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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, Feb 07, 2009
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
16.000.000.000.0016.00

Met at Cheris's house this morning at 6:30. Julie, Michelle, Cheris, Dean, Eric, Allen, and Kimberly all came. The route we ran is mostly uphill the first 10 miles and then gradual down the rest of the way. I was HAMMERED at about mile 4 and fell back a bit. Our first 9 miles or so were around 9:00 and then we settled down into the low 8's. Overall pace averaged at 8:52. I took sport beans at 6 and hammer gel at 12. I got home and have been completely lazy today. I haven't been this beat up after a run ever. I did up my miles and speed this week so maybe that was the problem:)  Also got up in the 4 o'clock hour 2 days and earlier than normal the rest of the days. Hopefully I can start feeling better.

Pink Nimbus Miles: 16.00
Night Sleep Time: 7.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00
Comments
From Kelli on Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 19:42:26

GREAT JOB!!! We did miss you, but the trail was icey so I am glad you did not come! Come when it is not icey and more fun!

From Rachel on Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 22:46:06

WOW! I'm so impressed with your times. If I wasn't so excited about the Lehi trail I would've been with you. However, today I just wasn't feeling well and you guys were booking it, especially with hills, for me! I would've been all alone or holding you back, so I guess its good I ended up where I did. Have a great weekend and we'll see you on Tuesday :)

From erico on Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 02:49:20

Michelle,

Sorry it was rough this morning. I could tell you were spent but man… you are TOUGH! I think I would have called my wife to pick me up but you just hung in there. Thanks for being such a picture of strength. Also, I heard some rumblings about your Half-Marathon in Hawaii, sounds like you performed incredibly!

Anyways, great to see you and the group this morning. Also, it was nice to take these long miles at a comfortable speed, I think the fast stuff will come in time.

From Michelle N. on Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 14:20:34

Thanks Kelli, Rachel, and Eric. I feel much better today thank goodness. I was pretty beat up yesterday but I had a great night sleep and even slept in this morning and I feel like I'm ready to go again:)

From Teena on Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 14:32:53

Half marathon in Hawaii???

What did I miss?? Is there a race report on here someplace? I better go look right now!

From Teena on Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 14:35:19

Found it!! How did I miss that?

You are so stinkin' tough Michelle!

Congrats on your AWESOME placings for that race ... especially considering you had run Painter's one week before. You are AMAZING!!

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