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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
Total Distance
12.00

Track!  A little weird to do speedwork with no watch but I feel like the effort was there.  It was a nice blustery 18mph wind on the homestretch each lap.  The second half of the workout I had to run around the massive marching band each lap but it was cool, didn't bother me and didn't bother them.

2 mile warm up, 4 x 200 with 200 recovery, quarter mile jog, then 10 x 800 with 400 recovery, then 1.5 mile cooldown.  I tried to keep it close to 5k effort for the 800s and sprinted like a madman for the 200s.  Anything to make marathon pace feel like a walk in the park.

My thoughts are that sub-3 is possible, within my capability right now, but it straight up has to hit on a cool day with no wind and on a day where I have my mojo...so if the stars align in my favor.  Regardless, I will don the watch again for the marathon and run off of feel, no looking until the halfway mark.  If I try to force a pace in the first half of a marathon I will blow up, so I will run it by feel the first half and then go to the well the second half and see what happens.  This worked for St. George, and the conservative first half payed off, although it was a little scary to know that I would HAVE to negative split to reach my goal.  Prairie Fire is very very flat, especially in the second half, so a good setup to put it at cruising speed and hang on.

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Comments
From Rachelle on Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 14:47:16 from 199.190.170.28

You are without a doubt there April. Do not let your own head hold you back after all the hard work you have put in. You've trained so well and grown so much as a person through this training session. Execute your race regardless of weather, ect. Focus, Believe in yourself, and do it!

From Jake K on Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 14:50:27 from 174.239.97.126

Running by feel is the best way to go in the marathon. I click my splits just so I have them afterwards, but only really take a look at 5 and 10 miles - just as a speed check. Then evaluate at halfway. Negative splitting is the most efficient way to do it.

From Tracy on Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 09:10:15 from 50.103.212.241

The training cycle has gone well. I think you'll have enough mojo for a pr.

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