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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, Jul 23, 2011
Total Distance
16.00

7:44 AP.  David had to leave for work at 6:30am, so, cursing my stupid running habit, I got up at 4:00 and was running by 4:15.  I ran the first 8 in sleepy silence then picked up my water bottle and 2 shotblocks where I had planted them in the mailbox and got the music going to get me through the monotony of 8 more lonely miles.  It ended up being a progressive run of sorts once I woke up and pushed the pace a tiny bit because I needed to get done and not make David late for work.  The bright side, this is probably the coolest part of the day and no sun beating down on me!  For fun here are splits: 9:08, 8:37, 8:23, 8:04, 7:44, 7:36, 7:38, 7:33, 7:29, 7:34, 7:32, 7:26, 7:23, 7:16, 7:21, 7:05.  In general my long runs are at a faster pace mostly to get them over with.

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From derhammer on Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 12:22:19 from 70.113.125.159

Sweet run, April! I am with you on getting the long runs over with as soon as possible. :-)

From JulieC on Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 14:20:04 from 168.103.184.32

: D. Hey we ran our first mile at the exact same pace : D. So love that. YOUR AP WAS SUPERP!! ; D. Be glad you didn't have 4 women runners who like to go right to fifth gear on 20 milers. Man ALIVE. So wish you lived next to me!!!

From SlowJoe on Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 14:53:35 from 75.109.104.60

That would be a great run even in nice temperatures. Very impressed. Way to beat the clock.

I'm kinda the same way when the distance gets long, the pace gets faster as I'm ready to be done.

From flatlander on Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 18:13:28 from 76.31.26.153

My pace would get faster if I could. Very nice run, especially for summer temps.

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