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Moab Red Hot 55k

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Location:

South Jordan,UT,United States

Member Since:

Mar 03, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Provo river Half 2009 1:30:20

St. George Marathon 3:19:17

Vikingman 1/2 Ironman 6 hrs.

Antelope Island Buffalo Run 2009 25k 3rd place AG

Sapper Joe 50k 4th women overall, 2nd in age  6:03:00 

Teton circ. Trail- 35 miles, 9 hrs. 8/2009 

St. George Ironman 14 hrs.  

many other 1/2's and tri's and bike races and other great stuff! 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Moab Red Hot 50k.... time of 5:30:07, 5th women, yea!

Antelope 50k or 50

Grand Canyon R2R2R

Pocatello 50

Wasatch 100 or Moab ATS 50 


 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Have fun!!!

Personal:

I do love my husband more then running-although he does not always believe me!  I have four awesome kids who are my pride and joy!  I just love to get outside and play, run, bike, hike, climb, etc....

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p90x plyo workout, 1 hr.  Legs felt tired, ahhh!

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8 mile Temple hill routes in the snow!  avg. pace was 8:20 which i was happy with because it snowed 2 inches and the roads were terrible.  Left knee was hurting a little.  I think going from 20 mile weeks to 40 is probably not the smartest thing to do.    I had a 20 miler on antelope planned for Sat. but now I may have to do corner canyon instead because of time.  

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Had to warm up before some yoga so i did 2.5 to make an even 40 for the week.

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I did a training run with a big group on antelope island today.  It was fabulous!!  I love running on the island.  It was sunny and warm and so beautiful.  The run we did was really flat which is not what I wanted but it was fast so that made up for it.  Avg. pace was 8:20 which for a trail is great (I think?)  I took a caffeine Gu at one hr. and some shot blocks at 2 hrs. and was ready for something more at 3 hrs. but we were done.   Felt great.  Calves and low back were sore by the end?  

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p90x-Core (ouch!)

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7.5 with the group, avg. pace 8:20. Just went a hard steady pace for the whole run, 1 mile cool down at the end, a nice slow 8:30-9 pace. Felt fast this morning, I didn't feel great.  Had a cheese ques. for dinner and my stomach paid for it this morning!

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Rode 2 hr...30 miles.  Herriman Hills to Top of Rose route.  Not a great route to start with after more then 3 months off the bike,, ouch!

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Slept in and only got in 5.5 instead of the 8 I wanted but I tried to run fast (does that make up for it?) 8:20 avg.  

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10 on my own, half trail half street.  avg. pace 8:40.  Then I skied all day with the kids.  I am trying to taper but my legs are feeling tired tonight!   One week till Moab!

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cycle on trainer inside, 30 min. then 30 min. of weights.  Taper week...

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6.5 with the group, some hill sprints felt great.  Tried not to push it but it's hard when everyone is running so fast! 

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3 easy treadmill miles, some 30 sec. to one min. sprints thrown in.  Felt great, I'm getting excited for Sat.!!  Wore my new Pearl Izumi's, think I'll race in them Sat.   I did switch from the 50k to the 33k and decided to go fast and see how well I can do.  It'll be fun and way less stressful!

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Race: Moab Red Hot 55k (34 Miles) 05:30:00, Place overall: 7, Place in age division: 5
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I really need to get a little more technical, write things down so I can remember what gels I like and don't like, what worked during a race and not. That's why I am recording all this. so... I was not ready for this race. I had actually tried in vain 4 or5 times to switch from the 55k to the 30k but the race director would not let me unless I did it in person on fri. between 5-7 in Moab which we could not do! I was mad, then I just decided fine I'll go for it and see what happens. I had only done one 20miler and was not ready for the distance but it would be a good test of my theory to do lots of speed work , hills and strength training instead of long slow runs. I had new shoes (I know very dumb), a new Nathan vest (another dumb idea) and no drop bags, not sure what I would put in one any way. I started at the front of the pack (not sure what I was thinking) and I paid a little for it. they took of fast and sprinted the first mile long hill. I got passed by 6 women and was now in 8th place. I felt good though and didn't push too hard. We hit the flats and were doing constant 8:20's and I felt great. Perfect weather, blue skis and 50 degrees. I was so happy to be out and feeling good, no gut problems, no heart problems! I had good music going and just tried to have fun. the miles flew by, at one point I looked at my watch and thought we;d gone 6 but we had gone 15 miles!  I took 2 gu's (hate the clif gu 9too thick) loved the power bar gu, went down fast!), a couple triangles of  PB and J, some banans, oranges, potatoe chips, lots of water, some coke, some sprite, some heed.  I just tried to just keep eating and drinking, something every 30 min.  just a little of whatever sounded good.  I had to go potty 3 times.  At mile 20 my right thigh was killing, I knew it was just some cramping or soreness not an injury so I took 3 ibu. some lady offered me and drank tone of water.  It worked and a while later I felt great and was able to really push the last 10 miles and pass 4-5 ladies getting me into 5th place.  I ran hard, hard as I could the last 5 miles.  I felt great, sore but great.  I like trying to find ladies up ahead then pass them and find the next one.  I'm a little too competitive, I know it's dumb to work my butt off and punish myself so bad to only end up in 5th but I was having fun and felt good.   The first three ladies came in around 4:50,  then one only 2 min. ahead of me, ahh! 

So over all it went great.  I had a great time, I'm happy I finished the 34 miles with only short training days and felt pretty good.  I feel good about my next 50k and the R2R2R.  It was a great day to be out enjoying the desert.   I could barely walk Sun. but hiked a bit Mon. and today I feel really good.  Two toes nails are black but other then that no injuries, yea!

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Yes I took a whole week off, more then a week.  I didn't really mean to but it just happened that way.  I wanted to rest a couple days after the Red Hot but then I went on a ski vacation and decided that was all the punishment my legs could handle for now.  We skiied two great powder days though!!   

 I felt terrible today, my right ankle hurts, right shin and right quad were not feeling good.  4  miles also felt like 24.  I really hope I will feel better with a couple days of running.

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6 with the running group.  Avg. pace was 8:20 which felt hard today.  I should not have taken a whole week off running after my last race.  My legs feel like lead.  weights in the afternoon, whole body.  R Quad feels better now, yea!

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