| 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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| | Noon: Hot and humid from the downtown Y. Ran 15 minute warm up then 8 x 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy. My hard minutes deteriorated quickly in the heat and as I failed more and more to recover sufficiently in the off minute. I meant to do 10 but was so wasted by number 5 that I called it good at 8. Ran a long cooldown through the park and back to the Y. Average paces for on minutes were: 5:43, 5:59, 5:52, 6:25, 6:23, 6:03, 6:03, 6:19 AP for 6.77 miles 8:20
pm. kids were ready to rock. 1 with Nick, 1 with Ian, and .55 run/walk with Vanessa.
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| | 9:11 AP. That's what I call recovery. Actually, it's called 4:30 am with insufficient coffee. I ran early today because we are supposed to get all tornadic by early evening. I'm posting my splits so you can see my awesome opening mile. 10:27, 9:55, 9:46, 9:39, 9:20, 8:50, 7:53, .57 at 6:41 pace(have to get home quick or won't get a shower). | |
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| | 7:29 AP. Ran into Adam walking into the downtown Y and snagged up a running partner for the day. We got pelted with rain and wind the first few miles but then things settled down. I felt really good today and it felt easy. Legs and lungs are coming back to life. PM: epic parental fail taking Nick, Ian, and Vanessa to run on the indoor track. They misbehaved. I yelled sternly lectured them all the way home.
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| | 7.25 at 8:08 pace on my own. .25 with Vanessa, 1 mile with Nick, 1 mile with Ian. It was great today. 72 degrees and sunny. | |
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| | 7:50 AP. Downtown Y to the river and around. Did mile 3 and mile 5 at a 10K pace effort and they were both 6:51. Not as fit as when I am at my best but good enough for now. I am running a 10K next Saturday and will be happy if I can just crank out sub-7 pace on average. I'm trying to be patient. I did a one block sprint on my toes at the end and my Garmin says I hit 3:30 pace. Yeah right but it was fun to see the number. | |
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| | 8:13 AP. Maybe I shouldn't have, but it felt soooo good! I needed this! I needed this run! I kept the pace relaxed and had no pain and my lungs felt great and I literally practically ran even splits and just relaxed and mulled many things over. It was...therapeutic. Besides, that 50K I signed up for many months ago before I was injured is in, ahem, 6 weeks. I'm just aiming to finish it, that's all, but I'm gonna run it. | |
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