catherine's running efforts

May 03, 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
Wed, Oct 20, 2010
Total Distance
4.00

Today was kind of a weird day because I worked from Provo. I never get as much done when I'm not in my office, and by the end of the day I felt frustrated and depressed and like I couldn't possibly do all the things I'm supposed to do. But after we were done at the gym I felt completely better and like everything was going to be okay. I'm so grateful that I can exercise. It really keeps me happy.  

We (mostly just me) wanted to go to a yoga class at 6:45, so I had to run a bunch faster than normal to fit in 4 miles before the class. It made me feel good to remember that I'm not *that* slow. But then the yoga class was a pilates class instead, so Eric decided to skip it and I only stuck around until I remembered that pilates is kind of hard. 

Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 4.00
Weight: 107.00
Comments
From runningafterbabies on Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 22:29:45 from 24.10.211.135

You are definitely not SLOW! I'm wanting to try the 8:30pm yoga class at the University Gym on M and W since my other yoga class got cancelled.

From catherine on Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 09:01:51 from 207.135.129.5

Thanks. I *feel* slow, though, when I see so many people whose marathon paces are faster than my best 5K pace. But I guess almost everyone's slower than someone else, and it's not really productive to do the comparison thing.

I didn't know there was an 8:30 class. There's a 9:00-10:00 class at the 9th East gym, but that's kind of too late for me. Maybe we'll try to catch the 8:30 one sometime.

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