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Southside Scorcher

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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
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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

Sat, Jul 13, 2013

Race: Southside Scorcher (6.27 Miles) 00:42:23, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1

Total Distance

10.20

Well. This was horrible. :( We had a busy night at work, but I got off on time to make it down to the race. It was in the high 70s and gross sticky humid. I warmed up around a mile with two strides and my legs felt very heavy. First mile I felt okay, second mile I felt terribly fatigued, third mile I completely blew up. I was toast from then out. Done. My legs were logs, I was breathing like a freight train, and I struggled mightily just to keep my miles under 7 minutes. I ran beautiful reverse progressive splits. I was in third but the second place girl apparently dropped out somewhere in the fifth mile so I got second, barely, third was only 3 seconds behind. This was a confidence killer. That said, I am very tired, and I noticed the leaders from last year consistently ran around two minutes slower this year. The course was very flat, so for all intents and purposes a fast course. Came home and shook my legs out with a very slow 3 mile jog. Now off to bed, and I will be seeking out a revenge race to make this one a distant memory!!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From JulieC on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 11:51:18 from 70.103.189.14

Humid heat runs suck. And hey did u work last night? R u kidding me? I run the worst like that. I ran a half marathon on no sleep and was so grossed out. Do not worry about this one.

From Bob on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 19:19:44 from 67.176.195.62

That's a tough set up so don't be hard on yourself. Just think how those fall 50s will feel.

From allie on Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 19:45:09 from 97.117.85.152

no worries, april. you still finished in great time and ran a solid pace. it sounds like you were running in tough conditions, and on top of that you were running on no sleep.

you can run -- fast. this was just one race.

From SlowJoe on Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 07:18:21 from 66.69.93.8

10k's suck, I never get them right. 10k's in mid-July....impossible. Whatever you do, don't read anything into it.

From Neasts on Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 21:03:57 from 71.32.225.219

Obviously this one race is not an indication of your toughness or your abilities. Just call it a sucky workout and do like SlowJoe says. I still think it's a great time. :-)

From Carina on Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 08:14:54 from 204.15.86.83

I think under the conditions you ran great. You are such a tough girl, we all know under different conditions your time would be much faster! Still an awesome race!!

From Carina on Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 08:15:16 from 204.15.86.83

Julie, where are you? Bring back the blog!!

From Rachelle on Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 09:31:58 from 159.212.71.199

Definitely agree with everything said. Chalk it up as good practice running on drained legs. You are fast. Don't let one off day get you down.

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