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Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis

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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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Race: Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis (4 Miles) 00:29:22, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
5.00

That was ROUGH.  I am absolutely thrilled with my time though!  I am glad I took yesterday off, my ankle was doing great today.  It was thirty or so degrees outsided but no wind today.  I felt my ankle a little bit when I started jogging around to warm up, but it warmed up very quickly and did not bother me during the race.

There were no splits called so I am not sure of my pace the entire race.  I know the first mile I felt like I took off a bit too fast.  By the time we started the second mile both my calves began to really bother me.  They were incredibly tight and aching, and stayed that way the entire race.  There were many times when I felt like I really should be going a little faster, but my tight calves wouldn't let me.  I concentrated hard on leg turnover and trying to relax my shoulders and arms.  I passed the lady ahead of me in the third mile, but coming into the fourth mile some other girl passed me.  I surged, passed her, but she surged and came past me again.  I started running pretty hard but I could not catch her.  At this point I entered the puke zone, and stayed there for the rest of the race.  I felt like I was crawling and not running very fast, but figured since I had to throw up I was running as hard as I really could.  The last mile was very hard.  I felt like throwing up and I was quite miserable.  I finally heard the cheers, came round the bend, and saw 29:14 on the clock and sprinted as hard as I could(which wasn't much faster than I was already going).  I walked off the nausea within 5 minutes of finishing.

This is definitely the worst I have felt during a race, which I believe is because this is the hardest I have pushed myself.  My goal was under 30 minutes so I am very happy with my time!


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Comments
From Eric Day on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 14:46:04

Alright! Way to go!

1st place age division & excelent time & pace.

Please treat yourself to something nice on such good work.

From Burt on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 15:27:21

Wow! That's incredible. I'm afraid to push myself that hard.

From walter on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 17:58:04

Nice race! How was the weather for you?

From marion on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 18:17:04

AWESOME!!! You did great! Be sure to stretch out those calves. Your race was rockin'!!!

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 18:40:54

Thanks everybody! My husband is taking me out to dinner tonight for celebration!

walter--the weather was lovely! it was chilly but no wind, snow, or ice so very pleasant!

From walter on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 19:19:03

I always seem to run good in colder weather or at lower elevation. Good run, go eat up for now and burn it off later. lol

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 21:11:55

I just had a fantastic mushroom burger at Cheddars with my husband and I am STUFFED.

From Burt on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 22:36:45

Deservedly so!

From walter on Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 22:48:06

SWWWWEEEET! I love any mushroom burger.

From Jodi on Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 00:25:49

YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!!! Great job on your race, 1st place and lightning fast pace!!

From Kelli on Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 18:04:02

You met your goal, great job!!!!

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 16:27:59

Congratulations! Solid time.

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