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Location:

Saint George,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 23, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Mount Charleston Marathon 2016 - 3:17:51

Snow Canyon Half 2012 - 1:33:30

Spectrum 10K 2012 - 43:41 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a destination marathon. 

Complete a half Ironman.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Know when to hold 'em

Know when to fold 'em

Know when to walk away

Know when to run....

Personal:

Surrounded by the people I love. Life is good.

Passionate about my family, the University of Utah -- GO UTES, almond M&Ms, mountain biking, comfy t-shirts, Survivor, friends, and (of course) running.

Physical therapist at The Health and Performance Center at Dixie Regional Medical Center. I LOVE what I do. Seriously, living the dream!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
25.1036.700.000.00105.00166.80
Adidas Supernova Glide - Teal #3 Miles: 58.30
Race: St. George Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:40:09
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.0026.200.000.000.0026.20

Probably should not have run ... but did (and am good with the decision). :)

Pain level was about what I had expected during the race (but far worse than I expected the following several days).  

Did better than I thought I would have the first half and worse than I thought I would have the second half. My body was just not ready for the miles. Luckily Ashton and Jake ran the final 6.2 with me or I might have walked the whole thing. :)

LOVED being there though as both Annie (my SIL) and Fonz had FANTASTIC races!!! Annie PR'd by roughly 15 minutes and Fonz ran his FIRST marathon in 2:48:xx!!!!!! And get this, his longest training run was a 16 miler. DANG THAT BOY IS FAST!!!! He says he is not going to do it again ... I am going to try and convince him otherwise. :) :) :)

It was fun seeing everyone! I am super ready to give my body a short break from running now. I have been feeling quite worn down these past couple of months and am looking forward to regrouping. :) 

Adidas Supernova Glide - Teal #3 Miles: 26.20
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Strength training (just trying out a few new resistance exercises I have been thinking about). :)

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60 minutes elliptical

Strength training: Legs

 

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60 minutes upright bike

Strength training: arms/chest 

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60 minutes elliptical

ST: lumbar and pelvic stabilization 

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Great day at the gym. I am a big fan of Fall Break!!! :)

30 minutes upright bike

20 minutes rower

800 m swim (note to self: swimming after rowing equals noodle arms)

ST: lower body 

*** I see all kinds of patients at the clinic, but today I worked with one that made me feel so grateful for good overall health. Seriously. 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.000.000.000.000.003.00

3 SLOW miles :)

ST: all compartments of lower legs, ankles, back extensors

Adidas Supernova Glide - Teal #3 Miles: 3.00
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45 minutes upright bike (comfortably hard: random/4, 14.54 miles)

15:24 minutes stair climber (I about died. 100 floors ... I have no idea how Fritz spends hours on those things ... PURE TORTURE!!!) 

ST: core stabilization 

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5.500.500.000.000.006.00

6 miles, AP 8:33

ST: quads, hamstrings, hip abductors, hip adductors, anterior/posterior/lateral compartments of lower leg.

*Ry did the ST with me. That was fun! Now off for a fun day of golf. :) :) :)

 

Adidas Supernova Glide - Teal #3 Miles: 6.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
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Sprint time at the gym.

20K bike

5K run

750 m swim

TT: 1:27:xx

(This does not include the transition time from the run to the swim, or the time it took me to hurry and wipe down my machines ... but I tried to hurry. :))

FUN! :) 

Adidas Supernova Glide - Teal #3 Miles: 3.10
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.002.000.000.000.008.00

4 miles with Ry :), AP 8:58, and then 4 miles by my lonesome, AP 8:08.

ST: lower legs 

Adidas Supernova Glide - Teal #3 Miles: 8.00
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morning

3 miles, AP 8:20

afternoon

5 miles, AP 8:14

ST: glutes, lateral rotators, pelvis stablization (lunges, side-stepping, step-downs/all directions/12 in., bridges: concentrated on keeping my pelvis stable throughout when applicable) 

 

Adidas Supernova Glide - Teal #3 Miles: 8.00
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morning:

45 minutes upright bike (random/3, ~12.5 miles)

800 m swim (felt super good this morning ... was sad that I was out of time)

evening:

3.5 miles with Ry :), AP 8:34

ST: Around the World Core, all compartments of lower legs

Cross friction massage of tibialis posterior and flexor digitorum longus tendons.

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4 miles

So ... long story sorta short:

SGM: I had a really good first half (much better than I expected) and then around the halfway mark the pain in my left leg began to intensify significantly. I had been dealing with pain there for quite some time and had just figured that the meds had worn off and that I was running harder than normally. After that, the rest of the marathon pretty much stunk!

I took a week off, and then began adding short runs in. I was happy because I was running all of them without any meds and the pain seemed to be lessening. My only concern was what I thought was a ganglion cyst that I thought needed to be drained.

Today I went to see the doctor to see if he could drain it. He had me run 4 miles to see if we could aggravate the cyst enough to really make it stand out so that when he poked it he could be spot on. I ran, the cyst acted up, but as the doctor was palpating the area he pushed on a spot on my tibia that put me through the roof! He put the needle down and said we needed to do a set of x-rays. Result: stress fracture. :( :( :(

Positive side: it isn't that big and unlike many tibial stress fractures it is not horizontal, but mostly vertical (which is good since fractures that stay out in the cortex area and don't penetrate the core of the bone heal much quicker). It looks almost like when you shred a small portion of the outside of a twig a bit. Know what I mean? Sigh. It is already in the healing process and if I am a good girl it should hypothetically heal somewhere between 2-4 weeks from now.

Anyway, enough said.

Peace! :)  

Adidas Supernova Glide - Teal #3 Miles: 4.00
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1 mile swim


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45 minutes upright bike

800 m swim 

ST: UE  

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40k upright bike (random/3, 81 minutes)

1.5k swim (~35 minutes) 

 

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2000 meter swim

First 1600 m in just under 35 minutes. Then an additional 400 meters with several laps of pushing it hard. Felt good.

I feel like the stress fracture is healing. At least that is what I keep telling myself. :) :) :) 

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60 minutes upright bike

ST: lumbar and pelvic stabilization 

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75 minutes kayaking

1200 m swim

** So, I went kayaking in the U's pool with some classmates tonight. It was SO fun. I had never been in a kayak before and the goal was to teach me how to flip my kayak over and come back up!! I have the flipping over part down!!!! The coming up part ... well ... not so bueno!!! :) :) :) BUT I HAD SO MUCH FUN!!! :) And it was definitely a great arms and hips workout!! :) 

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20K upright bike (level 3/random): 43:06

5K on the elliptical (level 3): 24:25

750 m swim: 16:45

TT:  1:23:16 (Not inluding transitions. I'm guessing those would add on another 8 minutes or so. Maybe more.)

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30 minutes upright bike (easy pace)

800 m swim (easy pace)

ST: LE 

** Rylee has a Gold's membership now! I LOVE IT!!! Friday mornings I don't have class and usually don't have to be to the clinic until noon. AND ... Rylee doesn't have school until a little before 10 a.m. SO ... we get a nice little workout and then get to go to breakfast together. IT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!! :) :) :) 

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upright bike: 30k/18.6 miles -  1:00:38 (random/3)

elliptical: 7.4k/4.65 miles - 37:57 (random/1)

swim: 1125 m/.7 m - 24:30 

(I realize those are some pretty weird distances ... but they were intentional: 3/4th the distance of an olympic tri - substituting the running miles for elliptical miles.) 

** The great thing about being injured is having time to do all the other sports that I love, esp. swimming. I love how it shocks my body a bit and I feel more in shape overall. Don't get me wrong, I love and miss running ... but I love this as well. If I weren't so afraid of being hit by a car and being permanently injured I think I would love to get into triathlons. BUT ... after volunteering at a clinic that specializes in spinal injuries I don't seem to be able to get past that fear. :( 

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
25.1036.700.000.00105.00166.80
Adidas Supernova Glide - Teal #3 Miles: 58.30
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