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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, Aug 30, 2011
Total Distance
8.00

9:13 AP.  94 degrees.  Worked all night.  Brought the kids to school, slept 4 hours, then stumbled out of bed to run on my shadeless dirt roads.  It was more of a stagger than anything else.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tara on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 15:43:12 from 75.169.155.85

Nice working getting in run, despite work load. That's what makes the difference!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 18:08:00 from 75.109.104.60

That does not sound like fun. Nice....dedication!

From JulieC on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 23:41:32 from 70.56.109.41

your entry is bringing back the nightmares. remember all my staggering runs I blogged working nights? WE JUST DO IT. Really we should work for NIKE : D. sleep well tonight. a few weeks and we will finally meet.

From julieesplin on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 16:26:17 from 75.169.178.184

I lived in Derby for 6 months and then Wichita for 1 1/2 years while my husband was in graduate school. I remember the summer heat and humidity and shadeless dirt roads in Derby.

When we told people we were living in Wichita, KS they would often say "Kansas! How do you like Kansas?" Like they expected something negative. I thought it was wonderful and would say, "I love it. Not many people will come visit on their vacation, but it's a great place to live."

From seeaprilrun on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 21:49:41 from 174.70.177.86

Wow Julie Rose Hill is just a few miles East of Derby--I actually have my kids in Derby schools. Me and my husband both work in Wichita. I agree it's not a bad place to live, but it is kinda...plain. Plain in the plains imagine that lol! It's probably changed a lot since you lived there--everything has grown together and southeast Wichita had eaten Derby up.

From julieesplin on Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 11:38:33 from 75.169.178.184

When we lived there 1999-2001 you had to drive through several miles of "nothing" to get to Derby. We lived in Derby for 6 months then moved into Wichita because we both worked on the North side of Wichita and didn't like driving so far. I know to a lot of people moving to shorten a 30 min commute sounds reduculous, but it was just the two of us and we rented so it wasn't a big deal. If I had kids I would prefer Derby/Rose Hill too.

I agree it is "plain." When people would joking say things about "seeing forever" out there I thought, "you actually just see to the next tree, or small hill, etc." I loved the thunder storms though. The lightening is amazing in the mid-west.

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