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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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
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Sun, Sep 14, 2008

Total Distance

5.00

I got back into running 3 weeks ago and have really discovered the joy. I will be running my first 5K on October 11 and am training for that. I just need to establish a baseline time.

Anyways, on this day I ran an exactly 5 mile route which includes a significant uphill portion--not a steep grade by any means but definitely up hill. I ran 5 miles in fifty minutes which is the best I have run so far. I felt great and the weather was crisp and gorgeous so I started off too fast. I knew I was going to fast but I felt good and didn't care. The first two miles flew by and getting into the third mile I started to hurt. Most of the third mile and part of the fourth was straight up a slight incline. I got onto even ground and after some slow running picked the pace back up to finish the fifth mile, though not nearly as fast as my first two miles. I do not know what my splits were but I am sure the third mile was slower, the fourth mile the slowest, and the fifth mile pretty slow. Last week when I did five miles it took 57 minutes, so I felt pretty great after the run! My goal for this 5K is under 30 minutes, which I think is definitely possible now. Oh well, this was the third day in a row running so it is time for a day off and I will run again on Tuesday. I am trying to vary the routine so perhaps a fartlek. It depends on how I feel that day.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 16:17:28

Welcome to the blog. 50 minutes for 5 miles is 10:00 per mile, which gives you around 31:12 for a 5 K. So unless you paced yourself very very evenly which is difficult to do, you have very possibly already broken 30 minutes in a 5 K en route. You should probably shoot for around 27 minutes. With your natural speed your 5 K potential is probably around 19 minutes. While you are probably still quite far away from that potential (will take a few years of consistent training to reach it), I would not be surprised if you run much faster than 27 minutes in your upcoming race. Depending on how competitive this 5 K is, you may end up winning the age division on your first try.

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 16:23:40

One more thing. Optimal fitness is gained when training 6 days a week and taking one day off. This is true for almost any fitness level. The few exceptions would be something I would consider a pathology - e.g someone with a chronic fatigue syndrome or some odd injury that cannot recover even from the lightest workout in 24 hours. You should keep the volume and the intensity low enough that you can recover in a day. The frequency of runs does wonders for your endurance. This is why you find elite runners training 2-3 times a day rather than running all of their daily mileage at once.

From Walter on Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 21:19:54

Welcome to the blog, great goals! What he said!

From lisa on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 08:39:46

Welcome to the blog. You are a great runner - amazing times considering you just started again! And the mother of 5. Good luck on your race.

From Snoqualmie on Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:20:40

Welcome to the blog, April! If you get even half the benefit I feel I've had from the encouragement here, you will achieve your goals for sure. I would like to second Sasha's 6 day a week recommendation. It has been extremely helpful for me. Have a great day!

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