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Wedding Bells 5K

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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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Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles: 73.39
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Sat, Jun 23, 2012
Race: Wedding Bells 5K (1.43 Miles) 00:10:30, Place overall: 4
Total Distance
6.93

Allie's Wedding Bells 5k was awesome. And I got to meet the amazing Bonnie. Loved it all. Except for the part where I learned about what it feels like to try to run faster than I should. Eric and I had a plan to split the 5k in half, but I got all caught up in the excitement and ran my first lap and a half in a pace that's about 3 minutes faster than I usually run, so I kind of tanked and ended up forcing Eric into a switching-more-frequently plan (and made him run more than me). Also I forgot to stop my watch when I wasn't running (so I just guessed at a race time). But it's fun to watch it on the garmin player. 

 

Afterward Eric and I did a mile and a half around the park with Elliott. It was hot. We'll probably go out again later this evening. 

PM: Dry Canyon with Eric and Elliott. Probably my hardest hike so far (at least the first mile) - I don't know if that's because we went up the steep part (the way we came down was a lot more Catherine-friendly) or because pretty much all of my miles this week were since Thursday. It was beautiful, though. 

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Comments
From allie on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 13:00:32 from 71.213.54.167

haha. i love the garmin map. thanks for coming this morning! it was great to see you guys. elliot is as cute as ever. nice time, too! :)

From catherine on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 18:00:09 from 98.202.112.38

Thanks Allie! I hope you had a perfect day.

From Smooth on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 18:17:28 from 174.27.192.130

sounds and looks like a perfect outing with cute Elliot and Eric! SO AWESOME!!! :)

From RAD on Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 19:04:04 from 98.202.23.178

I was great to see you guys this morning! As a throw back to yesterdays post, I know what you mean. Those kind of injuries are SO fickle, and I can't say that I don't think about it EVERY run I do. Is the road too slanted? Am I with good form? Will it hit me when I think I've got it in the bag? grrr...sometimes I'd prefer a break with a straight forward plan to get back.

From catherine on Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 14:06:02 from 98.202.112.38

Thanks Smooth!

RAD - exactly. I hate not knowing what to plan for, and I don't like feeling like it could just pop up out of nowhere again.

From Carina on Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 07:54:34 from 204.15.86.83

So great to meet you! Wish we could have chatted longer.

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