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May 18, 2011

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Local Elite

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Personal Records

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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Unaided and (some) outdated!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

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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:)

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Thu, Aug 25, 2011

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.50	0.00	0.00	2.50	7.00

My. Legs. Hate. Me.

Okay, so I have been so tired since Saturday's race. I had speed work planned for Monday but was too sore so I put it off a day. Well lets just say I have postponed it everyday till this morning. I made myself go to the track whether my body liked it or not. Surely I am in better shape than I am giving myself credit for...right? Wrong. I need to listen to my body more and today that was evident to me.

I woke up and ran to the track at 6 am.feeling a little sluggish but fine. My plan was 6X1200 starting at 6:00min/mi pace and working down each interval with a minute rest in between. That plan went south after my first 800m. My legs and lungs were spent. Yep. Okay, so 2X800's and the rest 1200's, ya know, to get my body going. Well, after 400m I knew I was in trouble. Feeling discouraged and wondering what I was going to do, I decided to ask a group of women runners (6) on the track what they were doing (clearly they were doing intervals). They invited me to join them and since I had no clear purpose or plan at that point, I did and had fun. It was clear they were all at different levels but GREAT company and so nice.

After a few intervals on my own and some with the girls, I ended up doing 3x 800 and 4x400 with half the distance rest. The order went 800 (3:03), 400 (1:29), 400(132), 800 (2:58) 400 (1:22), 400 (1:24), 800 (3:10). I tried to stride out my last 800 because my legs were not happy.

I'm not going to lie, this workout was not working for me today. My legs and lungs were spent to begin with. It would have been intersting to see where my heart rate was at, but Garmin betrayed me again and did not pick up my HR while I was wearing my monitor today. I think I need to take the rest of the week easy or I bet I get sick or injured. You know how you can just feel something coming?

Anyway, I am getting pretty nervous about my legs fully recovering before TOU. I didn't know they would be this worn out from my half or I might have planned my races differently. Have any of you had this issue with running a race 3-4 weeks before a marathon and having soreness as an issue? I would love the comfort/advice right now, pretty worried. I have a 22 long run this Saturday with the last 10 as a race simulation but I might need to postponed that for next week...or should I just start tapering all together now? Ugh.

Saucony Pro Grid Miles: 7.00

Comments

From Kelli on Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:54:55 from 71.219.67.82

I am probably not the smartest one to comment here, but I will say this: I think your soreness is completely normal AND I think if you give yourself a little break the rest of the week, it will be fine again next week. I know after TOU half last year I was VERY sore for about a week, something I had never really experienced after a half. I was a bit freaked out, but it did go away relatively quickly.

Hobblecreek is so downhill, you are bound to be a bit sore! I have full confidence that your legs and lungs will love you again next week!!!

Now, I am looking forward to the advice that the REAL runners give you!

From allie on Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 18:52:47 from 24.10.191.18

first - don't start your taper yet. it's too early and you don't want to feel stale on race day.

that said, taking a down week this week should be just fine. the most important thing right now is to make sure your legs fully recover and are fresh for TOU in 3 weeks. if you try pushing it when you are still sore/worn down, that is a very good recipe for injury. i was extremely sore after timp half at the end of july, which has a lot of downhill just like hobble creek. it took me a full week to feel normal again, so i just went out and ran my runs super, super slowly. i didn't even bring my watch, and most of my runs were probably 9:30-10:00/mile. this allowed me to still get an aerobic stimulus (admittedly not great, but it was better than nothing), while at the same time it was gentle enough on my body that i was able to actively recover.

i had a really bad race at TOU 2009 because i tried to do too much leading up to the race. i ran the TOU half and hurt my hip, but i kept running on it and attempting big workouts and track intervals. it just made things worse because i never gave my body the rest that it needed.

i would just focus on getting in some solid, consistent mileage. don't worry too much about the track workouts. i do think the 1200s are a good distance for intervals when training for a marathon, but i wouldn't attempt to run them any faster than your 5k pace -- anything faster and you begin to drift from training the "marathon systems".

just take it easy the rest of this week and i'm sure you will be feeling good again by monday.

but most of all, don't worry! you have plenty of time to bounce back from this race and be ready to roll at TOU. you have put in some great training this summer and you just ran an awesome time at hobble creek. you are ready to go, you just need to take a bit of down time to let your body know that you are giving it a chance to recover. if you push when it's not ready, it resists.

finally, i would love to meet up with you for a run anytime. let me know where/when works best for you. M-W are rough for me work-wise, but TH-Sun are extremely flexible (the perks of working 15 hour days!) :)

From JulieC on Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 19:23:55 from 71.35.250.202

just a little bit of added advice-- ICING in a river, the closer to the mountain the better, even after today's run. 8 MINUTES will do. Then make sure you are getting 8 hours of sleep most nights. Have fun on your 20 miler, don't over do it, relax and go slow at first. Totally jealous of your time at HC!!! : D that is smokin' fast.

From Christi on Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 20:13:08 from 174.56.35.183

I agree with what everyone said...I think you should take tomorrow completely off and do your long run very slowly on Saturday...(pay attention to how your body feels-if you have to cut it short-big deal...It's not worth wearing yourself down or risking injury...)I think the biggest thing is paying attention to your body-if somthing doesn't feel right..stop-take a day or two off. (I have had to learn this the hard way)You have plenty of time to be fresh for TOU-don't stress..

From Tara on Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 00:45:21 from 75.169.159.217

Wow, thanks ladies for the great advice. I don't know why my expectations were so off. I appreciate all the feedback and support!

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