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Location:

Salt Lake City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Dec 29, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Tue, Jul 13, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.60	1.00	7.60

Morning run to Capital & back. (4.6 miles)

Have not been very motivated to do any speedwork - I think the heat has sucked a lot of the motivation out of me! (Also, I normally do speedwork on the TM, but have had ZERO inclination to get on my TM lately since running outside is so much nicer - even if it does feel like an oven!!) Anyhow, I started out this morning just planning to get the miles done, but then about a mile from home I decided to try to finish the run under 50 minutes. I had to really hustle to do that, and made it by 3 seconds. So, I'm going to count that 1 mile as fast!

On the good news front, the sciatica pain seems to be staying away - I hope it continues that way!

21:57/28:00/59:57 (7:30 am & HOT!)

I got a 2fer today! Evening run with Evy to City Creek gate and back = 3 more miles, and it was much much cooler out this evening! :)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Tracy on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 14:36:09 from 173.23.75.96

I'm with you on the lack of desire to do speed...

Good job, though, on finding the motivation to hit a goal on the way back in! I do that, too--I find it helps at the end if I have a target to shoot for!

From Kelli on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 14:56:54 from 71.219.99.30

Oh man, I hope it stay away, too! Being injured in any way is just no fun!

I lose a lot of motivation in the summer, too. I can not take the hear and the constant baking by the sun, even at 7 am!!! I am a much better runner in the spring!

Have a great week!

From SlowJoe on Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 15:23:12 from 84.11.148.246

Isn't that a great feeling when you hustle at the end to meet a goal and then look at your watch and you did it? Glad you're getting a reprieve from the sciatica pain for now.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 11:01:13 from 24.8.167.243

Congratulations on the 2fer!

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