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Member Since:

Feb 14, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

2003

Ogden - 3:39
St. George - 3:22

2004

Boston - 4:30
Bryce Canyon 1/2 - 1:37

2007

St. George 1/2 - 1:34

2008

Salt Lake - 3:29

2010

St. George 1/2 - 1:25
OC Marathon - 2:56:16
TOU - 2:59:49

2011

OC Marathon - 3:00:50
TOU 1/2 - 1:22:28
TOU - 3:01
Spudman Triathlon - 2:17:05

2012

OC Marathon - 2:53:13

Short-Term Running Goals:

Summer marathon? Fall marathon?

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I can't anymore.

Personal:

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sun, Apr 15, 2012

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

10 miles. Hollow Road out-and-back. Super easy pace, it was fun to just run and not worry about a workout.

92 miles this week if I count my miles from Monday-Sunday (which I have always done since I started keeping track of mileage). Not sure if I'll do that again anytime soon and I hope it was helpful, not detrimental, to my training.

I'm pretty nervous about my training and preparation for this marathon. I feel like I was floating along, auditing a class (running miles, but not with any training effect) but then 3/4 of the way into the semester I found out I had to take the final in order to retain any knowledge of the class. Cramming for tests is not nearly as successful as studying all along the way. Hopefully my "cram-session" will be enough for a decent run in 3 weeks.

Weight: 0.00	Calories: 0.00

Comments

From allie on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 20:13:49 from 97.126.212.58

i like the analogy, but i think you are much better prepared than just "cramming" for this thing. you had a really solid mileage week last week (92!), and already this week it looks like things are going really well -- strong workouts and another good week mileage-wise.

your workouts and your paces on your general base/recovery runs indicate that you are in very good shape (at least to me) :) trust the training -- i really think it has been sound. you may not have followed your ideal marathon buildup plan, but sometimes it's fun to see the product of a new experiment. enjoy the rest of your training as you head into the taper.

From Maika on Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 21:48:25 from 67.137.244.158

Allie-thanks so much for the confidence builder! I have had a tendency to convince myself that I was better prepared than I truly was (my last three marathons are markers of that-I was way over-confident at TOU 2010). So this time I am hoping to approach it with a different mind-set. I will say that I am curious to see what this training approach does for me, but am still nervous about it because it is a true experiment!

Good luck on Saturday! You will do awesome! I love how comfortable you are with just signing up for races and being so successful at them!

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