Emily's training blog

Deseret News Half Marathon

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Location:

Taylorsville,UT,

Member Since:

Sep 17, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2 x Deseret News 10k winner

3 x All-American at BYU (back in the day)

10 x state champion in high school (way back in the day!)

3 x USA team member

Short-Term Running Goals:

I would like to run an Olympic Trials Qualifier in the marathon.

I would also like to run on one more international team before I pack it in!

Stay healthy! (My biggest challenge!)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run my whole life, and then live vicariously through my children. (just kidding) , but I do want to pass on a healthy lifestyle to them.

Help coach East High to a state championship. (hope it doesn't take a lifetime!)

Personal:

I've been running since I was nine. I'm married to a fellow runner who inspires and supports me. We have two children: Cole (4) and Lily (18 mos.) I help Bill Cobler coach cross country at East High School.

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Miles:	This week:	6.20	Month:	39.50	Year:	149.30
NB 580 Lifetime Miles:						49.79

Mon, Jul 24, 2017

Race: Deseret News Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:16:53, Place overall: 2

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
16.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	16.50

Standing at the starting line of the Half Marathon this morning, I glanced around at my competitors and thought, "Wow. I'm getting old." But, at 39 years old, I've got nothing to lose, so I embraced my Grandma status and raced as hard as I could. Conservative goal,sub 1:20. Medium goal, sub 1:18. Perfect day goal, faster than 1:16:24 (2013 time).

It was close to perfect. I ran 1:16:53. I had to stop for a bit at mile seven to cough up an inhaled shot block. That threw the race off slightly. But, overall, I am happy with my race. I got spanked by the first place girl, but she was much more fit. I'm glad I held on to second. I'm really close to my fitness level of 2013. TOU should be a good day.

Bonus: No blisters, (though I may lose a toenail.) And, I managed a cooldown this year. I think my recovery will go much better than last time I ran. Still not looking forward to stairs tomorrow.

Comments

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 11:15:45 from 67.166.78.47

Very impressive race on your part! You'll be dominating the masters division next year. I would have beat you if you had run the conservative goal :-)

From allie on Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 08:38:43 from 12.247.178.126

great job, emily! congrats on placing 2nd in a strong field, as well as hitting an A+ time.

you're not a grandma, you're a veteran who can hold her own in a race. :) i like how you aren't afraid to go out hard and compete every time you toe the line. this whole cycle has been impressive -- whatever you are doing is working well. i hope TOU is a great day for you.

i'm glad we could get together for a run while i was in town. recover well and good luck as you continue your training.

stairs are so evil 2day :)

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