| 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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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 39.61 | Blue/gold Asics Miles: 109.00 |
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| | 8:21 average pace. Did a .55 surge at 6:34 pace midway, and another 6:40 surge at the end. I felt really good today. Off to 1 of my last 3 clinicals. |
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| | 8:36 average pace. Not much time today, I slept in late and have to work. Mile 8 in 7:40 and .18 surge at 6:55. Felt great. |
| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 8.18 |
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| | 7:55 average pace. Windy cold front coming in today full force with 40mph gusts. The headwind was unbelievable. I looked around for a tornado but did not see one. With the killer wind there was only one thing to do--run faster and fight the wind. Gave it a pretty brisk effort--some miles I had a lot more headwind to fight than others. My splits are all over the place, ranging from 7:24 to 9:10 and everything in between. Good workout! |
| Blue/gold Asics Miles: 109.00 |
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| | 8:19 average pace. Felt slow and sluggish after a day of clinicals and supper, but towards the end started to feel really good. LAST clinical tomorrow and then I AM DONE WITH NURSING SCHOOL! |
| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 8.43 |
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| | It is DOOOONE!!! I have finished nursing school. I'm not running or weighing, but eating some chocolate and hanging out with my family. Everyone have a great day! | |
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Wichita Jingle Bell run (4 Miles) 00:27:09, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1 | | This really isn't much of a race report because I didn't race. I woke up this morning to the alarm, and instead of feeling relief that school was over I felt the crushing weight of a year's worth of fatigue. The weight of a year of 45-70 hour weeks in either an ambulance or in the hospital, of caring for a large family at the same time. I told my husband I didn't feel like racing. We decided I would go and just run it as a tempo run since I had already paid the money and not run all out. Good thing, because I had no desire. I warmed up 2.5 miles--it was 19 degrees I believe. Cold and a little windy but not bad. I cruised along and was surprised I got second. If I had been in the mood first would have been a possibility, because she beat me by only 24 seconds. Ran the mile with Nicholas in 11:47. We had to walk a few times but for having no training whatsoever he did good. Didn't stick around for the awards because we needed to go pick Vanessa up. Came home and went on a 5.5. mile "recovery" run and got emotional and choked up. It has been a long, hard year and it all caught up with me today. Time for rest and recovery. Time to spend more time reading my Bible and praying, and focusing on my husband and children. No overtime at work, and no school. No more racing until I have recouped for a while. My soul, my mind, and my body all need some rest. I wish everyone well for their races this weekend. |
| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 13.00 |
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| Nike Air Pegasus Miles: 39.61 | Blue/gold Asics Miles: 109.00 |
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