| 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 | | 36.30 | 12.34 | 3.00 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 53.89 |
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| Saucony Miles: 4.56 | Blue Brooks Launch Miles: 23.46 | Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.76 | Brooks ST Something Miles: 19.11 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 34.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 34.50 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Day off! No running, biking, hiking, swimming or yoga. Lots of eating and catching up on TV episodes (Bones), and knitting. |
| 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 | | 9.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 10.37 |
| Two runs today. The first run was in the woods up at our mountain cabin, really slow, due to technical nature of the trails. Total mileage was 4.06, plus some strides at the end. Back home in Bellingham for the second run, which totaled 5.31, plus some strides at the end. Both runs were 45 minutes and both runs were grey and wet. |
| Saucony Miles: 4.56 | Blue Brooks Launch Miles: 5.81 |
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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 | | 5.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.76 |
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Cold and grey. I ran easy miles fast enough to keep warm, which meant pushing the pace a bit, because easy miles sometimes don't keep you warm enough. No car today, so I had to run to get my haircut!
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| Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.76 |
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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 | | 9.21 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.21 |
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So, this morning I did the track workout that I forgot to do yesterday. I read the schedule wrong because we had a weird holiday weekend in there, and I thought Tuesday was Monday. So Tuesday, yesterday, which I thought was Monday, I did an easy hour run. Then last night, I discovered that my Monday was really Tuesday, and I should have done a track workout with mile repeats. I wanted to do the Tuesday work on today, Wednesday, early in the am. Problem is, it is now dark in the early am, and I couldn't find the headlamp. So I waited until 6:30, went to the track, did the warm up on the track, where seeing well was not very important, then did the mile repeats. It still felt like Tuesday, in a way, so I'll probably do an easy run this evening as well. I was supposed to alternate between miles at MP and tempo pace, with 1 minute RI in between. It was pretty challenging, since after the first tempo mile, it is super hard to fall back into a proper marathon pace. I did get two of the MP ones right on, though. MP miles were 8:13, 8:09 (too fast!), and 8:14. Tempo miles were all excellent: 7:38, 7:36, 7:38. I loved this workout, because I love the track and have not had many track workouts lately. I love when you get a workout, look at it and get sort of freaked out by how hard it looks, then you just chip away at it, and before you know it you are done, and it was hard, but good hard. PM run: SOOO hard to keep slow on this one! I hate when that happens. Why, when I should be tired, are my legs so fired up. Anyway, AP was 8:53, which is just a little bit faster than easy, but this took superhuman effort.
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| Brooks ST Something Miles: 15.21 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.81 |
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Easy miles in the dark with a headlamp. First light assisted run of the season, sigh... Splits: 9:40, 9:23, 9:01, 9:15, 9:12, 8:46. AP 9:14. Perfect!
No more running today, resting.
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| Blue Brooks Launch Miles: 5.81 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 4.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 4.90 |
| Mini track workout! WU, drills, strides, then 4X600 at 2:37 per 600. This is an annoying speed. Its not all out fast, just pretty fast. When I do 200s at this pace, I always mess up and go too fast. First two 600s were 2:22 and 2:25, seriously too fast. I finally got it on the last two!!! They were 2:35 and 2:36. Maybe if I kept going, I'd hit 2:37! Enjoy your weekend blogger buddies.
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| Brooks ST Something Miles: 3.90 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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Waterfront 15K (9.3 Miles) 01:14:13, Place in age division: 3 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.50 | 9.34 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.84 |
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OK, I've never done a 15K before! Really a race for pacing practice for me. And at a pace that I have never in my life run before! AP for the whole 9.3 miles was 7:57. I was trying for 7:45, so not so great there, but not so bad either. I am very happy that I was able to control speed and stay on (or below) pace for most of it. I definitely didn't go out too fast. Last week's training left me a bit tired, and next week will be more intense, so I didn't finish the race with an hour of easy running as planned. I'll ride the bike tomorrow, jog a bit, and get ready for the largest volume training week next week!
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| Blue Brooks Launch Miles: 11.84 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 36.30 | 12.34 | 3.00 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 53.89 |
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| Saucony Miles: 4.56 | Blue Brooks Launch Miles: 23.46 | Saucony Treadmill Shoe Miles: 5.76 | Brooks ST Something Miles: 19.11 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 34.50 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 34.50 | |
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