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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
68.47
Pink Nike Avant Miles: 58.47Pink Pegs Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
10.00

7:44 AP.  Up at 4:45, half a cup of coffee, and on the road by 5am.  

Long warm-up as I slowly gained consciousness 8:28, 8:31, 8:21, .5 at 8:35 pace

3 miles at FHP 6:50, 6:46, 6:51.  Got nice and wet in here because it had rained all night and Ididn't realize the pond had flooded my route in the dark until I was shin deep running through it.

Recovery mile and then brisk cool down 8:09, 7:39, 7:39, .51 at 7:25 pace.

Our 15 year old got arrested friday for shoplifting.  We are worried, disappointed, and stressed.


Pink Nike Avant Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
15.19

7:34 AP.  Up at 5, out the door with coffee 5 minutes later, in Derby running by 5:30.  Derby has lots of rolling hills and is well-lit; it is a good place for early morning running.  I saw 6 or 7 other runners out, which was pretty cool.  

evening: 5 easy on the treadmill while the kids exercised. 8:32 AP.  After a while my legs felt surprisingly refreshed. I am wondering if there is something to be said about a second daily run in terms of recovery.

Pink Pegs Miles: 5.00Pink Nike Avant Miles: 10.19
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
8.00

Rough day followed by a rough workout.  I couldn't get a sitter so missed the tribal hill run.  I decided to to hill repeats on the treadmill at home.  My randomly chosen interval was 6x.2 mile repeats on a 6% grade at 6:40 pace.  I warmed up 1.5 and started. After the first one my thought was "what am I trying to do here?"  It was pretty intense.  It was so intense that I took long .3 recoveries at 10:00 pace.  The second one I was near death.  After the third one my daughter had to go potty YEAH jumped off the treadmill and got my spleen out of my throat while I helped her.  Number 4 and I am done with a capital D.  Number 5 is scary, I may get thrown off this treadmill.  Number 6 I survived only because I knew it was the last one but I don't know if I could've taken .0001 mile more of it.  I may be imagining things but I think the treadmill starts to go faster on the incline.  Maybe it's psychological, but wow, that was HARD, way harder than any hill I have ever run on outside.  I have a lot of respect for people that train a lot on the treadmill because I am whimp.Cooled down enough sloooow miles to get me to 8.  8:39 AP.

Pink Nike Avant Miles: 8.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
13.08

5:30am--met Tonya and Tex in Derby and did a very relaxed 9:12 pace.  Tonya hasn't gone 8 in  a while, coming back from a knee injury, but she did really well and didn't seem strained.  Tex is fast--his last marathon was 3:02 and he is looking to break 3 this fall.  We talked about him pacing me through some tempo runs since 6:45 is a fairly comfy pace for him.  I look forward to putting myself through some tough workouts with a pacer---perhaps when I really start serious marathon training and am out of the base phase.

pm: 5 at 8:25 pace on the treadmill--gently inching my mileage up.  I do well at 60-70mpw as long as I don't get too crazy about pace and make sure I have lots of easy days.   I want to start training for my next marathon with a solid 60-70mpw base that I have been maintaining for a while.

Pink Pegs Miles: 5.00Pink Nike Avant Miles: 8.08
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
7.02

8:29 AP 5am.  I don't seem to have much energy today and had a hard time getting going--and I even drank some coffee first or I wouldn't have gone at all.  My legs are tired.  I will probably skip the evening run and go long tomorrow.

Pink Nike Avant Miles: 7.02
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15.18

8:16 AP.  Great run with the tribe this morning!  We started at 5:45 to beat the heat--it is supposed to get to 99 degrees today!  Ran easy most of the time but stepped it up a little at the end because I really needed to get home--slipped in one mile under 7 minutes.  It was hot and humid but with company I seem to tolerate it better.  We took advantage of every sprinkler we came across!

Pink Nike Avant Miles: 15.18
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
68.47
Pink Nike Avant Miles: 58.47Pink Pegs Miles: 10.00
Weight: 0.00
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