Auntie Em Goes Running

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Member Since:

Jun 03, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

MacDash Duathlon, Sept. 10, 2011. 1:29:48. Second woman overall, third racer overall, and first in AG.

Mt. Ranier Duathlon, May 1, 2011. 3:05:00, 1st in age group. 5.1 mile run, 28 mile bike ride, 3.78 mile run.

5K: Fun With the Fuzz, April 23, 2011. 21:59, 1st in age group.

Marathon: Paris, April 10, 2011. 4:05:24.

1/2 marathon: Geoduck Gallop, February 2011. 1:42:23, 1st in age group.

Waterfront 15K (September 2010), 1:14:43. 3rd in AG.

Lake Padden Duathlon (July 2010), 1:36:something. 1st in AG .

10K: Smelt Run, La Conner (2010) 47:14. 2nd in AG.

I have fun every time I run, and have recently overcome the "I can't go fast anymore" hurdle. I'm having fun going faster and working towards becoming even faster.

I have raised two running children, one competitive and one not.

I have learned to run in ice and snow and I don't complain.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Work towards a faster marathon by Spring 2012.

Get my 5K down to 21:30.

Place in my division at duathlon and triathlon.

Train for biathlon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Joining Forrest Gump

Personal:

I'm a 52 year old mom of two ex homeschooled teenagers. They both think I'm nuts.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Bike Shoes Lifetime Miles:						2225.45
Pearl Izumi Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles:						139.33
Marathon Shoe Lifetime Miles:						244.33
Blue Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles:						223.68
Mean Green Shoe Lifetime Miles:						318.72
Blue Kinvaras Lifetime Miles:						207.12
Brooks Defyance Lifetime Miles:						361.34
New Kinvara Lifetime Miles:						275.90
Hattoris Lifetime Miles:						41.29
Addidas Lifetime Miles:						168.97
Nike Vortex Shoe Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Orange Newton Lifetime Miles:						36.20

Sun, Jun 14, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
3.80	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.80

A cool and overcast morning here. Also quite humid once I got into the woods. My right heel felt tender near the back, as if a blister was forming. I felt sluggish, but talked myself into the run. Was supposed to do 3 easy miles, which seems attainable on the worst of days.

I kept the miles slow and easy, and spent 100% of my mental energy focusing on relaxing my left shoulder. This is easier than yesterday, as the pain and stiffness from Thursday's chiropractic treatment are gone.

Also practiced positive thoughts about running and life in general. I'm finally getting that my thoughts really do create my future. If I can apply this successfully to running, I will be able to apply it to the rest of my life.

Group running coach promised that this week we would start "special strength building". I'm totally curious about what this could mean, since I thought that is what we had been doing already! Whatever it is, I'm looking forward to it, but I will miss the workouts we've been doing.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00

Comments

From Snoqualmie on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 12:59:11 from 67.171.56.164

I can't remember - did we talk about positive thinking? I have been getting huge benefits from that too lately! I made a recording on my iPod and I start every day by listening to it.

How many days per week do you run with your group?

From auntieem on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 16:13:15 from 67.182.145.8

That's funny you are thinking positively too. I don't think we did talk about it, its just something I've been working on. Its actually the running training that has made me aware of how often I begin something new and challenging by thinking up all the reasons that I can't do it! So I'm just trying to shift that negative thin king.

We have one longer group run each week, plus two track workouts. That leaves just three runs that I'm in charge of, which sometimes doesn't seem like enough, but I would never give up the track workouts. Sometimes I just show up early for the Monday evening workout, and run a few miles on the nearby trails on my own to warm up.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 19:23:06 from 71.229.164.25

It sounds like you are really moving in a good direction with the positive thinking and sticking with the run even when it was tough.

From april27 on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 08:28:28 from 99.188.251.180

ah yes the power of positive thinking. I actually had a really bad day yesterday and I think if I had just had better thoughts I may have been able to get over the initial things that happened....but as you know--bad thoughts snow ball and just made the rest of the day poopy!

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