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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, Mar 13, 2011
Total Distance
20.00

7:49 AP.  Alone.  Dirt roads. 17mph winds.  I started out slow with a 9 minute mile, and basically jogged the first 10.  Although I didn't have pain, I had that weird unstable feeling, and a sense of burn out.  I had pretty much decided to drop Eisenhower in the first 10.  Shortly before the 10 mile mark, I did something I haven't done in a long time, and took a chocolate gu.  At mile 10, for some unknown reason, I decided to pick it up and at least try.  As I ground out the brisker miles, I began to feel better and better and the unstable feeling dissipated.  Despite the wind blowing me around and the side stitch in the final two miles, I finished feeling much better about Eisenhower.  1st 10 8:16 AP. 2nd 10 7:21 AP, which is decent considering the wind and terrain.  In fact, 7:21 pace would give me a PR in a marathon.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:39:38 from 184.79.24.255

Good, so it looks like you'll run it? That is good news. A lot of times, running slow feels bad/weird for me too, then I pick up the pace and all is right again - even feels easier somehow. Nice run!

From Tracy on Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:27:30 from 173.23.75.96

I'm glad you feel good about running today. Since you're a little less than a month out, your mentality is so important, and it's good to hear that you're feeling strong and stable again. It's been a rough last few weeks for you, so hopefully it's needed recuperation from Vanessa's sickness and just the general stress that comes from being a working mother (not to mention a working mother who is training for a marathon!).

From Pittbully on Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 21:24:03 from 12.229.185.130

Great times even with those crazy Kansas winds!You killed that last 10! GU for you...lol

From allie on Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 21:02:26 from 174.23.253.123

great job, april! overcoming the "mental rut" on a long run is a huge victory and should be of great help in the marathon.

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