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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
Mon, Sep 06, 2010
Total Distance
8.00

8:27 AP.  92 degrees, steady wind at 20mph with some killer gusts, not a super fun run.  The last two days I have been slammed by patients and am so glad this is the last stinkin day of being on call(day 8).  I was busy today but finally decided to go for it and squeeze a run in the late afternoon sun at Sedgwick County Park--two four mile loops.  I managed to stuff my big phone into the little key pocket but the real miracle is it didn't ring during the run.  Now I am up late wading through a lot of paperwork but am taking a mental break to blog!  I am OFF tomorrow and won't be on call again for 6 weeks.  Phew.  So...I am eyeballing this 5k on the weekend but also at the same time there is a 15k, and I am intrigued.  While I would really really really like some 5k redemption, I am 5 weeks out from a marathon, which is the ultimate goal, and a 15k would make a killer threshold workout, especially with a long cool down to make it a long run.  I can always find another 5k, in fact there is one on the 25th, so I am leaning more and more towards the 15k.  What do you guys think?

Blue Avants Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 01:32:22 from 214.13.130.104

I agree, do the 15K. If you can do it at your FHP, or faster, almost 5 months before Houston (in the midst of training) it'll be a nice confidence boost. And a 9-mile tempo run has gotta help your training more than 3.

From ChrisM on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 03:14:32 from 86.178.237.139

I think the 15K makes more sense, is more specific to the marathon and will give you more confidence about the marathon than doing the 5K.

Whatever time you run in the 5K, I think you could probably take something like 45-60 seconds off if you were training specifically for the 5K and rested going into it

From Eric Day on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 11:03:40 from 189.192.25.61

15k !

From JulieC on Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 15:23:47 from 71.213.99.106

15k : DDDDDD at the same AP as your 10k pace (6:35 to 6:45)

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