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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.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
43.887.000.000.0050.88
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles in 7:44 pace

Hip felt a little bit better today.  The tightness keeps shifting back and forth along the front of my hip from my hip flexor to my adductor.  Saturday it was in the adductor, today its back in the hip flexor.  But I had a pleasant 6 miles in the sunny 15 degree weather regardless.

More ART today.  Gotta get that tightness GONE. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 miles in 7:17 pace

Wow, I must be loosening up because it seemed a lot easier today to get into a little faster rythym.  I'm SO glad to be running again!!  

Out of the blue this morning my 3 yo said, "Mom, you're never going to have another baby in your bellie."  "Why is that?" I asked.  "Because your bellie is too small."  Haha, if only she knew how much bellies can streeeeeeetch in 9 months.  I just agreed with her though, "Yeah, maybe I wont."   Certainly not anytime soon anyway.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

8 miles in 7:22 pace

YES!! Another pain-free run!!!  28 degrees and sunny this morning on the Big Dry Creek trail.  Legs feel GREAT!  I'm going to go for a "long run" tomorrow and take the pace a little easier.  I think I'll do 12 miles.  Then I'll go easy and short on Friday and meet my team for a workout on Saturday.  I just need to resist pushing it too hard in the workout because I think the speed is what makes me tight more than the distance.

Lots of hip/core exercises today and some foam roller work.  My ART guy recommended that I just do 5 minutes at a time on the foam roller but do it frequently throughout the day so as to not fatigue the muscle too much in one session, but to consistently work it out a little at a time.

My brother is flying in from Memphis to stay with us for a couple of nights while he interviews with a Dental practice in town.  He is just finishing up his Dental residency this Spring and is planning on moving to Denver to get started with an established practice for a while before he decides where he wants to set up his own practice long term.  I SOOO hope he decides to set up his own practice in Denver.  It would be GREAT to have some family nearby. 

Comments(4)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

12 miles in 7:38 pace

31 degrees and sunny.  Beautiful morning!  Felt great to be out running in it!!  My legs felt a little sore, but nothing unusual and they warmed up after about 4 miles.  I didn't see very many exercisers out, just a few walkers and one runner.  Two short stretching breaks and two quick pit stops.  I'm going to roll out a few times today and do some hip exercises to keep loose. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

6 miles in 8:03 pace

Took the kids to the gym so I could lift weights after my run.  Did some dynamic warm-up, ran 6 miles on the treadmill, and did more dynamic stretching/core/hip work afterwards.  Lifted weights for about 30 minutes too.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.887.000.000.0011.88

11.88 miles in 7:31 pace

Met Running Republic at Potts Field for some running on the Boulder Creek path. It had snowed, but the path plows had been out, so it was just a slick film of hard snow with patchy wetness.  Traction was pretty slippy, so we adjusted the pace to be a little slower.  I ran with the middle group instead of the fastest group so as to not overdo my pace.

20 minute warm up, stretching, strides.  

3X2 miles (6:48, 6:42, 6:46, 6:46, 6:27, 6:41) with 2 minutes recovery between each

1 mile in 6:31

15 minute cool down 

Hip felt good, just mild tightness.  I scheduled an appointment with Richey again on Monday to get some more ART done on it. 

Comments(8)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
43.887.000.000.0050.88
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