THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

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Location:

Wichita,KS,

Member Since:

Sep 14, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

marathon pr: 2:59:49. Saint George 2011

Praire Spirit 50 mile winner 7:36:30 2013

I accidentally ran 100 miles in November 2013. it was hard. I threw up a lot. decided to do a better job next time

I did it again on purpose October 2014--Heartland 100 winner and CR 17:38:37

Heartland 50 winner May 2014

Psycho Wyco 50k winner February 2012

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run enough to hold off the middle-age spread

Long-Term Running Goals:

~~Sub 3 hour marathon--SOMEDAY!~~ Done!

New long term goal: ....run enough to feel kinda like I did when I was fit

Personal:

I was a single mom. Two times over. We all survived, despite the fact that I make atrocious decisions. Then, I met a man I didn't deserve. And he loves me so much. And I love him. We lived in sin and bought a house for two years then hired a judge and officially got married(to our great delight and also the delight of our mothers), then a month later he was diagnosed with cancer. Well we survived all that and he's 100% fine now. But, we're really out of shape and really busy with kids and jobs and running just isn't my priority and there's so many other layers to all of it, but I'm running anyway. This is my failure blog now. Just to log that one run a week if I snag it.
Somehow that matters and I want that run recorded.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Mizuno Waverider 12 Lifetime Miles:						333.61
Nike Air Pegasus Lifetime Miles:						507.20
Pink Pegs Lifetime Miles:						595.58
Pink Nike Avant Lifetime Miles:						624.04
Crappy Asics Lifetime Miles:						146.72
Adidas Adizero Mana Lifetime Miles:						113.32
Blue Avants Lifetime Miles:						653.33
Crocs Lifetime Miles:						18.08
Lunarfly Lifetime Miles:						468.47

Wed, Aug 31, 2011

Total Distance

12.00

6:57 AP. Treadmill at the Y. I decided to combine my midweek 12 with my hill workout since I work nights Friday, Saturday, Sunday. My long run will have to be Friday before work. I did a sorta simulation of SGM miles 7-19.

.75 warm-up flat 8:34 pace

1.25 up 4% 7:30 pace(Veyo)

1 mile decline -2% 6:40 pace

2 miles incline 4% 7:30 pace(Dammeron)

7 miles decline -2% 6:40, 6:40, 6:35, 6:31, 6:27, 6:22, 6:18

The 6:35 to 6:40 miles feel like a marathon pace on a decline. Under 6:30 is too fast for marathon pace. I hope 6:40 pace feels like MP at SGM.

So, I have to retire the green shirt. I will now be wearing my black and white GoRun racing team shirt for all races. It's a cool deal though. I represent at races, promote the store, show up at group runs and clinics(which I do when I can anyway) and I get 4 pairs of shoes, singlet, shorts, and race entry fees. They said we could think about it and I was like "WHERE DO I SIGN!?"

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From JulieC on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 22:46:36 from 70.56.108.128

lookin' good partner!!! so did you sweat like a pig? oh wait, you are acclimated. I am slightly worried about running well in the heat in SGM. PRAY for NO HEAT. SEE YOU SOON. YOU RAN QUITE AWESOMELY TODAY!! btw CONGRATS ON ALL THE NEW PUBLICITY-- so wish I could get free stuff to feed my addiction. : D PRETTY DARN COOL.

From seeaprilrun on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 23:00:05 from 174.70.177.86

ONE MONTH Julie! My heart is in my throat thinking about it Soon! I am visualizing our victorious sub-3 sister day! I am less worried about the heat and more worried about the effect of altitude on me! We are only 1000-1500 feet above sea level here. I am NOT acclimated to altitude. I am hoping arriving 48 hours early and spending some time on top of the canyon will acclimate me a little bit. I think I will feel it when going uphill and think Veyo and Dammeron could be rough on me. What are you thinking on pacing strategy? I'm thinking I need to make sure and chill the first half and then open up and go for broke after Dammeron.

From Jody on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 23:01:10 from 75.141.131.35

Congratulations! That is awesome! LOVE FREE STUFF for doing what we love.

Very nice run, treadmill to boot.

From Nan on Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 00:49:53 from 98.245.117.176

Cool! Congrats on the sponsorship and good luck with your last few weeks of training before SGM!!

From SlowJoe on Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 10:50:22 from 132.3.53.68

Great workout, you are going about your training super-smart in my opinion.

Congrats on the sponsorship as well -- those are some great spoils. I hope you don't get struck by lightning or something without the green shirt.

From allie on Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 11:47:50 from 24.10.191.18

i think you will do fine with the altitude if you are coming 48 hours in advance. just get in a few good runs beforehand. looks like you are simulating the course really well in your workouts -- based on the splits you are hitting, you should be able to tick off 6:40s in the marathon, no problem.

cool about the sponsorship! congrats.

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