| Location: Alpine,NY,USA Member Since: Jul 15, 2007 Gender: Female Goal Type: Olympic Trials Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Began running after 26 years of sedentary lifestyle and four children. Took my first 5 hour 10 minute marathon down to sub 3hr in 2 years.
Short-Term Running Goals: My new goal is to get back to where I was a few years ago; running mainly for enjoyment (and not just to reach a specific time standard) and to reach the highest level of fitness/speed that I feel is possible for me while maintaining a balanced lifestyle.
Long-Term Running Goals: Conquer the last 10k of The Marathon. Personal: Stay at home mom to four kids, married to Matthew, live on a 130 acre farm in Upstate NY.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 221.00 | 33.10 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 258.10 |
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| 5mi.
*^!*! felt terrible this morning.So much for a day off benefiting me.
cold. slow. sore shins. I planned 30min wu, 2mi T, 30min cd.
First 1/2mi in 3:26 convinced me to shut it down and not bother today. It was only supposed to be an easy "keep the engine running" type of workout, but it didn't feel like it was going to be easy.
maybe this afternoon.
P.M. 6mi Gaige loop. felt much better. at least normal. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| A.M. Rte 228, slightly rolling,
7mi w/M.A.(53 min) then straight into 5mi progression run (31:26), started @ 6:45/mi, don't know splits for midddle 3mi but the last mile I knew and was unbelievably under 5:40. Not really sure where that came from, it was mostly downhill though, felt like tempo, recovered quickly. Now, if I could just shake this cold and get my shins feeling better .... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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1hr easy @ Ithaca.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Rte 228
2.5mi wu, 3 x 1mi @ easy threshold pace w/2 min rec jog, 1mi cd |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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11:30 am. CU track.
20min slow jogging around, 4 x 800 MP(400 rec) then 30min more jogging around. bored to tears. the 800's were slow. 3:11. hard for me to find MP on the track. I see red and want to fly and mp is so inbetween fast and slow. I forget if I'm supposed to be working hard or taking it easy. stayed on the slow side today on purpose. Anyway, so glad I found someone to start me off at Sunday's race.
Spent the morning shoveling manure to create new perennial garden. amazing the things one can accomplish when not exausted from running AND the kids go back to school. I'll need to be careful not to expend too much energy doing extra activities, a few more hrs in the garden tomorrow and then I'll rest. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 4mi easy, last mile at mp. total: 36:09
legs are starting to itch. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Rte 228. 16:30 out, 14:30 back. 6 x 10 second strides.
miserable. fat. can't wait to get back to running.....rebuilding by base, hill repeats, a speedy indoor track season....training for the marathon is so much fun. It's too bad the race itself is such a bump in the routine. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Ithaca RecWay w/group. easy w/strides. last weeks cold and uti seem to be all cleared up. shins ok. feeling good. ready. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.10 |
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Erie, PA. 65 degrees. steady rain. light breeze.
1mi warm up trot. 13.1mi of the race.
AW came along to pace me, took it out way too slow, 7/mi, not sure why he did that or why i allowed it. i trusted he would do as i asked and keep it slow as in 6:20-30, at mile 1 he abruptly dropped the pace, next mile was 6;22. hit 10k at 40:06 which would have been right on had we not taken the first mile out so slowly. AW dropped out at the 10k and planned to pick me back up at the 1/2.
Next 10k had me at 1:18, I felt super. 6:15's-20's and i kept telling the guy i picked up "easy. let's relax. fast enough." and we did relax. but we were still cruising. it was sweet.
By the 1/2 I was beginning to feel tired. 1:24:15. again, that would have been fine but for the first slow mile. I was still thinking, "I'll make it up later. No worries."
AW jumped back in but slowed the pace to 6:40's. i got pissy. missed one of my bottles. got more pissy. felt more tired. rain fell hardrer. I got more pissy. slowed pace even more. stomache turned sour. tried to quit at 16. AW said no. 17. he said 1 more mile. my gut is churning. mile 18. I said,"ok. let's just do it." 19....19.5 I quit. just can't keep the rhythm for more than 2 minutes without getting pissy.
walked back to the van. sopping wet. hands swollen and purple. energy drained. stomache wrecked. ego smashed. legs feel fine.
no fuel from 12-18 could have been a factor in my deterioration. as could steady rain. unsteady pacer and recent illness.
So, I'm thinking, I'll call lit a solid longrun and try to tuck away the fact that it's really a DNF and another failed marathon for me.
I'm thinking i'll go to Detroit w/MA. 6 wks is enough time to get my game back together. Isn't it?
but now, I have a fever again(caused by last weeks uti or a new cold from yesterdays stress, i don't yet know) so I'll get healthy first then spend a few weeks doing some tempo and longer stuff. keep mileage under 100. try not to get injured.
I wish TOU was next Sat instead of 6 days from now, I'd give it a go.
Any more downhill marathons around?
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9am w/NK. Catherine Valley Trail. 7:45-30/mi.
feeling pretty good. quads a little sore/tight but energy and shins ok. will take tomorrow easy like today, fartlek on Thur. longrun on Sunday. I want to jump the mileage back up but will hold back for fear of injury. my history of stress fractures is too vivid for me to ignore.
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40 min elliptical. weights/core. shin very bad. going to see pt tomorrow. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Shuler/Culver loop. 37 min. shin pain still very localized, still a little scary, but I'm going to assume it's not a stress fracture. from a 9(Tues) down to a 3-4 with no Ibu. Iced and stretched after the run. I'll stay on soft surfaces and keep the mileage low to be on the safe side though. Sill going to wait until Monday before buying airline tickets.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Set out to jog my 10mi loop(Kelsey/Cayutaville) planning to go easy and totally prepared to call it quits early if my shin acted up. I don't know the mile markers on this course(not really even sure if it's 10 miles; gps says 11, car says 11, mapmyrun says 10.2) but I do know where I usually am at certain points. I kept hitting all these points way ahead of my usual pace, ended up running the loop way faster than I ever do(1:13) still felt super, didn't feel like quiting so, grabbed a drink of water and headed back out to do it again. Shin got 'twingy' 3mi into the second time around so I took my foot off the gas and cut it short.
Practiced MP 'feel' on the downhills. Going to look into airline tickets now : )
Anybody flying into LV want to carpool to SG? |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| A.M. Culver loop. 5mi. easy
P.M. Gaige loop. 6mi. 43min. shin(4) ice. ibu.
*Not sure how to train between now and SG. I keep changing my mind between thinking that distance/endurance is key to wondering if I've got the endurance already and maybe VO2max/Threshold would benefit me more... |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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Didn't go as well as I would have liked. slow on everything. the surface of the trail might have slowed me @10sec/mi and I'm not 100% certain about the distance...but this was still pretty slow(to slow to record!) had to focus to keep turnover going on the downhill.
3mi wu, 4.5 mi all uphill(tired near the turnaround) then back down 2min faster.
1mi cd + drills
Brought to home how conservative I'll have to be on the uphill of SG in order to have something for the 2nd half of the race.
Anyway, either I'm still tired or I need to do some faster running or...maybe i'm just not as fast as i'd like to be. hmmm.
I'm thinking I'll take tomorrow very easy then do 800's on Thursday and jump in a 14k hilly race(+ mileage before and after to =20mi) on Sunday.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Kelsey/Cayutaville loop. 1:14:30. conservative uphills and relaxed but quick down. ice, ibu. shin pain(3-4) |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
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Cass Park, all grass, fartlek.
6 x 3:00/1min rec + 2 x 2min/1min rec + 2 x 1min/30sec rec 2mi cd
felt like @ 5k pace. shin okay. no worse anyway. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Gaige loop. 43min. shin about the same. ice. ibu. teetering on fine line of getting in mileage just enough to stay fit and keeping leg from totally falling apart. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Shuler/Cayutaville w/MA. fast downhills. wicked shin pain. ice + ibu. there'll be no second run again today. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| Watkins Glen Gorge + Catherine Valley Trail w/Matt & Adam. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 20min elliptical, 25min jogging on grass. planned on more elliptical but kids, dinner & not feeling well got in the way. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| grrrr....another bad run. wanted to do 10k tempo. first mile felt hard. quit after 1.5mi(9:40)
Then tried 400's thinking some speed would wake me up. wanted to do at least 8. ended with 6 x 400/200rec. all very slow. 84-85's(usually sub 80) head not in the game. legs/body feeling drained. not feeling too good about SGM. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Loop around Cayuta Lake. 2:04. pretty hot and tired last few miles. should have brought fuel. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 1:15 jogging @ Ithaca waiting for oil change. mostly grass. shin slightly more bothersome. back to ibu. 2xdrills
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
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A.M. Gaige loop. 42min.
P.M. 2mi wu, 10 x 100m strides, 2mi cd |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| A.M. Gaige loop
P.M. Gaige loop. again. slower. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Meck/Cayutaville loop
-not so great.
Jogged w/Matt & John first few miles, then(according to mapmyrun) 2.88mi in 6:04/mi on Co. 6. felt faster...or...well...felt harder than 6/mi . I thought this was a 3mi section(felt guilty cuz I backed out of doing a 5k today at the last minute) shut it down after the tempo and slowly shuffled home 5mi(39min)
still fighting a cold. body goes from feeling great to feeling taxed from walking up stairs. Guess I'll cut back to what I did before Erie marathon now. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 221.00 | 33.10 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 258.10 |
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