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Location:

schererville,IN,

Member Since:

Mar 02, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Madison Inaugural 1/2 Marathon August 2009 2:02:48--yippee PR!

Fall Frolic 4 miler Nov 09PR 33:27 AG 4th place

Race to Wrigley 5K April 2010 PR 24:54

Short-Term Running Goals:

PR my 5k time. But maybe for now I should shoot for under 30 minutes.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free and see where that takes me.

Personal:

I have a husband who is wonderful, three beautiful dogs, I'm a teacher, and I'm a runner. Life is good.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Mizuno Rider 12 #2 Lifetime Miles:						327.30
Mizuno Rider 12 # 3 Lifetime Miles:						384.86
Turquoise Riders Lifetime Miles:						53.25

Tue, Mar 10, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
3.36	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.36

Goal:3 miles and keep a sub 10 pace-do some 9 min pace times

45 Degrees--cloudy

8:00am average pace 9:47

I almost didn't make it out this morning. why? Well I started to run and every time my left foot struck i had this twinge of pain right above my knee! I'm like what is that? So I hobbled home..ate some breakfast and tried again--no pain this time. What a weird thing!

It rained all night so of course today while running I had to dodge puddles. I was going to do my normal 3 miler but then i realized I could go where ever and not worry about having to map my squiggley run on mapmyrun . yeah Nike!

Any who-I was able to make a turn away from the wind which made this run a lot more pleasant. I got my shoes wet for the first time--guess I can't return them now! LOL

I did try to keep my pace at 9ish...sometimes it was at 8:30 for an entire minute...that kind of wore me out. I know 10 is my comfortable pace but i'm trying to make 9 my comfy pace. Looks like I could get to 8:30 over time. That is encouraging. Seems like fastrunningblog is already helping!

Saucony ProGrid Ride Miles: 3.36

Comments

From snoqualmie on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:25:50 from 67.171.56.164

Good workout! I just hate it when my feet get wet. I love the term "comfy pace." :)

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 11:58:02 from 71.229.164.25

Keep running and your "comfy pace" will get faster. I'm glad that the fastrunningblog is helping.

From april27 on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:02:06 from 99.188.251.180

awww...are you all teasing me? Yes I have a few words that you probably would not find in the dictionary but they decribe how I am feeling well. I call them aprilisms. LOL

I"m just glad that 10 pace feels good. I use to gasp for air at an 11 and 12 pace!

From Snoqualmie on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 16:34:28 from 67.171.56.164

Not teasing! It is apt.

From seeaprilrun on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 18:30:13 from 205.172.12.229

It will get easier and easier. 6 months ago my easy pace was 11:00 per mile. Now I am comfortable between 8:30 and 9:00. Just be consistent!

From april27 on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 21:57:42 from 99.188.251.180

6 months? wow...well considering I haven't done much for speed work I'm not surprised I haven't improved speed wise. I think on my short tuesday runs I will throw some unofficial speedwork in...

From Jodi on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 22:03:57 from 72.2.132.206

Schereville....you're pretty close to me.

Welcome to the blog!!! It's awesome the friends you can make and great to have "cheerleaders"

From Jodi on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 22:22:04 from 72.2.132.206

Psst...I just left a response on my blog for you.

From seeaprilrun on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 22:49:07 from 205.172.12.229

I don't do any speedwork--I've found that higher, slower mileage has increased my fitness much better without getting me injured(I am rather injury-prone).

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