| 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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| | 8:49 AP. Opening mile 10:35, closing mile 7:14. I went to church yesterday, came home, cleaned house, took a brief nap, worked all night, saw my daughter in ER, came home and tended to her and the other kids while spending a few semi-comatose hours on the couch fielding phone calls and making sure she could breathe, showered, doctor, pharmacy, home, kids, dinner, run. It was nice to run the first 2.9 with my husband! I get to sleep a whole 8 hours tonight. Heavenly. And, for what it's worth, no caffeine during this 36 hour slog. | |
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| | 6:57 AP. Treadmill hill day. I think half the reason I look forward to these workouts so much is because I am not out in the nasty heat, although the downtown Y over lunch definitely gets a sauna effect going on. 1 mile warm-up 8:34. 2 miles up at 4%, 7:30 pace(Veyo?), 5 miles down at -2% 6:27, 6:22, 6:22, 6:22, 6:18. Doing 5 down at once I definitely noted some fatigue in my quads. | |
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| | 8:29 AP. Recovery run of sorts. Another lunchtime slog from the downtown Y along the river. It was 95 degrees when I started, and I am sure it was over 100 by the time it was finished. I am tired of running in this heat. I am not tired of how tan and skinny it is starting to make me. | |
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| | It was 104 degrees by the time I had a minute to run and I just couldn't do it today so we made a family trip to the East Y. 7 on the mill at 8:24 pace plus 1 on the indoor track, no watch. Kids had a fun time in the family zone and my husband ran 3 on the mill next to me! | |
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By the time I got this thing going at 8:00am it was 83 degrees, and you can see my sad fade in my splits. I chose the track for a weekly 3 mile time trial because it's accurate and I can find one anywhere to run on when needed..fits my busy schedule.
1.16 mile warm-up at 8:55 pace. Dang, it's hot and humid, I don't want to run fast. 3 miles on the track, 12 laps, took a split every 400 meters. A middle school girl's soccer team started practice while I was running. I think they were laughing at me. Total time 19:38, splits: 1:33, 1:35, 1:37, 1:38, 1:39, 1:39, 1:39, 1:39, 1:41, 1:40, 1:39, 1:35. Not my greatest, but I think with race day and competition I am in sub-20 5k shape ate least. 4 mile cool down 8:37 AP. pm: 3 super easy on the indoor track at the Y with my husband. no watch, probably about 10:00 pace
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| | 7:44 AP. David had to leave for work at 6:30am, so, cursing my stupid running habit, I got up at 4:00 and was running by 4:15. I ran the first 8 in sleepy silence then picked up my water bottle and 2 shotblocks where I had planted them in the mailbox and got the music going to get me through the monotony of 8 more lonely miles. It ended up being a progressive run of sorts once I woke up and pushed the pace a tiny bit because I needed to get done and not make David late for work. The bright side, this is probably the coolest part of the day and no sun beating down on me! For fun here are splits: 9:08, 8:37, 8:23, 8:04, 7:44, 7:36, 7:38, 7:33, 7:29, 7:34, 7:32, 7:26, 7:23, 7:16, 7:21, 7:05. In general my long runs are at a faster pace mostly to get them over with. | |
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