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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
Tue, Apr 20, 2010
Total Distance
10.00

7:53 average pace.  It was a gorgeous morning so I decided to touch base with 5k pace a little bit.  7.14 miles first 8:28, 7:55, 7:54, 8:00, 8:04, 7:55, 7:37, .14 at 8:05 pace than popped into the sienna ranch addition and did about a mile loop with random accelerations of 5k pace, usually from mailbox to mailbox, with jogging to full recovery between.  33 seconds at 6:14 pace, 28 @ 6:06, 24 @ 6:07, 22 @ 5:53, 39 @ 6:03, 40 @  5:20, 20 @ 5:47.  then cooled down 1.45 7:59, .46 at 7:33 pace.  Not much stretching afterward because I was in a hurry--had to shower me and bathe Vanessa, take Jesse to the doctor, pick up Lexi while Kim went to her job interview, drop Jesse off at school, take Lexi and Vanessa over to Kim's and then off to work.  It always feels like I have a full day before I ever even get to work.

Pink Nike Avant Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From CookieLegs on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 14:50:56 from 155.101.152.105

Awesome strides today - especially the 40 sec at 5:20!! Sounds like you were a very busy chauffeur this morning!!

BTW, Yesterday at the library I saw a quote by William Shakespeare on the wall:

"April hath put a spirit of youth in everything" :)

From Burt on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 14:58:57 from 206.19.214.144

Ooh. I saw a sign that said "Buy Girl Scout Cookies."

From JulieC on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 15:08:00 from 71.35.248.218

yes great striding. I love strides. I love looking at my garmin and watch the pace catch up with me, hold it for few seconds then jog easily. Is that how you run yours? How do you remember what pace you got to? Is there a trick? Anyway you are making those fast twitch come to life they will be there for you come Saturday for that new PR : D BTW didn't it rain for you there last year?

From SlowJoe on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 16:59:49 from 131.59.200.82

Yeah, do you just use hit the lap button at the beginning and end instead of letting auto-lap do each mile? Looks like an interesting FARTLEK-type run. See, my running vocabulary is growing. Your speed looks pretty good a week from a marathon.

From seeaprilrun on Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 17:03:47 from 205.172.12.229

Julie and Joe--Yeah I just hit the lap button and take off, then hit the lap button when I slow down, then hit the lap button when I take off again. It records my overall average pace for the acceleration and will also give your max speed, but I didn't look at the max speed today, I mostly just wanted to run at 5k pace in spurts and get a feel for it.

Adele--if only I had the fountain of youth :)

Burt-peanut butter patties

From ChrisM on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 09:28:37 from 130.88.123.4

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