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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
Fri, Aug 21, 2009
Total Distance
18.34

8:05 average pace.  Woke up at 6am to beat the heat, ate a piece of toast and jelly, drank some water, and hit the road.  Noticed that they had graded the dirt roads so they were unfortunately rather rocky in places.  Decided that I would run the whole thing on dirt anyway and just slow down on the rocky parts, because I don't want to aggravate my foot by running on asphalt when it is doing so well.  Decided protecting my foot was more important than pace.  Took Julie's advice and started slow, drifted into a better pace in the middle, and finished strong.  Felt very strong at the end and could have easily kept going but no need to push it too hard.  Foot was feeling good and wanted to end on a  high note.  Also squatted and peed behind a push for the very first time on a run and it was not nearly as scary as I thought it would be.  I am worried about having to go pody during a marathon but if there is something to squat behind I suppose I will be okay.  Overall a good run for me.

Splits 9:27/9:01/8:50/8:28/8:21/8:11(gatorade)/8:03/7:58/8:02(gatorade)/7:58/8:03(pody break)/7:56/7:43(gatorade)/7:42/7:30/7:29/7:41(gatorade)/7:24/2:24(7:08 pace)


Blue/gold Asics Miles: 18.34
Weight: 107.00
Comments
From Eric Day on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 14:13:27 from 189.192.209.188

Wow April, impressive, very impressive.

Great splits, great run and the best is that you finished strong and well.

I'm sure you are ready for a marathon.

From Burt on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 16:48:11 from 68.76.197.194

I would think that running on a rocky dirt road is more dangerous than asphalt because you could step on a rock with your heal. Ouch. And no comment on popping a squat. That's TMI! LOL!!!

From Burt on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 16:48:25 from 68.76.197.194

Little one done, out.

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 17:00:22 from 68.103.250.39

Only rocky in some places, little one(by the way I tried entering burtmccumber all one word and you are still little one done). Most of the time I ran right down the middle of the road where it was fairly smooth. I was just glad that "popping a squat" only seems to add a mere few seconds to my split. I wonder how the elites do it--do they just have strong bladders? What if stopping to pody means the difference between winning or losing the race?

From Burt on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 17:19:36 from 68.76.197.194

You have to put a dash between the burt and the mccumber. For future reference just go to the person's blog, look at the address bar and whatever is in between the "http://" and the ".fastrunningblog.com" is what you need to enter in to the favorite blog box.

From Burt on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 17:22:21 from 68.76.197.194

This is how some of the elites do it:

http://walter.fastrunningblog.com/blog-08-23-2008.html

Of course more often than not, it ends up down their legs. My thought is why can't they hold it for 2 to 3 hours? You hold it in all night for 8 hours when you sleep!

From JulieC on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 17:32:50 from 67.42.16.87

More to write about this potty squatting thing.... but first, GREAT RUN!!! Look at those progressive splits, so STRONG!!! I have many a potty story. Holding it in during a race? not here. Depends for runners? not. More on this later got to pick up my kids from school :D

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 17:54:35 from 68.103.250.39

I did it little one, I did it! You are now on my favorites list.

From Burt on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 18:00:08 from 68.76.197.194

Woo hoo!

But I'm not your #1 friend. Get rid of Allie. LOL!

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 19:03:10 from 68.103.250.39

Get a name that starts with an "A"!

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