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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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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
54.000.000.000.0054.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 32.50Red Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 16.50
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Squats

lat pulldowns

swiss ball passovers and

deadlift with press

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

Plus 25 mins incline walking

Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 2.00
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45mins elliptical 

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10mins rower

3 rounds

squat jums x 15

squat jacks x 15

Bike crunches x 20

single leg squats x 10 each side 

single leg swiss ball hamstring curls x 10 each side

bent over rows x 15

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Plus 15mins incline walking

Red Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.00
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60mins elliptical easy

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30 mins incline walking.

Three rounds of 

back squats x 15 (27kg)

hamstring curls on swiss ball - 10 each leg then 10 together.

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Very easy miles round the domain. Hip felt ok. Around 8;45 pace.

Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 3.00
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45 mins easy elliptical.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

8:50 pace, all in the rain. No pain. Glorious. Who needs marathons???

Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 4.00
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60 mins elliptical. This was brutal! But was watching MASH so I stuck w it :)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Easy miles with new work running bud! Around 8:35 pace, with a walk break for the hip. 

Red Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.00
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1 hour elliptical

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

Easy miles - hip a little uncomfortable but walk break revealed nothing worse.

Fresh air and warm sun on my face. Twas good.

Red Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 4.00
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60 mins elliptical. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.000.000.000.003.00

Easy miles on the tready. Like 10:00 pace. Slooooow. Hip was oook... 

Red Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.00
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60 mins elliptical

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.004.00

4 miles at around 10:00 pace. Very easy. At this pace + treadmill (0.5% incline), I can feel my hip, but doesnt hurt afterwards, so seems like a good option for now. 

Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 4.00
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30 mins elliptical; 40 mins incline walking

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Verrrrry easy - but the good news is that my hip felt great. 9:30 pace. 

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Lifting/strength for ZEE MUSCLES

3 rounds

Squats - 40kg x 15

Forward lunges (slight diagonal angle to target adductors) x 20 each side

Single leg deadlifts with 14kg dumbbells x 15 each side

 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

Red Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.50
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60 mins elliptical

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.000.000.000.005.00

Easy miles around 845 pace

 

Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 5.00
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45 mins stair climber

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.500.000.000.003.50

Easy miles around 9 pace

Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 3.50
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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Easy miles prolly 9ish pace

Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 5.00
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45 mins stairs. Latest fave xt machine!

Been really feeling my core weakness getting back into running. So. 

Core: 2 sets of:

15 swiss ball pikes

15 swiss ball crunches

15 hanging leg raises

15 dumbbell side bends (12.5kgs)

12 bent over rows (12.5kgs)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.000.006.00

Very easy miles with 2 min walk break in middle, 9:00 ish pace

Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
54.000.000.000.0054.00
Blue Mizuno Inspires Miles: 32.50Red Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 16.50
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