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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
37.41
Night Sleep Time: 35.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 35.00
Total Distance
8.04

An almost easy 8 again... my hip was buggin a bit the first 2 or so miles. Then it seemed to ease up, but as I was walking to the car it was bugging again. Don't really know what this is all about. Not to painful just kinda catchy. Ran around the park in the center of town (where the marathon ends) before I started up the parkway. Man there are a weird bunch of people out there. I probably could have run around the block a few more times just to watch and see all the people (best was an older lady with a big gray beehive type hairdo in biker clothes... I have to say she was pretty fit looking but strange also) The parkway was nice but none of the regulars were out tonight. 

8.04 miles - 1:09:01

AP 8:35

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
5.53

I needed a change of scenery tonight, so I ran through the city and up to the cemetery where my friend is buried. I stopped and had a chat with him... no tears tonight just a "happy birthday" and a "I still miss you". His birthday was last week... and the anniversary of his death was a few days ago. Then I ran around the cemetery for a bit. Ogden cemetery is an old cemetery with lovely markers. It was overcast and gray today so kinda weird to be in a cemetery when it's like that. After I went out on the road for a bit til I hooked into the lower part of the parkway and back to the car. Took it easy tonight because my hip is still bugging. I don't know if I should be worried or not... I think I will take it easy for a few nights and see how it feels.

AP 8:44

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
4.10

Had to have a very quick.. but easy run. Busy night with my sisters. Now my doll sold and I have to pack her up so I can ship her off :) Yepppeeee

Night Sleep Time: 6.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
Comments(6)
Total Distance
6.71

Another try at doing hill sprints. I made sure that I had turned off the auto lap so that I could time the sprints. But I must be technically challenged because I think I hit the wrong button a few times. It was a beautiful night for a run and even though my legs felt tired and sore, I think due to insufficient stretching, I felt pretty good for most of the run. I ran up the parkway and it must be young love night on the parkway. There were quiet a few young couples holding hands or necking on the park benches. A few of them looked way to young and I almost yelled at them to go home and play with their barbies and GI Joes. Is it just me or I young people in a big hurry to grow up. Any way I digress... I turned around at the three mile mark and then I wasn't quite to the 4 mile mark when I started my hill sprints. Like I said I think I hit the wrong buttons a few times, but here are what I think my times were on the sprint. 

1 - 26.25 sec - 7:55 this the distance of the sprints I did last week... obviously to long

2 - 17:83 sec - 9:17?? don't know what happend here I readjusted the distance, but it's still too long, but somehow I'm getting slower??

3 - 10:99 sec - 8:39 better on the time so now I know from where to where it will be ten sec. Bit still not fast.

4 - 11:00 sec - 8:04 a bit better

5 - 10:80 sec - 8:31? Do I have any fast twitch muscles... it dosn't look like it :(

6 - 11:15 sec - 8:29

7- 11:43 sec - 9:08 went too long, starting to slow even more :(

8 - 14:59 sec - 8:05 too long again but faster... maybe I need more time to get up to speed?

So am I doing this wrong? Do I need to do shorter faster steps? Longer strides? Or just give up because I'm somehow genetically just slow.

Ran back to the gym and made a better effort to stretch, then headed home. Did anyone else see the sunset? It was fantastic... like the clouds were on fire!! So Beautiful :)

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
Comments(2)
Total Distance
5.03

Just a nice run tonight. It felt pretty good and easy but I didn't really want to go to far. I ran down the parkway and around the 21 street pond. I was beautiful! I took a few pictures with my phone that I will try to post on my blog. (The link is at the side) I never run with my phone and I don't know if I will do it very often. I got a new phone that is smaller then my old one and I thought I could squeeze it in that little pocket in my running shorts. It worked for the most part but slipped out a few times and I had to hurry and catch it before it fell. One funny thing happened tonight. I had stopped to take a picture and had just put my phone back in the pocket. I was about to start running again when I hear this really pretty music... I kept looking around to see where it was coming from... then it stopped and there was a guy walking towards me, I asked him if he heard the music... he looked at me very strange and said sometimes I just hear voices and kept walking. Then there was the music again... now you all know where this is going... it was my phone.  I realized it the second time. I almost ran after the guy to let him know it was my phone and I'm not crazy but I let it go. 

5:03 miles 45:01

Forgot to turn back on the lap button after my run yesterday... but my AP was 8:57. It also says my Max was 6:14... OK how can I run that fast when I'm taking it easy... and so slow when I was trying to go fast yesterday???

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
Comments(2)
Total Distance
8.00

Ran trails with Sue above 22nd street. It was beautiful!! Had a great time but kept it pretty slow and easy. My hip was really hurting when I got home and I think I need to make a doc app. to see if this is more then just a pulled muscle. 

AP 11:10

Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
37.41
Night Sleep Time: 35.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 35.00
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