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Wichita Easter Sun Run

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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
Race: Wichita Easter Sun Run (6.2 Miles) 00:44:29, Place in age division: 2
Total Distance
7.20

44:29 was what the clock said when I crossed the finish line, but I don't know my official time so I may be off a second.  Anyways,  I'm PUMPED.  Slaughtered my PR by almost 5 minutes.  Anyways, got the kids up early, drank a cup of coffee and ate a banana, then drank a cup of water, loaded up, and drove to the course.  We got there with an hour to spare.  There was a playground right by the finish line!  I couldn't have asked for a better setup than that!  Warmed up with about 10 or 15 minutes of slow jogging and one burst of race pace, then found the starting line and lined up about 5 minutes before we were off.  There was a ton of people there.  Anyways, I took off at what I thought was about the right pace, trying not to get overexcited.  1K split was 4:15.  A little fast.  Can't remember my 2k exactly but it was 8 something.  Still a little fast.  Saw my kids cheering for me when we passed by the playground around the 4k mark.  Then we ran through a bunch of people lined up cheering for us and that was actually really awesome and made me run faster.  Crossed 5K in 22:13 still feeling pretty good and just kept plugging away.  Somewhere between 6k and 7k it started to get harder.  I just kept telling myself to relax.  Relax. Tempo.  Relax. Tempo.  That was what I kept repeating over and over in my head.  Don't know why!  Anyways legs were feeling clompy like my feet were slapping really hard, but around 8k that feeling seemed to pass.  I started to push at 8k knowing that I was probably slowing down.  Concentrated on form and staying relaxed.  Crossed 9k at 40something and knew if I wanted under 45 minutes I better turn it on.  I turned it on, dropped into a dead sprint as soon as I could see the finish line, and when I was coming down the home stretch I could see the clock was 44 something so I was grinning like a fool when I crossed the finish line!  Not to mention my kids were screaming at me to sprint!  I am very happy with this race!  I feel like I had some left when I finished so at my next 10k in a month I will not be afraid to push a little harder--I now know that at this pace I will not blow up and die before the finish.  Leg tiredness seems to be what slows me down in the end more than my breathing.  My breathing felt pretty good and controlled the whole race.  I will have to keep plugging away at those strength drills.  Anyways everyone have a great Easter!

Asics Miles: 7.20
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Joe Birchmeier on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 16:08:03 from 68.102.241.1

Thanks for the encouragement - see that you had a great run! If you are looking for a fast 10K - Junction City has a 10K each 4th of July that is about as flat and fast as you can get. It is good to see another Kansas on the blog!

From Burt on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 17:49:11 from 98.167.151.26

Way to go April! Excellent PR!

From Marion on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 20:43:11 from 71.219.49.63

YOU ARE A SPEED DEMON!!! Way to go sister! Yeah for not blowing up!!! Hee Haw!

OK- so are you going to get a Red Hot Pink Chick T-shirt for your races? Let me know if you want one :)

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are the COOLEST!!!

From Smooth on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 20:53:15 from 70.56.102.54

CONGRATULATIONS on a GREAT PERFORMANCE, taking home the hardware and smashing your PR. AWESOME RACE!!! You sure did your kids PROUD today!

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 21:10:45 from 68.102.144.140

Joe--sounds like a nice fast 10k but a HOT one. eek I hate running in the heat. gonna have to get used to it though!

Burt--thanks! I see that you have recently BROUGHT HOME THE BACON in a half marathon! Congrats!

Marion--Thanks! You are one inspiring person! I'll let you know about a shirt!

Smooth--I wanna cry! That's what it was all about in the first place anyway--setting a better example for my kids. Quit smoking, start running. I never thought it would turn into all this!

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 21:17:58 from 192.168.1.1

Congratulations!

Relaxing is very important. It is an art. That it is how world-class marathoners are able to do it at sub-5:00 pace. They have mastered the art of relaxing.

From Eric Day on Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 09:12:29 from 189.169.185.254

April, super PR!! Great job!

You see, all that work has payed off!

Smart running, good concentration, I've got to learn more from you!

Congrats!

From MichelleL on Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 16:37:52 from 71.35.250.102

Wow great job and excellent job keeping the second half strong.

From walter on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 09:48:27 from 76.27.15.208

Way to PR!

From Camille on Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 14:46:45 from 75.171.21.123

you are freaking amazing!!!

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