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Week starting Aug 31, 2008

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Location:

Orem,UT,United States

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

2008 10k Pioneer Day Classic 1:04:49

~~2006 Half Marathon - Moab Half 2:22:xx~~

2008 Hobble Creek Half 2:13:20

2008 St. George, first marathon, 5:34:11

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Get the hip issues sorted out.~~ Almost there, the hip flexors get tired easily again, but we are getting there.

New goal is to continue to train during the winter, up my mileage and do some weight training and yoga. Decided to make my spring focus on a half marathon and wait until fall 2009 for the full. Focus more on healthy eating as well, the whole family deserves it.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Second marathon sometime in the fall.

Train through the winter for as spring half marathon.

Someday BQ.

Personal:

I am married, since June of 1996. We have three kids, my daughter is 12 and two sons 8 and 6.

I am also a Deaf Studies student at UVU with an interpreting emphasis.

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Totals
Total Distance
32.30

Tue, Sep 02, 2008
Total Distance
4.00
First run since Hobble Creek and my fender bender. My hip and back feel great so I decided to just take it slow and see how it goes. I had a few little twinges at first, but nothing at the hip or back so I kept going, once I was warmed up I felt great and kept it easy. I look forward to tomorrow's run and hope it goes well too.
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Wed, Sep 03, 2008
Total Distance
4.80
I slept in this morning, out of the habit of getting up early, but it ended up working out ok. I don't like all the cars on the road though, too many gawkers staring at me :P. My hip felt tired at about halfway through this run :(. It's kind of tight right now, so we'll see what the new Chiro and my family practice Dr's have to say. My parents called yesterday, they are planning in being at the marathon to cheer me on, they want to know if it's still on if not they will go to my Uncle's wedding the next weekend instead. So now I've got the guilt of them missing his wedding :S.
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Thu, Sep 04, 2008
Total Distance
5.00
Planned on running 9 but my hip and groin were a bit sore/tight, so I cut the run short. I'm getting a bit worried that I wont be ready for St. George, I'm happy to be running again and that things seem to be mending though. Maybe I can do a 2 week taper rather than 3 :S.
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Sat, Sep 06, 2008
Total Distance
18.50
Pretend the date says Sunday 9/7, I have Monday as the first day of the week for me, so this blog is a little off on that, I wanted to keep this with this weeks totals so I changed the date. I was feeling pretty good today so I decided to go ahead and try out the long run, I kept it really slow the first few miles to give my tendons and muscles time to warm up properly. I ended up with a pretty strong headwind for the first 6 miles or so, so those all ended up being pretty slow too. I started to feel tired at 15.5 miles in or so but nothing hurt so I just kept going. I am pretty tired and I'm sure I'll be sore tomorrow, but I'm so excited to have made it that far. My farthest run up until now was 16 miles, so this is a new distance for me :). I decided to do a 2 week taper rather than 3, so next week will be a step back week and then the big 20 the week after that.
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Totals
Total Distance
32.30