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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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Mon, Jan 11, 2010
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3.000.003.00

OUCH! Turned off the alarm this morning.  Big mistake.  Only time for a short run, which I guess is better than no run which is what I was tempted to do. 

I decided I should met out punishment to myself any time I shut off the alarm instead of getting up to run.  So at work this afternoon I walked up all the stairs in my building twice.  My building has 26 steps between each floor (11 steps then turn & 15 more), so 312 steps total.  Twasn't too bad, but I would've rather been running.  (Actually, it's probably good training, so I might try to start doing it on a regular basis.  But, then I'll have to come up with a new punishment!)

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Comments
From seeaprilrun on Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 21:46:26 from 205.172.12.229

312 steps! Awesome--that has got to count for something!

From Tracy on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 14:34:23 from 209.175.177.37

Ha ha! I have the same sort of system with myself of punishments and rewards. I wish we had that many stairs. We only have about 20 stairs total at work!

From CookieLegs on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 16:26:52 from 155.101.152.105

Thanks, April, I did them again today - my new mini workout :)

Tracy, you'd love these stairs - they're truely gorgeous. What type of punishment do you give yourself if you turn your alarm off?

From Tracy on Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 07:40:20 from 173.23.75.96

Well, I run later in the day, so I rarely shut off my alarm, but I do a lot of "if you don't hit this pace for this portion of the run, you can't stop yet" and stuff like that.

But I like that our "punishments" are really good for us :)

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