| 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.
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| | Day of rest--and it's gonna' be a fun day. It'll go something like this: church, lunch, naptime, a few chores, then Delight is picking me up for girls' dinner out with Deb and Brandy--sounds like a fun day to me! | |
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| | Had a very pleasant, lazy run today and then did 2 circuits of strength drills. My right quad is really tight--it doesn't hurt at all unless I try to stretch it too much--that's when I realized how tight it was. Lots of gentle stretching afterward today and it helped a lot. | |
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| | The emphasis was on slow for the run today. My right quad is much better, but I can tell it is time for new shoes. My legs have little nagging aches and pains. My shoes should be in the mail any day now. Tomorrow will probaby be running circles on the track. | |
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| | 7 miles easy on the track in new shoes. Felt good. The shoes are a huge improvement. Decided to run 400 at a fast but relaxed and comfortable pace. It felt so good and I didn't feel strained at all that I made it an 800 in 3:16. Took about 600 meters of jogging to fully recover. Beautiful day! | |
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It was really humid and overcast outside today and 55 degrees, but not unpleasant. I shuffled slowly for the whole run--trying to be careful to break in the new shoes and make sure everything is still okay after my quickish half mile yesterday(I am paranoid about injury these days). Did 2 circuits of strength drills. I have decided against the 5k in March and am saving my energy for the big 10K in April--it has cash prizes to the top 5 and draws a lot of elite runners from the midwest. I won't be winning any cash(I can't run a 10k under 40 minutes!)--but it will be a good race to get a nice PR in and there are some awesome post-race activities including a concert and bbq. There's a 2 miles race too with a cash prize to the winner($200) but these ladies are unbelievable--they can run 2 miles in 10:something. That's insane! I can't even all out sprint that fast!
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| | Had to get up at 5am to squeeze the run in today. Boy did it get a lot colder overnight. I was wearing two layers on top and bottom and was still chilly. The run started out pretty sluggish(less than 5 hours of sleep, yuck)--but I warmed up more and more with each mile and was bounding along happily at mile 7 and then tore through mile 8--eager to get home and get a hot cup of coffee(which is very nice right now). I cannot believe how with just a few days in a new pair of shoes and nearly all my niggling aches and pains have disappeared. I will have to be much more astute about replacing my shoes between 400 and 500 miles. I'm going to take a nap today later on! | |
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| | If I was gonna run today, it was going to be early! Good thing I went to bed at 9 and fell right sleep because my alarm at 3AM was EARLY! Did 7 loops by the house at a pretty rapid pace just because it is creepy that early in the morning, then came home, kissed my husband good-bye as he headed off to work, and now I am blogging and eating a granola bar. I'm going back to bed in a few minutes! | |
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