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Location:

Wichita,KS,

Member Since:

Sep 14, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

marathon pr:  2:59:49.  Saint George 2011

Praire Spirit 50 mile winner 7:36:30 2013

I accidentally ran 100 miles in November 2013.  it was hard.  I threw up a lot.  decided to do a better job next time

I did it again on purpose October 2014--Heartland 100 winner and CR 17:38:37

Heartland 50 winner May 2014

Psycho Wyco 50k winner February 2012

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run enough to hold off the middle-age spread

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

 

Sub 3 hour marathon--SOMEDAY!  Done!

 

New long term goal:  ....run enough to feel kinda like I did when I was fit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal:

I was a single mom.  Two times over.  We all survived, despite the fact that I make atrocious decisions.  Then, I met a man I didn't deserve.  And he loves me so much.  And I love him. We lived in sin and bought a house for two years then hired a judge and officially got married(to our great delight and also the delight of our mothers), then a month later he was diagnosed with cancer.  Well we survived all that and he's 100% fine now.  But, we're really out of shape and really busy with kids and jobs and running just isn't my priority and there's so many other layers to all of it, but I'm running anyway.  This is my failure blog now.  Just to log that one run a week if I snag it.  
Somehow that matters and I want that run recorded.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Waverider 12 Lifetime Miles: 333.61
Nike Air Pegasus Lifetime Miles: 507.20
Pink Pegs Lifetime Miles: 595.58
Pink Nike Avant Lifetime Miles: 624.04
Crappy Asics Lifetime Miles: 146.72
Adidas Adizero Mana Lifetime Miles: 113.32
Blue Avants Lifetime Miles: 653.33
Crocs Lifetime Miles: 18.08
Lunarfly Lifetime Miles: 468.47
Sun, Jun 23, 2013
Race: Head for the cure (3.1 Miles) 00:19:55, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
8.75

Pretty happy about this.  I worked all night then had a monster zero-carb energy drink(gross, I know) and warmed up for the 5k.  It was 80+ degrees, muggy, and a gnarly 21 mph headwind in miles 2 and 3, so I was thrilled to roll in under 20 minutes.  Now I'm going to bed, hopefully will get up and get a shakeout in before work.  Splits reflect the wind, 6:09(tailwind, felt great), 6:30, 6:39, 5:36 pace for the final .1.  6:09 would have been sustainable without the headwind I think.  Will work toward getting my 5k under 19 minutes, hopefully within a month.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From JulieC on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 14:30:50 from 63.224.114.143

:-) headwind and heat , u did great! First overall femald even better!

From Fritzelac on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 19:11:57 from 71.56.127.243

Great race.

Looks like you are back too normal; i am surprised how are you able to perform after a night shift; i did nightshifts for 8 years; this is not everybody's ability; some people just need less sleep and some more; congrats; in the context of a night shift amazing performance; i wonder how the body can take this.

From Bonnie on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 23:03:06 from 64.119.33.134

Wow! Nice job after a night shift and everything! And a win!

From Burt on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 23:31:00 from 72.223.88.98

Great job April!

From Rachelle on Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 09:55:02 from 159.212.71.69

Awesome job April! You are crazy and I love it. Good practice at running fast when completely fatigued. You will definitely hit that sub-19 very soon.

From Tracy on Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 14:53:25 from 50.103.228.243

If you can do that on only a little sleep and in bad running weather, just think what you can do with better conditions! Way to go!

From Claudio on Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 18:31:55 from 173.67.63.156

Great job April, very strong as usual!

From Jackie82 on Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:11:16 from 18.189.56.67

Thank you for being such a motivating example and showing (again) that you come back strong from injury. It means a lot to me and I'm sure a bunch of other people on the blog. Congrats on this race, I can't wait for your sub 19!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:26:28 from 64.134.125.126

Wow, great race. You had a lot going against you and still broke 20. Congrats!

From Carina on Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:37:57 from 204.15.86.83

Great win April!!

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