| 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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| | I was joined by my friend Wendy today, and we aquajogged and chatted away for two hours, then we had french fries and ice cream. Life is good. | |
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No time today. 20 minutes of as much as I could cram of abs, pushups, dips, leglifts, toe points. etc...long swim tomorrow.
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3500 yards (2 miles). 250 yards getting goggles situated and used to the water. 500 in 10:34. one mile in 40:32. 500 in 11:00. 10 x 50 on the 1:15 clock. Would have loved to keep going but my underdeveloped swimming muscles had about had it. 85 minutes of swimming. 8 days until x-ray.
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| | 95 minute workout. Aquajog. 5 minute warm up. 40 x (1:30 hard, :30 easy) with 2 minutes between sets. 5 minute cooldown. 10 minutes hot tub. Had to walk very briskly and even broke into a slight jog when I looked in the yard and Ian and Vanessa were missing. They were next door, which out here in the country, is quite a ways. They were fine--petting the nieghbor's dog, but had to pay the consequences of breaking the rules and leaving our property. I wasn't thinking about my legs, just my kids. In retrospect, I will note that there was no pain in my sandal-footed jog. I'm not going to start running or anything, I'm just filing it away as good news. One week until x-ray! | |
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| | Aquajog/swim combo. First aquajog, 5 minute warm up, 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 minute intervals hard with one minute easy recoveries, 5 minute cool down. 100 yards adjusting goggles. 500 tired yards in 10:28. 50 kickboard. 2 x 50 in 52 seconds. Done. About a 60 minute workout when it was all said and done. | |
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| | 2 hour pool run. I met up with Amy who is also in stress fracture recovery and we chatted the whole time and it just flew! It was great. I needed the stress relief without the drag of solo pool-flailing. Life can be very hard sometimes, and yesterday, in an ugly moment and under duress, I spent 5 minutes in a Quik Trip parking lot talking myself out of buying a pack of cigarettes. I even went in and used the bathroom and walked around a bought a soda before leaving. Unbelievable, after all this time, that I could get hit by a craving like that and come that close to breaking. Although I have never been addicted to street drugs or alcohol, I understand the power that an addiction can hold over a person, and don't see how it can be broken without the loving hand of God. | |
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