Lesley's Running Blog

Beaumont Spirit Days

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Member Since:

May 30, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

1500: 4:42

5K: 17:40 track

10K: 37:50

1/2 Marathon:1:22:59 Ogden 2007

Marathon: 2:59:25 St. George 2008

Short-Term Running Goals:

Under 1:25 half marathon 2015 ✅

Sub 3:00 marathon 2015

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run under 2:59 marathon (my pr)

Run under 1:20 half marathon

Personal:

Married to my husband Cameron, and we have 3 little girls, ages 6, 4 and 1.5.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Adidas Glide Lifetime Miles:						242.12
Adidas Sequence Lifetime Miles:						570.60
Nike Lifetime Miles:						231.44
Nike Pegasus Lifetime Miles:						26.81
Nike Orange/Pink Lifetime Miles:						461.50
Black Nike Lifetime Miles:						128.24

Sat, Sep 19, 2015

Race: Beaumont Spirit Days (6.21 Miles) 00:42:42, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
9.21	0.00	6.28	0.00	15.49

Decided last night that I would run this race today. Wanted to still keep it somewhat a long run though. So I got to the race around 6:30, registered, and then did a 6.20 mile 'warmup'. (48:44 overall time, 7:52 pace.)

Wasn't really feeling in race mode, but I was excited to run somewhere new. I was pretty confident I would win the race. Wish they had some fun award or prize money, but knew most likely it would be a medal, and it was. Oh well. It was a tough course, and a tough day for me. Just wasn't feeling like I usually do in a race, ran alone most of the time. 42:42 overall time, 6:48 pace (6.28 mile course). First girl, third overall. This was a little discouraging because I want to run a whole marathon faster than I ran those 6 miles. And I was very confident before today that I was prepared to do that. Hopefully it was just not my day. And the race started at 8 so it was hot!

3.01 mile cooldown.

Weight: 130.80

Comments

From RileyCook on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 15:23:45 from 208.54.4.139

Long warm up and not being in full race mentality will slow ya down a bit. I wouldn't worry about it. I think you're in fine shape for a marathon. Keep that confidence that you are! Congrats on the win.

From Ben VanBeekum on Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 15:56:12 from 159.212.71.77

Did you happen to get into STG?

From Lesley on Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 02:21:57 from 45.50.137.10

Thanks for your comment Riley. I was feeling a little frustrated but think it was just not a great day. Hopefully I can still kill my marathon!

Ben- I don't know if there is really any way I could get in. I found someone I could buy one from but they seem super strict. And I would hope to do well enough to place. I am signed up for another marathon here in CA November 7. I was just getting antsy to run! I wish we could have known it could have worked in St George. Good luck! Can't wait to see how everyone does this fall!

From Amy Cook on Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 03:22:22 from 73.52.134.194

Great job Lesley!! I think you'll be ready for a marathon you've had some great workouts. Plus, you're a great marathoner!

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