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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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Nice afternoon hike with Evy and Ryan up to Twin Lakes at Brighton.

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Ran to capital building and back, which I hadn't done for a while.  Tried to keep a good tempo pace for part of it.  My kids start back to school on Wednesday and I'm hoping that going back to a regular schedule will help me be a bit more rigorous with my training - I'm turning into a softie and think I could really benefit from some structured hill work and speed work!

Took another afternoon hike with my kids for their last day of vacation. :)

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Morning:  3 miles on TM (middle 2 miles a quasi-slow tempo pace @ 6mph)

Evening:  Nada ~ supposed to run with my daughter this evening, but it didn't happen because she is thinking about joining the cross country team and wanted to save her energy for running with them tomorrow.  Ran errands with my son instead of running. 

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Morning run up to PA 8 in city creek, then I decided to run back out of city creek using the meandering trail to the west of the main road.  It was nice running on the trail, but it dumped me out on the main bonneville road so I didn't go by my normal water fountain (which I missed more than I thought I would!).  I headed home so I could get a drink and start some laundry and water sprinklers, and then did 3.75 miles more on my treadmill.  

Ramped up the speed a little on the TM so that I ran the middle 2.25 miles at a 10 minute mile pace.  That used to be my tempo speed, but I think I need to bump my tempo speed up a little because while that pace is faster than the very leisurely pace I have been running lately, it really didn't seem quite hard enough to consider it a tempo pace.  (I've just been running slow and lazy for about a month now, and need to incorporate some faster running each week; it's time to try to speed up my old body!) 

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