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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
Total Distance
59.51
Blue Avants Miles: 30.30Pink Nike Avant Miles: 29.21
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10.00

10:31 AP with my sister in the morning through Santa Maria.  I coerced her into a long run and we actually had a good time.

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8.30

Watch was dead, measured later.  Took about 64 minutes using the hotel room clock so about 7:42 pace. 

Blue Avants Miles: 8.30
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GOT INTO HOUSTON!

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6.00

8:18 AP.  Back home and exhausted.  Ran 4.75 pushing Vanessa in the stroller, then ran the last 1.25 at what felt like it might be marathon pace--6:52 pace for this part.  Slow for the rest of my run.  I am thinking Saturday I will do a 20 miler with 10 easy and 10 marathon pace tempo--no peaking at the watch, to see what pace I end up running when it is all said and done.  This will help me decide on a time goal for the Wichita marathon in October, which I intend to run as well as Houston in January.

Blue Avants Miles: 6.00
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9.00

Ouch.  I will line up my excuses now: tired, emotionally exhausted, hot(90+ degrees), headwind on the homestretch.  I knew right from the start it was going to be a crappy speedwork session but decided to see it through to at least knock the cobwebs off and get my legs going again.

1.37 mile warm up

13x400 with 400 recovery  1:26, 1:29, 1:30, 1:30, 1:29, 1:31, 1:34, 1:34(stop for water here and to pull myself together before this downward spiral continues), 1:27, 1:29, 1:30, 1:30, 1:26

1 mile cool down.  At least it wasn't just me, Eddy said his splits were pretty far off today too.  Just glad to get it done.


Pink Nike Avant Miles: 9.00
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6.00

8:34 AP on the treadmill, nice and easy, since I am less than 12 hours away from my 20 mile marathon predictor run and am hoping to have semi-fresh legs.  I don't want them to feel what they felt like during speedwork yesterday.

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20.21

7:42 overall AP.  Started at 6am after coffee, a banana, and a nutri-grain bar.  Gued at miles 7.5, 14, and 17.5.  Ran the first 10 easy with Eddy, had to really restrain ourselves.  We averaged 8:14 pace for the first 10 miles.  Then we hit the turnaround and it was hammer time.  I died pretty bad the last 3 miles of the tempo but the way I have been feeling this week I am still pretty happy about the pace.   I averaged 7:14 pace for the second 10 miles, which predicts me for a 3:09:38 marathon.  So, my marathon goal for October is 3:09!  I would like to repeat this workout in 2 or 3 weeks.  I am thinking if I slow down my recovery runs and save some gas for the workouts, plus get back to my routine and with better eating and less emotional stress I can stick the last 3 miles a little better next time.

Splits 8:47, 8:21, 8:02, 7:54, 8:14, 8:07, 8:06, 8:00, 8:10, 7:50, start tempo 7:08, 6:58, 7:02, 7:11, 7:24, 7:09, 7:16, 7:20, 7:34(dying), 7:24, .21 at 7:02 pace.  Course was flat with some gentle rolling but nothing major, typical Kansas and what the course will be like in October.

Pink Nike Avant Miles: 20.21
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59.51
Blue Avants Miles: 30.30Pink Nike Avant Miles: 29.21
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