THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

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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

Mon, Jul 27, 2009

Total Distance

12.88

8:31 average pace. Original plan was to go longer, but decided to make it a little shorter to make sure I am taking care of my foot, which, by the way, is much much better. Yesterday I had hopped out of bed and walked around a bit before it dawned on me that I had not hobbled and wasn't in pain. Same thing this morning. Can still feel the plantar fascitis but it is about 80% gone. Googled how to tape for PF and taped my foot for my run this morning, slipped in heel gels, and had a great pain-free run. Was tempted to run some faster miles but resisted. Maybe a few sub-7's this weekend if foot is rocking steady. I don't want to do anything stupid before my first half-marathon in 12 days!!! Will probably continue to tape for runs as long as I still feel even a hint of heel/arch soreness. Still running on dirt only. Went to the zoo on Sunday with the kids and had a great time! I haven't been in years and I was just as fascinated as they were!

Mizuno Waverider 12 Miles: 12.88

Weight: 106.00

Comments

From Eric Day on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:50:34 from 189.192.79.41

HM in 12 days already? Do you have a plan? What will your strategy be?

Went to the Zoo too? Its fun to take the kids, really have to work out the mind in order to answer some of their questions...

Oh, and also, good idea in taking it easy with your foot, better safe than sorry!

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:04:37 from 68.102.144.140

From what I've derived on mapmyrun, the course is relatively flat until the last 4 miles around the lake which are on gravel and have wicked steep(12% grade according to the elevation map) hills that ricochet up and down. My basic plan is to start at 7:00 pace and hover there,going under if I warm up and am feeling good so I can put some time in the bank since the end will probably be an ugly slowdown! Probably won't get a fantastic time but it will make the flat 1/2 in September feel easy! Loved the zoo--the kids were asking about animals and I would search wildly around for the information stands so I could even tell them what some of the animals even were called because I had no idea!

From Kelli on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:45:41 from 71.219.89.21

Good luck on that 1/2 coming up, you will be awesome!

Sorry you are having PF pain, too. It sucks. Have you had it before?? Everyone tells me once it creeps up it never really goes away and that is freaking me out a bit.

Thanks for your advice. I went and bought come arch support thingies (look like little ace bandages) that i am wearing all day now, so we will see if that helps. I also looked up how to tape my foot and I will try that when i run next week. Thanks for your advice and I hope you get feeling 100% soon!

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 14:00:13 from 205.172.12.229

Kelli--I had a minor bout with it when I first started running nearly a year ago, but it went away in a few weeks on its own. Every once in a great while after a run I have felt some tenderness in the area but it is gone the next day. This time it has stuck but is pretty minor so far. The taping worked wonders do try it and I hope your foot gets to feeling better soon!

From Tracy on Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 14:29:05 from 173.24.32.153

You're awesome! It's nice that the foot is recovering nicely. I think it was probably a good idea not to push too hard today. You'll have a good run this weekend and an awesome 1/2!

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