Christina's Running Blog

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Location:

Murray,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 19, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

5k: ~~22:59 Utah Summer Games 2006~~

21:50 USG 2008

10k: ~~47:30 Utah Summer Games 2007~~

45:29 USG 2008

Half Marathon: ~~1:46 Prove Half 2005~~

1:43 Provo Half 2008

Marathon: 3:55:16 St. George 2006

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to set some new PRs this year.

Personal:

I started running in 2001. My first 5K was the Salt Lake Classic that year. I ran it in just under 33 minutes. I was excited that I could run the whole distance. My dad and I joked around about doing a marathon, but then we decided, "Why joke about it when we could actually do one?" We trained for the Top of Utah marathon the next year and ran it in 5:38. It was such a great feeling of accomplishment!

It's been fun to see how I've improved over the years. It's been such a blessing in my life to have met so many other running friends and to train under such a dedicated and selfless Coach (Bill Schmid). I hope to keep improving and thriving in the great sport of running!

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Tue, Jul 29, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
5.75	0.00	5.75	0.00	0.00	11.50

"Whatever doesn't kill you will make you stronger."

Today was a City Creek run with Bill, Scott, Miriam, and Alicia. I feel like I'm in pretty good shape, but for some reason when I run with them, I feel like I haven't run a day in my life! As they jog leisurely up the canyon, chatting amongst themselves, telling stories, I am huffing and puffing and sound like I need a lung transplant. They are a tough bunch to keep up with! I ran with them to the treatment plant, then went my own pace up to the top. A pretty good accomplishment today. When I run it alone, I run it around two hours. Today we did it in 1:50, which is about a minute per mile faster than what I normally do. I think all this training will pay off in future races.

Scott has been rating our runs lately using a "ding dong" scale. Today's run was worth at least five ding dongs. These are just hypothetical ding dongs--I don't actually consume them after every run!!

I'm contemplating riding my bike up City Creek on Thursday. That will be a different perspective of the canyon for sure.

Comments

From Hildisvini on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 15:53:19

"There are worse things than death"

But a strong, 5-ding-dong run with coach and the group is probably not one of them. Good job! It takes courage to run with really fast people!

From jody on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 17:12:19

5 ding dong run ? I would eat 5 ding dongs - I cannot be trusted :)

From Christina on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 17:57:49

Hildisvini--Yes, it does take courage to run with fast people! Not to mention I sacrifice sleep. I set two alarms this morning, and slept through both of them, but still managed to make it on time.

Jody--those ding dongs sounded pretty tempting, but I knew that my coach would give me a disapproving look if I ate them as my post-workout snack! I hope to see you at Hobblecreek--maybe we'll get to run some of the course together since we're very close to the same pace.

From Jason on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 18:20:45

Good work Christina! That's a tough group to run with because they run so fast, but make it seem so easy.

Johnny, Andrea, and I must have just missed you guys. We met at 6:00 this morning and got back around 7:15. We ended up doing around 7 miles (3.5 up and back), but we were taking it pretty easy today since we did intervals last night.

From Tracy1 on Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 23:58:44

Great job on the run this morning! I'll have to see how I feel on Thursday biking vs. running cause I'll be biking home..mmmmm.....and then biking to work Friday morning...I could run next to you biking...???

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