Penny

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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

Travel/Life/Food blog: www.big-spoon-little-spoon.blogspot.com

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Inspire 8s Lifetime Miles: 377.00
Brooks Pure Cadence Lifetime Miles: 40.00
Mizuno Inspire 9s Lifetime Miles: 398.10
Black Mizuno Inspire 9s Lifetime Miles: 432.20
Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Lifetime Miles: 490.50
Brooks Pure Cadence 2 Lifetime Miles: 218.82
Red Mizuno Wave Rider Lifetime Miles: 403.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires Lifetime Miles: 405.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires 2 Lifetime Miles: 300.00
Red Mizuno Wave Riders 2 Lifetime Miles: 252.00
Black Brooks Pure Cadence Lifetime Miles: 29.00
Mizuno Inspire 12s Lifetime Miles: 69.00
Mizuno Inspire 12s Coral Lifetime Miles: 32.00
Sun, Aug 18, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.008.000.000.0016.00

Goal workout was 16 miles with 10 miles at MP.

Actual workout:

3 miles easy (9:00),

8 miles at MP (7:16, 7:18, 7:20, 7:18, 7:15, 7:17, 7:17, 7:20)

6 miles easy (around 8:20)

Good news is that MP felt relatively comfortable until mile 8. Bad news is I just felt tired at mile 8 and hit a mini wall, and just stopped. I had too many drinks last night (not tons, but Im only small, so a few drinks hits me hard), and didnt get to bed til 2am. So while all other conditions were pretty great (70 degrees, light breeze etc) I was obviously not on top of my game. Hopefully next time I'll have a little more forethought ;o)

The 6 miles after the tempo were agony. Reeeeeally hard to run that far after a tempo!

Edited to add: this is coming off my highest mileage week yet since NJ (50!) I'll give myself a pass this time ;)

Yellow Mizuno Wave Rider 15s Miles: 16.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 13:14:19 from 97.117.89.133

that's a great workout, penny! very consistent splits for the tempo. and following that up with six more miles while tired is great practice for the marathon.

From Penny on Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 13:38:12 from 66.65.174.203

Thanks Allie! I was a little bit down on this one bc it was so rough! But all in perspective - I wasnt able to do 8 miles at that pace 6 months ago!

From Jake K on Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 14:19:02 from 174.106.30.39

Very good workout! Too many drinks correlates with no workout for most, so still getting in 8 @ MP is solid. At this point in the game, that's still a pretty long tempo run.

From Penny on Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 14:34:04 from 38.121.175.69

Hahaha, Jake, I assumed you would be too professional to ever let that happen to you...

Though... can you get a hangover from too much Mountain Dew? ;)

From Jake K on Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 15:16:29 from 174.237.37.147

Worse... Diabetes.

I've done some long, hard runs after nights I haven't been too proud of :-)

From Jake K on Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 15:21:04 from 174.237.37.147

Of course, that was back in the day before I moved to the land which outlawed such behavior :-)

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