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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 26, 2010
Total Distance
7.86

Hills and heat!  Ran at 6pm with the tribe.  10 hard repeats up the hill, jogging down for recovery.  My splits were better than the last time we did this workout, and last time we only did 8 repeats so maybe I am getting stronger.

1.39 warm up slow

1:13, 1:19, 1:21, 1:19, 1:20, 1:21, 1:18, 1:19, 1:19, 1:19

2.47 cool down, including two more jogs up the hill.

Blue Avants Miles: 7.86
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 05:54:05 from 214.13.130.104

I like how the splits stayed consistent. Anytime I do repeats of anything, they get progressively worse until I give up and vow to never do them again.

From ChrisM on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 14:06:29 from 86.173.192.233

Nice hill repeats, and good they are getting faster when you are running more of them!

From JulieC on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 15:42:19 from 71.219.42.67

bet it was sweltering at 6pm!! what is the grade of your hill? and how long is it? I am thinking I need to get out and do some, there are so many hills of varying sizes nearby....not sure which one is best for repeats. Great workout!!

From seeaprilrun on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 16:29:16 from 68.103.243.161

Joe--Believe me, I have done that same thing with repeats in the past...

Chris--I went back and checked and a month ago my fastest repeat was slower than my slowest repeat in this workout--so I am thrilled!

Julie--the hill is .2 miles, starts easy at about a 1% grade and gets progressively steeper as it goes, ending up around 7 or 8 percent at the top. I wish I had hill trained before; it is making a HUGE difference in leg strength and power for me

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