Auntie Em Goes Running

May 11, 2024

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Member Since:

Jun 03, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

MacDash Duathlon, Sept. 10, 2011. 1:29:48. Second woman overall, third racer overall, and first in AG.

Mt. Ranier Duathlon, May 1, 2011. 3:05:00, 1st in age group. 5.1 mile run, 28 mile bike ride, 3.78 mile run.

5K: Fun With the Fuzz, April 23, 2011. 21:59, 1st in age group.

Marathon: Paris, April 10, 2011. 4:05:24.

1/2 marathon: Geoduck Gallop, February 2011. 1:42:23, 1st in age group.

Waterfront 15K (September 2010), 1:14:43. 3rd in AG.

Lake Padden Duathlon (July 2010), 1:36:something. 1st in AG .

10K: Smelt Run, La Conner (2010) 47:14. 2nd in AG.

I have fun every time I run, and have recently overcome the "I can't go fast anymore" hurdle. I'm having fun going faster and working towards becoming even faster.

I have raised two running children, one competitive and one not.

I have learned to run in ice and snow and I don't complain.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Work towards a faster marathon by Spring 2012.

Get my 5K down to 21:30.

Place in my division at duathlon and triathlon.

Train for biathlon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Joining Forrest Gump

Personal:

I'm a 52 year old mom of two ex homeschooled teenagers. They both think I'm nuts.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Bike Shoes Lifetime Miles:						2225.45
Pearl Izumi Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles:						139.33
Marathon Shoe Lifetime Miles:						244.33
Blue Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles:						223.68
Mean Green Shoe Lifetime Miles:						318.72
Blue Kinvaras Lifetime Miles:						207.12
Brooks Defyance Lifetime Miles:						361.34
New Kinvara Lifetime Miles:						275.90
Hattoris Lifetime Miles:						41.29
Addidas Lifetime Miles:						168.97
Nike Vortex Shoe Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Orange Newton Lifetime Miles:						36.20

Sat, May 15, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
6.80	1.70	0.00	0.25	2.50	11.25

Run was supposed to be wu, then 2 miles easy, 4 and mp, then 2 easy again. The strides during wu felt great; nothing hurt at all and I felt very good. I felt good for the mp miles also, but started running them with this new guy in our group, and didn't realize that I was going WAY too fast. Ran 7:42 instead of 8:28. The, OF COURSE, I got busted by the coach, who just loves to pick on me anyway. So I got a big lecture in the end about mental discipline and stuff, blah, blah, blah. I was SO GOOD the rest of the time, just one tiny slip up on pace, not even on purpose, and I get IN TROUBLE. Something about this situation just makes me feel like I'm in grade school again, disrupting the whole class.

Aside from that bit of unpleasantness, it felt so nice to run at a quicker pace again and have nothing hurting! I stopped the marathon miles a speck early just because my leg felt a bit tight and I didn't want to push it. I bit of stretching and I did the cd, then the bike ride home with no complaining from the leg. YAHOO!

The bike ride to and from the workout was about 20 minutes each way.

Have a nice weekend!

Bike Shoes Miles: 8.00	New Blue Saucony Miles: 8.50

Night Sleep Time: 6.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 6.50

Comments

From Snoqualmie on Sat, May 15, 2010 at 16:50:38 from 24.18.192.33

Social pace creep-up phenomenon. That has happened to me too, and I always pay for it a little later in the run. But it's hardly a discipline issue! Sheesh. Well, good run anyway. I'm glad things are feeling good.

From JD on Sat, May 15, 2010 at 17:00:02 from 166.128.78.114

You're such a trouble maker!

Glad the workout went well.

From auntieem on Sat, May 15, 2010 at 20:41:43 from 24.18.77.246

Well, Sno, I can see his point about mental discipline. I was supposed to run those miles at marathon pace, and I DO have a Garmin, so I should have been able to achieve it. But the joy of just running fast after so long sort of overtook me :). The good news is that even now, I haven't had to pay for it, and the leg still feels great! So, in retrospect, I think it was a good "test"!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, May 15, 2010 at 22:40:14 from 24.8.167.243

I sure as heck would notice if I was running 7:42 instead of 8:28. I'd be sucking wind. You are just naturally very fast. The only downside of running too fast I can see, if you're not hurting afterwards, is that you missed out on some practice of feeling the marathon pace. But since you're not going to run Newport, that's not really a big deal at this point.

From Smooth on Sun, May 16, 2010 at 00:05:45 from 174.23.172.155

I'm with Carolyn! You deserve a good feeling fast pace run! An A+++ performance in my book! :)

From KP on Sun, May 16, 2010 at 00:11:52 from 98.67.106.156

you speed demon, you...

From april27 on Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:35:30 from 99.188.251.180

I think you should make a speed plan for me...I think that is what I will focus on after the 1/2 in June and that is as long as my ITB doesn't flair up

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