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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
Total Distance
6.87

8:27 average pace for 6.54 miles of pasture-pond trail loops at home.  14 of them.  Ugh.  The boredom is definitely a factor.  These feel like hard work today.  Some of that is because the ground is uneven and I have to pick my feet up more than my usual low-to-the-ground shuffle or I will trip.  Then I went barefoot for a quarter mile of strides and jogs.  The grass was cold and pokey and I am a huge tenderfooted wimp.  It will be a loooong time for me to build to even just a mile barefoot.  After the marathon in April when it warms up I will look more into the barefoot thing as a training tool.  Came in and did two circuits of strength drills and a little bit of abs.

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Comments
From Burt on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:52:21 from 206.19.214.144

Do some plyometrics. That works all sorts of different muscles in your legs and really helps when you alter your running stride.

From JulieC on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 15:58:53 from 71.219.40.201

wowsers april and you included more barefoot running? i'd prefer hot coal running (summer roads barefoot) to prickly cold terrain.

From Smooth on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 16:09:35 from 174.23.198.220

WOW, my legs and feet hurt just reading your post. 14 loops, barefoot running, then strength and abs afterwards?! Man Oh man Oh man! What are you going to do during taper weeks! April 10 can't come soon enough! YOU ROCK!

From CookieLegs on Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 22:55:08 from 71.36.82.81

Good job getting these loop runs done! 14 laps of watching where you step! How to you keep track of how many loops you've ran? I'm going to have to read that book "Born to Run"; I've heard other bloggers commenting about it as well. Good luck with tomorrow's run.

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