Jamie

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Member Since:

Nov 05, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Seven Marathons

PR 3:14:17 St. George 2007

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3 hour marathon.

Personal:

Married.  Stay at home mom.  My husband and I have 2 daughters and 4 sons.  And I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

With a seemingly impossible long-term goal of running a sub 3 hour marathon, the following scriptures give me hope:

In your patience possess ye your souls. Luke 21:19

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:4

But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Romans 8:25

Submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.         Mosiah 24:15

And Ezra teaches that discipline and patience are born of disappointment.

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Mon, Nov 19, 2007
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.006.003.003.1014.10

Ran the Uneventful 1/2 with Sasha, Ted, Michelle, and Tom this morning up in Provo.  Warmed up about a mile before joining everyone else.

Started the run slower than last time.  Moved into what felt like a comfortable tempo.  Hit a few threshold miles...then the last part of the run was labored breathing just under 7 minute pace.  The group hung back a number of times toward the end (to help me) and I needed it.  Last mile was 6:50.  Two weeks pregnant.

Sasha's advice: a faster leg turn-over and focus...don't let my mind wander.

Today's time was very close to my time for the second half of St. George.  But in the marathon, the second half felt much easier.  The hills in the marathon certainly helped; the Uneventful half course is fairly flat.

I was surprised that it felt as hard as it did for the time (1:34:29 - average of 7:13).

Note:  I'm guessing that the last time I ran this (a week and a half ago) I was a good half mile short of 13.1 miles.

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Comments
From Tom on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 15:17:08

Great job today Jamie, way to gut it out tough those last couple of hard miles. I think you're going to have a killer race on Thursday.

From Jamie on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 18:16:25

Tom, thanks for the encouragement. It makes a difference to run with a good group. Hope Thursday goes well...fingers crossed.

From Tom on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 18:25:08

Jamie I have a challenge for you for the Thursday race. Turns out an old high school buddy of mine (also a HS friend of Terry who you met Saturday) is running the race. His name is Robert Blauer.

He just emailed me asking if I was running the Turkey Trot. I told him I wasn't, but then challenged him to NOT get chicked and then specifically told him about you and described you to him so he'd know who to watch out for.

So my challenge to you is...KICK HIS BUTT!!! Wish I had a picture to show you or something so you'd know exactly who he is. He's maybe an inch taller than me, similar build, maybe more muscular in the arms/shoulders, lighter/sandy thin (dare I say balding) hair.

From Jamie on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 18:34:59

Challenge accepted!

By the way, you're way too generous in grouping yourself with me as also "struggling." But I appreciate your modesty.

From MichelleL on Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 19:23:33

Ooh, Jamie, this challenge sounds fun! I think that this 4 miler will go really well for you, like your training has been perfect for the speed you need to run for this race. Your 4 mile tempo last week went really well, and you should be able to do the race faster. I'll see you tomorrow!

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