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Johnston's half

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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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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, Sep 14, 2014
Race: Johnston's half (13.2 Miles) 01:32:03, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
14.00

Major underperformance.  Pace bleeding started at mile 8 and at mile 10 my legs were just dead.  I could not get them generate any power whatsoever and my miles slipped over 7 minutes.  I also had this anxious panicky feeling in my chest.  I could breathe fine but the palpitations were kinda scary. 

I don't really know what is wrong.  I broke down and weighed and that's not it, I'm still within decent range.  I am getting serious about pounding iron and eating lots of fruits and vegetables.  I'm also pitching heavier weights and going for functional core movements and plyometrics.  I hope it works and I shake the dead legs before Heartland.

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Comments
From SlowJoe on Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 07:30:18 from 168.215.171.129

Ultra runners don't waste their time on these sprints anyway! I'm kinda excited about your 100. I know you've run that far before but this time it'll be out in the open...do you have a crew?

From JulieC on Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 08:21:28 from 63.224.113.81

yah what he said!! watch some supplements with iron have hidden additives that can increase heartrate. 1:32 is better than my 1:33 ;D

From Kam on Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 10:34:30 from 68.66.163.179

I like how you win every race.

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