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Member Since:

Dec 07, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Philly Half 1:52.xx

NYC Marathon 4:48.xx

Jingle Bell 5K 25:25

Broad Street Run 1:25:xx

YMCA 5K 24:34

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 24 5K

Run more races.

Get faster!

Philly 1/2 marathon 9/21 under 1:49, not even close 1:55+

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and sane

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Worked all weekend so not much time or energy for a run.  Did 4 at 8:20 pace.  Between tired legs, lack of sleep, 85 degrees and 100% humidity this wasn't easy.

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Last couple at 9 min mile pace.  Pretty easy run.  running 9:25 was feeling effortless.  Thats nice.

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Was not feeling good today. Could have pushed through a few more miles but since I was going so slow it didn't seem all that beneficial. Tomorrow is another day.

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Glad I took it easy yesterday.  I was able to do the run I wanted today which was I think more important than another slow 8 miler.  2 mile warm up and then 6 miles at 8:18 average pace.  Other than the 1 slightly downhill mile I was within a couple of seconds for each one.  It felt hard but I could have kept going.  Not sure if i could keep going for another 7 miles but we shall see.  One mile cool down.

 

Still not feeling great physically.  Whole family is complaining of back to school malaise - sore throats, headaches, tired.  Will try to get some extra sleep this weekend and shake it off.

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Not sleeping great. Kids back to school schedule is throwing everything off. This week wasn't a great week milage wise but perhaps I needed an easier week. Today's run was ok but I had to be back early to get kids up for soccer so had to cut it a little shorter than I planned. I really have nothing to complain about. Kids are great. Running is going well.

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Still feels hard at the end. Mainly running 9:30s's from 5 miles on. Tried to drop down to 9 for the last six but after about a mile I got a rock in my shoe that had to come out. Sitting down for 30 sec really threw me off. Finished at about 9:15 pace but couldn't seem to get below that. Need to run more longer runs so that I am not so tired. No idea where to find the time for that.

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Pretty easy. The legs were still a bit tired from Sunday. Last 3 miles at 9 min pace.

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2 warm up them 7 at 8:18 average. Last hard run before the half.

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An arbitrary distance. Just wanted the weekly total to be 50. Slow and easy.

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Easy with a few pickups. Everything feels pretty good. Just need to let a few sore spots heal up for Sunday.

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Easy the whole way. Cold enough to wear tights. Things feel good

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Easy pace today.  A few short pickups.  Everything feels good and my pace is dropping with the same effort.  That is a good sign that there is less acumulated fatigue in my legs.  I used to know I was ready to race when I would go on a run and just want to run fast.

 

I would love to run with a pacer for this race so I could just show up and not waste energy on doing it myself.  The closest pacer is running 4 min faster than what I think I should be aiming for.  Might go out the first mile with the pace group so that I don't go out too fast and then drop off.

 

It's going to be a bit on the warmer side which should be ok for me.

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Pretty easy run.  Some guy came off a side road and joined me.  He was running about the same pace (10 min/mile) but he didn't want to have a nice conversation about running routes, upcomming races, kids or anything.  He just wanted to out run me. He clearly couldn't.  He kept speeding up and I just matched his pace.  After about a mile when he was really sucking wind I went by him, wished him a good morning and sped up.  I know this was quite immature on my part but I just couldn't help it.

 

Things feel pretty good.  Not happy about the lower milage this week but need to rest up to run a decent half.  Weather looking pretty good.

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Just enough.

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Race: Philly Half (13.1 Miles) 01:55:30
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Well... Not at all what I hoped for but the best I had today.

Came into the race fairly well rested and better prepared than last year so I fully expected to run faster.

Started out right on target. Was shooting for 8:18 per mile. My watch was off and that made it harder to judge. Second and third mile also right on pace. Working to keep that pace but well within myself. Then I started to get side cramps. I hung on until 6 miles but then needed to slow down. Frustrating cause I have run that pace for longer in workouts. After that I just kept getting slower and slower. Legs just refused to move faster. I wasn't running with a smooth stride from the hips. I was just gimping along. My goals kept shifting. First I wanted to break 1:49. Then 1:50. Then I just wanted to beat my time from last year. Then I just didn't want to walk. Finally I came up with a goal that I was able to achieve - I finished before they ran out of chocolate milk.

Rethinking fall plans. I have no desire to run a marathon if I can't break 4:00 which it looks like I can't.

That all sounds pretty pessimistic. It's not meant to be I am grateful to be a part of the running community and at 50 to simply be able to finish a half is a precious gift.

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Just enough to loosen up. Legs felt pretty good. The folks I talked to today about the race all ran slower than last year. I am still disappointed.

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Easy run.  Legs feel pretty good.

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Raining today so headed to the gym.   Pretty easy run on the treadmill.  Last 2 miles faster.  Thinking that if I want to run faster longer I might have to run faster shorter first.  The run time predictors don't seem acurate for me.  Maybe they aren't so good for older runners.

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Trying to keep it under 9 min miles.  Fairly easy run.

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Still up in the air about running marathon.  Have to decide today if I am gonna change to half.

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