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Location:

North Logan,UT,United States

Member Since:

Oct 20, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon PR: 2:45, St. George 2007

Half-marathon PR: 1:21, Moab 2007

Recent races: St. George Marathon, Olympic Trials Marathon, Moab 5 miler. 

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to run faster. I'd like to win a race or two. I want to smarter and harder and increase my mileage without increasing my injuries. 

I'd also like to keep up with this and my other blog. You can check it out at novicexpert.blogspot.com. I don't keep track of my workouts there (just random thoughts on running), so the two don't really interfere.  

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to win at least one marathon, make a better showing at the next Olympic Trials, try a few ultra-marathons and finish a 100-miler.

Personal:

I lead a simple life. I teach a couple of times a week and run. A lot. I also climb and ski (both snow and water) whenever I get a chance.  I think I'm addicted to sunshine.

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ten miles. warm up 7:30, mostly ran at 7 or lower (down to 6:40, i think)

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it's gonna be a low low mileage week. i tried running today but my body didn't like it. i was going to run for another hour after my classes but during the last one i started shaking uncontrollably (again. did that yesterday too), but i wasn't cold.  hot, rather. so i'm gonna lie low.

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half were in the pool. i attempted to run hard but mustered a medium-hard effort. afternoon was easy. felt better all day until i started shiver after a shower (the hot water ran out). 

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pool and a bit at the gym. all super easy. i may try for a few more easy tonight. i hate, abhor, can't stand, and am tortured by not running.

my body is still unhappy-ish. my dad is convinced i got a bug in mexico. i'd rather be in the mind frame of some more regular sort of ickyness passing through my body. but i'll probably see a dr tomorrow (or monday if i can't get in).

boo to this! 

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Aha! Success! I ran! slowly but it wasn't even in the pool and not too bad. i just have to run early in the morning if i want to run on land, it seems. (I am feeling a bit better but i generally feel better in the morning that afternoon-evening).

the bad part of this is that i hate running in the dark (especially by myself. don't worry, i have a vest and light and don't anticipate this business to last too long). and i also hate the temperature (or lack thereof) at that time of the day but if i run early, i can run!

(note on the !: i don't generally write with a lot of ! because i had this creative writing teacher who hated them. really they should be used for shouting in dialogue, not for emphasis, but technology has broken our language and grammatical normalities, so everyone uses them to show emphasis. claire said we can use three exclamation points in our literary lifetimes. i tell this to my students as well and they laugh at me. notice that i used exactly three here. while my blog is in no way literary, i do try to refrain from overuse. however, i was just that happy to run today and to not feel too icky during my run. imagine me shouting and doing a little jig).

 will try for a few more miles later (probably in a pool). 

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blarrggggg

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