

Remember the movie "Hook" when one of the lost boys hands Robin Williams a bag of marbles (because you lost them)!

Nice run!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 18:17:42 from 198.241.174.15

My husband supplied this blog title. It's a line from a song. Extra points to the person who can identify the song and the artist.

From april27 on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 19:30:38 from 99.188.251.180

What odd lyrics! Great job today on the run!

From Tracy on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 21:24:40 from 173.23.75.96

Well I can't remember what song, but I know it's Pink Floyd. Something from The Wall?

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 21:37:29 from 24.8.167.243

Yes, Tracy, you're on the right track.

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