Create.

If you are a woman runner

30 years of age or older

PLEASE

I need your help!!!

** I am doing a project for my Physics of the Human Body class at the University of Utah. I am so excited about this project but desperately need your help. All I need you to do is take 5 minutes and complete my online survey. (It might not even take that long.) I am trying to get an idea of why women in their 30s and above run and how it affects their lives. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me by taking the quick survey and forwarding the link to as many women that fall into this category as you know. I would be so grateful. Also, if you could respond to this post then I might get enough responses to get it on the Hot Discussions List in hopes that more people will see it. I love you gals. Thank you SO SO SO much!**

HERE'S TO WOMEN RUNNERS EVERYWHERE!!!

http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=lt6zzbyzaq2v312705493

30 minutes upright bike

20 minutes arc trainer

Am so behind in school and so had to run fast so that I would have more time to study.

12 miles

(1 mile warmup, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30, 7:30, 6:59, 6:50 ** had planned on running that mile at a 6:40 but 1/2 way into it I stinkin' quit and lowered the pace to 6:59, 2 miles cooldown. Got off the treadmill, took off my shoes, and was so mad at myself for quitting on that 7th mile that I put my shoes back on and hopped on the treadmill and ran 1 mile at 6:40 and then another cooldown mile.)

Off to study. I hate that I haven't been able to look at all my friends' blogs the last couple of days. I am drowining a bit in school and desperately need to catch up. I have a HUGE anatomy test on Thursday, then hopefully I will be able to breathe again.

Hope everyone is off to a great week!

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OH YEAH: Thank you everyone for helping with the Women over 30 running survey. I have about 70 responses so far!!! Yahoo!!! I would love even more!! This is turning out to be a wonderful project!!! So if you know anyone who falls into this category that hasn't taken it yet, would you please send them the link:

http://FreeOnlineSurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=lt6zzbyzaq2v312705493

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

40 extremely easy/a bit lame on the bike -- I was so tired

11 miles (10 miles at AP: 7:31, and one cooldown)

** I was very worried about my run because I have had very little sleep the last few days. Fortunately I was fine! Going to watch Survivor now!! My fave player is back, James. He could give Denzel a run for his money! :)

4 @ 8:34

16 miles - AP: 7:58

Okay, the plan called for 16 miles with 12 @ marathon pace. I thought I'd get the 12 done early and relax in the end. My thought was to do a semi-warmup mile at 8:34 but make up the 34 seconds sometime before hitting 12. I did that. But after finishing mile 12 I realized that though it was hard and I was tired I was still in complete control. So I figured I might as well see if I could finish the entire run at marathon pace. By the final mile I was exhausted but decided to push myself even harder to bring the pace down under 8 minute miles. Success!!!

On a side note -- 16 miles is much too far to do on the treadmill. I don't know what I was thinking. Saturday afternoon are busy at the gym so I thought that the time would fly by as I people watched. The time did NOT fly by! Oh well ... it's done.

Hope everyone is having a FANTASTIC day!