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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
45.20
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
20.00

7:49 AP.  Alone.  Dirt roads. 17mph winds.  I started out slow with a 9 minute mile, and basically jogged the first 10.  Although I didn't have pain, I had that weird unstable feeling, and a sense of burn out.  I had pretty much decided to drop Eisenhower in the first 10.  Shortly before the 10 mile mark, I did something I haven't done in a long time, and took a chocolate gu.  At mile 10, for some unknown reason, I decided to pick it up and at least try.  As I ground out the brisker miles, I began to feel better and better and the unstable feeling dissipated.  Despite the wind blowing me around and the side stitch in the final two miles, I finished feeling much better about Eisenhower.  1st 10 8:16 AP. 2nd 10 7:21 AP, which is decent considering the wind and terrain.  In fact, 7:21 pace would give me a PR in a marathon.

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Total Distance
10.00

6 at 8:20 AP running loops around the pasture and our property while Vanessa napped.   Then I went in side and did 4 on the treadmill including 10 x 30 second strides at 6:00 pace with about 45 second recovery.  7:39 AP for these.  Knees/shins are so-so.  I promised them if they would make it 25 more days to Eisenhower and get me through I would quite running until they were healed.  Some days it doesn't seem I am injured at all and some days it is there.  So weird.  Nothing on google matches.  Nothing.

Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.00

8:39 AP.  Minced gingerly along nsaid-free.  I am really dependent on those.  So, I swallowed crow and went to the doctor.  He also specialized in sports medicine at one point.  My pain doesn't match anything.  He said it basically is either inflammation in the area and I will have to rest it to make it go away, but can probably nsaid-up and make the marathon, or, it is tibial stress fractures.  I am being scheduled for a bone scan.  Preparing for the worse.

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Total Distance
3.00

Tried 3 on the mill. It hurt and my gait was weird.  This is stupid.  I have to heal, and there is no way I can give my best at Eisenhower like this.  I e-mailed them and bowed out.  Time to pull back and crosstrain.  Bone scan is on Tuesday.  Regardless of the diagnosis, I'm toast for now.  I guess I better look into a Y membership.  My  new goal is to spend the next month getting skinny like I was last year and staying somewhat in shape. Then, hopefully, I can at least come back for half marathon May 1st.

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Biked 5.5 miles easy with Nick, then 1 mile with Ian, then walked up and down the drive while Vanessa rode her tricycle.  Then I pedaled furiously in the wind for 13 miles.  Riding a bike into a headwind is way worse than running into one.  I plan on getting my Y membership Saturday and getting on an elliptical if it doesn't exacerbate the injury.  The elliptical has kept me in decent shape before and it will do it again. I'm also going to lose 10 pounds this month.  So take that stupid injury!  My bone scan is on Tuesday.  Now that I am not using motrin or anything I can feel it when I walk like crunching glass at the top of my shins.  It isn't particularly painful but it's not runnable.  I hope they're not fractures, but I'm already pounding the milk and planning to heal fast.

Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
6.20

60 minutes on the elliptical doing one minute on/one minute off intervals with the resistance.  On the off intervals I concentrated on keeping the cadence high(180/min).  It got me panting and drove my heart rate very high at times.  Good.  I also sweated ridiculous amounts.  This will be my primary fitness maintenance machine. I think I will be waiting at the door at 5am most mornings to get an hour in, and will try to squeeze in another hour during lunch at work, and on off days Vanessa can chill in the kidzone while I do 1.5 hours of work.  I'll probably vary it up with the bicycle but the stairmaster is a no go for my legs right now.  I'm also planning on lots of corework in the evenings when I have time.  So there.  I will NOT get out of shape and I will lose some weight.

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Total Distance
45.20
Weight: 0.00
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