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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
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 372.79
Girly Altra Lifetime Miles: 366.08
Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 175.92
NB Orange Lifetime Miles: 13.50
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Saucony Kinvara Miles: 20.00
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For the first mile and a half I was pretty bummed about post-baby stuff that I've talked about a bunch already on this blog, but then I decided to suck it up (at least until the next time I get bummed). I figured that I'm doing what I can, and beyond that I should just focus on reaching my goals. Some things I have control over, and some things I don't. And some things I have control over but I psych myself out about them, but that's another story. 

As I was nearing 5 miles I was having a good time so I thought about continuing to run until I didn't feel like running anymore, but then I thought that I'd probably be more likely to be consistent through the week if I kept it to 5. Afterward I told my core who's boss and did 60 hanging leg tucks and 40 crunches on the incline.


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There are few things that motivate me more than watching Biggest Loser. Also, I think I've said this before, but I love going to the gym because I see people I'd like to be like and people I never want to be like, and watching everyone around me helps me want to keep going until I get to where I want to be. 

Also 40 leg tucks. 


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Two miles in between getting home from school and my online class meeting. Really I wanted 3 today so I thought about going outside for a mile after Eric came home, but it's way cold and dark and stuff. And it doesn't seem worth it to drive back to the gym for just a mile. Even though some days that's all I do anyway.

Elliott has funny bald spots.


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At the gym on University in Orem because it was late (our gym closes at 7:00 on Saturdays) and because I was curious about the new treadmills Running After Babies had blogged about. It's nice that there are new treadmills. I didn't try any of the incline options, but Eric's super excited about the +30. 

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