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Morgan Valley 5k

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Location:

South Weber,UT,United States

Member Since:

Mar 05, 2013

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Current PRs

5K: SLCTC Winter Series 19:06

10K: Phoenix 10K 2014 39:11

10 miles: Striders WRC 2014 1:06:13

Half Marathon: Dogtown Half February 2014 1:25:09

Marathon: 3:19 I ran the Ogden Marathon in May 2009

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Our family is complete with 4 sweet girls. Now it's time for me to shed the weight and get back into running shape for good. I'm ready to work at it again in 2017!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Long-term running goals, Sub 3 hour marathon and 1:20 half marathon. 

Personal:

I'm married to my great husband Riley Cook. He helps me accomplish my running goals. We have 4 daughters Evelyn, Hannah, Nora, and Iris I'm also excited to be running for Utahrunning.com.

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Asics Flat Pink Lifetime Miles: 138.47
Brooks Ravenna Lifetime Miles: 348.10
Asics C. Lifetime Miles: 345.37
Adidas Lifetime Miles: 15.90
Total Distance
155.90
Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 67.98Pink Asics Flat Miles: 25.43Adidas Supernova Miles: 62.49
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4.60

Feeling fatigued today. AP 9:05

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6.00

Morning run in south Weber. It was a nice change to not run in the heat. I did a 2 mile warm up then 12x 1 min on/off. My AP for the spurts was 6:15.

Pink Asics Flat Miles: 6.00
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4.00

Run in Fernley, NV. Its a hole. But we're on our way to a family reunion. AP 8:14

Adidas Supernova Miles: 4.00
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2.35

We were in the mountains of northern California I knew I didn't want to go long and far today because we are at a family reunion. Plus, I was afraid of bears, mountain lions, etc.

Adidas Supernova Miles: 2.35
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5.00

Run in Winnemucca, NV then we'll be home.

Adidas Supernova Miles: 5.00
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6.00

Run from my in laws house this evening. The temperature was nice and I got some trail running in.

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 6.00
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7.15

I ran with Angie tonight. It was fun to run with her again. My new fastest run for the year, its good to run with someone faster then me its helps me get in shape faster. AP 8:01

Adidas Supernova Miles: 7.15
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7.13

I ran in South Ogden today and decided to do a 3 mile tempo. The first one since baby #3. She's 4 months old and sleeping through the night. I don't know how I got so lucky. I started running tonight at the same time as a pretty intense thunderstorm. The wind was blowing hard and the rain was unforgiving, then the lightening started after I was about 1 mile into my warm up. It cracked right over my head twice so I decided it would be best if I took refuge in the starbucks near by. After about 10 minutes the lightening and thunder moved on and the wind wasn't blowing as hard so I ventured out again and finished a 2 mile warm up. I jumped right into the tempo but I didn't really have a goal time in mind. I pretty much just went off of feel. This was my first tempo in a year and I still haven't lost much of my baby weight despite consistent running (people say you lose weight nursing, but I don't believe them). Anyway, tempo splits were 7:10, 7:02, 6:46. I was happy with this, I needed to start somewhere. I'm hoping I continue to improve. 2 mile cool down. 

Pink Asics Flat Miles: 7.13
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4.30

Easy run in the morning.

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 4.30
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4.00

Ran after riley finished his race at the hobbler half. He did awesome and won!

Adidas Supernova Miles: 4.00
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6.00

6 miles on my loop around my in laws house.

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 6.00
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6.00

Riley dropped me off down the Riverdale parkway and I 5 miles towards home in south Weber and he picked me up at the end. AP 8:29

Adidas Supernova Miles: 6.00
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6.00

Low energy today. AP 9:13

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 6.00
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5.00

Ran from my in laws house. It's nice when my mother in law watches for me. 

Adidas Supernova Miles: 5.00
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3.00

3 easy miles in South Weber, I'm running the Morgan 5k tomorrow morning.

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 3.00
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Race: Morgan Valley 5k (3.07 Miles) 00:21:14, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
9.00

We got a babysitter today so we could both race up in Morgan. Riley ran the marathon and I ran the 5K. I was disappointed to learn the day before the race that they weren't offically timing the 5K. I didn't want to do the 10k though because I still have a lot of baby weight to lose and the 5K would be a perfect workout for the week. I had no expectations going into this race. The temperature was nice and cool. 

The gun went off and I immeidately was the first place female. There were quite a few high school boys who went out in front of me but I ended up catching most of them and only losing to 4 of them. The first mile had an uphill then the rest of the course was flat. As I started getting a feel for the race I picked a pace that would be comfortable and a good push for me. So I tried to run all 3 of my miles under 7 minute pace. Mile splits were 6:59, 6:51, 6:59. I was pushing hard the last mile to keep under 7 minutes. I just barley got there. It's a good starting place for me. Hopefully I'll keep at it and improving. Now I'm looking for another 5k to jump into soon.

Pink Asics Flat Miles: 3.00Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
7.00

I ran with Sariah today in South Ogden. AP 8:22

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 7.00
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7.24

I ran in South Weber this evening for 6 miles then 1.24 miles with my girls. 

Adidas Supernova Miles: 7.24
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5.60

I ran in south Ogden this evening. I decided to do a workout and run the south Ogden 5k course as a tempo run. Before I started running the wind kicked up and a storm was headed my way. So I knew it wasn't going to be easy to run at a decent pace plus the course I picked had a couple steep hills. I did 1.5 mile warm up, I didn't have much time, my sister in law was watching my kids. I started my workout into the wind and uphill. My legs felt fatigued the whole time. I only got my last mile split because my watch was acting screwy. The last mile is the easiest one on that course and I was 6:46. I think my average pace for the course was 7:25 so I definitely struggled up the hills. But my AP was faster then the race I ran a month ago on that course, so that's a positive to take away. Today was a reminder about how far out of shape I am. 1 mile cool down. 3 mile tempo time: 22:15

Pink Asics Flat Miles: 5.60
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4.70

Quick run while Sariah watched my kids this morning. AP 8:45

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 4.70
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4.46

Run in South Weber, I was up early today in Salt Lake at the parade and I've been tired all day. I just did a nice easy run hoping to have a good 10 miler tomorrow. 

Adidas Supernova Miles: 4.46
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Total Distance
9.60

I ran the Unitah loop this morning. Longest run so far this year and highest mileage week. I'll just keep plugging away. AP 8:28

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 9.60
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7.15

I ran 6 miles in South Weeb AP 8:30 then ran another 1.15 miles with my kids. They run nonstop.

Adidas Supernova Miles: 7.15
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6.68

AP 8:50

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 6.68
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6.00

Ran partly on trails and roads from my in-laws house. AP 9:14

Adidas Supernova Miles: 6.00
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7.84

I ran a workout this evening at Beus pond. Sariah and I met up even though our workouts were different. We warmed up 2 miles together on the trails, then I did 3x1000 and 4x400. 2 minutes rest between my 1000s and about 1:35 rest between my 400s. It's been quite awhile since I've done anything longer then a 400 so I decided to do my 1000s at 6:45 pace which would be around 4:12. I went to fast on my first 1000 and I think it made the rest of the workout more difficult. The 1000s overall felt fine but the 400s were tough to get through. 1000s  (3:56, 4:02, 4:04) 400s (93, 92, 94, 94). 2 mile cool down.

Pink Asics Flat Miles: 3.70Adidas Supernova Miles: 4.14
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Total Distance
4.10

Sariah and I traded babysitting today so we could each run in the morning. Sore today, ran nice and easy so I can have a good run tomorrow. 

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 4.10
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Total Distance
155.90
Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 67.98Pink Asics Flat Miles: 25.43Adidas Supernova Miles: 62.49
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