| Location: Draper,UT, Member Since: Jun 11, 2009 Gender: Female Goal Type: Local Elite Running Accomplishments: 5K- 16:37
6K CC - 19:55
4 miles- 22:10
10K- 34:38
15K- 49:57
Half Marathon- 1:12:03
20K - 1:08:38
Marathon- 2:35:49 Short-Term Running Goals: Stay fit and have fun doing some local races.
Get my youth cross country team, www.racecats.org off the ground. Long-Term Running Goals: Feel energized. Stay healthy and balanced Personal: Four awesome kids ages 4, 8, 10, and 12 years old. Love to run, play, and write. Married to entrepreneurial Aaron. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 754.80 | 2.00 | 12.20 | 0.00 | 769.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Hi FRBers! I don't actually know how far I ran but I'll say 3. Haven't worn a running watch in nearly 2 years now and haven't been running much lately, but I'd like to start running more and writing more. I'll probably mostly write in my personal blog but I'll link here.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| The Silver Lining | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Ran an easy 3 miles and biked Ali up the hill to preschool. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pulled Ali to school in the bike trailer and continued on for 9 mile bike ride around Devil's Thumb and Shanahan Ridge with Kelsie. Her fluffy hair looks awesome blowing in the wind. We saw a blue jay teasing a squirrel. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 20 mile Mt. Bike ride around Marshall Mesa. I was a little ambitious thinking I had the energy to do this ride. The wind chewed me up and spit me out. There were parts that were quite enjoyable though. I got a new ride last week and it is smooth and fast!! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Wow, what a beautiful place I live. Ran nice and easy around this lake. Clean air after a heavy wind storm yesterday. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Peaceful snowy morning. I can feel my energy rising with my ferritin level. Lightheadedness and fatigue is diminishing. My tight achilles is relaxing and my back loved that professional massage I got last night. Yay for healing! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Stomach Flu. YUCK. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Energy still low from my puking yesterday, plus Aaron was out of town so no one to watch Kelsie. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Feeling better every day! No lightheadedness! Saw a blind man this morning walking his dog. I've seen him a handful of times before and he is always friendly. He is a sweet, gentle looking man. His eyes are always wide open but they look black. I usually say something before I get too close so he's not startled, but for some reason I didn't speak up first this morning. As I approached, I nimbly pranced the outer edge of the path opposite his side and as I got within a few feet of him, he let out an enthusiastic "Good Morning!" with a smile like if he knew me. I greeted him back and couldn't help but smile at his happiness. He is BLIND yet completely and utterly stoked to be alive at 7 a.m. on a Saturday. What would that be like to be completely blind? Hard to imagine. As I pranced off beyond him I suddenly felt overwhelmingly grateful for my eyes. I'm grateful for my sight. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| I seriously did not run at all this week until today. Lame, I know. But there was this storm and lots of snow and ice and such. Weak, I know. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Did not feel too hot. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 2.5 mile warm up including strides, 4X400 on the track, jogging in between each, 2 mile cool down My first "workout" in FOR-EV-ER. I have my work cut out for me in order to get back into racing shape! My 400s were 87, 83, 84, 81 and I was working hard near the end! Its hard to believe a couple of years ago I ran a 15K in 5:22 pace and now even getting close to that pace and trying to hold it for a quarter of a mile sends me into oxygen debt. Its official: I am currently OUT OF SHAPE. I already knew that of course but seeing it manifest so drastically in a workout is eye opening. The good news is that I am already pretty close to my healthy racing weight, so most of the work will be in strengthening my heart, lungs, and legs. I've been thinking about racing again. Thinking that maybe if I at least have a GOAL race in mind, it might help motivate me to start doing workouts and running every day again. But the Bolder Boulder is too soon and too long of a race to get fit for in time. I need something shorter. The past few summers Aaron and the kids have done this Boulder summer race series including a 3K, 2K and Mile. In the past I've always cheered from the sidelines and trained for longer races but this summer I think I'll race too! Besides, what better way to come back to fast running than to run short, and FAST? The first race in the series is the West End 3K on June 5th. Here we go again! Time to crack the whip! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Ran the kids to school and then 6 miles with some hill sprints at Scott Carpenter Park. Gorgeous morning!! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Added in some hill sprints | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| The longer I live in Boulder, the more Boulderite I become. Right now I am eating cooked buckwheat with sweet potatoes, chia seeds gelled in coconut milk, and hemp seeds sprinkled on top. ALL certified Organic, Non-GMO. Yum. On my run I wore my Boston 2011 shirt and someone commented "nice shirt!" as we passed each other. I guess wearing any Boston memorabilia is making a statement now. I'm glad Americans are turning something horrific into a strong slap in terrorism's face. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Warm up, 4X400, 4X200 at the track, cool down back home. A little better faster than last week. 88, 85, 82, 79. 200s were 37, 34, 37, 34. Enjoying the journey back into shape. Went on a 3 mile hike with Bre. She stopped in amazement at least 30 times to admire rocks and we collected 13 rocks for her rock collection. She has such an excitable, creative mind. I love that she sees beauty and amazement in rocks. I love Mom/Daughter time.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Wow, I ran 30 miles last week! I think I'll shoot for 35 this week. Got a head start this morning. Spring in Boulder this year went from snowy and icy to all of the sudden summertime heat! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Tired and sore for some reason. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Nice run with Cindy. Sheets of ice on the sidewalks be careful! Rushed to get back for Aaron to make it to his meeting in time. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Pushed the girls in the chariot. Ran the older kids to school, then Ali to preschool. Felt a lot lighter once my 4yo got out! Kelsie was screaming for the last couple miles. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Aaron is out of town so I ran the kids over to the Grooter's house and got a nice trail run in while they played with their favorite friends. The trails were quite sloggy and I came home with a couple extra pounds of mud stuck to my shoes and legs. Didn't get my 35 mile goal this week. Dang. Shouldn't have wussed out on the snow day. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Ankles and achilles took a bit to warm up and needed a good long stretch afterwards. Ran south Boulder creek path where the cows graze. Saw a momma cow licking her calf's face and an old lady dodging cows on her elliptigo. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Nice and easy 5 around Shanahan Ridge. I felt SUPER tired last night and slept 9 hours but still not that rested this morning. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Rain run with Cindy. Wormville. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| My friend, Heather offered to watch K for us so Aaron and I could go running together. Aaron biked Ali to school while I fed K and then we biked K over to Heather's and ran from there. Warm up to Fairview track, strides. 4X200 39, 38, 38, 37 4X400 82, 78, 81, 80 Cool down back to Heather's. Saw lots of familiar faces out running fast on the track including my former Coach, Darren. He was surprised that I was doing such a short workout...well that's where I'm at! In fact, this morning after my feet and calves were burning half way through my short workout I said to Aaron on the way home that racing in June is probably even too ambitious. See, I am registered for the Little Red Riding Hood 70 mile distance with my sisters, and really ought to do some cycling sometime between now and June 1st. As for running, I may have to just shoot for the Pearl Street Mile in July. Beautiful day out there today! Heading over to the school in a bit to cheer for the kids in their fun run. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Forgot my Garmin so I don't know how far I went but my friend, Becky and I were cycling for nearly 3 hours. Got what I was after: qauad burn and butt soreness. 11 years ago today I married my best friend, Aaron. We've been through many amazing miracles and trials and each year my love and appreciation for him grows deeper. I am SO glad we're journeying through this life together. What a ride! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| We skipped Spring this year--went straight to 85 degree summer! I ran at 8 am when it was still only 60 and I was super parched. At least there is still snow in the mountains which we can hope will keep Colorado from burning up this summer. Last year we had record drought which led to record forest fires and Boulder was in a haze of smoke half the summer. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Met up with Cindy. Its always nice to have a friend to chat with. Makes the miles fly by. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 20 mile bike ride. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Kelsie has had three days in a row now of sleeping from 8:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. which is a nice schedule compared to her previous consistent 2 a.m. wakings. Yay! So this morning after feeding her I got in a 6 a.m. run. Saw a blue jay teasing a squirrel in the same neighborhood where I saw them before. I wonder if they are actually friends? | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Met Cindy for a track workout 2X800 in 2:57, 2:46 4X400 in 79, 80, 77, 77 2X200 in 36 I am finally feeling some speed slowly awakening in my legs. Not necessarily pep, but slow, steady "speed." Relative to the pokey slowness I've been experiencing as of late, anyway. Cindy didn't feel too hot because that was her first track workout in a while but I actually felt a bit of a "breakthrough" today now that I have a few track workouts under my belt. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Morning trail run with some friends plus a hike with a different friend. Now we're off to the pool with the kids. Saturdays! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 13 mile bike ride. Quads are sore from the trail run on Saturday. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Saw the Japanese team clipping along up Bear Creek Path with their Coach riding his bike behind them. Also saw some graffiti on the sidewalk that said "Stop buying GMOs" with a picture of a flower next to it. Did I miss the memo? Is there a graffiti initiation requirement to be a part of the no-GMO movement? | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 17 miles on the ol' road bike. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Was stunned by the most incredible sight less than a hundred meters from me this morning. An elk running at full speed (probably 20 mph) leaping fences like they were nothing. He bolted through the soccer fields at East Boulder Rec Center and on through the open space. If he was being hunted the hunter didn't stand a chance! Also saw a unicyclist commuter wearing no helmet. Hope he didn't crash. Unicycling looks like a killer workout. No coasting or you tip and constant core activation to balance. Last day of school for the kiddies!! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Peaceful mountain run up Bear Canyon and down Shanahan Ridge. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 28 mile bike ride. Okay, so I didn't "train" very well for the Little Red Riding hood ride I'm doing with my sisters, and now I probably won't get much riding in next week either because I'll be in Utah without Aaron's help. Here's hoping I can do 70 miles next Saturday without too much problem. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Ran around Lay-Ton, UT. Or is it Lay-N? Not sure. Anyway, it was nice. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Ha! I stole your pic Tara! Thanks for meeting me for a run, girls, it was swell. And my shoulder even stayed put when I biffed it. I'm SO glad because I would NOT have wanted Tara to go into EMT mode and man-handle me. James, you can rest assured much of our conversation was likely super effective subconscious birth control for Allie. Your welcome. :) | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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70 miles of cycling at Little Red Riding Hood with my Sistas. With little K on my lap the whole time. Until the last 10 miles when I got tired and K took the wheel. 
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Camping and MT Biking in Fuita, CO with the fam. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Okay, so I slacked off on my vacation last week. Well I'm back home now and all 6 loads of laundry are done so I guess I'll run and blog again now. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| With Cindy. Achilles took a while to warm up. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Calves super tight. Biked to NCAR and around Devil's Thumb instead. Going for a helicopter ride with Aaron today! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Taking it easy on the calves. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| My calves and achilles are just not happy. Instead of running I did a 1.5 hr. MTB ride here in S. Boulder. Fun and gorgeous! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Temple trip with the kids in the A.M. I was going to exercise this afternoon but I started feeling super tired and under the weather so I took a nap instead. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Achilles is slowly calming down again. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rode my bike up Flagstaff Mt. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Nada |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Beautiful hilly trail run up Eldorado Canyon. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| DOMS. Gotta be more consistent with that trail running so it doesn't hurt every single time. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Nice quicker pace around Devil's Thumb/Shanahan Ridge. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Got some ART/Graston on my achilles. Hurt so good. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mt. Biking at Betasso with Heather. That loop is so fun! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Achilles still a little sore from the graston on Wed. Rode my bike home from and back to the car shop. I love paying $1,300 for a car that was running just great but needs "standard maintenance." |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Trail run with a fun group of ladies. Up Skunk Canyon, across the Mesa trail, down Bear Canyon. Heard a pack of coyotes howling and barking as we ran by. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Easy run. Achilles is doing a little better than last week. My oldest child turns 9 year old today!! How the time flies. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Busy day, missed my workout today. ;( |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mt. Biking on Marshall Mesa. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Nice run around Devil's thumb with some trail mixed in. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Road bike ride up Flagstaff. That climb kicks my butt every time. Its basically straight up for an hour with the steepest part right near the top. Then it only takes 20 minutes to cruise back home. Fun! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Nice run in Shanahan Ridge with some awesome ladies. Some hill repeats near the beginning and then a nice shady jaunt along Mesa trail and down North fork. Got stung by a bee near the end so now my wrist is swollen. Achilles is feeling okay though, thankfully. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Nice and easy on S. Boulder creek path. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Rode Ali up the hill to her friend's house in the bike trailer and got a little trail run in. Too late in the morning for me, the temp was too hot. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| S. Boulder creek path to E. Boulder rec. center. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Eisenhower Elementary loop. Saw an old lady who must have been in her 80s jogging in a blinding bright florescent pink jacket. She was smiling. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Achilles a little sore. Easy bike ride. |
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Eldora Trail Run (6.214 Miles) 00:48:47, Place overall: 2 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.80 | 0.00 | 6.20 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Aaron and I decided last minute to do a trail race together at Eldora Ski Resort. It was my first race in a very long time and I'm not in "race shape" but we had a lot of fun! Aaron earned his gloating rights beating me by 10 seconds!! We ran together for the first few miles then he gapped me on a downhill. I reeled him in up the last climb but didn't quite catch him. On the final downhill he put the nail in the coffin. The lead woman was ahead of us by a minute or two, not sure. I wasn't feeling very competitive since I'm not in great shape. I did win a free pair of La Sportiva trail shoes for winning my age group, which was cool. Mostly I just really enjoined the beautiful scenery of mountain lake vistas throughout a thick, wooded forest. The course was a fun, technical, rolling mountain adventure. Heard a guy take a digger behind me on one of the steep rocky downs. Ouch. Glad we came out un-scathed. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Summit Middle School loop. Enjoyed celebrating little K's first birthday yesterday! Can't believe she's already one. She took some WORK to get here and some trial afterwards. "For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service." John Burroughs |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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Beautiful morning run up Kohler and around Devil's Thumb/Shanahan Ridge. Saw three blue jays, a squirrel, and two bunnies. Another random blurb of thoughts today.... | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Up Bear Canyon down Shanahan Ridge North Fork. Broke in my new Nike Wildhorse shoes. Love 'em! Nice and snug around the laces with just the right amount of space in the toe box, just the right soul (last) shape and only a 4mm drop with a tread that feels super grippy on the rocks. These are rivaling my Altra Lone Peaks. Time will tell if they are as durable. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| East Boulder community park loop. LOTS of runners out this morning. I am getting close to being ready for our two week vacation that starts on Sunday. I've been cooking A LOT lately. My goal was to have all our dinners for two weeks prepared so that we wouldn't have to do much meal prep and I think I've got it! Our deep freezer is loaded up with jars and containers of curry, stew, stir fry, quiche, and soup. We are going to Park City for a few days with my family and then heading south to Lake Powell for a full week of camping, skiing, swimming, and relaxing. Its going to be fun! | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Saw three bunnies and a police officer waking homeless people. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| My achilles was super stiff this morning and I felt pretty tired and just "off" but I did get a bike ride in around noon. We are packed and ready for vacation. Leaving tomorrow after church. Park City and Lake Powell here we come! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Ran by the cabin in Park City with my SIL. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Ran 7.5 and biked some more by the cabin. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| Returned home late last night from a week in Lake Powell. It was pretty epic. We sank a boat, weathered severe wind and rain, watched my brother-in-law get stitched up by a camp neighbor right there in camp, explored winding slot canyons, built sand canyons on the beach, lathered sunscreen every three hours, woke up to beautiful sunrises, savored breathtaking sunsets and billions of stars, wakeboarded some glassy water, and witnessed the marvel and wonder in my kids eyes as they experienced it all for the first time. | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Slept 10.5 hours last night. My body needed it after two weeks of not so great sleep. Vacation is super fun and can also be exhausting. Thankfully I felt very rejuvenated this morning though. And now its "back to school" mode. Only five more days of summer! |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Devil's Tumb loop. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| S. Boulder creek path. Saw Darren and Colleen and jumped in half their workout with them. Achilles seemed a little stressed by the speed. I'll see how it feels tomorrow. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Not feeling much like running today. So I went short and then did some core/arm work. |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Rode my bike to NCAR and around Devil's thumb.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Ran to Bear peak with Aaron. It was a breathtaking view from the top and a steep decent back. My quads are toast now.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Slower than molasses in January. Quads are suffering severe DOMS from the steep decent on Saturday.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| My legs are really not doing well.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Feeling better
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Pushed the pace a little in the middle since I was feeling good.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Easy run with lots of calf/core work afterwards. Trying to keep the achilles happy.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Skunk Canyon to Mesa Trail, back down Bear Canyon with Cindy.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Mt. biking...had ART and graston on my achilles yessterday, quite sore today
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cycling
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Enchanted Mesa, Skunk Canyon, Bear Canyon, back on the Mesa trail.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Skunk Canyon to Mesa Trail back home through Devil's Thumb. Achilles a little sore, not bad though.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| In the drizzly rain with Cindy. Yay! Cooler temps in store for this week. Fall is finally coming!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Still Raining. A lot.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Woke up this morning to 4 inches of water in our basement. The kids came running upstairs all excited because they could play with their Lego boats in the pools in their room!!
Our day consisted of taking down two bunk beds and carrying tons of furniture and office things upstairs and then tearing up 1,400 sq ft of wet carpet and piling it up on the driveway. Aaron's office was the deepest spot with about 6 inches of water. Two computers and a few boxes of books and files ruined. Thankfully we had 6 guys from our church helping us all day and friends watching our kids so we could work. And thankfully we still have a house. Some others in other parts of the county were not so lucky. They are saying this a 1,000 year flood of "biblical proportions." And its still raining.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| My exercise consisted of shoveling, sweeping, and bucketing water into the bucket with the sump pump in it. Low back is screaming.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Got a chance to get out for an hour of pool running at S. Boulder Rec center. They are not flooded. Just about every house with a basement is though. The water table is saturated. More water bucketing in our basement.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| More rain and more water bucketing.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| The water is finally not seeping into our basement anymore!!! Yay!!
I went out for a run to see the damage. Its pretty ugly out there. And it smells like a dump yard. Every house in our neighborhood has wet stinky carpet piled up on their driveways.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| The creek is finally calming down. Trash piles everywhere. Boulder is resilliant. We'll bounce back.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| Went to Aspen with some friends to run the Aspen Leaf Half Marathon. It was gorgeous single track winding through aspen forests. Course went from Snowmass to Aspen. Plenty of climbing but not too much. I was feeling sick with a cold but just took it easy and enjoyed the scenery. Ran 2:03.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Sick. I wonder if its from all the germs in the water and wet carpet I was dealing with last week.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| With Cindy. Tired.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Yoga. No running. Need to get my body healed from this cold.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Finally starting to feel better!! Yoga afterwards.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Nice run with Cindy. Felt pretty good. Achilles is finally starting to chill out.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Ran with my new friend, Cate. She has kids in my kids grades at school. She also ran collegiatley and raced with NYAC over the past few years. Now she is looking to set some goals for racing again after moving to Boulder a couple of months ago. It was good to feel of her energy and motivation...rubbed of on me a little. Got me thinking about running more and maybe looking for a race to put on my schedule. Not yet though. Gotta get some consistent base running in first. My running has been easy and sporatic lately as I have been utilizing running for purely stress relief.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Pushed Kelsie around in the stroller and did some yoga while waiting for Ali in her reading class.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Ran with Cate again. Shanahan ridge.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 60 minutes of pool running. Felt gentle and kind to my body.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Ran my old S. Boulder Creek loop and it was sad. The trail is still technicall closed from the flood. I had to hop the fence to run it. A majority of the trail is so washed out, it looks like a creek bottom. Then there are sections of sand and drift weeds too. Not super runnable. I hope Boulder can come up with the money to restore these trails sometime over the next year or two...our trail system is extensive and SO awesome.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Was going to run with Cate and Cindy but a hailstorm changed our plans. I ran alone in the calm after the storm. It was gorgeous.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Ran with Cate. Marshall/Cherryvale loop. Felt good to go a little farther and a little faster than I would have done alone.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| Wednesdays are my super busy morning. Should have woken up earlier but I didn't. At least I got 3 miles.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Nice Fall weather!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Cross train Friday!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Cherryvale loop with Aaron. Kids were at their friends house. SO beautiful. I love the Fall.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| With Cindy
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| With Cate. 12X40 second pickups in the middle. This weather is SO perfect.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| Fell off the wagon for keeping a training log. I'm back now.
Running has been a little sporadic. I had a strained calf and took about a week off. Aaron was out of town so I didn't run much that week except for one day when I ran one mile laps around my house checking in on the kids each time, for a total of 4 miles. Now I'm getting back into a groove.
On this morning’s run I wore my iPod and blasted music into my ears for the first time in…years, I think. Wow, it was just what I needed. I was overcome with an incredible emotional response. I literally cried for the entire first 20 minutes of my run. I’ve been feeling up and down lately. More down than I would like to admit, not for any really good reason, I’m just struggling to feel happy in life in general. And today, the music lifted me. Brought back all sorts of happy memories. Exposed my doubts and insecurities. Lifted my confidence and gave me a resolve to be happy. It was exactly what I needed.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Stopped to pee at S. Boulder Rec. and was caught talking to a guy who was asking Boulderites for experience sharing about the Boulder flood. I told him about how our basement was flooded and we still haven't fixed it over two months later because the contractors are busy and we weren't dying to drop $12K just for fun. We are finally getting it fixed though. Should be done in another couple of weeks. It'll be nice to get the kids back in their bedrooms and Aaron back in his office. Its been a little scrunchy upstairs.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Easy and slow 6 miles up around Devil's Thumb. I'm wearing a Garmin again and I found myself "adding on" at the end of my run to make it an even 6. Ha!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| SNOW! Its been such a nice November with temps in the 60s and not much snow to speak of but last night we finally got some! It'll probably only stick around a couple of days but at least the ski resorts have something to work with. We got a family pass to Eldora this year, so I'm excited to get up there and shread some white stuff with the kids. I also got some used skis and boots so I can take it easy with them on the kiddy slopes. It'll be easier to chill with the kids on skis than on my board. Hopefully Aaron and I will still have a chance to board on a few good powder days though.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Beautiful morning run around Marshall road to Cherryvale.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| Around Devil's Thumb with Aaron. SO NICE
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| With Aaorn while Mom watched the kids
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Slipped on some black ice and hurt my leg pretty bad. Walked home and limped all day.
Had a fun Thanksgiving potluck with a bunch of friends at the church!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| My leg was feeling pretty good but I decided to give it a day on the elliptical just to be safe. Did 65 minutes on the elliptical, some weights, and an easy half mile of running outside.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Yay! Back to running. That leg soreness last week must have been purely muscular because it healed up quickly. I'm SO relieved.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| I wussed out of the negative temps and did the elliptical at the rec. center. Left leg still sore, but feeling a little better every day.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| An hour on the eliptical and weights
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 50 minutes Eliptical
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| We are in the middle of a frigid cold snap. I opted for the elliptical at the rec center today. Did an hour and some weights afterwards
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Aaron had a meeting in Denver all morning so I set up the bike trainer and knocked out 75 minutes of spinning.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Cold, gorgeous run around devil's thumb.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Feeling motivated!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Took the kids skiing
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Just felt like going longer today. It was so gorgeous and 40 degrees felt like summertime. In a few days I'll be running on the beach in 70 degree temps. We are going to Costa Rica for Christmas break. We'll be staying in a house right on the beach for two solid weeks. Swimming, surfing, hiking in the rainforest to see waterfalls, snapping pics of howler monkeys, zip-lining through the forest, just a few of the things we have in store. Our first international trip as a family and I am SO excited!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Saw 27 geese standing around on frozen Veile Lake. With this gorgeous 60 degree weather it wont be frozen for long though!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| I am so excited for Costa Rica I can't sit still. Finishing up last minute things before our redeye tonight. And of course updating the music on our iPad is a must. Music makes the memory.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| No run today. Red eye flight and long day in the car traveling from San Jose to Montezuma by way of bumpy roads and a ferry boat. Took a few stops for food, groceries, and to swim in the ocean. Our car was loaded with beach sand by the end of the day. Finally crashed down at the first available hotel in Montezuma at 8 p.m. and not even the ants and lizards on the wall distracted me from sleep (well the kids crying about the ants did, but not for long).
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Easy early morning jog around Montezuma. Legs pretty trashed from the travel day yesterday. At breakfast a family of bluejays kept stealing food from our plates. One stole a bite of food right out Kelsie's hand and she didn't even seem to notice. We shooed them away for the first 20 minutes but finally gave in and started feeding them our leftovers.
After playing at the park and checking out of our hotel, we grabbed more food and drove up the hill to a jungle zip line canopy tour. Aaron hiked in with Kelsie on his back to snap pictures while I went on the tour with the three older kids. It was EPIC!! I think we passed over 8 lines. There was a break after the 5th one to hike down to a waterfall and jump off it into a pool below. Also a rope swing on the side of the pool. SO FUN.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| Arrived at Casa Don Tomas yesterday at 4 p.m. Greeted by happy, friendly Chepita, our housekeeper. Enjoyed a nice 5 miler this morning along the beach to the south across Playa Santa Teresa, Playa Carmen, and Playa Mal Pais. Over one section of beach there were hundreds of little fishies that were laying there, washed up from high tide. Fisherman were putting them on hooks and tossing them back in to catch bigger fish. No poles, just a line, a hook, and a little fish washed up on shore. They made it look easy, but surely there's a technique to it. One Costa Rican man with a big smile on his face was carrying six big fish back home and as I passed him, one jumped in reflex and fell to the ground. He turned and smiled as he picked it back up and headed home to filet his catch.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Opted for body boarding instead of running today. My calves were quite sore from a long walk up and down the beach yesterday. Not used to all this sand, its a workout!
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Started out running north on the beach, but at high tide the only sand to run is dry and soft. So after a mile I headed up to the dirt road and continued throug Hermosa on what turned out to be more like a trail than a road. Beautiful. After Aaron's run he went into town to get a few gifts for Christmas and came back with a 4-wheeler. We piled all six of us on that one ATV and went exploring to Playa Hermosa and back to Playa Carmen for some souvenier shopping and dinner. My legs were quite muddy after hanging them off the back of the ATV and shoulders were quite tired from hanging on over the bumps. Definitely an adventure to remember. Ali sitting in front of Aaron, Abe behind him, Bre and I on the back with Kelsie in my backpack. We got some strange looks luckily there aren't many policemen in this sleepy little surf town.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Merry Christmas! This is definitely the most unique Christmas of my life. It seems strange without snow and home. We weren't sure if he'd make it this far South, but Santa did bring the kids one local gift and a treat. Then we made pancakes and eggs for breakfast, played games in the pool, went body boarding and surfing, built a nativity scene on the beach and sang Christmas songs. Later in the day we had some friends over whom Aaron had met at a networking event a couple of months ago in the Dominican Republic. Nice company, good food, and beautiful sunset on the beach.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Feeling pretty tired. The ants are starting to get to me and kept me up itching my feet and legs a lot last night. We had an adventurous day again though. Rented a car and went to a butterfly farm and back to Montezuma for some more swimming in the waterfall pool.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Woke up to swollen feet, especially my left. I must have scratched my itchy ant bites way too much last night because now they're super inflamed. Today we're taking it easy and I'm going to TRY. NOT. TO. SCRATCH.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 |
| Barefoot run on the beach. Found a sand dollar.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 |
| Barefoot run. Still struggling with itchy feet, but they're getting better. Had to scratch my feet together in the sand for a few minutes. It was overcoming.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 754.80 | 2.00 | 12.20 | 0.00 | 769.00 |
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