cheryl

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Location:

So. Jordan,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

St.George marathon 2009 - 3:34:07. It was a PR on my 11th time running St. George.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run St. George in under 3:30; be in the top 3 in my age group

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay strong, run well for many more years. Still set PR's in my 50's.

Learn how to run more relaxed and efficient.

Personal:

I'm married with four children. I run with a group called the Bingham Butt-Kickers, a really fun group of people that gets me out running early on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and sometimes Saturdays. I recently found out that I've been running with poor form for many years, which has probably contributed to some nagging aches and pains I've had for years. One of my big goals now is to be able to run with better form and to have running feel more effortless. I hope this won't take too many years to achieve!

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Thu, Aug 13, 2009

Total Distance

8.00

I thought I'd give the group a try this morning. I got there at 5:30, but my foot was hurting, so I skipped out on early miles and just tried to warm up and get to where the blister wasn't bothering me. After a little running on the Bingham football field, things felt pretty good. The plan was to do a 6.5 mile tempo run. I really wanted to practice staying relaxed on this run and having a better experience from last week. I kept thinking "loose and relaxed, stay loose and relaxed." I'd give myself about a B minus on accomplishing that. I felt more relaxed than last week, but still was tightening up more than I wanted. It's hard to change something that has become very ingrained. Patience, I must have patience. And lots of practice. Anyway, overall it was a fun run, I enjoyed talking with Jody and then Michelle M. at the end when we added on extra at the track. By that point I had stiffened up from standing around too long, so there was no "loose and relaxed" going on during that run. By the way, the Garmin says the avg. pace for the main tempo run was 8:10.

Comments

From Nancy on Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 17:58:51 from 76.27.11.127

I'm glad you foot was good enough to run today.

From Jody on Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 21:15:09 from 98.202.136.149

It was great to catch up with you today! That is a super speedy pace for the tempo portion. Have a great weekend!

From Brent on Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 21:46:13 from 204.113.19.55

Cheryl, is the 8:02 your goal pace for STG? How do you determine your tempo pace.

Stay Kool, B of BS rools out

From cheryl on Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 22:22:15 from 76.27.66.153

Brent--I really don't know how to determine tempo pace. I just try to keep the effort "comfortably hard." What do you think it should be if you marathon goal pace is 8:00?

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 22:45:59 from 192.168.1.1

I do not think you need any more precision than "comfortably hard" most of the time. The only exception would be if you have some special inside knowledge. E.g. you know through past experience that one pace is more effective than another for your body. But in that case, you would need to throw away your Garmin and use the road marks. Which I would recommend regardless in any case.

From Brent on Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 13:29:54 from 168.178.30.75

Cheryl, everyone is a little diffent, during my years or running, always tried to build up to a 15 to 16 miler at goal race pace. It was a good mental confidence builder, running it solo, for the marathon. There are many coaches and a gazillion articles on tempo pace. I would read a few of them and see what might work best for you. Tempos can be tricky in regards to injuries, fatigue, if your racing and doing speed workouts also.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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