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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, Sep 12, 2013
Total Distance
18.00

7:16 AP.  I felt kind tired and sore, but it was in the low 70s with cloud cover and I didn't want to waste a day with good conditions, so I did a long run.  started brisk and felt decent so hit a 5 mile MP tempo for miles 6-11 and then slowed back down to brisk because my legs were basically just fried,  Splits were all over depending on how I felt at the time.  Confidence for sub-3 is not good, it will have to hit on a day I feel good and conditions are decent or it isn't gonna happen.

For fun, splits:  7:56, 7:28, 7:24, 7:20, 7:29, 7:02, 6:49, 6:55, 6:49, 6:48, 6:47, 6:49, 7:48, 7:42, 7:28, 7:17, 7:25, 7:20, 7:12.  All around a wishy-washy run.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 13:31:54 from 161.38.221.168

do not lose confidence in the sub-3. this was one run, and even if you weren't quite feeling it, those splits are very solid. it's definitely faster than i would ever run 18 miles!

you are in the thick of training -- it's totally normal to experience that flat/fried feeling on your runs.

it will all come together.

From Jake K on Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 13:53:20 from 67.177.11.154

Yeah, what allie said... when 9 of 10 workouts say "Crush 3 hours" and then 1 doesn't provide the same kind of awe-inspiring confidence... ignore the one and trust in the 9.

From Neasts on Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 13:58:07 from 75.169.60.81

Your confidence will return in a day or two when you crush one or two more workouts. :-)

From Rachelle on Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 14:01:35 from 199.190.170.29

Agree with all above comments. I'd also argue that a 18 miler at 23 seconds per mile slower than GMP in the thick of hard training is a pretty dang good workout!

From SlowJoe on Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 19:01:11 from 66.69.93.8

I had the perfect comments but looks like everyone else beat me to the punch. So instead of being repetitive, I'll leave you with this: Goooooooo April!

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