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Location:

Pleasant View,Ut,

Member Since:

Mar 31, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Short-Term Running Goals:

I would just like to get stronger, and feel better, loose a few pounds.

2009 races

Winter Racing Circut 5K Feb. 7,  09

Winter Racing Circut 10K Feb. 21, 09

Winter Racing Circut 10miler March 14, 09

Moab 1/2 March 21, 09

Winter Racing Circut 1/2 April 4, 09

Winter Racing Circut 25K April 25, 09

Ogden Marathon May 16, 09

Wasatch Back Relay June 19-20

Pleasant View Founder's Day 5K June 27, 09

Autoliv Race for Life 5K ?

Standard Classic 10K ?

Top of Utah Half ?

Top of Utah Marathon ?

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay heathy and injury free. To qualify for Boston.

Personal:

I've been married to my husband for 29 years. We have four children and four grandkids.  I'm the department secretary for an automotive safety company. In my spare time (??? spare time???) I sculpt as a hobby and hope one day to do it as a career. www.lorimetcalfdolls.blogspot.com

 

 

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Pearl Isumi Lifetime Miles: 147.88
Asicis Lifetime Miles: 406.52
Total Distance
165.17
Night Sleep Time: 179.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 179.00
Total Distance
7.06

Been having some restless sleep the past few nights. Even though I'm getting enough hours I think the quality of my sleep is not good. Anyway because I was already up... and because I'm babysitting my grandson today and didn't need to be up as early. I was able to run in the morning. And what a beautiful morning it was. I thought to myself that I probably didn't even need a head light because the moon was so bright. But I still had it... I'm too worried that cars won't see me. My left heel with the PF bugged for about the first mile then eased off. I almost went back home, but it eased off enough to keep going. Anyway my grandson is napping now... I'm having a great time with him!!!

7.06 - 1:03:04

laps: 9:19, 9:23, 8:33, 8:43, 9:16, 8:47, 8:32

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Total Distance
7.10

Ran after work... my normal route on the parkway. I think I may have to change what my normal route is, or change the distance on the parkway and do part on the treadmill at the gym. I'm still trying to figure out what I will do. The change in time has made it get too dark at the end of my run and I'm not comfortable running there when it's dark. Like I said I will be rethinking what I'm going to do. 

The run felt pretty good, I have been icing my heel so it didn't bug too much. Hip felt better since the massage, so I hope that holds for a while. 

 7.10 miles - AP 8:48

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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6.00

Had a pretty crazy day… when you add just one more thing to your day it seems to make it all too busy! Got a slow and easy six miles in after my doctor appointment, it felt pretty good to just take it easy and zone out on the treadmill. The NP doctor that I go to is in SLC so I was late getting a run in. I didn’t want to run in the dark so I went to the gym I was surprised at how packed the gym is in the evening. I had to wait for a few minutes to get a treadmill.

The doctor tweaked a few of my meds. so we’ll see if it helps. Even though I have been feeling soooo much better. It’s so nice not to have the muscle aches and fatigue that I used to have. It’s a new experience to go to an NP doc. they are so different then standard doctors, after talking with her about some things I could do to help with some weight loss, she said “You also need to learn to love and embrace to new middle age body” At first I wanted to say “No way… to heck with that” I rethought about how true her words are. We really need to learn to love ourselves no matter where we are… maybe if I quite hating my body so much it will love me back… and we will heal and loose weight J

Hopefully this new attitude will also help me with the new sculpt I have been struggling with, at first she seemed to be coming together so well, but now I may need to amputate her leg to get things to work right. Oh and I made a big mistake going into a fabric store the other day… Remember I got a new sewing machine? I have been wanting to make some new projects, do I went to get some fabric…. I swear it’s like a drug….all the colors, patterns and textures!!! I was out of control…. I walked out 2 hours later and almost 100 dollars poorer. I think I need a 12 step program to help with my sculpting/crafting addiction.

6 miles

AP- 9:45

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Total Distance
7.00

Did my circuit/speed workout tonight. It went pretty well, except for one time that I had got off the treadmill to do one of my weight circuits... a guy tried to hop on my treadmill. Just as I was getting back to it he was getting on, so when I tried to get my water bottle and stuff, he got off. I told him it was OK but glad that that he got off. I was thinking as I got back on... there was plenty other empty treadmills but he wanted the one with a water bottle and all my stuff on it... just weird. My heel started hurting on the cool down part of my run. 

Warm-up 2 miles - AP 9:40

1) .50 - 3:53

3 sets of 12 trys and bench

2) .50 - 3:48

3 sets of 12 - 2 back machines

3) .50 - 3:54

Abs and Planks

4) .50 - 3:55

3 sets of 12 lunges and bycepts

5) .50 3:57

3 sets of 12 shoulders with free weights

6) .50 - 3:52

cool down 2 miles AP 9:00

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Total Distance
6.00

Slow... I'd like to say easy, but nothing felt real easy about it. Heal was bugging the entire time. I will have to be more diligent about icing and stretching.

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Total Distance
8.00

Wonderful day running in the trails about Ogden with Sue!! Heal did not bug me as much on the trails as it does on the cement. Wish I could make it up there more often. Felt pretty oxygen dept. on the hills, legs got heavy at the end. Glad it's the weekend.

AP 10:39

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
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Total Distance
6.20

Pretty nice run after work.... things felt pretty good, just a bit tired. AP 8:48

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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7.55

I Ran around the airport  and into Roy from my work. I was thinking it would be faster, cuts out drive time, so I won't be out when it's too dark. Well if I had not had tummy trouble that may have been the case. Anyway it was a pretty good run tried to keep it at a bit faster pace. The road around there is relativly flat, but I'm sooo not use to dealing with traffic YUCK!! I had to lap around a couple of parking lots to get a more miles in.

laps: 8:21, 8:26, 9:04 (a hill), 8:26, 8:12,(tried to be a bit faster), 8:28, didn't hold on to the speed, 8:19, better, .55 8:13.

Eventually would like to be able to hold a 8mm for my faster tempos.

7.55  - 1:03:43

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Total Distance
6.20

Up and out the door at 5:00am.... This run was mentally, physically very VERY hard! If it was not for this blog and knowing that Carolyn and Sno are out there running with me, I don't know if I would have ventured out this morning. I told myself just do three... then at least you won't have a 0 on the miles. But you all know how that is... once you are out there... by mile three you are warmed up and you figure you might as well do a bit more. It was a bit overcast this morning so it was dark, and at the turnaround point it started getting windy. Nothing too bad though. Left hip was bugging towards the end, I blame this on the quick turnaround from a night run to a early morning run.

There are a couple of positives... 1) I'm done with my run for the day! 2) I can't remember it now... but when I was running I know I thought of one more.

Laps: 9:04, 9:48, 8:50, 8:55, 8:58, 8:50, (.20) 9:25

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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Total Distance
6.00

I had a class in Logan so I knew that I needed to make my circut training a bit shorter. I opted to cut .5 from my warm-up and cool down. I was still a tiny bit late :(

1.5 warm-up at 9:30 AP

.50 - 3:52

had to potty... then did three sets of bench

.50 - 3:51

3 sets of tricepts

.50 3:47

3 sets on two different back machines

.50 3:54

abs and planks

.50 3:50

bicepts and lunges

.50 3:50

1.5 cool down at 9:00 AP

Had to deal with another person getting on the treadmill I was using when I had left it to go do some weights. Again there were plenty of open treadmills so why get on the one that has a water bottle, a pen and paper (to write my times) and is all sweaty... Trust me on that one... it gets pretty gross by the end.

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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Total Distance
5.22

My boss and about 1/2 of my department are out today so it was a prefect day to get my run in on my lunch break. legs felt pretty dead and heavy. I did the path that I like to do when I run at lunch. I had some tummy trouble and they have locked up the toilets on the path AGHHH so I had to go out on the road and find a gas station. Mind wanted to run more... legs said they had had enough.

AP8:57

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Total Distance
10.00

Sue bailed on me today... then it started to snow... woke with a headache and a bit of a sore throat. So I ground it out on the treadmill for 10 miles.... put a fork in me I'm done!

AP between 9-9:30

LOL did .01 more this week then last week!!

Night Sleep Time: 9.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 9.50
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Total Distance
6.51

Had a pretty good run... I ran down the parkway but only got a couple miles into it when I needed to find a potty...so I went out onto the road and then about .75 miles found a fast food place to have a potty break. Even though it was still light I decided to go back down the parkway. I love running here but there are no street lights so when it gets dark it's really not the best place to run. I snaked my way around the blocks back to the gym to make up for the miles I could not get on the parkway. I don't mind the cold temps, but I hate running in the dark!

AP: 8:46

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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5.50

I was very late getting off work today. I had to tour a group of people around our facility. It was not suposed to make me late but they had way too many questions. This inturn made me late for my massage appointment, but luckily for me Nate did not have anyone scheduled after me so he waited for me. So all of that made me very late for my run... I ended up running on the treadmill at the gym and did the last mile barefoot. I think next time I do a barefoot run I will run on the indoor track at the gym. The treadmill tends to get a bit hot on my feet. I usually don't like the indoor track because I know that I will loose count and either short myself on miles or add too much. I guess adding to much would not be a problem.

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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7.16

I got a late start to my run again! Had another tour to do at work, but I was better at keeping them on schedule today. But when I got the the gym to change my clothes I got caught up in a conversation with a young girl. We have talked before... we both have the same thyroid condition. But I guess she is having some difficulties now. So I talk with her for a bit to try and help her. don't know if I did any good. But after a bit I just gave her my email address and asked if we could continue the conversation via email. Hope I didn't offend. 

Ran up the parkway for a bit then around the city to make a bit over 6 miles... then did one mile barfoot on the indoor track. I think that is enough barefoot running for this week, my PF in my left heel started to bug a bit. 

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Total Distance
5.01

Ran on my lunch break today and it was very nice. I will try to run at lunch tomorrow also. I figured since I have been staying late to help with the tours I was a little bit more justified to run at lunch. Hopefully my boss feels the same.

Anyway even though my left heel was pretty buggy the entire run it felt so good to be out in the sunny daylight! When I run here at luch there are a few different routs I have. Most of the time I run down the unused train trakes to get onto the parkway. You can go either south or north ( I usually go south... I think I can get more miles that direction) So I ran north today and there was some workers paving some of the the trail that has not been paived. I got to be the first person to run on the new asphalt! It was steal warm in places. Running this direction also has the draw back of the live train track that you need to cross, and sure enough today there was a train. So I back tracked a bit to let it pass. I have been yelled at by workers before. The tracks are ellivated to the path so I thought it was better to stay out of sight til the train had passed. I had the fort to myself and circled the pond twice. Then I needed to circle the parking lot just a bit to make it an even 5.

If I run this direction tomorrow... I might go out onto some other paths to try to get the milage I want.

I think my AP was 9:05... I slowed quite a bit in the last mile, I think this was when I reall started to feel my heel... so off to get my frozen water bottle for my feet. :) have a happy Thursday bloggers!

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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5.40

Skipped out at lunch time again to get my run in. I ran down into the fort again... and it was great! I have always noticed a sign that said "Kingsford Wetlands Loop" and had alway wondered what it was about so I decided to go exploring today. It's a nice little dirt trail and a couple of wooded bridges around a little pond with lots of cattails. There is a big steep hill at the back end of it... tons of fun!! The I ran the outer path in the fort... felt pretty nice. I thought that I had turned off my garmin but whe I got back to my desk to enter this run I looked at it and it was still running. So needless to say that wonked up my AP for the run LOL. I was a bit slower today I estimate that my AP was about 9:30.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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8.00

Well is it almost noon on Sunday and I've at last found a minute to blog about my Saturday run. I had put my garmin in a coat pocket and didn't remember until I was at Sue's house so this was a low tech run... We ran the parkway by her house... nice slow and easy. I have estimated the miles, it was probably a bit more but I'm happy with 8. I guess this was a low mileage week. Not too bad though with all the holidays and stuff coming up I hope I can maintain about 35-40 miles a week. Then I will start picking up more miles after the first of the year. 

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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7.14

Took it slow today, my left heel is really bugging. I finally got to the Health Food store and bought the things I need to do the remedy that my NP gave me. I will let you know in a few weeks if it was any good. 

AP 9:30

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Total Distance
7.00

I did my interval/speed workout tonight. 

2 mile warm-up at 9:40 pace

.50 @ 3:47

3 sets of bench

.50 @ 3:50

3 set of bicepts

.50 @ 3:52

Abs

.50 @ 3:48

three sets of tricepts

.50 @ 3:53

three sets on 2 different back machines

.50 @ 3:52

2 mile cool down at 9:20 pace

Felt pretty good tonight, no one tried to take my treadmill while I was off it doing my weights. When I was doing my cool down I was in between two barbie girls. I don't understand how some one can come to the gym all decked out like they were. Maybe I'm just jealous because by then I was a big sweaty mess. leaving puddles on the treadmill. It's pretty gross. Seems like they were just there for a fashion show. It sucked being between them. Oh well... at least I could beat them in a foot race, but not a fashion walk off.

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
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Total Distance
7.50

Nice run today but boy my legs were tired. My left heel started to bug me the last couple of miles. I took off work today so it was sooooo nice to run in the morning... in the sun shine!!! :) even if this run was a bit of a struggle I still enjoyed it. Now off to do all the Thanksgiving prep around the house!! 

I hope to run the turkey trot at the hospital in the morning. It used to be 5 miles but since they have had to redue the course I think it's only about 4. That will probably be all the running I get in tomorrow. 

Laps: 9:11, 9:34, 8:21, 8:53, 9:40, 9:28, 8:46, (.50) 8:55

Surprised... I thought that I would have been well over 10:00mm because I felt much slower and heavy.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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Total Distance
6.16

Got up to run the Turkey trot at the hospital, I have participated in this race for a number of year. So I was certain that the start time was 8am. I got there to find out that the race did not start until 9:10??? I think they change then time this year, because I don't remember it being that late before. With that tidbit of information I realized that I would not be able to participate. Between the run and the drive time I would be too late to get the turkey and everything going before out eat time at 2:00. So I donated my food and left. I ended up running my normal parkway loop with a bit added around the city park to see the decorations. All in all a pretty pleasant run except for the lady too busy on her cell phone to control Kujo from wanting my leg for breakfast. I was probably the most scared I have been around a dog in a long while. She did not seem to concerned at all. 

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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10.08

Well yesterday was a big goose egg for me. I woke with a headache and a few strong bouts of nausea. No throwing up though thank heavens. I think I had just over done it, I felt better later in the day but buy then I was way too busy with other things. 

Today I was by myself... I'm starting to realize that Sue and I are not on the same page when it come to training. I will probabaly always run with her when I can, but I will need to add more miles on my own if I'm going to train the way I need to, so I can accomplish the goals I have. Anyway the hardest thing about todays run was probably my mental attitude of getting out the door.... and the last mile didn't feel too hot. Other then that a pretty pleasant run. Should have had more miles this week, but I guess I'm OK with it. 

AP 8:56

Night Sleep Time: 8.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.50
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7.38

5.38 outside... but then it got a bit too dark, and I needed to potty so I headed back to the gym. Did 2 more miles of the treadmill. I did the last .50 barefoot. The temp gadge in my car said 42 when I parked at the gym but I had a very hard time getting warm, my hands hurt for the first 2 miles, then I finally felt pretty good. Anyway pretty good run.

AP 8:56

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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Total Distance
165.17
Night Sleep Time: 179.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 179.00
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