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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
Thu, Mar 17, 2011
Total Distance
3.00

Tried 3 on the mill. It hurt and my gait was weird.  This is stupid.  I have to heal, and there is no way I can give my best at Eisenhower like this.  I e-mailed them and bowed out.  Time to pull back and crosstrain.  Bone scan is on Tuesday.  Regardless of the diagnosis, I'm toast for now.  I guess I better look into a Y membership.  My  new goal is to spend the next month getting skinny like I was last year and staying somewhat in shape. Then, hopefully, I can at least come back for half marathon May 1st.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Tracy on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 15:55:44 from 209.175.177.37

I'm sorry that you're struggling, but maybe this cross-training "break" will help you both mentally and physically. My bet is that you'll come back stronger than ever.

From Bonnie on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 16:02:36 from 173.202.239.4

Sorry to hear about that April, but backing down before it gets worse is always the smartest approach (though not often the easiest). Sometimes I miss my pool running - I actually really started to like it!

From ChrisM on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 17:53:18 from 82.26.212.49

Sorry to hear about the injury problems, hope you do not have a stress fracture

At least once you know what the situation is you can focus on getting better

I was under the impression that it is way too painful to run if you have a stress fracture so hopefully it is not as bad as that

From Kelli on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 20:31:18 from 71.219.97.85

Dang, I am sorry to hear about your pain. I am hoping the bone scans show that there is no stress fracture and some rest is all you need!

Can I join you with the gettin' skinny thing? I am up almost 10 pounds from where I was this time last year and I just can not shake it!

From SlowJoe on Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 21:35:00 from 70.254.49.206

You probably made a good decision. As cliche as it sounds, you can work some new muscles and come back stronger and more injury-resistant. You will probably be a lot better at crosstraining than me, I get really lazy when I can't run.

From Kelli on Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:15:16 from 71.219.97.85

I do the same thing (get LAZY!)

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