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Not 4 Wimps Trail run

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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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Sun, Feb 16, 2014
Race: Not 4 Wimps Trail run (10 Miles) 01:19:00, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
12.50

This was sortuva last minute deal.  A couple of my running buddies were doing it, so after I got off work this morning I set th ealrm for noon, it went off and I decided I felt rested enought after 5 hours to get up and go run.  This is a low-key race with no prizes but everyone gets a mug and a first-aid kit and gets dirty, plus it's close to home.  It had mud and sand and wind but it was fun.  I missed a turn coming back and mucked through some more mud before hitting a dead end and having to backtrack, so lost a few minutes in there.  I was able to re-pass about half of the people who got by I think.  Anyways, it really doesn't fit in my training plan but it was a good time with friends and I'm glad I went.  I don't feel like I really "raced"--I ran solid but it wasn't an all-out redline effort.

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Comments
From Tom Slick on Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 16:34:36 from 69.171.160.216

you struck gold twice in one race....congrats!

From allie on Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 16:57:45 from 65.130.189.75

dirty trail race! awesome job, april.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 17:18:22 from 66.17.102.185

Sounds fun April. Well worth it I'm sure. Nice W!

From SlowJoe on Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 17:27:45 from 66.69.93.8

That's a great workout right there! So you went off course by a few minutes and still won...that's our April!

From Neasts on Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 21:56:35 from 174.27.229.164

Sometimes it's good to take your training plan and punt every now and then to break things up and keep things fresh. Sounds so fun!

From Rachelle on Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 10:54:09 from 159.212.71.77

Sounds fun! Nice job April.

From Tracy on Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 20:16:40 from 50.103.252.199

Sounds like a fun, down and dirty run! Nice win.

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