| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 37.62 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 6.90 | 19.50 | 65.88 |
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| Brooks Launch Miles: 27.65 | Bike Shoes Miles: 36.80 | Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 4.28 | Brooks ST Something Miles: 9.89 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 51.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 51.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Easy jog. That's all. |
| Brooks Launch Miles: 4.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 11.28 |
| Easy running in the am (AP 9:19). Flat fast and easy bike ride in the pm. I'm looking forward to the duathlon on Saturday - I have absolutely NO IDEA how to race my bike. Or do this whole event, for that matter. I think maybe go as fast as possible for the first run (its only 2.65 miles). So maybe 5K pace there. Then the 14 bike miles are hilly, but I am good at hills from watching Lance so many years ;). So fast as possible on the bike ride. Expecting some pain here. Then the second run, just throw whatever I have left out there. Hope I remember to change my shoes! |
| Bike Shoes Miles: 20.80 | Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 4.28 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.99 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 1.50 | 5.00 | 15.35 |
| Track workout this morning. An insane and complicated sequence of 1000s, 800s, and easy jogging, at all kinds of different paces. I am mentally exhausted! PM - I will ride my bike for exactly one hour, easy pace. Oh, yeah, and I have to practice swimming. I am too intimidated to go to the pool here and practice in lanes with everyone else, so I will go up to the mountain and practice there in the quiet outdoor pool :) If I can catch my cats right now, I'll spend the night up there and do my long run up there tomorrow. Yes, I have a long run on a Wednesday! How weird is that? |
| Brooks ST Something Miles: 9.89 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.70 |
| Easy run this morning. I thought it was going to be a long run day, but apparently that is tomorrow. Today is just easy run, I think there is no bike ride today. So I'll go to yoga :) And, I have to get ready for my trip. Not sure if I mentioned it, but I'm leaving on Saturday, immediately after the duathlon for France. I'll be running in Paris for 10 days. I have two runs a day for most of the trip, so I'll have to pack lots of running clothes! Skirts, maybe, for Paris? |
| Brooks Launch Miles: 5.70 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.45 |
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An easy longish run. No marathon pace, no tempo pace. The objective was to keep a focus on easy pace, without looking at the watch, and to keep even steady breathing throughout. I am very happy with the result. It has been a long time since I had an easy aimless run. Forgot the splits: 9:06, 9:05, 8:58, 8:55, 9:12, 9:25, 9:09, 8:31, 10:03, and 8:18. Only three of these miles are too fast for easy, but the effort was still easy. I don't know where that 10:03 came from; it was not on hilly terrain or anything! |
| Brooks Launch Miles: 9.45 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 7.10 |
| A tiny run and a tiny bike ride, just to keep my legs awake for the race tomorrow! I've been having so much fun watching the Tour de France! My two favorite riders, Mark Cavendish and Andy Schleck have been doing so well the past few days. Hard to believe we'll be flying into Paris on the day they ride in to the finish. I think we are staying relatively close, but will get in too late to go watch :( | |
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| Night Sleep Time: 6.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 6.00 |
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Lake Padden Duathlon (20.09 Miles) 01:34:09, Place overall: 50, Place in age division: 1 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.40 | 4.50 | 12.50 |
| Be warned: there are a lot of exclamation marks in this report :) Duathlon! No official results yet, and I'm on my way to the airport, so just a quick report now, I will add to it later. Hot morning! I arrived about an hour ahead of start time, jogged, did strides, and obsessed about my little bike transition area. I had my gear all tidy in my area: bike shoes, helmet and glasses, plus two gels. I figured I'd eat one at each transition. I wore my biking gloves for the first run, since they are difficult to put on and I wanted to save time. I sort of figured I'd be clumsy and fumbling at the transitions anyway, and wanted to eliminate as much fuss as possible. I did not stop and restart my Garmin for each leg, so its all one big race in there. The first couple of miles of the first run were 7:07 and 7:37 (slower than my 5K pace, but its quite hilly). I felt the effort by the end, but managed to switch shoes, eat a gel, get on helmet and glasses, and get on the bike. The bike ride is also hilly, with an uphill start, then a long downhill. I have a hard time going really fast on the downhills, because I don't have such massive body weight, so I got down on my bar and really tucked up just like I saw Andy Schleck in the Tour do it. It was exciting and faster, but felt a bit dangerous! Anyway, I was surprised how strong I felt on the bike! There is a really long uphill at the almost end of the 14.5 miles, and I was standing up on my pedals and passing people on the hill. Whoo Hoo! This felt great! I was hurting from the bike and the effort on the uphill by the end, so running seemed like a great thing to do! Felt a bit clumsy in this second run for a 1/2 mile or so, and my calves were cramping, but I ran through that in the hill, shady section, and by the flattish section that was in the sun, I was picking people off. I ran past two people who I was biking near earlier. My last two miles were 7:47 and 7:54 (quite a bit slower than the first time around!). Total time was 1:34:09, with official time 1:36 something because of transitions. I am sure that I did GREAT overall, but don't have official results until they are posted on line, and by then I'll be in Paris! Great weekend everyone! |
| Brooks Launch Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 37.62 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 6.90 | 19.50 | 65.88 |
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| Brooks Launch Miles: 27.65 | Bike Shoes Miles: 36.80 | Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 4.28 | Brooks ST Something Miles: 9.89 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 51.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 51.00 | |
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