catherine's running efforts

May 05, 2024

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:01, 9/11/2010

10K: 43:49, 7/24/2010

15K: 1:21:00, 5/22/2010

Half-marathon: 1:41:41, 8/28/2010

Short-Term Running Goals:

Now that I'm (almost for sure) done having all the babies, I'm working on building consistency and seeing how fast I can get in my old age. ;)

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to be a healthy and relatively injury-free runner for the rest of my life.  

Personal:

I'm married to Eric (Faceless Ghost on the blog) and we have very active daughters and one dog. I have a PhD in sociology and demography, and I'm incredibly grateful to have work that is meaningful and that builds on my academic experience. I run because it makes me feel strong and it helps to keep the crazy away (there is a long history of abuse and mental illness in my extended family).

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles: 73.39
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 372.79
Girly Altra Lifetime Miles: 366.08
Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 175.92
NB Orange Lifetime Miles: 13.50
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
Total Distance
5.00

Since Eric and I had the day off we went to Bountiful this morning so that Elliott could have her first swim and I could have a lesson from my swimmer brother. It was fun. Elliott was super cute in the water. 

I also got new shoes today - after listening to Eric rave about his New Balance Minimuses, I decided to try them out. So far I like them a lot, but I think I got them a half size too big. We'll see, I guess. Also I did my run about 30 seconds faster than normal, as planned, and it went well even though my tummy was pretty full of yummy dinner. In a couple of weeks I'll try to kick things up another 30 seconds and then stick at that pace maybe forever or so. 

 

NB WR10 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From RAD on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 20:50:58 from 98.202.23.178

So how did the swim lesson go? How did the cute girl like the pool?

Nice job on the speedy run!!

From catherine on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 22:44:29 from 98.202.112.38

Thanks RAD! She loved the pool, and the swimming lesson went well. I learned to put my arms more out of the water and put my head more in the water. We also practiced flip turns, but I'm flip-turn-challenged.

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