I think I CAN!

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Location:

Bonaire,GA,USA

Member Since:

Aug 30, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

My accomplishment to date completing 15 marathons and 6 ultras....nothing fast....yet.

Short-Term Running Goals:

In the next 2 years I'd like to complete three 50 milers and a hundred miler before I turn 40. I'd like to break 5 hour marathon and then a 4:45 marathon and then keep improving. I’m starting to think I’ll hit 100 miles before I see a sub 5 hour marathon…..Geez.

Fifty miler #1: 2008 JFK 50 13:29:53

#2 Hearland 50 13:51 (got lost had to find road back)

#3 Bethel Hill Moonlight Boogie June 12, 2010...very soon

Two down....one more to go!

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would like to run 100 miles.

Personal:

I've got two wonderful kids who are 6 and 8. I want to pass on the joy of running.

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Tue, Oct 07, 2008

400 m race pace	800 m race pace	1500 m race pace	3 K race pace	5 K race pace	10 K race pace	Lactic Threshold	Aerobic Threshold	Marathon Pace	Base II	Base I	Regeneration	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

Hill time! Fun stuff! I've found the meanest hill in the area and ran up and down and up and down for quite a few repeats.

I once heard someone say, "That which does not kill you often makes you wish you were dead". They must have been doing hill repeats. :) All joking aside, the hill seemed easier to do today than it did last week. That was a nice treat.

I've decided to run my 50 miler for my dad whose been deceased for 10 years now. He would have been turning 80 this year. It's funny how much more serious I've been taking my training (mentally) since I've made that decision.

Also today I've peppered in some races into my training between now and the BIG race. I'm going to post my upcoming training runs so I can come back and check them off. There are 2 numbers for each week. These mark the 2 long runs I'll do each weekend.

10/11 Week 6 10 miles 10 miles

10/18 Week 5 50K unknown if I'll run a second day

10/25 Week 4 Half Marathon - Boston mini-marathon (Boston, GA) 10 miles

11/1 Week 3 15 miles 15K trail race

11/8 Week 2 10 miles 10 miles

11/15 Week 1
6-8 miles I'm doing a trail dualatholon this weekend…run distance approx
Nothing, Nada, Zip

11/22 Race Week 50 miles JFK 50 miler Sleeping in

11/29 Recovery weekend 26.2 or 50K Bartram Forest Marathon/50K Sleeping in again

OK, I'm guessing that running a marathon (or 50K) doesn't seem like much of a recovery but the RD is a friend and there is no time limit. How about we call it an active recovery weekend.....or perhaps I'll just do one loop and change my status from participant to volunteer.

Comments

From Carolyn on Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 23:53:55

You are very ambitious and amazing. You go, girl!

From Kelli on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 13:01:17

HOLY COW!!! How do you run so much and not just kill over?? I can not even think about trying to run more than 26.2 (although I think this weekend I could have maybe gone a few more---but not many). You are so flippin' amazing, and ambitious, and maybe a tad crazy??? WOW!!! I will be watching to see the reports from the next couple of weeks---it makes me tired just reading it! YOU GO!!!

From Deborah on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 13:29:17

Thanks for the nice words Carolyn and Kelli.

To answer you question, when you run as sloooow as I do the miles don't bother you as much. On the minus side, it takes so bloomin' long to finish.

From Kelli on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 13:45:22

I do not believe that for a second! I have actually alway said the fast people (like the 2:30 marathoners) have it easy! We all push just as hard, but it takes us many more hours to get to the finish line!!!

From Carolyn on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 13:59:38

I haven't run a marathon yet, but I think if I ran a marathon at the fastest pace I could and it took me 5 hours, I would have worked harder than someone who ran it at their fastest pace and it took them 2:30. We would both been running as fast as we could, but I would have run for twice as long.

However, I think the point she's making is not a comparison between two different runners of different levels, but a comparison with yourself.

If I run 5 miles at a 9:00 pace, it's going to feel harder to me than running those 5 miles at a 12:00 pace. I could go a lot farther with the 12:00 pace with the same effort that I would use going 5 miles with a 9:00 pace. Did I get that right, Deborah?

I think I'm just not patient enough to slow it down to the point I would have to in order to do the miles that Deborah does. I'm always in a rush to get somewhere.

From Kelli on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 14:14:15

That is probably true. The longer the race, the slower you have to go to endure to the end!!! Maybe one day I will try 50! I never thought I could do a marathon, and I have. So I guess it is time to rise to new heights!

From Deborah on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 14:22:19

You just described it perfectly Carloyn.

I have found that at 12 min miles I can run for hours (and do). If I take that down to 10:30 or 11 min miles then I can maybe squeak out 10 miles. Those last miles will be very uncomfortable to boot.

Actually, I feel like a lazy runner because I don't push myself to go faster.

From Kelli on Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 14:30:55

YOU ARE NOT LAZY---anything but!

From leslie on Thu, Oct 09, 2008 at 09:54:51

I feel the same way, I can go forever at a slow comfortable pace, if I pick it up and go faster I can't do the distance. Deb, your raining sounds insane! I am so jealous! You are going to do great, and I am taking notes, so give details! Good luck, and I am going to be watching you getting up the courage to do a 50 next year!!

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