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
3.00

I haven't FRBed since we left on our vacation, so I'll try to catch up. 

In the winter, running in warm California is a million times better than running in Utah. And I love running around the Rose Bowl. It's almost exactly a 5k, there are potties that don't stink too much, and there are lots of people to watch and weave through. A couple of days I took Elliott and Tigger in the stroller, and they liked it too. It's so much easier to run every day when it's nice outside. And when there are grandparents to watch Elliott.

Our drive back home took about 5 hours longer than it should have because of all of the people going to Vegas for New Year's Eve. That part sucked a lot.

And tonight I had my free fitness assessment at the gym. The trainer spent about 30 minutes building to the big finale which turned out to be that if I do weight training 3 times a week I'll be 2.2 pounds heavier in 6 months (not worth it), and then he led me through some exercises that trashed my quads. I didn't think I'd feel like running after that, but Maid in Manhattan was on in the cardio cinema and I figured it'd be good to shake out my muscles. I'll probably be pretty sore tomorrow, though.

Happy New Year!


Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 3.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Faceless Ghost on Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 22:13:44 from 98.202.112.51

I'm glad you're back. I missed your blog.

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