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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

Mon, Aug 10, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.47	0.00	5.47

Easy Run + 3 x 8 sec. hill sprints. Average pace: 9:52.

Weather: 53°, 86% humidity, winds calm.

Today is the first day of school. Accordingly, I got out the door at 5:15 this morning. That's fine when I have a short run like today, but I'll have to be earlier some days. It looks like seminar is going to be at 6:30 (it doesn't start until next week), and so I'll have to be finished with my runs by 6:15 so I can drive Thing 2 to seminary. I had to drive Thing 1 at 6:30 this morning because he's mentoring freshmen today. So now it's back to the routine and the grindstone.

Both hamstrings were quite tight this morning, but they did loosen up a bit in the course of the run. I didn't shoot for any specific pace today. Splits were 10:13, 10:02, 9:50, 9:35, 9:29. Pace on the hill sprints was 7:00, 6:51, 7:44.

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 5.47

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.00

Comments

From Bonnie on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 09:54:57 from 75.164.103.101

Good job Carolyn, not bad just having a little stiffness, sounds like you have the "recovery" part of training down!!

Have a good day.

From jun on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:26:10 from 66.239.250.209

Back to the grind. While I'm not looking forward to school being back in, I am happy that this is my wife's last year.

From Metcalf Running on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:27:43 from 207.225.192.66

Oh the fun of the grind... LOL! Nice run today, looks likeyou are recovering well.

From Snoqualmie on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:53:49 from 24.18.192.33

I think I hurt my neck while giving my head a mind-clearing shake... school starting? I know, it's happening, but It. Is. Summer! I should talk, I make mine study year round. But we take vacations year round too!

From Tracy on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 14:02:53 from 173.24.32.153

Man, I thought we started early (next week). Are your kids on a balanced calendar?

Oh yeah, and good run :)

From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 14:40:24 from 198.241.217.15

Yes, Sno, my head is spinning from school starting so early. It's still summer, right?

Tracy, I'm not sure what you mean by a balanced calendar. My kids have a one-week fall break in October, 2 weeks off at Christmas, a one-week spring break in March, and then they get out on May 25.

From JD on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 20:21:32 from 166.203.55.70

I'm sure the grindstone has missed you.

Sometimes it helps keep a good running routine though.

From april27 on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 21:36:19 from 99.188.251.180

I still can't believe I only get 2 weeks off from school and then I"m in the fall semester (my other university I would get month long breaks but we were on 16 week semesters not 15 week trimesters.

can I have your 53 degree weather? I suppose if I got up that early I could be at about 60ish...

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