catherine's running efforts

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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

Tue, Mar 20, 2012

Total Distance

4.50

This morning I ran with a couple of women in my neighborhood. I was thinking that it would be similar to when I ran with Melody and her fast friends a couple of years ago. It wasn't like that at all. The run this morning was slower (expected and welcome), but also quieter. I had kind of expected that they'd be pretty chatty. Maybe they are when I'm not there.

I thought that the weather would be warming up this week so I just wore shorts, a long sleeved tech shirt, and a lightweight running jacket (and knit gloves and a headband for my ears). I never really got warm, and my hands and quads started to hurt from the cold after about a half mile. I stuck it out and continued with the main running person after we dropped off the other person, but I was glad to head back home once my watch chirped at 4 miles. Unfortunately we had been doing a loop so I didn't get the 5 miles I wanted for the morning, but there's no way I'm going out there again today and I'm not sure it's worth it to go to the gym for a half mile given what I need for the week and Saturday's planned 16 miles.

Girly Altra Miles: 4.50

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From RAD on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:15:57 from 98.202.23.178

I got cold just reading that! brrrr! I was in like 5 layers and still cold this morning :)

Nice job on the run, and I'm glad you had a good time and the pace was good as well. If you want a chatty run, you have to come with me :)

From Lily on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:16:22 from 67.199.178.210

My neighborhood running ladies are chatty, and we don't run too slow. To bad you don't live here. It would be just what you need :)

From catherine on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:22:29 from 98.202.112.38

RAD and Lily - I'd totally drive out to run with you guys if it didn't mean waking up so much more early than I already do to be Catherine:morning runner.

Are either of you doing a buffalo run this weekend? I feel like I've read that at least one of you is.

From Lily on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:24:43 from 74.82.64.34

Early mornings still kick my buns. Even after 9 yrs of it. Its so hard. I'm not going to be at the Buffalo run this year. I was last year tho :)

From catherine on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:29:49 from 98.202.112.38

I remember! You were at that turnaround aid station. Eric was doing the 50k and I was super fat (or pregnant...whatever).

From catherine on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:30:11 from 98.202.112.38

Oh - I had diet dr. pepper this morning before running and I think it helped. Thanks. :)

From Lily on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:34:22 from 74.82.64.32

See the caffeine is a friend in the morning runs ;). Also, I don't remember that you looked fat but yes prego. I was the fatter one. I was sporting 11 lbs of post injury weight gain. I did it to myself -misery eating. its all gone now but I hate thinking about that time!

From RAD on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 15:00:17 from 98.202.23.178

YES! I am! I am running the 25K. Wanna run with me? :)

From catherine on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 15:21:59 from 98.202.112.38

Well...I'm anticipating a finish time of around 3.5 hours (I was a little over 3 hours two years ago, and I was in better shape for hills then). But maybe we can hang out after? :)

From RAD on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 17:11:09 from 98.202.23.178

oh no, no, no. PLEASE lets run together! I've never done a trail run and I'm frightened like a little girl :) We should at least start together, then you can leave my slow butt in the dust after a couple miles! I'm excited!! You know I always need someone to talk to and say any random thought that flows through my head to! It will be fun :) oh, and my guesstimate for myself was 3-3.5 hrs!

From catherine on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 18:22:07 from 98.202.112.38

I'm scared too. :) Yes, let's start together, and maybe we can push each other to do better than we think we can do. (But I won't be sprinting at the end.) :)

From RAD on Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 22:17:32 from 98.202.23.178

Deal! No sprinting :)

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