Running to stay sane

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Location:

Murray,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 13, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

University of Utah Alumni (2001-2003)

Running Accomplishments

Marathon PR- 2:51:54 (St. George 2015)
Half Marathon PR- 1:19:52 (TOU Half 2014)
10K- 39:58 (Swiss Days 2010-The only 10K I've raced)
5K- 17:50 (Murray Fun Days 2014)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Look up more and appreicate Mother Nature.

Long-Term Running Goals:

~~I hope to really race the last 10K of a marathon and not just "survive" it!~~

~~Sub 3:00!!!~~

~~Sub 19:00 5K~~

~~Sub 1:20 half marathon~~

Sub 2:50 marathon

MOVE SOMEWHERE REALLY WARM!

Personal:

I run to stay sane because without a little "me" time each day, I might just go nuts!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Asics Lyte 33 3 Lifetime Miles:						187.60
Spin Bike (Minutes) Lifetime Miles:						770.00
Barbie's Jealousy Racing Flats Lifetime Miles:						161.05
Sea Foam Green DS Trainer Lifetime Miles:						183.95
Nimbus 17 Bowie's Morning Look Lifetime Miles:						330.90
Nimbus 17 Black Goo Lifetime Miles:						385.00
Punky Brewster's Green Goblin DS Racers Lifetime Miles:						89.20
B-right Yellowish DS Trainer 20 Lifetime Miles:						48.50
Blinding Orange Creamsicles Lifetime Miles:						413.40
NB Testers 490V4 Lifetime Miles:						15.40
Blue Nike Tempo's Lifetime Miles:						63.40

Thu, Feb 06, 2014

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.10	4.00	9.10

Tempo Thursday. I was not looking forward to this. When the weather is so cold, I have a hard time running fast. But I wanted to do something "faster" since I've got a race in a couple weeks. I dropped Weston off at my mom's house and she told me I needed to be back in 65 minutes. So I had a time constraint on top of everything.

I warmed up for 3 miles (7:30, 7:22, 7:20) then did a 4 mile tempo around my house which is 2 miles slight uphill, 1 mile flat, 1 mile slight downhill. My splits (6:32, 6:30, 6:21, 6:23). Not super fast but it seemed hard for me. I guess I'm more tired than I thought and it was only 25 degrees! My cool down was faster than I wanted because I had to get back to my mom's house (7:09, 6:51). Overall, 9 miles at 6:55 AP. Glad it's done.

Asics Gel Nimbus 15 Miles: 9.10

Comments

From Rachelle on Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 12:12:44 from 199.190.170.28

Thats a really great tempo by yourself in the cold. In my opinion the cold adds a good 10-15 seconds per mile. Way to go Jen! Don't get discouraged because your training has been really solid.

Which race are you doing?

From allie on Thu, Feb 06, 2014 at 12:14:44 from 161.38.221.168

i think that's super fast. you averaged sub-7 for 9 miles! great tempo.

From Jenruns on Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 09:01:52 from 67.161.216.125

Rachelle, I'm running the Dogtown 1/2 in St. George. I am excited to run in some warmer weather.

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