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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Unaided and (some) outdated!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:) 

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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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Mon, Mar 25, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.004.000.009.00

.Today needed to be a tempo day due to starting another work week on Thursday and needing to move up my long run to Friday. I can't wait for June to roll around when I will only have to work one weekend a month in addition to other weekdays. Come on June!

Today's workout was just okay. I felt much more tired than usual. I'm usually more of a slacker on the weekends with my diet and sleep. Saturday's long run wore me out too. It didn't help that I stayed up late playing Words with Friends with Burt. He's such a cheater.

4 mile wu

4 mile tempo @ 6:46, 6:44, 6;40, 6:30 ( 60 sec. water stop after first mile)

1 mile cd

HRmax @ <95% (98 bpm@ 30secs)

My HR indicates my fatigue pretty accurately. I should start wearing my monitor again to dictate my workouts/paces. My max usually sits on the high end for women my age. In college I was maxing at 215 when it should have been around 195. Maybe I'll be one of those people who collapses at a marathon finish line from a heart attack. Hopefully that's the case when I'm 99.

Brooks Ravenna 2 Miles: 9.00
Comments
From Rachelle on Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 13:00:52 from 159.212.71.17

Awesome negative split Tara.

From Kam on Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 13:14:56 from 68.66.163.179

I found a new reason to get old: Snowbasin issues a season pass to anybody over age 75 for a mere $35. I'm abandoning my plan to die at age 58.

From Tara on Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 18:02:13 from 75.169.137.208

Rachelle- Thanks!

Kam- I'm guessing there aren't too many elders catching the latest powder. More elderly runners, I'd say. What do I know, I've never been skiing in my life.

From allie on Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 19:00:25 from 97.117.89.160

nice tempo run, tara. never play any online games with burt -- cheat, cheat, cheat. he once sent a virus to my computer because i beat him at yahtzee.

james just informed me that his max HR is 240. he's a hummingbird.

From Tara on Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 20:39:00 from 75.169.137.208

240!!!!!!!! Aside from humming birds. I've never heard of it that high!

I wouldn't put that past Burt for a second. I kind of consider him a virus. He plays dirty cheap shots all day long.

From Kassi on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:52:25 from 98.202.223.143

Good progressive tempo Tara. You were clearly not rested enough with such a high HR. But you got it done :)

From Burt on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:33:56 from 71.216.109.214

LIBEL!!!!!

From JulieC on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 12:02:29 from 70.103.189.14

98 is high?

From Tara on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 16:53:18 from 69.171.178.28

Julie- No, 98 bpm is not high. But 98bpm@30 is 98x2=198bpm. I wrote it confusing, I admit.

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