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Location:

Mesa,AZ,united states

Member Since:

Aug 18, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

(2009) London't Run 10K - 51:59 :o)

(2009) "Ostrich Festival" - 5K (25:21) Another PR! :o)

(2010) "Ostrich Festival" - 5K (28:54)

(2010) "Fight for Life" - 5K (26:49) 2nd for Age Division!

(2010) "Women's Half Marathon" - (2:16:40)

(2010) "Shun the Sun" - 10K (58:19)

(2010) "Mesa Mi Amigos Turkey Trot" - 10K (57:45)

(2010) "12 K's of Christmas" - 12K (1:14:13)

(2011) "Sedona Marathon" - FULL Marathon (5:21:58)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~Run a half marathon~~ (October 2008)

~~Run a sub 27:00 5K~~ (November 2008)

Run a Sub 2:00:00 1/2 Marathon

~~Run a marathon~~

Long-Term Running Goals:

Live a long, heathly life but more importantly, teach my family how to live healthy.

Personal:

I am a lucky lady. I'm married to the best husband ever, and we have 3 beautiful kids (ages 4, 2, and "new here").

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Thu, Aug 28, 2008

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
0.00	0.00	8.50

It was a little difficult getting out of bed this morning (since I went to bed about 1.5 hours later than I normally did last night, among other things), but I'm sure glad I did. I did an 8.5 mile bike ride. I was going to do 10 miles, but I got sick of sitting at a light and decided to turn rather than go straight. I'm okay with that though. :o).

This morning I decided to experiment with my gears a little to see if I could get in "the groove" while riding at a higher gear level, and I think I may have messed something up. It's a good thing I'm married to a mechanic. He might not be a bike mechanic, but that man can fix almost anything! :o)

All in all, I think I kicked some tail. (LOL) Now it's time to get ready for work.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Burt on Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 18:40:03

You probably had your front gear in high and your back gear in low. You're not supposed to do that. The best thing is to keep your chain even so that it doesn't stretch it out.

From Camille on Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 00:40:59

Okay, can you explain. Historically I have been riding with my left hand gear on 2 and then my right hand gear from 2 - 7 depending on what I'm doing (starting low and working my way up). So today I thought if I went to 3 on my left hand (which is the largest gear leve, on that hand), I would need to decrease my gears on the right hand to 1 and then move on up. Is that not right? My chain/gears were clicking. Not good. I can use all the help I can get.

From Burt on Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:02:20

If you hear clicking, that's bad. When your chain is on the largest gear in the front, you should keep them on the smaller gears in the back. See the following link:

http://bicycleuniverse.info/eqp/gears.html

(Link; no pun intended.)

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