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
1.00

When it's warm(er) outside and I see people running it makes me really really really want to run. So after my week-long hiatus from the gym during which I tried to catch up on grading and work stuff (I'm still behind, but less so now), I did a little running (alternated with walking). It's probably been 2 weeks since I ran and a week since I did anything at all, but it went pretty well. I wore the belly belt thing and had minimal jiggling and I'm pretty sure no tightness, and Baby was all sorts of active for the rest of the evening. I'm going to try to work back up to...I don't know, but more than a mile. 

And, weirdly, I'm excited to go swimming again (thanks probably to Bonnie and my swimmer brother). 

The heart thing is going better. I had a follow-up appointment on Monday and they said it looked like the medicine is helping, and I have another appointment in two weeks (the day before our next ultrasound). I also have to wear a monitor for 30 days (21 days left!) and send recordings throughout the day, and so far there hasn't been anything that's led anyone to tell me to go back to the hospital.

Brooks Launch Miles: 1.00
Weight: 121.00
Comments
From runningafterbabies on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 13:45:27 from 24.10.211.135

Yay for your mile too!

From catherine on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 14:05:37 from 216.49.181.254

It's not nearly as impressive as yours. :) And I'm pretty sure you were doing 3-6 miles/day when you were at my point...

From allie on Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 18:15:07 from 174.23.192.205

hey catherine - so glad to hear things are going better!

From catherine on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 15:24:08 from 216.49.181.254

Thanks Allie!

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