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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
Sat, Aug 21, 2010
Total Distance
20.21

7:42 overall AP.  Started at 6am after coffee, a banana, and a nutri-grain bar.  Gued at miles 7.5, 14, and 17.5.  Ran the first 10 easy with Eddy, had to really restrain ourselves.  We averaged 8:14 pace for the first 10 miles.  Then we hit the turnaround and it was hammer time.  I died pretty bad the last 3 miles of the tempo but the way I have been feeling this week I am still pretty happy about the pace.   I averaged 7:14 pace for the second 10 miles, which predicts me for a 3:09:38 marathon.  So, my marathon goal for October is 3:09!  I would like to repeat this workout in 2 or 3 weeks.  I am thinking if I slow down my recovery runs and save some gas for the workouts, plus get back to my routine and with better eating and less emotional stress I can stick the last 3 miles a little better next time.

Splits 8:47, 8:21, 8:02, 7:54, 8:14, 8:07, 8:06, 8:00, 8:10, 7:50, start tempo 7:08, 6:58, 7:02, 7:11, 7:24, 7:09, 7:16, 7:20, 7:34(dying), 7:24, .21 at 7:02 pace.  Course was flat with some gentle rolling but nothing major, typical Kansas and what the course will be like in October.

Pink Nike Avant Miles: 20.21
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From SlowJoe on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:21:59 from 84.11.148.246

Dang, how do you do that? I think I would keel over after just those first easy 10 miles. Anyway, I think that's a good goal for you; you're in great shape lately. Did you ever look at your pace on the last 10 while running?

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:49:42 from 68.103.248.145

I managed not to peak! I looked during the first 10 to make sure we didn't start going to fast--I wanted to keep it in the low 8's and the watch helped. We would start cranking up speed and looking at the watch would help me pull back. I didn't peak during the tempo at all--just ran it by feel, but I could definitely feel that I was dying at the end--I think I could have kept up the pace but mentally just wasn't there.

From ChrisM on Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:23:32 from 86.177.213.9

Nice workout!

It will be interesting how accurately this predicts the marathon time! I know the Brooks Hansens team do "simulator run" of 26.2-kilometers (16.3-mile), I think with no warm up but during a heavy training week, so it is probably similar to that in intensity.

From JulieC on Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 11:01:02 from 71.35.249.231

Lovin'your 20 miler!! I bet your next 20 will even be stronger-- its just you!! Improving all the time : DD.

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