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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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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
39.780.0039.78
Weight: 124.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.800.002.80

morning run to city creek gate and back. 

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Comments
From Tracy on Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 14:13:53 from 50.103.252.199

Glad to see you back, Adele! Especially after reading the update! I look forward to reading about your hard work to regain fitness.

From CookieLegs on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 19:56:10 from 67.171.114.107

Well thank you Tracy - guess I'd better get busy working harder! :)

From Tracy on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 20:02:22 from 50.103.252.199

Nah! Just nice to see your return.

Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.800.002.80

afternoon run to city creek gate and back.  starting to feel sick

Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.800.002.80

Quite nice afternoon run to city creek gate and back home.  Nice clean air today!

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Comments
From Tracy on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 20:04:33 from 50.103.252.199

Hope you guys are enjoying the same warm up that we have been enjoying the last few days!

From CookieLegs on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 20:08:46 from 67.171.114.107

Oh, it was gorgeous today - about 40 and sunny and I took off my gloves and sweatshirt half way thru the run!

From Burt on Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 23:43:43 from 184.98.222.140

wow! I just read what happened to you in 2013. I'm so glad you're better now :)

From SlowJoe on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 19:01:30 from 66.69.93.8

Really glad you are running again. Even gladder than Burt is.

From Burt on Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 19:20:52 from 70.166.99.57

You wish Joe!

Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.200.002.20

Ugh, gotta start somewhere.  A badly broken wrist was a good excuse for a couple months, but  this last month I was just lacking motivation . . .  (To be fair, I did go running a smattering of times since January, but did not keep up with the blogging.)

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.000.003.00

up to city creek pa 1 and back home

Weight: 124.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.800.003.80

1 mile with midnight (3 laps around soccer field)

2.8 miles to city creek gate & back, strides on 12th avenue on way home

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.800.002.80

11 am.  ran to citycreek gate & back.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.000.003.00

from city creek gate up the canyon to 1.5 mile marker & back down.  Lot nicer running in the canyon than on the hot city streets!  (21/19)

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.250.001.25

3 laps with midnight, plus a little coming and going

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.330.001.33

4 laps with Midnight

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.250.001.25

2 3/4 laps with midnight, then up along tennis courts, down along trail to outer edge of ensign lawn.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.000.002.00

6 laps with Midnight.  Mini workout at bars afterwards.  (~24 min)

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.000.002.00

6 laps around soccer field with midnight

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.250.001.25

guessing on mileage, ran with midnight up around haunted hospital route.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.000.001.00

walking with midnight, about 4 miles total, ran up the bonneville road from city creek to 11th & 12th.  Estimate about 1 mile of running.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.000.002.00

3 1/2 to 4 mile run/hike.  Ran from home down to city creek, then up the BST to the bike jumps, then back on the deer trails to 14th ave park, then home.  Ran quite a lot of it, guessing at least 2 miles if not more. 

Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.750.000.75

Guessing at mileage.  A wise person once told me to get motivated about running again, I should do 11 hill repeats followed by a fast mile.  Well, I decided I would do 7 hill repeats followed by a slow mile.  The 7 hill repeats felt hard but awesome.  But I only made one lap around the soccer field because Midnight kept stealing two other dogs' tennis ball (he lost his own two balls by that point!) and the other dogs owner seemed to be getting kind of kind of miffed at me. Onward and upwards!

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.000.001.00

Needed something and since this morning's planned running got derailed I decided to go up to the end of Terrace Hills and run up the dirt road until it flattens out.  Walked to the 2nd mini jump (2 minutes), then ran the rest of the way up (14 minutes).   No idea how much actual running mileage, so I'll put one mile.  Felt good!

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.500.001.50

Drove to top of Terrace Hills, then walk/ran the trails to the west.  Pretty much ran the uphill and level trails and mostly walked the downhill parts.  Probably 3-4 miles total and am guessing 1.5-2 miles of actual running.  Took Midnight and he behaved pretty good - gives me hope for future!

Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
1.250.001.25

ran one mile up the steep trail at the end of terrace hills, then ran about 1/4 mile back down (walked the steeper portions coming down).  It's not much, but . . . it's been feeling good - woot woot!

Weight: 0.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
39.780.0039.78
Weight: 124.00
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