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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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Thu, May 06, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.50	1.50	4.00

Planned on running easy this morning, but the music was good so I sped up to 6.5 mph, which felt good, so I decided to do an impromptu mini speed workout and did 6 1/4 mile reps @ 6.5 mph with 1/2 distance recoveries between them. Now, this is a pretty puny speed workout compared to what I did a few weeks ago, but I'm running so much better than I did on Monday, so I'm happy & I'll take it!

Couldn't run longer, because I needed to get to work early. Still felt energetic at work, so during my break I did 2 sets of stair climbing at work (312 steps total). Okay, that burned a little. . . but feeling energetic, so maybe I'll do it again at lunch! Okay, did two more sets of stair climbing, but think I should've done them before eating instead of after eating!

Hope you all are having a good running day. :)

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Metcalf Running on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 15:41:51 from 207.225.192.66

Nice to have so much energy... want to send some my way?

Nice run :)

From KP on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 15:43:13 from 65.208.22.26

did you climb the stairs in your picture?

From Tracy on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 16:31:37 from 209.175.177.37

That's a lot of energy you have! Glad you're not feeling sluggish anymore!

From Lily on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 16:38:22 from 67.199.181.73

What a great workout!

From CookieLegs on Thu, May 06, 2010 at 17:15:25 from 155.101.152.105

Thanks, Metcalf, but I need to save my remaining energy for cooking dinner tonight!

KP, yes these are the stairs where I work - gorgeous stairs with a beautiful view of the Salt Lake valley. (But I kind of cheat - I take the elevator all the way down before walking up the stairs again!)

Tracy, thanks. Each day I feel so much better! I'm keeping track of it on my blog so next time I'll know what to expect!

Thanks Lily. I'd never heard of you before, and just quickly glanced at your blog. Whoa - you run a lot of miles!!!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, May 07, 2010 at 10:57:02 from 72.254.60.78

Where did you get all that energy? I want some. Great job.

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