I'm back in the saddle again!

Snow Canyon Half Marathon

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Location:

Bluffdale,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon PR St. George 2008 3:36

Ran Boston in April 2009 and had an absolute blast.

Half Marathon PR 1:35.

10k PR-46:20 (Obviously not a great short distance runner:)

Short-Term Running Goals:

I've gotten the running bug back and hope I can continue to enjoy it. I think for now, my short-term goal is to NOT burn myself out. I am pro at doing that. I have a half and full marathon that I am planning on racing in a few months. I hope to be trained well enough to PR in both, but if not...I will enjoy the ride.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Under 1:30 half

3:15 marathon

Personal:

Married with children. 17,16,14,11 and 7. 3 boys, 2 girls. I have the best husband in the world!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Pink Nimbus Lifetime Miles:						327.27
Old Pink Nimbus 10 Lifetime Miles:						344.10
Purple Nimbus 11 Lifetime Miles:						314.70
Saucony Triumph 10 Lifetime Miles:						431.90
Saucony Triumph 10 (2) Lifetime Miles:						200.00

Sat, Nov 08, 2008

Race: Snow Canyon Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:38:00, Place overall: 14, Place in age division: 5

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	13.10	0.00	0.00	13.10

Today was actually a really great race for me. I had been told this course wasn't a great one but I really liked it. It definately was tough. It had about 5 miles on a gravel road and quite a bit of up hill but also had lots of down. The temp was perfect and I felt good. I really didn't have any expectations for myself today. I haven't worked on speed since SG Marathon and I was really just running this to complete 1 of my 2 Washington County races for the runners series but I felt great and decided to race it.

Mile 1-6:47 Steep downhill

2-6:58 Still down

3-7:29

4-8:18 Uphill on gravel trail

5-8:13 Still up on trail

6-7:32

7-7:43

8-7:18

9-7:24

10-7:23

11-7:28

12-7:33

13-7:21

.1-? I forgot to stop my watch:(

This was a fun day. Angela took 8th overal (women), Kris was first in her age group. We had a great time. Thanks friends:)

Blue Nimbus 10 Miles: 13.10

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

Comments

From Andy on Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 00:24:11

Excellent race. Your splits are very consistent so you must have run a very smart race.

From Teena on Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 00:59:48

Michelle,

You did so AWESOME!!! You looked so strong there those last few miles ... I was so jealous!! Andy is so right ... you ran a very smart race and looked like you were having a great time while you were at it.

A huge congrats!!

From Jody on Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 01:26:58

Congratulations! That is an awesome time! Sounds like you have not lost any speed!

From Michelle N. on Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 12:57:13

Thanks to all!

From Kelli on Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 15:29:33

GREAT JOB!!! Those splits are amazingly fast. What are you talking about not having speed??? You obviously have not lost a thing. AWESOME run!!

From Cal on Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:31:01

Great job on your race Michelle! Looks like some pretty consistent splits.

Which other runner series race are you planning on?

From peggy on Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 14:02:17

Those mile splits are impressive, Michelle. Great job! Wish I could have been there :(

From Michelle N. on Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 14:04:23

Thanks Kelli! We missed you down there. It was a fun race.

Cal-I think we are all planning on Painters. A bunch of us are doing Boston so I don't want to do Spectrum that close. My hubby might flip out if I left 2 times that close together. Did you sign up for the series?

From Michelle N. on Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 14:11:36

Oh, and thanks Peggy! We missed you. You would've won probably.

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