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River Run 10k

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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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Total Distance
61.00
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Total Distance
6.00

Wanted to do more but there is only so much I could take of the home treddy boredom.  Vanessa was bored too.  We went to the Y afterward and I did 2k rowing and a solid hour of weights.  Off to work to finish out the long weekend!

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Total Distance
10.00

scraped out 5 hours of sleep, then researched my ymca kidzone options and ended up at the Andover Y.  8 laps to a mile on the indoor track and kidzone open until 4:45, not bad.  ran 10 ez, no watch.  It wasn't terrible and definitely beat running on the home treddy.  Worth  the 7 mile drive.

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Total Distance
7.00

GoRun track workout.  Warmed up 2.25 miles ez, then 4 x 400.  I ran them around 85 seconds.  10 minute threshold, so about 6:20 pace--the 5 x 200s.  No watch, so I didnt have the times but I ran them pretty hard.  cooled down a mile.

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Total Distance
16.65

Missed my opportunity to bring Vanessa to latchkey this morning because I slept late.  We headed to Eastborough park, where I had scoped out a figure-8 loop around the park and pond.  it measured .55 miles.  I ran 11 laps, stopped to take her for a lap around the pond and push the swing, then ran 10 more loops.  A little later at the Y I ran 5 on the treadmill then pounded 35 minutes of weights.

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Total Distance
6.60

very easy in the 88 degree humid afternoon

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Total Distance
5.25

Ran with April R today.  Vanessa was spending the night so I could get up early and go run a big 10k tomorrow, so this afternoon she put her kids in a double stroller and loaned out another running stroller for Vanessa, and off we went for a run.  We ran the kids to an Italian Ice and Gillato joint, got them treats, ad ran back. Vanessa is petite at 7 years old and actually fit in the stroller and had fun.  Been a long time since I stroller-rolled!  Great afternoon and sorta looking forward to the race tomorrow, although 10k's are not my thing and I have not attempted fast miles like that yet this year.  I don't even know what 6:30 pace feels like these days but I'm gonna give it a shot.

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Race: River Run 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:41:33, Place overall: 5, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
9.50

I signed up for this kinda last minute.  I have yet to run a short race this year, and it was time to bust the rust from the 50 three weeks ago.  I feel sorta like I dogged it, because I felt super strong the whole time and ran almost dead-even splits.  I think with a little touch-up with leg speed the next month or two and I will be able to run a much faster 10k very soon. Not a bad start to the stummer.  It was 92% humidity and quite toasty this morning, so that didn't help, but I don't think it hurt much either...heat is not bothering me as much this year.  weird.

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Total Distance
61.00
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