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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.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Book Dissolved Lifetime Miles:						6539.00
Altra Intuition Lifetime Miles:						35.00

Thu, Aug 26, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
15.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.00

15 miles in 7:18 pace

Threw in a couple of MP miles (mile 7 in 5:57 and mile 9 in 6:02). When I met with my coach a few weeks ago he mentioned doing 2X15 minutes at MP on my long runs. I thought about that this morning and asked myself why I haven't been doing that yet? I guess I just haven't felt up for it. I'm going to start trying to ease into that though. I think its good to train my body to run MP on a long run.

Comments

From allie on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 17:01:39 from 161.38.218.168

i agree, i think it's very beneficial. especially toward the end of the run when you are tired. great run today, nan.

From Burt on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 17:13:10 from 206.19.214.144

Ok. Here's a question. Get your serious hat on because it's not often that I ask a serious question. Let's say I want to run a marathon in 4 hours. That's roughly a 9 min. pace. For me it would be very difficult to hold that pace. Reference my prior two marathons. Yet when I go on a regular 8 or 10 mile run, I can comfortable hold an 8 min. pace. So my marathon pace is slower than my training pace. Is that good or bad?

From Nan on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 18:01:05 from 24.8.144.22

Hmmm. Well obviously you are capable of much faster than a 4 hour marathon with proper training. But you definitely need to get some more long runs under your belt. Maybe you're just bonking? I suggest you do at least four separate 20-22 milers (spread out over 2-3 months) where you run your MP or slower and are out there running for close to 4 hours so that your body is used to that amount of time on the legs. You probably need to hydrate a TON since I've seen the amount of sweat you can produce in just an hour in your living room. You also need to make sure you are fueling adequately. You are about the same weight as Aaron and he takes 300-400 calories an hour of a combination of this stuff http://www.firstendurance.com/nutrition/control/product/~product_id=EFS_LS

and this stuff http://www.firstendurance.com/nutrition/control/product/~product_id=80000/~page=DETAILED_INFO

The electrolytes along with the fuel will help you avoid bonking. I think I'm going to start using the EFS products too since they have way more electrolytes than any other product out there. I tried it this morning and seemed to work well.

From Burt on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 18:46:42 from 206.19.214.144

I'm bonking for sure. I don't know if I could feul that much in a race. I might have to PAS, and you know how I feel about that.

But to sum up, clearly the shorter the distance (5k, 10k, half, marathon), the faster the race pace. But I should work towards having my marathon pace be faster than my comfortable pace? I think that makes sense.

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 22:10:45 from 68.103.248.145

I'm a huge fan of MP practice on long runs! I think it helped me a lot on my last marathon.

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