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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
Thu, Aug 29, 2013
Total Distance
12.00

6:56 AP.  I needed a good 'ol strong tempo run as a confidence boost for a sub-3 attempt in October.  I take this with a grain of salt because it was in air conditioning on a treadmill, but I wanted to get out of the heat and just throw down a solid tempo, getting my legs practice turning the way I'm gonna need them to.  I felt totally awesome and pretty comfortable throughout, so it was definitely a confidence booster.

1 mile warm-up

4 x 60 seconds on/off at 5:27 pace

3 minute jog

8 mile tempo 6:40,6:40,6:40,6:40,6:35,6:35,6:31,6:27

1.5 mile brisk cooldown

Felt like a million bucks and went and did some core and weights afterward

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rachelle on Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 13:15:00 from 199.190.170.29

You nailed it, you are ready April! Great job.

From JulieC on Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 19:37:50 from 70.208.9.68

Since your unfortunate accident there is nothing to stop u from that subthree. You got this. No doubts here.

From Neasts on Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 19:45:21 from 71.32.227.124

Holy smokes, April! I refuse to accept your grain of salt and say that 3:00 won't even put up much of a fight with you. Did I miss somewhere which marathon you're doing or is it a secret?

From Jake K on Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 19:59:04 from 63.227.21.222

Really good!

I like how you did the 4x60s before starting the tempo... get the heart rate up, so the initial mile of the tempo isn't a shock.

From Tracy on Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 07:49:03 from 209.175.177.37

You killed it! Take that, treadmill!

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