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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
Fri, Jan 08, 2010
Total Distance
10.00

8:23 average.  Treadmill again.  Woke up to -18 with wind chill this morning.  A little scary cold for me.  Took it easy, starting at 8:41 pace and then going to 8:20 pace for the majority of the run.  Back on the road with the group tomorrow--it is supposed to get up to 6 degrees at noon so that's when we're going for an easy 10! 

And, in other news, I took my nursing boards(NCLEX) this morning.  The computer shut down at 75 questions, which is the minimum possible, which means I either ACED it, or, totally and completely BOMBED.  I will probably not know until Monday, since it takees 48 hours to pay money with a credit card online to get your "unofficial" results.  Thinking about it just makes me want to vomit.  Failure is really not an option at this point.

Mizuno Waverider 12 Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Eric Day on Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 20:27:56 from 189.192.35.161

Failure is not an option. Period.

Running is looking great though.

From Bonnie on Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 09:23:50 from 64.119.33.134

Try to relax this weekend and think of other things April. I will be sending positive (and calming) thoughts your way!!

From JulieC on Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 15:50:58 from 71.35.218.1

I had to wait over 4 months for my results. Every letter in the mail scared me until then. If the envelope was thin it was a good thing. I took the NCLEX when it was an all day thing. Imagine that? They tried out the computer test that year so half of my group got to take it the shorter way. I am sure you aced it smarty!!

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 21:37:10 from 68.103.250.39

I PASSED!!!!!

From Bonnie on Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 00:00:30 from 64.119.33.134

CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is awesome April!! I am so happy for you -- and your patients! Nurse April,how cool is that??!

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