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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
42.85
Nike Vomero 10 Miles: 13.60Adidas Response Boost 2.0 Miles: 15.00Brooks Ghost 8 Miles: 12.00Adizero Avanti 2.0 Spikes Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 45.00
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Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Total Distance
10.20

AM- warmed up to Rail Trail, then did a 4 mile tempo at 6:45 average. I had to pull off real quick at mile 3 to use the portapotty, which was annoying because that makes my average feel less valid, as though it was aided because I took a little break in there. But yeah I was definitely not about to be able to finish that sucker without stopping somewhere first, I hardly made it to the portapotty. Anyways! Cooled down back to campus.

PM - 3 mile shake out + weights.

Nike Vomero 10 Miles: 7.20Adidas Response Boost 2.0 Miles: 3.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Total Distance
6.40

2 mile warm up on Cottonwood trails, then onto the track! First Track Tuesday since the end of indoor a few weeks ago. Felt good! We did 2 sets of 1000/1000/600/400 with 60sec rest in between and 2:30 between sets. We were supposed to do these at 10k pace (~6:45), although we definitely didn't stay true to pace and ended up doing like 5k pace (~6:20). But it felt fine so whatevs! Beautiful, sunny day!

 

Nike Vomero 10 Miles: 6.40
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Total Distance
8.00

8 miles recovery. 8:36 average. I'm having a hard time running that slow, but that's the pace the other gals like to do their recovery runs and since pace doesn't really matter on recovery I don't feel like I should go off on my own. But I'm really just comfortable right around 8 flat for recovery 8:15 tops if I was sore. I don't know what to do about that :/

Brooks Ghost 8 Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Total Distance
6.25

6 easy + 4x100m strides. 8:31 average... [see yesterday's post]

Adidas Response Boost 2.0 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Total Distance
4.00

Easy pre-race. Did 3 with the girls, but that didn't quite feel like enough for my legs so I tacked on another mile. Abs afterwards.

Brooks Ghost 8 Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 5.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00
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Race: 49ers Classic (1.86 Miles) 00:11:25, Place overall: 17, Place in age division: 4
Total Distance
8.00

Awesome meet!!! So fun!

The distance girls drove ourselves up so we could sleep in and not sit in the sun all day. Got there around 2, race was at 3:40. We warmed up a little less than 2 miles. We were ALL racing the 3k which I could not have been more excited about! It's like cross country again, but on a track! There were 2 heats, and Anya was int he 1st (and killed it), but the rest of us were all together in the second. We planned to try and pack up a bit, and we totally did! Got a little lost from eachother in the first 100 or so, but then found eachother again and settled in. Allie went out pretty fast, so we just let her go. Me, breck, and rebekah each led at one point or another and stayed together as we steadily moved up throughout the race. We picked off people together, one by one. With maybe a 600 to go I started hearing Shannon come up behind me. At that point, we were all together + Allie out front, and all had moved up and passed everyone else. Breck made a move and started going up with Allie. I wanted to go with her but I just didn't quite have it. Shannon passed me and I was in the back of our pack. We rounded the curve onto the final 100 stretch and I kicked like crazy, but we all did. I passed Shannon, but not quite rebekah.

We swept the heat!!! We went 1,2,3,4,5 in the second heat, I was #4. I ran an 11:25, which isn't a PR but I was pretty happy with considering that I'd ran an 11:38 in December and had a hamstring injury that put me out for a month in January/February! I'd call that a comeback. :)

Afterwards, we walked over to change our shoes and coach Bomar told us to hurry up and that we weren't done yet. He said to go run a 3 mile tempo at 7:00 pace. Some of the girls were not super thrilled but I was sooo excited. Pro's do that all the time! It felt cool to be treated like a serious runner, not like a delicate little thing that needs all this babying after a race or hard workout. We were still kind of catching our breath when we went into it, so that first mile definitely hurt. I settled in after about a mile and a half though and the rest felt suprisingly good. Finished with a 6:58 average. Then cooled down 10 minutes. I got my money's worth today!

Adizero Avanti 2.0 Spikes Miles: 2.00Adidas Response Boost 2.0 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Total Distance
42.85
Nike Vomero 10 Miles: 13.60Adidas Response Boost 2.0 Miles: 15.00Brooks Ghost 8 Miles: 12.00Adizero Avanti 2.0 Spikes Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 44.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 45.00
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