Emily's training blog

March 29, 2024

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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: 0.00 Month: 11.60 Year: 109.80
NB 580 Lifetime Miles: 49.79
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
21.040.000.000.000.0021.04

Yes. I'm counting that .04.

I picked up Devra and drove to Orem to run with Jen Hughes. We are both running CIM. We ran an out and back on the Murdock Canal. What a beautiful place to run. It's generally flat, with just a little roll to it.

I ran 10 x 1k yesterday, so I knew I would feel flat today. I planned on easing into it, but Jen was there to run hard. There are many different schools of thought to Marathon training. Jen comes from the low mileage, high intensity school of thought. After a 7:37 warm up mile, we started clicking off low sevens. It was a little more intense than I had planned on, but I could deal. We were at 7:04 average at the turnaround. I felt good about continuing at that pace. Jen had other plans. I admit to being a pace pusher, but Jen came to run hard this morning. After a few sub--sevens, we started throwing down 6:40's. My wheels were coming off hard asI tried to hold on for dear life. At mile 19, Jen said she wanted to pick up the pace some more. Devra and I let her go for it. I still finished my last mile in 6:36.

Just to provide a picture of the run, here are the splits:

7:38, 7:01, 7:03, 7:01, 7:01,, 7:03, 7:02, 6:55, 7:03, 6:57, 6:56, 6:55, 6:55, 6:50, 6:45, 6:40, 6:44, 6:44, 6:48, 6:37.

6:55 Average pace.

I'm going to need a couple of days to recover from this one. This was really hard at the end of a long, tough week. I was wondering how Jen felt so frisky. She told me she just ran a mile yesterday in preparation for today. Ah. Fresh legs. Like I said, there are different schools of thought to marathon training. She definitely took it to me today. I was not mentally or physically prepared to run that hard!

Comments
From Burt on Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 13:27:11 from 97.117.247.215

When is CIM? Good luck when you run it! I know you'll win!

From AngieB on Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 10:26:53 from 67.128.146.68

Wow that is a tough run after a long tough week. Way to tough it out yes do take some recovery days for sure it's best to be smart at this point in training.

From Rachelle on Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:07:07 from 199.190.170.30

Great run Emily. Nothing stimulates marathon fatigue like a tough LR after a hard workout.

Jen is kind of an animal...I'm doing good to keep up with her on her recovery days right now!

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