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

Wed, Jul 29, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

I slept better, because I think that it cooled off a bit and I moved my bed to a back room on the lower floor of the cabin. Did my easy miles early; it was 65. Nice. Was too afraid to go into the woods at all because of horseflies, so I just ran around the roads. I kept imagining that one would bite me in the leg and I would swell up and not be able to race on Saturday!

My friend Rebecca made me some coffee after, and it was yummy. Then I drove up the mountain on an old logging road to check out the huckleberries. I found a whole bunch! Its a very technical place to pick, meaning its steep, brambly, thick bushes, and many red ant hills, which must be avoided. Luckily I wore long pants. I was so excited to be getting so many nice berries that I stayed way too long, and realized it was hot, hot, hot up there. Then the flies drove me reallly nuts and I bolted to my car.

Back home now in Bellingham, still hot.

NB Orange Shoes Miles: 4.00

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

Comments

From JD on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 21:04:32 from 166.203.138.15

Sounds like a nice getaway. Those horseflies have got to go. It's true that they follow you for a long time. I like to let them land on me, then WHACK! Another one bites the dust! So satisfying.

From argentinerocket on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 21:59:36 from 98.204.54.245

Wow, that is a serious bicep you've got! But see, yours looks like a very muscular and toned arm, but very feminine... mine just looks like a fat guy's arm when he starts working out... anyway, I just won't do that pose anymore and everyone's happy!

I've been reading some of your past posts and envy you for having a hard time slowing down! If only I could!

Mmmmmmm huckleberries! Sooooo yummy!

From Metcalf Running on Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 09:52:37 from 207.225.192.66

Good to see that you have made it back home safe. I hate horseflies!! Once when we were heading to camp out. We had a flat tire on a little trailer we pulled the ski's on. I had to stay back with the trailer while my hubby drove to a town to fix the tire. It wasn't until he left that the horseflies attacked me. I spent the next two or so hours slpping myself and running around the trailer trying to stay away from the horseflies.... LOL they are the worst!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:37:01 from 24.8.167.243

It sounds like you got an extra run in on your bolt back to the car!

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