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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
39.840.0039.84
Saucony Omni 6 Miles: 20.93
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 44.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.120.006.12

Recovery run. Average pace: 10:46.

Outside temp at start: 37°F

Outside temp at end: 34°F

I got up and did the level 3 shred, then got dressed and drove my son to seminary. On the drive back home after dropping him off I was very sleepy and the thought occurred to me that maybe I should go back to bed for an hour instead of going for my run. But being the crazy person that I am (and realizing that I wouldn't be able to sleep because of other people in the family making noise), I went for the run.

The very top of my left leg, in both the front and the back, was hurting me and I started out very slowly. I thought about cutting my route down to 4 miles instead of the 6 I had planned, but when I got to about 1 mile and I had to either turn left for the 6 mile route or go straight for the 4 mile right, my leg was feeling better, so I turned left. However, I did dispense with the hill sprints that I've been doing on Mondays recently. I did get a little faster over the course of the run, but never too fast. My leg feels okay now. I'll have to see how it is tomorrow.

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.100.006.10

Easy/recovery run. Average pace 10:34.

Outside temp: 31°F

I guess I'm still recovering from last Saturday's 18 mile run. I may go slow all week. I'm still feeling a little tightness in my left quad, but it's not too bad. Also, my throat is a little scratchy and I think I might be coming down with something. I'm glad it's an easy week this week. I hope taking it easy for one week will be enough to get me going again.

Saucony Omni 6 Miles: 6.10
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.130.006.13

Easy run. Average pace: 10:21.

Outside temp: 39°F

I normally do the shred before my run on Wednesday mornings, but I traded the shred for an extra half hour of sleep this morning. I figure that's the best thing to do given that I still have a little soreness in my left quad and I feel a cold coming on. But I still got out and did the run, because I think an easy run actually helps with the sore quad and the deep breathing of the cool air keeps my lungs clear (or so I like to think).

I'm going slower this week than I have the last couple of weeks, but I was probably pushing too hard the last couple of weeks. The aftermath of that Saturday run slowed me down, which is probably a good thing. However, I do seem to be recovering a little bit. I've been getting just a little bit faster each day this week. On Monday, my average pace was 10:46, on Tuesday it was 10:34, and today it was 10:21. Also, I ran negative splits for the whole run today. Each mile was 10-20 seconds faster than the one before.

At the end of my run I ran into a neighbor who lives across the street and up a few houses who runs. She was just heading out. We walked down the street and talked for a little bit. She is nursing a sore knee. She says she's okay for 6 miles and then it starts hurting her. She is much more friendly than my next-door-neighbor who also runs.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.590.006.59

Progression run - 3 miles slow, 3.59 miles a little faster. Average pace: 9:59.

Outside temp: 49°F

I don't know where the warm temperatures came from today. It was unexpected.

I was going to do an easy run today, but I was on a course that is mostly and significantly uphill until just past 3 miles, and then is mostly and significantly downhill after that. So I took it easy the first 3 miles (10:42, 10:32, and 10:29), but then sped up a little but not tons for the rest of the run (9:43, 9:25, 9:27, 9:22).

I think I actually prefer hills over flat terrain, assuming that the course is either out and back or a loop (not point to point because point to point could potentially be all uphill). While I struggle (less than I used to) up the hills, I like the reward of the downhills and the chance to "rest" a little. With flat terrain, like I had for 18 miles last Saturday, it's a constant effort and you never get the chance to take it easy.

Saucony Omni 6 Miles: 6.59
Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.660.006.66

Easy run, if you can call it that. Average pace: 10:25.

Outside temp: 28°F, wind from the north, light but steady snow

I did the level 3 shred before heading out.

When I started out the snow was sticking to grassy areas, parked cars, and me, but not to the roads. The roads were just wet. After about 4 miles, either the temperature dropped or the elevation went up or something, because then I had snow sticking to the sidewalks. I ran almost all of the rest of the way on about a quarter inch of snow. But then when I got back to my house, it wasn't sticking to the sidewalks.

I ran a little farther than I had intended. I was going to head north through this park/open space that runs roughly north/south, but I had to run eastward along the south end of the open space to get to the trail, and the wind was whipping down through that open space like nobody's business. It was very uncomfortable to run across the open space. I wasn't about to turn north and run straight into that wind. So I went farther in order to go around it. I did have to turn north eventually in order to get back home. It was on a busy street, so it was still fairly open and windy, but not as bad because there were houses on either side of the busy street. But that's the part where the snow was really sticking to the ground.

There was one point after I turned off the busy street onto a smaller street and I was still running on a snow, that it was very quiet and peaceful for just a second. There was no sound, except my breath and my feet padding along on the snow and somebody's wind chime. But then I care came by and broke the moment.

I think this morning as my first real inauguration into winter running. I was glad I had too pairs of socks on. And I was pretty wet by the time I was done.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
8.240.008.24

Easy run. Average pace: 10:10/mile.

Outside temp at start: 33°F

Outside temp at end: 46°F

I slept in this morning. When I got up I did the shred because I had only done it twice this week (I skipped Wednesday) and I normally do it three times. Then I had some breakfast and then called all the choir members to remind them of tomorrow's practices and performance. Then I finally got around to running at about 10:00 am. I'm not used to running that late in the day. I had an idea that it would warm up, but I didn't expect it to warm up that much during my run and so I ended up being way over dressed.

I've definitely got a cold and I felt pretty sluggish, especially at the beginning. This was a very hilly route. I was finally able to speed up a little at the end. I ran the last full mile in 9:38, and was doing a 9:05 pace for the last 0.24, which was as fast as I could manage.

I hope that I'm able to get rid of this cold quickly. I wonder whether running makes my cold worse. I like to think not. After all, people who are bedridden are at risk for pnuemonia. Hopefully being up and moving around keeps my lungs clear. However, I do think that that 18 mile run last Saturday, which was significantly more than I was used to, weakened my defenses and that's why I got the cold in the first place.

I felt more exposed running today in full daylight than I do in the dark and half light of morning.

Saucony Omni 6 Miles: 8.24
Night Sleep Time: 9.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
39.840.0039.84
Saucony Omni 6 Miles: 20.93
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 44.00
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