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Location:

Idaho Falls,ID,Us

Member Since:

Aug 26, 2014

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

2014 Idaho Falls Half- 1:27:18

2014 Xmas Gift Run 5k (19:38)

2015 Behind the Rocks Ultra 50k: 5:24:02

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

1:26 half

sub 40 10k

3:05 marathong (unaided)

20+mph bike

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I can't walk anymore.

Personal:

Full time engineer, mom and wife. Can't get enough of the outdoors with my family- hiking, hunting, fishing, biking, running, skiing, snowshoeing- anything outside!

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Blue Altra Escalante Lifetime Miles: 516.50
Hoka Lifetime Miles: 427.40
NW Blue Trail Lifetime Miles: 171.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
230.200.000.000.00230.20
Altra Escalante Miles: 110.10New Balance Race Miles: 32.60Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 87.50
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

7 before a day of swimming

Altra Escalante Miles: 7.00
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another day of swimming.

Altra Escalante Miles: 7.00
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Race: Firecracker 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:19:52, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

half mile warmup.

Firecracker 5k. Tempo run before the ahlf this weekend. Felt pretty good- some young buck was racing against me- not moving over, blocking me from passing him, elbowing me a bit- guess he didn't realize I was a 35 yr old female.... :)

Was planing to out kick him, but my stomach started to act up the last mile so I didn't want to push it too much. 1.5 mile cool down.

New Balance Race Miles: 5.00
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Late night, early morning.... taper mode for the half this weekend. Race should be fast and hot. Hoping to break the CR- should be able to easily, but nervous about not haveing much road racing under my belt this season...

Altra Escalante Miles: 6.00
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6.000.000.000.006.00

hot out! 10 x 100m fartleks at 10k pace

Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 6.00
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3.000.000.000.003.00

Easy 3. Race tomorrow.

Altra Escalante Miles: 3.00
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Race: Star Valley Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:29:11, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.100.000.000.0013.10

Star Valley Half. CR was 1:30 so my goal was to break the CR. Felt srong, no gu on the course so I did it without fuel (forgot to grab one in IF).  Bunch of young girls went out really fast- first few miles are pretty good downhill then flat/slight downhill the rest of the course. Picked all the young girls off at about 5miles when the course flattened out.

Two college girls were in front of me and we were all going about the same pace. I was slowly gainining on them, but not enough distance to catch them. They finished about 200 yds in front of me. Broke the CR.

Went to the lake and skied for the rest of the day. Legs were feeling it yesterday.

New Balance Race Miles: 13.10
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Rest.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Legs tired, but ok. Downhills were a little rough...

Altra Escalante Miles: 7.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

3.5 in the morning. 8.5 at lunch. Legs are loosening up...

Altra Escalante Miles: 3.50Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

4 in the morning. 8 at lunch.

Altra Escalante Miles: 4.00Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.500.000.000.0011.50

3 in the morning. 8.5 at lunch- really hot on the last loop...

Altra Escalante Miles: 3.00Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 8.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.000.000.000.0010.00

10 in the morning.

Altra Escalante Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.600.000.000.006.60

1.5 miles to the Run 2 Remember run. 2.6 mile course. 2.5 mile home.

Altra Escalante Miles: 6.60
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10 before work

Altra Escalante Miles: 10.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

5 in the morning 8 at lunch.

Altra Escalante Miles: 5.00Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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7 in the morning

5 at lunch

Altra Escalante Miles: 7.00Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 5.00
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4 in the morning

8 at lunch. overcast so a little cooler. 4 x 800 at 5k pace

Altra Escalante Miles: 4.00Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 8.00
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7 in the morning, 3 in the afternoon.

Altra Escalante Miles: 7.00Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 3.00
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Race: Cady Tucker 5 mile (5 Miles) 00:34:13, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.000.000.000.007.00

1 mile relay to kick off the day- used it for my warmup. 6:11/mile

5 mile run. Ran as a tempo run for the half this week. Race started late so we were running at 10am and it was toasty. Think some people cut about half a mile off of the course so the results have a guy beating me and a woman on my heels, but no one was around me at all...

Finished the day running the kids fun run with my kids and about 13 others (ages 4-11) from our soccer and baseball teams. It was a blast watching most of them complete their first race and the littles ran the entire way!!

Altra Escalante Miles: 7.00
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golf with the hubby. Planned on an easy 4 but ran out of time...

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4 in the morning and 8 at lunch. cc course

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

cool overcast day. Ran some short sprints, lost count (maybe 5-7) b/c I was also picking up race arrows....

Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.500.000.000.006.50

3 miles in the morning with Luca. 3.5 at lunch on a nice overcast day. Too bad in taper mode- would have been an excellent day for a tough workout!

Altra Escalante Miles: 3.00Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 3.50
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nice easy 5

Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 5.00
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Easy 3

Altra Escalante Miles: 3.00
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Race: IF Half (13.1 Miles) 01:27:07, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 2
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.500.000.000.0014.50

Woke up with a still stiff neck/shoulders and debated on just staying in bed...

Started off conservative on the downhill with only 1 female in front of me. Figured I would catch her on the flats.

Flattened out and started to work on closing the gap. Closed in with about a mile left, but didn't want to make my move until we were a little closer to the finish so we wouldn't have to sprint the last mile.

Sprinted the last quarter mile and ended up about 2 seconds behind her. She started a few seconds behind me so my finish time was about 8 seconds behind her.... glad I didn't beat her by 2 seconds only to find out that I really didn't beat her.

Should have moved past her sooner. The end came up sooner than I thought it would.

About 45 seconds slower than I was last year.

New Balance Race Miles: 14.50
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Legs a little tired from running and boating/skiing. Neck still sore- probably over did it Saturday....

8 mile hard hike with the hubby. About 3,000 ft climb.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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3 in the morning.

8 at lunch. legs are tired...

Altra Escalante Miles: 3.00Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 8.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
230.200.000.000.00230.20
Altra Escalante Miles: 110.10New Balance Race Miles: 32.60Adidas Boost Superior Miles: 87.50
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