| Location: Sydney,Australia Member Since: Oct 24, 2012 Gender: Female Goal Type: Other Running Accomplishments: PRs
10K: 42:07 (NYC Runs Roosevelt Island Hot Chocolate, December 2012)
Half Marathon: 1:30:23 (Philadelphia RnR Half Marathon, Sept 2013)
Marathon: 3:17:13 (New Jersey Marathon, May 5, 2013)
Short-Term Running Goals: 1:30 half marathon, Summer 2013
sub-3:30 marathon (my first) Spring 2013
sub 3:15 marathon, Fall 2013
Long-Term Running Goals: Run long. Get fast. Stay injury free. Personal: Running blog: www.twolittlerunners.blogspot.com
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 25.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 35.00 |
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| Mizuno Inspire 9s Miles: 27.00 | Mizuno Inspire 8s Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| 18 miles, 8:15 average pace. My longest ever run and my last really long run before my race in Vegas.
Took the (other) new kicks out. Mizuno Inspires are a great workhorse stability shoe. They are the lightest I have seen in this category. Was originally planning to do 16 but the shoes felt great and I was in the zone. It was pretty cool, which is why 8:15 felt completely aerobic and conversational. I ran without any breakfast or gu throughout; and none of my usual water fountains worked! I was going to do 20 but was concerned with bonking and/or cramping because of lack of water. A bit sore the rest of the day, but otherwise feel pretty good. Taking a rest day afterwards though, as long runs are still hard on the ole legs.
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| Mizuno Inspire 9s Miles: 18.00 |
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| 70 mins easy elliptical in place of easy run. Only doing key workouts at the moment to ensure my hamstring/ butt issue doesnt reappear before the race. I use my heart rate monitor to keep it in an aerobic zone - around 150 or so (60-75%). |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 |
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Speed workout on treadmill with 1% incline. Same workout as last week: 1 mile easy, 6x1Ks at 6:22 (9.4 on tready) (which is somewhere around my likely 5k pace, I think) 1 mile easy cool down. The only things I changed this time was the last few ks I ran slightly long (around 0.7mile), and I increased the speed of the recoveries (about 3:30 mins each). Only slightly - from 6.0 to 6.5mph, but I felt a little difference. Originally I was going to try to bang out 8 of these. Two weeks before the race, I felt like that was going to be a really effective workout. But I started to get a pain in my calf - lower soleus area - that I got towards the end of my 18 miler on Sunday. Its not an injury; Ive had it before and it goes away pretty quickly, but I didnt want to push my luck. I left the workout feeling like I could have done more, and wondering... should I have? It was still really tough, dont get me wrong. But I just felt like I had some gas left in the tank. I thought I read somewhere that the last few speed workouts you do before a race should leave you feeling as though you could run more....I hope thats true, because now Im feeling like I should have gone for it. Though I know I was probably right to play it cautiously and make sure my calf (and hamstring) were ok....
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| Mizuno Inspire 8s Miles: 8.00 |
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| 65 mins elliptical easy - XT in place of easy running again. Strength workout: upper body
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
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Last tempo workout: 1 mile easy, 1x3 miles @ HM pace, 1x2 miles @ HM pace, 1 mile @10K pace. Splits were: 6:57, 6:59. 6:48 (3 min jog recovery), 6:54, 6:54, (3 min jog recovery), 6:30 Thanks to Jake for suggesting this (confidence-boosting) workout. Originally when I checked my garmin splits, some of the "average paces" were a bit slower than the "moving time" or "average moving pace"... I think the average pace must include all the little undulations of the satellite signals, so Im going to go with the (faster) moving times on this one ;) It was a really hard workout, and for a couple of those miles I was running scared in pitch dark! The last mile felt very tough, but I was pleased that I held on.
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| Mizuno Inspire 9s Miles: 9.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| XT: 60 mins elliptical + plyo and leg workout |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Total Distance | | 25.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 4.00 | 35.00 |
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| Mizuno Inspire 9s Miles: 27.00 | Mizuno Inspire 8s Miles: 8.00 |
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