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Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 29, 2009

Gender:

Female

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Running Accomplishments:

I was a much better runner in my 20's and 30's. When I was 52 I had a 28.5 5K and a 58.5 10K, and I would like to surpass those times.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a 1/2 marathon. I would actually love to run a full marathon, but am not sure if my body would break down with injuries training for one. Update fall 2010: still no 1/2 marathon, but I did run all the way up city creek and back home (14 miles) - absolutely gorgeous!!

Personal:

My name is Adele Kimbrough - I'm 58 and have been running (off and on) since I was 16. My body is not well designed for speed, and I'm a bit arthritic, but I'm having fun trying to figure out just how fast I can be. And this blog helps!

2011 Deseret News 10K Finish Line.
Dang - missed my goal by 4 seconds!

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Wed, Jul 07, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.60	1.00	4.60

Good run this morning to and from the capital building turnaround. Was able to pick up the downhill pace better without feeling the sciatica pain, and ran at a good tempo pace for part of the run. Benchmark time 48:49 (21:40 downhill to turnaround, 28:09 uphill coming home). Ran against a pretty stiff wind the last 1/2 mile.

Feeling small twinges of sciatica pain in glute while not running. It is not severe, but I'm just aware of it being present.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 21:12:13 from 24.8.167.243

I can't decide whether I prefer a run that is downhill the first half and uphill the second half, or a run that is uphill the first half and downhill the second half. How did you like finishing uphill?

From CookieLegs on Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 09:40:34 from 71.36.85.91

Hi Carolyn, I'm not sure what I prefer either. But, because of where I live, most of my loop runs do start downhill and end uphill. Since I know the uphill is coming I can usually deal with it. I have a long stretch of moderate uphill, a steep uphill block, and then have to finish with 1/2 mile of very gradual uphill. I don't mind pushing hard on the moderate and steep uphill portions, but really seem to run out of gas on the last 1/2 mile... Especially when it's windy! I'm guessing you have similarly hilly runs where you live.

It's funny, about 5 years ago I only ran on flat streets, or at the flat soccer track, because I didn't think I could run hills. Then one day I ran a hilly loop near my house, and realized hey, I can do this!!

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 16:04:30 from 68.103.243.161

Nice run! I used to fear hills but the more I run on them the more I like them--they really break up the monotony and let different muscles in your legs get used so sometimes are not as fatiguing as a flat run.

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