| Location: Lehi,UT, Member Since: Feb 12, 2013 Gender: Female Goal Type: Boston Qualifier Running Accomplishments: Rex Lee 10k 2007
Weight Watchers 5k 2011
Summer Games 10k 2011
Winter Circuit 10k 2013
Drop 13 Half Marathon 1:30:05
Ogden Marathon 3:47:33 Short-Term Running Goals: Qualify for Boston Long-Term Running Goals: I would love to qualify for Boston and just continue to get faster Personal: I am married and have 2 kids, they keep me smiling and definitely keep me busy. I began to have a passion for running because it keeps me healthy mentally and physically. Sometimes you just need to take a break and go for a run:) I want to push myself, I haven't had much experience with road races and I would love to get stronger and faster. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 397.20 | 87.00 | 11.00 | 2.00 | 497.20 |
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 72.50 | Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 33.20 | Blue PureConnect Miles: 124.50 | Black PureFlow Miles: 116.00 | Lime PureConnect Miles: 177.27 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| Fartlek Run
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| Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 5.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 |
| 12x200 sprints
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 1.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles 2x8 sec hill sprints
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles 2x8 sec hill sprints
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| Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles + 3x8 sec hill sprints
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Fartlek Run 7 miles w/ 6x30 sec@10k-3k pace
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles + 3x8 sec hill sprints
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| Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 mile progression run
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| Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles + 4x8 sec hill sprints
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| Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Fartlek run 8 miles w/ 6x40 sec@10k-3k pace
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Progression run 7 miles
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 miles + 4x8 sec hill sprints
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Fartlek run 7 miles w/ 6x50 sec @10k-3k pace
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 4.00 | Blue PureConnect Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Progression Run 8 miles last 20 min moderate
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 miles + 5x8 sec hill sprints
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| Black PureFlow Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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| Lime PureConnect Miles: 2.00 | Black PureFlow Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 mile progession run last 20 min moderate
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| Progression run |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| 3 miles + 6x8 sec sprints |
| Black PureFlow Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Lime PureConnect Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Hilly run in kanab and super windy! |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Fartlek run 6x 50 sec 3k-10kpace in kanab some good hills |
| Black PureFlow Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Good run! Legs felt great:) |
| Lime PureConnect Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Progression run last 20 min moderate. 8 min AP |
| Lime PureConnect Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 easy miles in altamont indoor track |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| Progression run last 20 min uphill and hard. Good run overall with Ericka in altamont:) |
| Black PureFlow Miles: 11.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 5.50 |
| Specific Endurance Intervals 3 miles easy 15x1min@10k pace w/ 1min easy recovery
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| treadmill run took me 80mins
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| Lime PureConnect Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Redrock Dixie Relay. 1st leg was hilly and I was supposed to run 7.15 and ran 8.65 because I got lost:/ 2nd leg was 7.43 and was easier than 1st leg but still had some good inclines! Great runs, average pace for 1st leg was 8 min pace. 2nd was 7:50 so I was happy with going faster on tired legs even though I wasn't super fast.
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| Black PureFlow Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Treadmill run 79mins
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| Lime PureConnect Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.30 |
| 2 easy miles 6x1 min hill sprints! Felt like I might throw up lol I guess I know I'm training hard! Then 2 miles easy |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 5.30 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Treadmill 2 easy miles 6 miles @ 7:08pace 2 miles easy. Very hard run for me legs feel so achy and sore:(
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| Black PureFlow Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| 14 miles down AF canyon to my house! Good run ran into Jann and Melanie and ran with them. Windy run but my body felt good overall. |
| Lime PureConnect Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 2 miles easy 8 yasso's@3:24pace then 1 mile easy |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 7.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 miles easy 8x8sec hill sprints |
| Black PureFlow Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| Tough course through altamont. 4 big hills with a head wind but super happy about the run and pace. Good training run mentally and physically |
| Lime PureConnect Miles: 16.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 5.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.20 |
| 2 miles easy 6 x 2min hill runs then 1.2 miles easy. Hard good run |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 5.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Set out to run 14 but knew I wouldn't since I have felt like i've had bronchitis all week. I have felt mentally and physically weak and tired. My Tues run took a lot out of me and i prob shouldn't even have run at all. I just felt like crap today and hope this week doesn't set me back too far. |
| Black PureFlow Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 2 easy miles 4x1 mile @ HMP then 2 miles easy.
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| Lime PureConnect Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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| Black PureFlow Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| Was supposed to do 18 but the girls I ran with had to do 20 so I just did it. Felt pretty good got shakey about mile 19 I will need to have a banana about mile 16 next time! |
| Lime PureConnect Miles: 20.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
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| Lime PureConnect Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Ladder intervals 2 miles easy 1 min 2 min 3 min 2 min 1 min 2 min 3 min 3k pace with duration active recovery 1 mile easy |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| 4 miles easy w/ 8x10sec hill sprints |
| Lime PureConnect Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
| Speed work 2.5 easy with 1.5 miles @ 9speed on treadmill then active recovery. 1 mile @ 9 speed then recovery and then 1/2 mile @ 9 speed. Tough workout felt good though! |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 21.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21.00 |
| 7:57AP I am really stressing the last 5.2 will kill me:/ I really want to finish strong! |
| Black PureFlow Miles: 21.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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| Lime PureConnect Miles: 3.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Ran up suncrest 5 miles and down 5 |
| Black PureFlow Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Black PureFlow Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| Speed workout 2 miles easy 4 miles fast and 2 miles faster. |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| This was brutal! Went out to run 16 and only ran 4. I had taken a cleanse earlier and felt sick as crap:( never will ever do that ever again! |
| Lime PureConnect Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| Amazing run down american fork canyon. I pushed myself the first 13.1 to see what I could do and ran 7min mile ap. Took the last 2 miles easy and ap ended up 7:20. I am feeling more confident about the marathon:) because I only ran 7.5 miles of this downhill, the rest was flat, slight incline or sight decline. |
| Lime PureConnect Miles: 15.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Black PureFlow Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| 2x10 min at 6:50 pace and 1.5 miles easy |
| Blue PureConnect Miles: 4.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 11 miles about 8:00 min pace |
| Lime PureConnect Miles: 11.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Black PureFlow Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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| Blue PureConnect Miles: 4.00 |
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Ogden Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:47:33, Place in age division: 17 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| My goal is to qualify for Boston and hopefully get 3:30:00 or under:) Hope to stay injury free and stay motivated!
I am reporting on this race so I can learn from it in the future if I decide I ever want to run another marathon.
I felt confident going into this marathon because I felt like I had trained pretty hard for it, that being said, now that I have run it I feel like I needed to run way more hills and do more core strengthening and overall weight training to be stronger.
I got 0 sleep the night before the race because I was so nervous and couldn't stop my mind. I was surprisingly pretty calm the morning of race day and my stomach felt pretty stable thanks to zupas the night before. When the race started I stayed in front of the 3:35 pacer and got in a good pace of my own. I felt good, not great or springy but good, my mind just was focused on staying under 1:50 for the first half which I did, my splits were
1-7:34.33, 2-7:46.70, 3-7:45.42, 4-7:37.58, 5-7:43.86, 6-7:46.95, 7-8:00.91, 8-8:06.52, 9-7:58.07, 10-7:58.86, 11-8:31.20, 12-8:17.46, 13-8:39.07, 14-8:54.13, 15-9:18.34, 16-8:41.11, 17-8:26.96, 18-8:25.73, 19-9:19.87, 20-9:20.01, 21-9:14.60, 22-8:49.14, 23-9:30.73, 24-9:27.15, 25-10:28.86, 26-10:20.10, .27-??
For the first half I ran 1:45 which I was happy with because there were rolling hills throughout it but when I hit the hill at mile 14 I felt like I didn't know how I would finish the race. I pushed through and kept thinking after this hill I will try for a negative split because the course overview said it was really downhill after that. I ran in to more rolling hills and even when I hit the good downhill of the course my legs just felt shot! About mile 15 or 16 the 3:35 pacer passed me and I died inside thinking I couldn't keep up and my goal was slipping out of my hands! I started becoming mentally defeated and kept throwing numbers around in my head thinking how fast I would have to run my miles to still qualify. I kept slowing down, kept walking through water breaks and kept slipping further and further from my goal. At mile 22 I could have still pushed really hard the last 4.27 miles and maybe got my time and my family was all cheering my on and Lexi joined me for that last 4 but I just didn't have it in me. My legs were shot and I was mentally checked out:( I just wanted to quit honestly. I was so dissapointed in myself and dissappointed in the time I was going to end up getting. I had hyped up qualifying so much that that was all I felt mattered. Looking back I am mad at myself for putting so much pressure on the time. I wish I would have just enjoyed the ride. I don't know how to change my way of thinking, and even now I wonder how I would change my mental state for another marathon. I know I will always try to qualify and I don't know how I could have forced myself to push harder the last 10 miles like I know I needed to. It makes me feel mentally weak because I felt so helpless and out of control. If anyone reads this please let me know your thoughts, any advice would be amazing. I am still feeling pretty confused and down about my performance for the last 10 miles. The course was beautiful when I focused on the scenery. The course was also a lot harder than I thought it would be with rolling hills throughout the first half with that good hill at mile 14. Also the last 4.27 miles were tough on a rolling trail into Ogden. I was so surprised that even on the good downhill portion of the course my legs felt dead. I know I just needed to train harder period. Less downhill training and more hill training. Part of me just wants to do it all over again and part of me never wants to feel that way again! Wow I'm a mess emotionally and mentally. I am having post race partum:/ if there is such a thing. All the training I put in feels waisted:( I am thinking of doing Utah Valley Marathon just because I trained so hard and would like a second chance to qualify but I worry about it turning out the same way. Any advice if anyone reads this would be greatly appreciated.
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| Lime PureConnect Miles: 26.27 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 397.20 | 87.00 | 11.00 | 2.00 | 497.20 |
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| Purple Brooks Cadence Miles: 72.50 | Brooks Pure Cadence Miles: 33.20 | Blue PureConnect Miles: 124.50 | Black PureFlow Miles: 116.00 | Lime PureConnect Miles: 177.27 |
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