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Location:

NC,USA

Member Since:

Dec 14, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

10k - 43:06

6k - 25:00

5k - 19:30

3k - 11:17

1600m - 5:31

1500m - 5:13

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Maintain base fitness while abroad in the spring

Learn to love running again

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run half & full marathons

Stay fit & healthy

Marry a runner & have fast kids? (kidding but not kidding)

Grow in my enjoyment of running, regardless of pace/times

Personal:

I currently run for Wofford College in South Carolina, where I double major in biology and Spanish. I will be spending 5 months studying abroad in Chile in 2017. I love cookie dough a little too much and spend most of my free time outside or asleep (or both). Living & running to know Christ and to make Him known!

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Structure 18 Lifetime Miles: 795.13
Adizero Avanti 2.0 Spikes Lifetime Miles: 69.05
Saucony Breakthru Lifetime Miles: 466.61
Nike Pegasus 31 Lifetime Miles: 533.93
Nike Vomero 10 Lifetime Miles: 498.70
Adidas Response Boost 2.0 Lifetime Miles: 194.45
Brooks Ghost 8 Lifetime Miles: 97.05
Brooks Glycerin 13 Lifetime Miles: 87.50
Mizuno Wave Rider 19 Lifetime Miles: 36.65
Total Distance
13.00

13 at Milliken Park. Felt great! Thankful for a little bit of mileage, finally. I miss 65 mile weeks, I don't like this whole lower-mileage deal. I definitely train best via mileage.

Nike Pegasus 31 Miles: 13.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.25Nap Time: 1.25Total Sleep Time: 7.50
Comments
From Salem Lake Dragonfly on Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 11:56:23 from 71.49.36.27

Is your coach forcing you to lower your mileage?

From Sarah Spiro on Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 12:08:35 from 68.191.5.112

Well we had an assistant coach who came up with the workouts last year but he left this summer, so our head coach is writing everyone's schedules now, and he is a much bigger fan of lots of low-mileage-high-intensity workouts/runs as opposed to lots of mileage with one or two workouts a week. It has been more of a total change in training than just a reduction in mileage

From Salem Lake Dragonfly on Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 12:31:21 from 71.49.36.27

I understand. Recently, ive been reducing my mileage a bit, in favor of more speed work. Mainly due to impatience, last three weeks have been 60-ish miles but im still on the same level of my friend who runs 30 miles a week. Hence the speed work and a 15% reduction in mileage. Im hoping that by January a 7:15 pace will feel like an 8:15. that'd be pretty sweet. lol

From Sarah Spiro on Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 18:45:07 from 68.191.5.112

Okay I hear ya! Wow that's my new goal now haha, I would love for 7:15 to feel like 8:15. My recovery runs are 8-8:15 right now so if I could get to the point where they are mid to lower 7's for recovery, that would definitely mean pretty sweet things for the pace of hard efforts!

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