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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
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Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 10.00Girly Altra Miles: 20.00
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
5.00

My left achilles area is still tight, so I wore my launches and took it a bit easy. And it looks like we're heading for the ending I fear the most on The Bachelor.

I ate three meals today. We're trying to set an example of normal eating for Elliott. It was weird to feel less snacky. 

Also did 20 fake pullups and 20 fake dips (70 on the orange machine).  

Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 5.00
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Total Distance
5.00

In general I don't eat well and I don't get very much sleep (6 (interrupted) hours is a good night), so it's no surprise that sometimes I don't feel like running. Tonight was one of those times. I had eaten pretty recently and so felt a little sickish, and my legs just felt tired and heavy. After the first mile I slowed the pace down, and then after two more miles I was ready to call it quits. I was off the treadmill and ready to walk out, but then I thought, "Self, you're a pansy butt if you can't get back up there and do 2 more miles." Madonna's "Vogue" came on Pandora and saved me for almost a mile, and by then I was able to stick it out until the end. 

 

Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 5.00
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Guess what? I didn't run yesterday. It was the first time since the first week of the year that I missed a day (that wasn't Sunday). But after not feeling so hot during my runs on Monday or Tuesday I was feeling kind of burned out, and I decided that it would be better to take a mini-break and get to bed a little earlier (I usually run at 8 or 9 or 10). But I didn't get to bed earlier, and once I was in bed I felt all sorts of antsy and so didn't really fall asleep for a couple of hours. 

But tonight I was happy about running again. My tummy was still full of yummy dinner, so after a couple of miles at my normal-for-now pace I slowed things down. On Tuesday my Launches hit 600 miles and my achilles is all better from Saturday, so I'm officially into the Altras as my everyday shoe. I still like them - they're not magic, but they're very comfortable and they stay out of my way. 

Songs that made my run happier: Madonna's Vogue (again) and that "Like a G6" song. I feel like a dork about it sometimes, but there are some songs that just make me want to dance and that make me feel like I can do anything. Those songs can turn any frowny run upside down.   

Also did 20 fake pullups/dips at 70 on the orange machine.  

Girly Altra Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
2.50

My plan was for 3 miles, but I only made it to our super-early-closing gym with enough time to do 2.5. They were fine. 

Girly Altra Miles: 2.50
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Total Distance
12.50

I finally made myself do a legitimate "long" run. (The quotation marks are because 12.5 miles isn't a long run to a lot of people, and even though it feels like a long run to me right now I feel like it's still just not that long.) *And* I didn't wait until the last minute before the last gym closed (it was the last minute before *our* gym closed, but our gym closes stupidly early). 

Even though it was a nice day it was still colder than I'd prefer, so I watched parts of Good Will Hunting, Sliding Doors, and Footloose (the old one...I guess there's a new one?) as I trudged along on the treadmill. Things didn't get uncomfortable until after about 8 miles. After that my legs and feet started to be a bit achy, and I was afraid I'd be sore later. But I told myself that if I kept going I'd be better able to stick other runs out, and it didn't ever get too bad. 

When I was done I was glad I had run what I had planned, but it made me realize that I don't think I like running for longer than about 2 hours. Sometime I'm going to do a marathon because it's something I'd like to do at least once, but really I think half marathons are the perfect Catherine distance. 

Later Eric and I dropped Elliott off at Eric's sister's house and we went to the Orem gym to chillax in the hot tub. It wasn't very hot. We also tried the hot room and the steam room. The steam room scares the bejeebees out of me. I'm pretty sure that if I don't suffocate in there I'm going to get gutted by some crazy hiding in the corner with one of those big fish hook stabber things. 

Girly Altra Miles: 12.50
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
30.00
Brooks Launch - Blue Miles: 10.00Girly Altra Miles: 20.00
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