| 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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| | 8:25 AP. Got out quite early for lunch, a balmy 89 degrees. Had a nice run from the downtonwn Y along the river. Felt good. | |
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| | 6:51 AP. Treadmill day. Interesting thing about 9 days so far with no caffeine: I think it helps running for two reasons. One: I have a crazy work schedule but can nap anytime when I get the opportunity--no difficulties falling asleep and this is coming in handy. I have never just been able to lay in bed and sleep for 30 minutes without having difficulty falling asleep. Such is not the case anymore. Two: I think my heart rate is more under control and thus I can tolerate faster speeds with same or less effort. 1 mile warm up 8:27. 2 miles up 4% at 7:30 pace(climbing Veyo, Kansas style), 5 miles down -2% 6:27, 6:22, 6:18, 6:15, 5:56. I felt great and wasn't even fatigued and could have easily kept going but didn't want to tempt injury or overtraining so reluctantly ended the workout.
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| | 8:30 AP. 2 loops at Sedgwick County Park. 87 and windy at 8:00am. Legs are a little tired feeling from yesterday but not sore. | |
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| | 8:33 AP. Night shift. 3 hour couch-kid-coma. 8 unshaded loops. 96 degrees, dewpoint 66. Glad when that was done. Next: NAP. It's official. I'm skinny again for the first time in over a year. | |
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| | Track trial day. It was 80 soupy degrees at 4:30am but still better than 90 in the blazing sun by far! 1.15 mile warm-up 9:12 pace. Yawn. 3 miles in 19:24--14 seconds faster than last week, and my quarter splits were strangely consistent. It was weird running on the track in the dark, I couldn't see my watch or splits and there is an optical illusion of running faster than you really are in the dark. Splits 1:39, 1:36, 1:37, 1:37, 1:37, 1:37, 1:36, 1:37, 1:37, 1:37, 1:36, 1:32. Felt good at the end and could have kept going. Next week if I get out early again I won't be afraid to push the pace harder. 4 mile cool down 8:52 pace. | |
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| | Met up with Jennifer, Tyler, Shane, and Karla out west at 5:00am. Ran most of the run with them and then the last 3 on my own. It was very soupy and humid with a few storms that rolled in last night but I believe we started at 78 degrees which is the coolest I have run in in a long time. Picked up the last 3.5 to 7:20, 6:37, 6:40, 6:40 to get it done. Felt good. Once I realized in mile 14 that I was running sub-7 and felt fairly comfortable I just kept up the momentum to the finish. | |
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