Lisa Sabin’s - Running And Being

Your Aflac Iron Girl Seattle 10K results are listed below:

number: 1761
name: Lisa Sabin
division: F4044
division place: 6 out of 119
overall place: 60
time: 0:49:45

I haven’t ran a 10K since 1995. For some reason I always run 5K’s, 8K’s, half marathons and marathons. I wasn’t sure how to pace myself. With a 5K I just run all out. The 8k, I hold back a little and the half marathon, I really have to pace myself. I pace myself for the marathon and try to survive the last 10K. Going into this, I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t put in enough mileage and I didn’t know how it would go. Now, that I see the results I should’ve trained harder. It might be fun to run more 5K’s and 10K’s and try to get faster. Fun event! Lots of women and girls sweating and doing their thing. I highly recommend this race!

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/07/2008
• Time: 08:00:00
• Total Time: 00:49:45.00
• Average Heart rate: 164
• Max Heart rate: 177
• Calories: 500
• Distance: 6.2 miles
• Average Pace: 8:01.28/mile

Last year I had a horrible experience at the Kirkland Triathlon. I’ve participated in this event since it’s inauguration. I’ve done the tri as a relay twice. I’ve done the sprint tri 3 times now. In 2007, I had my worst triathlon experience ever. The weather conditions weren’t bad. I was prepared and adequately trained. The problem was choppy water and my mental state. The wind kicked up and I just panicked. For the first time in my life, I seriously considered dropping out. I swam from lifeguard to lifeguard. Yes, the lifeguards were cute, but I’m too competitive to hang out with them during a race! I made it through the arduous swim and got my head back into the race. I managed to finish with an okay bike of 47:22, a decent 5K 25:23, but the swim took almost 28 minutes!

Now, I’m considering doing the duathlon. It’s not a matter of conquering the swim. I just really hate swimming unless it’s for recreation. If I do the du, then I will keep up my streak of participating in this fun event. The reason I like it is because it’s close, convenient and a lot of my friends do it. It’s also a way to keep me training. Should I do the du? What do you think?

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/03/2008
• Time: 07:30:00
• Total Time: 00:40:04.00
• Distance: 5 miles
• Average Pace: 8:00.64/mile

Today I myself in a familiar place. I have done the work to prepare for my marathon. I adhered to my original training plan for the most part with a few minor deviations. All in all the training has gone well.

I haven’t run a marathon since 2004. The longest I have ran in the last 4 years prior to marathon training is 13.1 miles. I have ran a lot of half marathons over the last 4 years, maybe too many. I ran 5 half marathons in 2006 and became injured. I shouldn’t have run the last one. I began developing plantar fasciitis but continued to train. I kept thinking I could train through it and then recover afterwards. This reminds me of a recent post from Sportsminded. He describes two different personality types. Apparently, I lean towards someone with high global self esteem which means that I believe I am less susceptible to injury in-spite of contradicting information.  I sometimes ignore pain and push through it.

Hopefully, I have learned a thing or two about myself after 13 years of running.  Sometimes less is more.  I have a clearer understanding of what my body is capable of.  The marathon has humbled me.  I admit I’m human and I can’t always guarantee how my body will respond.  I’ve learned to listen carefully.  I’m not perfect and I still make plenty of mistakes like continuing to run with a blister, which is almost gone.  Thank goodness.

Now is the time to run easy, increase my carbohydrate intake and prepare for my race.  I have to trust that I’ve done everything that I can.  I won’t increase my fitness at this point.  I sometimes feel sluggish during the last week before a big event because I am not training hard.  I miss the outlet of intense work outs, but I know that I need the rest.  It’s count down time….and I am ready for Boston!

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 04/13/2008
• Time: 07:00:00
• Total Time: 1:26:00.00
• Average Heart rate: 150
• Max Heart rate: 168
• Calories: 720
• Distance: 9 miles
• Average Pace: 9:33.25/mile

I’m stoked!  We couldn’t have asked for better weather.  It was 65 degrees and sunny.  I’ve been really worried about this race because it would be a good indicator of my fitness.  I was afraid that my pace would take a huge dive going from 10 miles to 15 miles.  I’ve lost about 3 pounds over the course of my training.  I noticed this last week that I didn’t feel really fresh.  Yesterday I drank a lot of water and increased my carbohydrate intake.  I feel like I’ve put in some good training, but I felt a little dehydrated and depleted of carbs.

My strategy for this race was to take more gel, so that my glycogen was topped off.  I started out with a new drink I found at Whole Foods called Recharge.  This drink doesn’t have any high fructose corn syrup.  I recently noticed that a lot of the sports drinks do.  I tossed a Nuun tablet, a calorie free electrolyte supplement into my recharge.  I took an accel gel at the start, and two more during the race.  My pace slowed a little on the way back of this out and back hilly course, but not too bad.  I ended up running a faster 10 mile than the 10 mile race a few weeks ago.  My half marathon time was faster than I’ve run since 2004.  I have confidence now that my training approach is working.  I’m looking forward to Boston now! 

Thanks Michelle and Andrea!  This series has been a lot of fun.  It’s great having these races scheduled into our training.  One more to go!

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 02/23/2008
• Time: 09:00:00
• Total Time: 2:05:06.00
• Average Heart rate: 166
• Max Heart rate: 180
• Calories: 1098
• Distance: 15 miles
• Average Pace: 8:20.7/mile

Hey Runner’s in The Blogoshere come join us!

Michelle and I are doing the Resolution Run Series. This series is a great way to kick start your year. The series includes 4 races. You choose to run kilometers or miles. The first race begins with either a 5k or 5 mile race on January 1st. The second race is either 10k or 10 miles, on January 20th. The third race is either 15k or 15 miles, on February 24. The final race is 20k or 20 miles, the end of March.

We would love to have a bunch of other crazy runners to join us in the series.  Let me know if you are already planning on running the series or you are interested in doing it.   Send me an e-mail, so I can keep track of everyone.   Lisa@Sweat365.com