| 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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| Pink Pegs Miles: 37.46 | Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 31.67 |
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| | 5am. Another pre-coffee blurry run. 8:20 pace. This is all I have time for today since I have a job interview and I have to go to work. Hopefully I can bribe Brandon with breakfast again tomorrow so I can get a good workout in. | |
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| | 7:33 average pace. The Brandon-breakfast-bribe worked and he showed up at 8 to watch Vanessa and I took off. Objective was 2x4 at marathon pace. 2 mile warm up 8:25, 8:27 4 at MP 7:28(umm still warming up), 7:17, 7:17, 7:08 .5 mile at 3:56(7:52 pace) 4 at MP 7:16, 7:14, 7:12, 7:10 1 mile cool down 7:47 At first MP felt hard but once my body warmed up to the pace I was actually quite comfortable. Today's workout makes me feel really really good about a 3:15 here in a few weeks! Came home and cooked Brandon chocolate chip wheat pancakes and over-easy eggs. I had a few too, more like a lot. Yummm
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 11.50 |
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| | My toddler is one tolerant little gal. Got up, got the kids off to school, drove into town, did 6.5 in the stroller, stopped at sonic, got tater tots, spent 20 minutes eating them down the block at Grandmas, then ran a few more in the stroller. 8:11 pace for the whole thing. Came home, one circuit of strength drills and now I need to get to work. | |
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| | Drove to my best friend Kim's house out west--she has a treadmill. Vanessa and Lexi(my goddaughter) played and I ran. Started out at 7.1mph whatever that means for .67, then the cord thing fell off and the treadmill shut down. Got it all figured out a few minutes later and ran 9.5 more at 8:05 average pace. Whew neither the basement nor the treadmill had a fan, and my sweat levels were approaching Burt caliber. Kim's mom was there and she graciously brought me a towel so I could mop myself off every once in a while. Treadmill running stinks but at least I got to run.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 10.17 |
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| | a.m. got the kids off to school, drove to Sedgwick County Park and did 4 miles with Vanessa in the stroller. The wind is vicious today and Vanessa was getting upset and saying it hurt her eyes so we didn't do more. 7:51average pace for these. We went and got some ice cream and had girl talk afterward p.m. Family pizza. Went out on a very full stomach for 6 more. Felt like being weird and so did a mile that felt fast but controlled just to see how it felt on such a full stomach. 6:16 for this mile. It actually felt pretty easy, although I was burping the taste of pizza the rest of the run I didn't feel sick. 8:01 average pace. Long, relaxed run in the 20-mile range with the tribe tomorrow.
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 10.00 |
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| | 7:54 average pace. Ode to Eddy, a.k.a. "Flash"--we started out with the rest of the Tribe and then took off a little faster. My goal was to hang with Eddy as best as I could. We mutually agreed to pick it up at the turnaround and then really pick it up to the low 7's for the last 6 miles. Eddy is an animal! In the last 6 we would take turns surging to keep the pace strong, up until the last .5 when Eddy unleashed a killer kick and dropped me like a hot coal for the finish. My not-so-valiant effort to stay with him did net me a sub-7:00 final mile--a good way to finish a long run. I practiced gu-ing while running and ended up taking 3 gu's. My stomach held up fine. Two weeks! I guess now it is time to taper. Splits: 9:40, 8:26, 8:00, 8:02, 8:16, 8:12, 8:19, 8:12, 8:08, 7:59, 7:57, 7:52, 7:48, 7:58, 7:45, 7:38, 7:32, 7:13, 7:19, 7:20, 7:12, 6:59, .07 at 6:57 pace.
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| Pink Pegs Miles: 37.46 | Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 31.67 |
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