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Location:

Cottonwood Heights,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 18, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Personal Records

Aided

5k-17:01 (Halloween Half 2011)

10K-36:06 (Halloween Half 2011)

Half- 1:22 (Halloween Half/Des News/HC 2011/2013)

30k- 2:06:49 (SGM 2013)

Marathon- 3:07:18 (TOU 2011)

Unaided and (some) outdated!

400M- 1:03 (HS 2000)

800M-2:23 (HS 2000)

1500M- 4:45 (USU 2001)

3000M- 10:33 (USU 2001)

3200M- 11:24 (HS 2000)

5k- 18:10 (USU 2001)

10k-39:36 (Classic 2013)

30k- 2:09:16 (WRC 2012)

50 miler- 9:46:43 (TNF 2015)

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2019 Tenitive Race Schedule

4/15 Boston Marathon

7/24 Deseret News 10k

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

I love training with others both on road and trail. I also find benefits of running solo when I need to focus and regroup.

Fun fact: Although I prefer to run outside, I don't mind the treadmill for pace accountability and for the blind assumption that I can run really fast. I have a lot of secret treadmill PR's at 0% incline:) 

Personal:

 

 

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I am a Mormon

 

I am married to a supportive and driven husband. Together we enjoy geocaching, hiking, camping, reading and playing games with our three rambunctious children.

Aside from running, I am a homemaker and a Mental Health Therapist. Running has given me the ability to better concert my energies between my family, faith and friends. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
44.3511.251.000.0056.60
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.100.000.000.008.10

kinda shuffled but nothing is sore. One of my slowest runs on JRP. 8:51ap

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.003.001.000.0013.00

Goal was to warm up a couple miles then drop the effort 10 seconds per mile going off effort only. I picked a hilly course for this run to practice changing gears and getting a feel of pace vs. effort on hills. Rough first mile dealing with asthma related coughing and didn’t feel encouraged when my Garmin told me my running performance condition was -3. Completed the workout anyway bc I feel like I should feel crappy from Saturday’s workout, so it’s justified to go ahead and plan on feeling that way but get it done regardless. Wasn’t really too hard today especially compared to past Tuesday strength days. 

2ish mi wu

10 mi progressive tempo

1 mi cd

13 mi total, 8:05 AP

804 ft vert rollers

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Rest day. I’m surprised how good I feel. Nothing is wrong, knock on wood. Somehow it already feels like a taper bc the workouts don’t feel super awful anymore. Maybe I just stopped hating the workouts so much? Someone go figure out why I’m feeling so good. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.258.250.000.0012.50

 

2x4mi @mp -5 seconds on the docket today. I deviated just a little bit on pace because I wanted to practice running the first 8 miles of Boston with the first 4 downhill @ -1.5 grade and then the last 4 miles flat to see the change in effort. 

 

Put the decline to -1.5% to get 320 feet of drop total over the first four miles, similar to Boston @ 6:36ap on the TM but just went off my Stryd footpod for effort at 6:59ap which is where I wanted to be today. 

 

Jogged .75mi 

 

Ran the next set a little longer, 4.25 mi at 6:36 ap ( Set incline to 0% and ran the next 3mi @ 7:03 and then mimicked the last downhill in the course and went to -3% at 6:47ap for 1.25 miles. 

 

The TM stopped around an hour and stopped immediately. Had to restart with .5 to go and messed up my splits, but oh well. 

 

I felt really good today. It almost didn’t feel like too much of an effort compared to usual, which was actually bizarre. I didn’t have to play and mind games or chant any mantras to myself. I never feel this good nor have I since I started the plan. I’m not sure what’s up, but I’m not going to question it. Hope I can ride this feeling all the way to the finish line in less than a month! 

 

I just got lucky feeling good today. Let me know if anyone wants me to sign their sneaker. 

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.700.000.000.008.70

jrp

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.300.000.000.0014.30

Had low energy throughout due to feeling sick last night and not staying hydrated, but stuck with the run and it was ok. Plan was to slightly increase the speed on the way back, making the last half faster than the first. Felt smooth. Ended up being kind of a progressive, every mile got faster ending around 7:20’s. 8:00 avg pace overall.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
44.3511.251.000.0056.60
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