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SDRC Thanksgiving 5k

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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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On the treadmill at the gym. Bedtime Stories was in the cardio cinema. 30 seconds at 6:00 twice in the last half mile.

Yesterday was my last day at one of my jobs. I'm very very happy to be finished there. Onward and upward, I always say. 



Kinvara 2 Miles: 5.00
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Cardio cinema, Kate and Leopold. Interesting enough, I guess. Two bouts of 30 seconds at 6:00 in the last half mile. 

Good luck to everyone running a turkey trot tomorrow!


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Race: SDRC Thanksgiving 5k (3.1 Miles) 00:24:51
Total Distance
3.10

My mom started a walk-run program about a month ago and decided that she wanted to register for this race with the goal of running the whole thing. Eric and I decided to run it too to show support and get a baseline as we go into the winter. And my swimmer brother ran it too.

Eric and I tried to start near the front (rightfully so for him, not so much for me) and tried to distance ourselves from the people talking about walking. The start was almost 15 minutes late, but once we were off it was a nice little course. My parents live in Bountiful so it was nice to be familiar with the streets. My goal was to be under my time from a 5k in January 2010 (24:20) because I figure I'm somewhere around there fitness-wise right now, and I think I was close (I'm not sure about my exact time because the finish line clock was at least 5 minutes off and I forgot to stop my garmin right away and I can't find if the results are posted anywhere). My splits were 6:59, 8-something, and 8-something. I missed getting a pie (I ended up 4th in my age group) by about 30 seconds. I probably would have tried harder if I had known it would have been that close.

As with all of my post-pregnancy runs, it was a bummer to see how far I am from where I was. But it was also encouraging to see that, even given my inconsistency, I'm improving. And I know more now than I did last year, so hopefully it will take me less time to get faster.

And of course it was fun to run with my family. Elliott and I wore the matching purple running shorts Eric bought us while I was pregnant, my mom made her goal of running an entire 5k for the first time ever (go Mom!), and my brother was 4th in his age group too (a bigger accomplishment than my 4th place because he had the high school cross country people in his group).



Kinvara 2 Miles: 3.10
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6.00

Eric and I (and Elliott) met up with RAD, the QP, and several other runners from the blog this morning for a nice out-and-back. It hadn't gotten so windy yet, so the weather was almost perfect (for November). I'm really glad we went - it's fun meeting other FRBers, and I always love running with Eric. 


Saucony Kinvara Miles: 6.00
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At the gym. I really really like The Devil Wears Prada. It makes me hope that someday I can buy all the clothes. Then I feel shallow for hoping that. Plus, Anne Hathaway is probably 2 inches taller than me, so it's not like I'd look the same in all the clothes anyway. 

Highest mileage week of the year! :P



Saucony Kinvara Miles: 4.00
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Kinvara 2 Miles: 8.10Saucony Kinvara Miles: 12.00
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