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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
Total Distance
8.00

8:49 AP.  Opening mile 10:35, closing mile 7:14.  I went to church yesterday, came home, cleaned house, took a brief nap, worked all night, saw my daughter in ER, came home and tended to her and the other kids while spending a few semi-comatose hours on the couch fielding phone calls and making sure she could breathe, showered, doctor, pharmacy, home, kids, dinner, run.  It was nice to run the first 2.9 with my husband!  I get to sleep a whole 8 hours tonight.  Heavenly.  And, for what it's worth, no caffeine during this 36 hour slog.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 10:32:35 from 132.3.53.68

Yikes, hope all is well now with Vanessa. You are excused for the 10:35!

Everytime I've had those long stretches without sleep they've been heavily-aided by caffeine (or dexedrine when flying). Very impressive!

From JulieC on Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 16:21:42 from 207.108.176.100

LOVIN' the OPENING MILE!!! isn't it funny how you can run a slow opener and think "am I even a runner or am I even running?" and voila-- a 7:14 : D. I was totally worried on my warmup before Bryce with a 9:30 mile. A whole 3 minutes per mile faster 15 minutes later. YIKES. PAYS OFF for YOU and ME at least. Glad you get some sleep tonight.

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