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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, Jan 06, 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	3.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.50

Was too lazy to run hills this morning so I found myself on the treadmill once again doing repeats at night time. I often wonder if I'm working harder on the tread mill.

I ran with my heart rate monitor and got up to 192 BPM (yikes). Next week I'll do the actual hill workout on the road and compare the two.

I'm thinking I'll need to tone the incline and/or speed down on the treadmill else this 30 something heart is going to jump out of my chest and go on strike.

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 11:10:31

It seems like I read something recently about your heart rate going higher on a treadmill than with the same effort outside because you don't have wind to cool you, or something like that. Is there a fan that you can place so it blows on you when you're running on the treadmill? I've done that with a treadmill and found my heart rate was lower than doing the same workout on the treadmill without a fan.

From leslie on Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 13:30:22

Be careful, those treadmills are a pain. Hey when is your next big race? Tarzan and I are looking at doing Sunmart in Dec. Do you know of anyone that has done it? We are trying to find a real first-time friendly one. I read about the JFK 50 miler in my Ultra Running Magazine and thought of you. I can't remember if you said it was hilly. Was it trails or road. I didn't realize it was so big. I wonder if there is a 50miler that is slightly down hill the whole way???? I would fly anywhere for that!!! Hey, have a great day, and keep up the great running!!

From Deborah on Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 14:54:36

I don't know anything about the Sunmart in Dec. the more I read about it on the web I've got to say, it sounds like fun!

As for the JFK: The Appalacian Trail part of the race (the first 15 miles) was up and over a mountain....hilly. Even the down hills weren't too runable...trail had rocks size of cantaloups all over the place. After that the next 26-28 miles were flat and the last 8 or so miles were rolling hills. (they of course felt like HUGE mountains).

After doing research on different 50 milers I can suggest a couple more flat ones as well:

Aug 22 (I think) Lean Horse - SD

Oct 10 Heartland 100 & 50 Mile races (I'm going to be at this one) http://www.ksultrarunners.org/

The race participants are capped at 100 but are known for fantastic food at the aid stations.

There are also some in the spring if you were looking at that time frame:

Rocky Raccoon 50M/100M

Croom 50M - http://www.fools50.com/

Ironhorse - 50M www.ironhorse100kmclub.com

Dances with Dirt 50M (Green Swamp)- http://www.dwdgreenswamp.com/

Good luck on finding a race. Sometimes you have to dig deep on the net to find some of the smaller races. here are a couple of sites I've used:

http://theultramarathonstore.com/racesbydate.html

http://www.run100s.com/

From leslie on Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 16:51:02

Thanks so much for the detailed info, I have enjoyed reading over them. I think I am going to try Sunmart for my first 50 miler and see if I survive. Good luck on Heartland, I am anxious to see how you like it.

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