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impromptu midnight marathon

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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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Total Distance
58.88
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Total Distance
9.50

8:28 AP.  around Derby. Our house is still standing.  Only spent about 20 minutes in the basement at my Mom's last night, tornado passed through just south of us.  Lots of debris and scenery and blocked roads trying to get back home this morning but we are here and safe.  Lots of property damage locally but very few injuries and no fatalities.  Could've been a lot worse, I'm thinking the tornado mustve weakened considerably by the time it hit Wichita.

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Race: impromptu midnight marathon (26.22 Miles) 03:27:27, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
26.20

http://blogs.kansas.com/weather/category/tornadoes/

 

This shows a map of the tornado that nailed Wichita Saturday.  My house is just to the East of where it first touched down in Derby, and it passed just a half mile from my Mom's house near Douglas and Webb on the north end of the path where we were hunkered down in the basement. It has been a pain in the behind lately to get around, get kids dropped off, etc...that's my excuse...I am planning on running this evening when David gets home and logging some miles.  stay tuned

 

Okay, so I didn't actually run a race, but I did suddenly decide after all the Boston stories that I didn't care if I was 10 pounds over race weight, burdened by the troubles of life, completely  and pathetically not trained or consistent in any matter, that I was just going to run a marathon.  So I did.  I ran 26.2 miles in my town of Derby, which has just enough rolling up and down that I figured it wouldn't trash me too much.  I just treated as a nice, long, run.  And it was nice, except for the part where I biffed and bloodied my hand at mile 22 on concrete.  I shuffle and it was dark...I finished after midnight.  Time was lame by my standards but I wasn't racing and it was a good reminder to my body that I AM an endurance athlete and it gave me a little hope that not all is lost and maybe, just maybe, I can pull it together for a killer fall marathon.

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Total Distance
6.18

8:36 AP.  made it 30 loops around post 4 before we got a call. Good thing my patient was sick enough to not notice how stinky I am under the jumpsuit.

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Total Distance
9.00

9 easy through Derby, no watch, ran the last mile hard.  Legs are recovered, so that means I really was good and didn't toast them in my Tuesday marathon.

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Total Distance
8.00

6:53 AP.  dreadmill.  .5 warm up 8:34 pace.  1.5 up  4% 7:30 pace, 2 down -2% 6:22 pace, .5 up, 1 down, .5 up, 1 down.  burn and turn!  Feeling motivated to get back to form.  should've ran that solo marathon a long time ago.

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Total Distance
58.88
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