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
Total Distance
5.00

Guess what? I didn't run yesterday. It was the first time since the first week of the year that I missed a day (that wasn't Sunday). But after not feeling so hot during my runs on Monday or Tuesday I was feeling kind of burned out, and I decided that it would be better to take a mini-break and get to bed a little earlier (I usually run at 8 or 9 or 10). But I didn't get to bed earlier, and once I was in bed I felt all sorts of antsy and so didn't really fall asleep for a couple of hours. 

But tonight I was happy about running again. My tummy was still full of yummy dinner, so after a couple of miles at my normal-for-now pace I slowed things down. On Tuesday my Launches hit 600 miles and my achilles is all better from Saturday, so I'm officially into the Altras as my everyday shoe. I still like them - they're not magic, but they're very comfortable and they stay out of my way. 

Songs that made my run happier: Madonna's Vogue (again) and that "Like a G6" song. I feel like a dork about it sometimes, but there are some songs that just make me want to dance and that make me feel like I can do anything. Those songs can turn any frowny run upside down.   

Also did 20 fake pullups/dips at 70 on the orange machine.  

Girly Altra Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Faceless Ghost on Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 00:51:04 from 98.202.112.38

Did we ever figure out what a G6 is?

From catherine on Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 00:52:12 from 98.202.112.38

Something stupid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_a_G6

From Bonnie on Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 08:01:09 from 150.135.115.154

Yea for happy running! I try to be grateful for every run, but sometimes I forget ;-).

Unfortunately, I am just not in the ipod generation, so I don't have any good frowny run turned upside down ;-)

From RAD on Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 17:22:08 from 98.202.23.178

Sounds like you had a great run and you're enjoying some good shoes! I've got some songs like that too, but I can't listen to them everyday, then they just get old - even the best ones.

From jun on Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 20:40:22 from 174.23.175.74

I'm surprised you could run after dinner and dessert. I didn't feel like I could move until this morning. Ha.

BTW, Matt IMed me this morning and said he was coming over. I threw my computer down, ran to the fridge, and downed that last piece of dessert because I didn't want to share with him. Hahaha.

Nice run.

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