Dasha Runs Austin

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2012
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Location:

Austin,TX,

Member Since:

Jan 10, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

3:57 at Austin Marathon (Feb. 2010) 

3:34 at California International Marathon (Dec. 4, 2011) 

1:47 Half at Champaign Half Marathon (April 2011)  

1:38 Half at 3M Half Marathon (Jan 29, 2012)

Completed 14 Marathons including Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, Big Sur, Carlsbad, Austin, Champaign and CIM

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-3:30 at Eugene Marathon (April 29, 2012)

Berlin Marathon - Training run for CIM (September 30, 2012) 

3:20 at California International Marathon (December 2, 2012) 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub - 3:15 Marathon

1:30 Half Marathon 

 

 

Personal:

I am a 27 year old girl, from Illinois (via NYC), currently living in Austin, TX.  

I've been running for about 6 years, have completed 14 marathons and recently qualified for the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:34!  This was a 23 minute PR for me!

After years of running very high mileage at pretty slow paces, I decided to get serious and joined Gilbert's Gazelles training group. The BQ came 8 months later.

Hoping this blog will help add some further insight and organization to my running. :) 

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Brooks Adrenaline Lifetime Miles: 288.73
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
7.205.6312.83

By personality I am a pusher.  I push myself harder than anyone else ever could.  Sooo when my body/brain says you got to take it easy I listen.  (this does not happen very often :)  )

There was a lot of confusion today on what the group was supposed to do, and I think we still got it wrong.  Options where a progressive-tempo run, 6x1000 at 10K pace or 8x1000 (with 400m recovery) at HMGP.  

I decided to do 9x1000 (with 400m recovery) at something between MGP and HMGP.  I just couldn't get my head around running fast today. Long, okay.

2.6 mile warm up

1. 4:50 (7:44 pace)

2. 4:51 (7:45 pace)

3. 4:51 (7:45 pace)

4. 5:01 (8:01 pace)

5. 4:59 (7:58 pace)

6. 4:56 (7:53 pace)

7. 4:35 (7:24 pace)

8. 4:47 (7:39 pace)

9. 4:46 (7:37 pace)

3000m of active recovery between intervals - 1.9 miles 

2.7 mile cool down 

Total of almost 13 miles, didn't realize this until now when I added everything up.  Turned into a pretty good interval workout.

 

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 12.83
Comments
From derhammer on Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 10:41:59 from 192.156.110.33

Glad you had a good workout. Wow - 13 miles - it adds up fast!

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