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Titan 10k, Southside Scorcher

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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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281.14
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15.00

Missed my GoRun track workout because I had to work last night but after I got off got the bright idea that would go to the track and replicate it.  When Fernando message me the workout I about cried, it sounded brutal...and it was.  I never ever felt good during this workout.  I was winded and stiff and creaky and never smooth. It was basically awful.  I decided not to pitch it thought, and just deal with not hitting the paces I wanted.  I got kinda confused about the 300 meters so just went off the paces my garmin said I was running.

2 mile warm up

200(5:36),300(5:34),600(5:49),300(5:32),200(5:30)--200 meter recoveries in between except I took 400 meters after the 600 to work out a side stitch

3:45 jog

10 minute threshold 6:23 pace

4:40 jog

6 x 300 with 200 recovery 5:53,5:35, 5:42,5:31,5:28,5:28

cooldown 2.25 miles. 

ugh and good night

evening:  5 more very easy on the home treddy.  shaking off this morning's nasty run

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7.00

easy on east y treddy then 30 minutes upper body and abs.  no energy today.

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16.00

7:10 AP on the Kingman Hills with Kyle and Fernando--a helluva workout on those hills.  Usually they get hopelessly ahead of me but today they only put about 30 seconds on me so I was in striking distance--felt good about that.

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15.34

7:10 average pace.  Met up with Nick and Kyle at the start line to the Johnston's half marathon course.  Kyle was talking a 1:30 half for a good long tempo, but it was a tall order the day after the Kingman dirt hills leg thrashing we took yesterday.  My legs were shot.  We still turned it into solid tempo intervals, and I just hung on to Kyle's red pacer shirt for dear life.  Popped off the first 5 miles at 6:47 pace, jogged, then 3 at 6:50 pace, jogged a little, then 2 at 6:50 pace, then cooled down.  Legs were tree trunks.  not too hot but 86% humidity.  I was fatigued from the night at work and little sleep.  Have done a lot of quality this week!  Looking forward to some easy recovery running!

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13.00

am.  8 staggered after work this morning with no watch.  felt like 100 mile race pace or so

pm.  5 easy

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9.00

met up for the GoRun track workout.  went really well--best 400s I have ever torn off, and it was 85 degrees

warmed up 3 miles, then 16 x 400 starting every 3 minutes.

splits 85,83,82,82,81,81,82,80,81,80,81,81,81,81,80,77

2 mile cooldown

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7.00

indoor track Andover Y.  so tired it hurts.  sleep dep blues

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7.00

East Y treddy.  just gotta get through another night at work and then maybe get some real sleep.  so tired. 

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8.00

8 with a few accelerations at 10k pace.  gonna race tomorrow

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Race: Titan 10k, Southside Scorcher (6.26 Miles) 00:40:51, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
15.70

Up early and off to the yearly wicked hot and humid Titan 10k.  Warmed up 1.5 miles with Nick and did a few strides.  A quick look around at the starting line and I was fairly confident that no competition had showed up and I would be running mostly solo.  I didn't take splits, just ran.  It was 75 degrees at the start and wicked humid as always, but I still somehow felt I had a sub-40 in me today, so definitely disappointed.  The pace just slowly bled throughout, nothing terrible, but a slow bleed that killed my overall time.  I did win, though, by about 5 minutes, so I guess that was pretty cool.  Later on while Vanessa was napping did a slow 8 mile shakeout on the home treddy.  I know that ultra training and trying to keep touch with speed is a little absurd, but I am going to try nonetheless.  I do think the weekend back to back long runs and lack of sleep keep my legs a little heavy, but as my body adapts I still think I can continue to improve.

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10.10

8:15 pace.  hot humid sticky 87 degree evening run with Jarrod and Marcus

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40 minutes never ending stairs, creating a sweat waterfall, then 45 minutes weights and core

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8.00

afternoon stagger between shifts, ez, no watch

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8.00

stuck on the home treddy, bored, so did some button pushing and half-heartedly did a speed workout I really wasn't in the mood for but grudgingly got through it.  20 minute warm up, 10 x 1 minute on/off 5:27 pace, stopped for a 5 minute call I had to take, hopped back on, jogged a quarter mile to get back in it, then 10 minutes 6:22 pace, cool down to 8.

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6.00

East Y treadmill.  I meant to go easy since my back to back long runs start tomorrow, but the songs were good and my legs felt good so ended up doing 3 at 6:40 pace in the middle but they felt super easy.  abs afterward.

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31.00

8:09 ap. Heartland 100 is only 13 weeks away. Long runs getting longer! I felt awesome this whole run and pace steadily dropped. The question is...how will tomorrow's long run feel?...

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Total Distance
16.00

Got off work late after a terrible night, missed my meet-up with Nick and Kyle.  Ran all over riverside, caught a few miles with Amanda and a drink at her house, caught Kyle on the tail end of his run.  Legs actually felt okay, but was sleep deprivation and work-tired.  Glad this back to back long run weekend is done!!

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8.00

7 easy on the treadmill then 1 on the indoor track with 10 strides. 30 minutes weights.

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8.00

over 100 degrees for this evening GoRun track workout.  3.5 mile warm up slow.  then 15 x 300 at 5k to 2 mile effort with 200 recoveries.  I didn't bother tracking my pace.  No cooldown, just drove home and drank a lot of water.

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10.00

treadmill tempo.  My pace as pretty tempered by the heat last night at track so this afternoon legs were plenty fresh enough for a tempo.

1 mile warm up 8:34.  8 mile progressive tempo 6:40, 6:35, 6:31, 6:27, 6:22, 6:18. 6:15, 6:11, cooldown 8:34.

I wish these pace translated more realistically in the real world from the treadmill!

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8.00

8:55 pace...afternoon stagger in 91 degrees between shifts.

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6.00

Worked all night and then had stuff to do in the morning and evening--four hour window to sleep, one hour to run, so stumble straight out of bed, a few sips of coffee, and straight up onto the home treddy in my underwear for 6 easy before jumping into the shower to make the next obligation.

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15.00

6:54 ap. Treadmill. Had to with my kiddo.

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0.00

absorbption day.  30 minutes making sweat waterfalls on the never ending stairs and then 45 minutes weights and core at a rather intense pace.  felt good!

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8.00

Easy, dty indoor track.  From now until school starts I will almost always have to run on a treadmill or in circles with my munchkin.  It will be long two weeks, running-wise.  accepting it and moving forward.

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10.00

East Y.  Treadmill speedwork.  2 mile warmup, 8 x 800 at 5:56 pace with 400 recoveries at 9:13 pace.  2 mile cooldown.  I struggled so much the first 800 that I seriously considered abandoning the workout.  After fighting through the second rep I decided that not all workouts are going to feel good and I am not always going to feel strong, and this was one I could make it through.  So, I powered through it--glad I did.  It was doable and I don't think I put myself in a hole--it's good to know I can run hard even on a majorly "off" day if I want to.

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8.00

East Y.  8 ez on the treadmill except for one 10-minute stretch at 6:40 pace because I felt briefly frisky.  2k row in 9 minutes flat after to really get the sweat flowing and then piddled around a little with weights and called it good for the day.

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8.00

ez on home treddy.  ugh.  cannot wait to be in the great outdoors on Saturday, no matter how tired I am going to be!

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281.14
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