Same Time, Same Channel

May 03, 2024

15% off for Fast Running Blog members at St. George Running Center!

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.

Favorite Blogs:

Click to donate

to Ukraine's Armed Forces

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

Wed, Mar 18, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.17	3.02	7.19

Fartlek Run, easy w/2 min @ 10K pace every 5 minutes. Average pace: 9:10.

Weather: 40°F, 37% humidity, minimal wind.

I decided that sleep would do me more good than miles would this morning, so I didn't get up early enough to do 10 miles, which is what the planned workout was. I still got up pretty early because I had to be done in time to drive thing 1 and a string bass to school, but not freakishly early.

My paces on the 2 min fast parts were 8:20, 8:06, 8:20, 7:57, 8:15, 7:53, 7:48, 8:00, 7:49, 8:03, 7:52, 8:07. I was shooting for around 8:00, so I was fairly close, give or take a little bit.

I'm feeling pretty good for the race on Saturday. Today was my last hard workout. I'm supposed to rest tomorrow and then do 4 miles easy on Friday. I'm really looking forward to this race.

In other news, I still have just a little bit of pain in my right hand since my fall last week. It's not debilitating, but it just doesn't seem to be going completely away.

Saucony Omni 7 Miles: 7.19

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

Comments

From Metcalf Running on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:51:16 from 207.225.192.66

Nice run!! You are going to do so great at the half. Your are getting speedy :) Have you had the doc. look at your hand? Have you taken anything for it? I hope it gets feeling completely better soon.

From Snoqualmie on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:32:51 from 67.171.56.164

Great workout, Carolyn. I was thinking about you yesterday because my DH and I were talking about how Colorado scores pretty high on an economic liberty scale he found. (statepolicyindex.com) Lucky you!

So you have a day of no running tomorrow? That's interesting. I'm going to do some miles tomorrow, fewer Friday, and take Saturday off. So glad you are not badly hurt - that would have been such a frustrating waste of great training. It's in the bank, girl!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:46:35 from 71.229.164.25

Yes, my plan is no running tomorrow and 4 easy miles on Friday. I don't know if that's any better or worse than if I flipped today and tomorrow, but I guess I'll just try it and see what happens.

It's cool that we're both racing this weekend. Lots of people on the blog are racing this weekend.

From Jun on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 13:13:11 from 66.239.250.209

It's really cool to have watched your pace drop in time over the last few weeks. It is clear that the training you are doing is paying off.

Congrats on the solid miles today and, once again, good luck on Saturday.

From Bonnie on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 16:36:38 from 128.196.228.134

Have a nice rest time and a nice trip Carolyn!!

From Bonnie on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 21:30:42 from 128.196.228.134

By the way -- I think it is a good idea to jog a little the day before the race to keep you limber ;-).

You are going to rock it ... my prediction still stands.

Add Your Comment.

Keep it family-safe. No vulgar or profane language. To discourage anonymous comments of cowardly nature, your IP address will be logged and posted next to your comment.
Do not respond to another person's comment out of context. If he made the original comment on another page/blog entry, go to that entry and respond there.
If all you want to do is contact the blogger and your comment is not connected with this entry and has no relevance to others, send a private message instead.

Debt Reduction Calculator

Featured Announcements

Most Recent Entries:

New Kids on the Blog
(need a welcome):

Lone Faithfuls
(need a comment):