| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| | 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 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 72.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80.51 |
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| | 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 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
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My goal for this run today was to have a negative split. After a sub freezing weekend the temps this evening was a balmy 48 degrees. Very nice.
Goal for tomorrow....run a trail and have fun! | | Add Comment |
| | 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 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Due to unbelievably beautiful weather I decided to take a quick 3 mile trail run before returning to work from a doc appointment.
The trail is a bit wet from yesterdays rain and had the smell of musty wet leaves. The birds were chattering up a storm and squirrels/chipmunks were fleeing from the path. Honestly, I could have spent all morning and afternoon out there running that trail, jumping puddles, and stomping in mud. There is just something about being on this trail that brings out my inner child.
I'm going to try and get back there next week.
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| | 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 | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
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Four of us took off this morning to do our long run on the hilly route. We started off around 6 AM. The weather started out brisk, wet, and windy. The rain seemed to blow in our face no matter what direction we ran or what turn we took. Somewhere around 7:30 the rain stopped and the sky started clearing out. We were blessed by the beautiful sun rising and turning the sky and clouds different shades of pink, purple, and orange. Under clear skies we loop back around and headed back to the parking lot.
We finished up our mileage and had post run celebration at Dunkin Donuts. MMMMMM, doooooughnut (said in a Homer Simpson voice). | | Add Comment |
| | 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 | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
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I have a project!!!! Out of nowhere my neighbor asked if I’d mind if she joined me on some of my runs. She is training for the Country Music half and would like some company and help getting to the finish line. REALLY??!!! I don’t think she knows how much she has made my day. I now have a running partner for the next several weeks for my non-interesting weekly runs. SWEET!!!!
Today we mixed it up with some street and some trail running. Her 18 y/o daughter came along with us. The daughter called it a run around mile 3. My neighbor and I finished up running our neighborhood and finished up with 5.5 miles. | | Add Comment |
| | 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 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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Monday is now my official track workout day. I went over at lunch time and decided I needed to know where to start from. My friend and I decided to do 3 x 1 mile to get an average of what our mile time is.
I see why people don't like track workouts.....ouch!!!
Someone remind me that this discomfort is my friend??!!?? | | Comments(2) |
| | 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 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.80 |
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8PM, 43 degrees, 24 mph wind.
I just had a great run with my neighbor and her daughter doing an easy 3.8 miles. The wind made it a bit challenging at times. The gust were so hard at times that it felt like we were pushing a brick wall up the road. Fun times!....Really, we had a great time!
Happy Tuesday y'all! | | Comments(3) |
| | 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 | 4.26 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.26 |
| 8PM, 41 degrees, little to no wind today. My neighbor and I decided to run hills today so we came up with a loop that hit every hill in our neighborhood. I think next time we decide to do hills we'll do the same path in reverse. The up hills will be more challenging that way. | | Comments(2) |
| | 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 | 9.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.40 |
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| | 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 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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Evening run through my nieghborhood. | | Add Comment |
| | 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 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 3 miles on road and 4 miles on a trail with my neighbor. I **think** we may have been trespassing. | | Add Comment |
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Breast Cancer Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:40:00 | | 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 | 13.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.10 |
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I think the breast cancer marathon is one of the best organized most woman friendly marathon I’ve ever been to. There are potties and water at every stop. There is also more gu offered more often on the race course then you can imagine. The post race amenities are fantastic.
I ran the half marathon as I’m a bit burned out on marathons at the moment. My old running buddies from VA were t here and brought a new lady with them. She was running her first race so we paired up together. The poor thing had to listen to me rattle on all race. J
The race is mostly an out and back. The half marathoner s spend 1.5-2 miles running on the beach. I’m still undecided if I like that. The breeze was nice and the view was beautiful. Alas, it added nearly 30 seconds per half mile according my Garmin.
After the beach stretch the half marathoners turn around and head back on the streets. The fan support is amazing. Folks are lined up all over the streets cheering their hearts out. It was odd but I really didn’t want the race to end.
There is a bridge overpass on the way back to the finish line. By this time several people are doing the death march. I realized that doing a half marathon instead of the full left me with plenty of energy to pass folks and make it look easy. Sort of the way Nevels looped me at the MIBM race last summer. J
We finished the race and headed to the runners area for a beer. As it was getting warm we decided to take a picture of us drinking a beer and text it out to our friends still running the marathon. The caption read, “Ha ha, you are still running”. Isn’t it amazing what a beer will make you do? | | Comments(3) |
| | 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 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Our track club started their first track session in my neck of the woods. Sweet. Today’s workout:
1 mile warm up
6 x 30 second striders
2 x 800 repeats
2 x 1200 repeats
1 x 1600
1 mile cool down.
Holy cow, how can something be both really fun AND really awful at the same time??!!?? All I know is that I’m looking forward to doing it again next Tuesday. | | Comments(3) |
| | 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 | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
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5:30 AM at 22 degrees. Carolyn in CO how in the world do you do that? It is cold and EARLY!!!
I told my neighbor that I'd run with her....even if it did mean early mornings. We did our hilly route for 4.25 miles. It was a really good run even if it was chilly! | | Comments(1) |
| | 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 | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
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I took my daughter to a 5K today. It was one of those very well publicized races with just under 2000 people. I had picked up our race packet the day before. This was actually a really good thing as she dragged her feet in the morning and we got to the race start line just as the gun went off.
All was going good until 1/10 of a mile into it. She realizes that the silly rubberband thingy on her wrist was gone. She begins to freak out on me. She tells me she wants to go back to the start line and find it. Well being mean mommy I let her know that we are in a race and we do NOT go backwards for a silly rubberband thingy. The next mile and a half goes like this: whine, cry, angry outburst, more whine, more whine, more whine. Finally a water stop. This gives me a 25 seconds of silence as she drank her water.
I took this opportunity to speed her up some as all that whine really killed our pace. Funny enough, you can't gripe when you are panting and sucking wind. Did I mention I'm mean mommy?
Somewhere after mile 2 she gets into race mode. She buckles down and focuses on passing people. This is our best mile of the race. We come to the finish line and there are several hundered people on each side of the road cheering. My daughter breaks into a full sprint and finally crosses the finish line and runs straight to the goodies table for cookies, chips, and soda. Wow, she really is a chip off the old block. | | Add Comment |
| | 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 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 72.51 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80.51 |
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