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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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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
Sun, Oct 23, 2011
Race: Inspire Hope 8k (5 Miles) 00:33:37, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
12.63

I never run well in the first month after a marathon and today was no exception.  Warmed up 2.63.  First mile 6:19,calves were tight and acid-ey, and minced along the next 4 at marathon pace.  I did get to win and get $100 so can't complain, but am chagrined over the time.    Cooled down 5 miles.  I will try not to pay too much mind to this race but geeeez!  McMillan says I should've run it under 31:00 bwahahaha!

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Comments
From allie on Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 20:01:42 from 24.10.191.18

congrats on the win. $100 -- not bad at all for a sunday afternoon!!

no worries about the time -- i think it's solid and it's only been a few weeks since the marathon. good job, april.

From april27 on Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 21:11:57 from 99.188.251.180

McMillan is a liar! Go buy new shoes with your 100!

From JulieC on Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 22:06:51 from 71.35.248.85

YAY we got matching 100 bills!! only I wish I didn't need to run a dreaded marathon for it!! 5 miler for some big bucks!! YEE HAW for NEW SHOES!! apparently I was the winner last year for the same 100 dollars. I just didn't know it and because I never said anything I didn't get the money. Well I never knew. I had to call the dealership twice since the marathon. I can use the new shoes. He had a hundred dollar bill for me but ended up mailing me a check. Got it in the mail two days ago. :D got to feed our addiction, right? btw way to go on the time!! how was course April? and did you have any competition?

From SlowJoe on Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 22:58:45 from 75.109.104.60

On the bright side, you got to use the word chagrined in your blog. Anyway, I would say that for the next few races, in case you have a bad one, you get to just say, "whatever, I have a 2:59" and that is that.

Congrats on the win and cash, talk about a silver lining!

From Jake K on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 10:58:06 from 155.100.226.53

Nice run April! First post-marathon race is generally just a rustbuster... to win and run that fast is GREAT!

McMillan's calculator is highly skewed towards ridiculously fast times if you drop down several levels in race distance, especially if you are using your marathon time as the "standard." I can't hit ANY of the times that he would predict I should in anything below the 1/2 marathon.

From flatlander on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:14:20 from 76.31.26.153

Good job April. For me, I am faster at shorter distances than marathon distances when it comes to McMillan, although you wouldn't know it from last weekend. Maybe SGM is still affecting me, glad I have company. (Well, kind of, no way are we in the same category.)

From Rachelle on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:19:59 from 159.212.71.69

Congratulations! It always takes 4-6 weeks for me to fully recover from a marathon so this it totally normal. And yay for winning $100!!

From Claudio on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 15:03:50 from 216.99.185.50

Congratulations on the win! and don't worry about the time - you made the equivalent of about $180/hour - sounds better, doesn't it?! or $20/mile :) Seriously, a 5-miler faster than marathon pace, 3 weeks after a marathon as intense as yours was, is plenty fast!

From JG on Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 14:20:34 from 71.59.27.33

Congrats on the win! $100 prize is sweet, no better feeling than walking away from a race with cash in hand!! :)

From Jody on Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 14:37:18 from 75.141.131.35

Congrats! That is great and $100 to have fun with! First race after a marathon is never fun but you rocked it!

From Burt on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 15:50:22 from 72.223.91.148

Great job April, as always. I like Claudio's math.

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