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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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Thu, Apr 02, 2009

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	4.83	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.83

Nice evening run in the rain. I'm not sure if it is dedication, determination, or delirium that made me go out tonight. It's been raining for nearly 4 days straight. Can any of you folks in Internet land tell me how many feet is 300 cubits? I think it might be time to think about arks.

So, I've got my new Garmin that is able to tell me to the 100th of a mile minus the error of standard deviation....OK, I confess, I'm a math geek. Anyway, I'm still pretty excited over my new piece of equipment.

The president of our local running club is helping me with my training and my accountability. I have to run within my "acceptable" heart rate (155-160 BPM for easy runs) AND show negative splits on each training run (for my easy runs). He believes all runs should have a purpose otherwise you are just putting in junk miles. He is a tough one but he does it with such humility that I want to make each run count. I think he's really going to be a huge help in my training. I'm very blessed to be surrounded by such nice folks.

Sam’s other rule besides making every run count....only 1 day off between runs. OK, I've had to break that rule once so far due to family obligations. I sent my running log to the prez and that was picked up immediately. Soooooo you can believe I'll be blogging much much much more often.

Run dry folks!

Comments

From snoqualmie on Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 22:56:18 from 67.171.56.164

We all keep arks in our garages where I live. (35 inches in my town this year so far, and it's coming down even now...)

Congratulations on the Garmin! Like JD said earlier this week on my blog, we like them so much we're having them surgically embedded in our arms. lol

Very exciting to have some expert guidance there. I second his advice to minimize days off, though I'm actually with Sasha on the 6 days per week viewpoint. But I don't believe in "junk miles." All my miles at least have the purpose of: "Man, I love doing this!" :D

From leslie on Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 13:48:08 from 76.23.61.78

Thanks for the comment on my blog, I was thinking it would be so awesome to live next door to you and have another fun running buddy, with a similiar pace and similiar goals, I would even risk the thought of being tripped!!!

The light just turned on in my little head about junk miles, thru the winter I put in way to many zombie miles, just getting them in, so my new focus is to give it alittle push, not enough to kill me, just kick it up a notch and put in a little more effort.

I am envious of your running club and having someone to take you under their wing. I will be watching for your entries.

Did you tell me about a book on eating healthy afew weeks ago, I thought it was Sno, but the title she emailed me back didn't register, it may have been you? I am trying a new approach and trying not to weigh myself daily and eat right and see if I can lose weight without all the negative feelings I get from the scale.

Have a great day Deb!

From Deborah on Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 14:10:09 from 68.98.198.29

Nope, the book on healthy eating wasn't a suggestion by me BUT if you get the name of it I'd like to check it out. I think my performance would be better if I actually watched what I put into my mouth. (Today I watched 7 Girl Scout Somoa cookies go into my mouth....mmmm).

When is the Ogden Valley 50 miler you are training for?

I too need to step the training up a notch as well...

step 1: run 4-5 days a week consistently instead of 3-4 (mostly 3) days a week.

I'll let you know what step #2 will be in another week or two when I feel like I finally got #1 mastered.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 14:51:15 from 198.241.217.15

I'm glad you're going to be blogging more. I had wondered what happened to you. I'm glad to hear that you were running, but you've got to blog it or we don't know!

That's great that you've hooked up with your local running club. I should maybe do that.

I'm also with Sasha on the 6 days/week running, but if you're currently doing 3 days/week, you should jump right up to 6. You've got to increase your days/week gradually, just like anything else.

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