Emily's training blog

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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

Fri, Oct 17, 2014

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
10.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.25

I originally planned a fartlek workout for today, but Teren stayed home this morning so I decided to take advantage of perfect weather to run a track workout. I ran a tempo just the other day, and I have a. ong run with Jen Hughes tomorrow, so my goal was to get through 10 x 1k with 2 minute recovery. I gave myself a leeway of 3:30-3:40. ( Big spread, I know. )

I ran a 2.5 mile warmup and 4x 200. I could tell by the 200's that marathon legs have set in.

Workout:

3:33

3:32

3:31

3:32

3:29

I am pretty happy with this workout. It's not blazing, but I felt like I could run it forever. Much better than my mile repeats last week. I was actually recovering in 60-90 seconds. So maybe the goal next time will be to cut the recovery.

Only a mile cooldown because Teren had to go to work.

FYI: Similar workout about ten weeks out from St. George. 65 mile week. 17 mile long run at the end of the week. 7 mile tempo three days before. As opposed to 80 mile week, 21 mile long run, 9 mile tempo two days before.

8 x 1k. 400 m jog recovery. 3:27, 3:29, 3:31, 3:29, 3:31, 3:31, 3:35

Compare and contrast.

Comments

From allie on Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 09:51:26 from 64.3.4.210

very nice. it looks like today's workout was definitely the better one, and it's a good sign when your last rep is your fastest rather than your slowest. :) also a good sign that you felt like you could run it forever. you're in the ZONE.

have a good LR tomorrow.

From james (runmehappy) on Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:21:16 from 50.203.76.218

I concur with Allie. Looks like today's was better for sure. Awesome consistency.

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