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Location:

Hope Mills,NC,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

78.6 miles at Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra 2013

Short-Term Running Goals:

Mike to Mike Marathon- May 2014

Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra -Fall 2014

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run till the day I die and still enjoy it

Comrades---long, long, long term

Personal:

Married

2 children

2 chickens

cat

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 508.40
NB Trail Lifetime Miles: 94.40
New-zuno 9's Lifetime Miles: 515.83
Pinky Gladys Gutzman Lifetime Miles: 502.11
Brooks Lifetime Miles: 517.83
New Brooks Lifetime Miles: 507.28
New Minuno Pink Lifetime Miles: 519.24
MiZuni FLAMES Lifetime Miles: 470.24
Merrell Vibrams Lifetime Miles: 20.86
Mizuno Alchemy 8 Lifetime Miles: 586.59
MIzuno Alchemy 12 Lifetime Miles: 497.80
Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 577.62
Brooks 12 Lifetime Miles: 410.66
Brooks 13 New Green Lifetime Miles: 440.91
Brooks 13 New Blue Lifetime Miles: 445.67
Green Machine Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 560.25
Shiny Blue Asics Lifetime Miles: 164.85
Dreamy New Balance Lifetime Miles: 402.57
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MiZuni FLAMES Miles: 40.00
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Walked around Williamsburg. It's a magical kind of place. I got to see lambs and horses. I missed out on the chickens and devon oxen...those are my favorites.

What I didn't miss out on was the delicious ginger cookies, pretzel rolls, and root beer.

Long ride home.

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My legs felt good for a Monday morning after running 20 on Saturday.

I didn't run fast today. Just ran what felt good.

MiZuni FLAMES Miles: 7.00
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p90x ab ripper x

Jillian's Shred level 1

20 minutes on the elliptical

cross training day.

I also got to dust off my dancing feet and did 30 minutes or so with MR on the Wii Just Dance II. Good times.

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DID

NOT

WANT

TO

RUN

TODAY

It rained all night, and was raining in the morning. I slept in till the very last possible minute I could, then I had to drag out all the rain gear & put in my contacts. I could hear the rain coming down while I was getting ready and I was dreading squishy feet. Of course the rain stopped just after I'd started running.

Got out to run and my garmin died on me. It was supposed to be my speedwork day. I was in no mood to do speedwork, and with my garmin off, I decided there wasn't much use in bothering to try.

Started running, and after a mile I decided I'd just run fartleks in the cul-de-sacs and run regular pace on the straight-aways. I forgot a couple of time to go fast, but finally finished. Around mile 6 I was finally warmed up and felt like running.

MiZuni FLAMES Miles: 7.00
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Out earlier than usual. Nice chilly morning. The wind was strong going out, and I was glad I'd worn my jacket. Coming home, it was at my back and I got hot. But not hot enough to take off the jacket.

It was awesome being out on a clear dark morning with 1/2 the moon up and all the stars. There weren't many cars at all, so I ended up turning my headlamp on the red light setting and enjoyed the darkness. I noticed the big/little dipper up in the sky. It was standing up on the end of it's handle, and the bottom of the handle was pointing the way home.

Plus there was a hollowed out dog ribcage with the head attached on the side of the road. It's been a while since I saw some good road-kill.

Pretty cool run.

MiZuni FLAMES Miles: 6.00
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20.00

I wasn't in love with the idea of running 20 miles for my long run 2 weeks before show time, so I adjusted my running plan.  I decided to run 20 again today and start the tapering next week.  My goal for this run was to run the 20 without any stops.  I've had potty break/water break/etc stops on all my other long runs, and I wanted to see if I could run the distance without stopping.

I was happy that I was able to pull it off.  The weather was chilly in the beginning, and around mile 12 I had to take the sleeves off my jacket.  I ran in place for 12 seconds while MR helped zip them off the jacket.  I'm not counting that as a stop even though I did stop my watch.  I love the windbreaker jacket with removable sleeves.  I bought it at an expo 1.5 years ago, and have enjoyed having it ever since.  I'd recommend one to any outdoor runner.  And as an added bonus, if you happen to be collecting things as you run, it will hold  up to11 reflective road bumps that have been shoveled off the road with an ice plow and are waiting for a new home in your treasure box. 

MR rode along as my waterboy the whole way.  We took a new route on base and I got to run up to and around the air field.  They'd actually put packed mulch down on part of the running path.  It was a nice change to run on the spongy surface for a mile.  I was ready to get back on pavement by the end, but it was a good change for a while.

Most of the run at the beginning was uphill.  Then there were some ups & downs.  By mile 14, I was in a bad mood and ready to just finish.  There was a big hill in front of me, and I knew I still had 4-6 miles left on my run.  (I wasn't sure how long it would be to get back).  I was using a gu every 5 miles, and I still had a mile to go until my next pick me up.  It felt like I was going to have a long hour ahead of me.  BUT something magical happened around mile 15.5.... I'm not sure exactly what it was; I think it was a combination of a few things.  The path started a nice almost 2 mile descent, so it was all a gradual downhill, I used a gu with 2X caffeine in it (the previous 2 were not caffeinated), and the running fairy came and sprinkled running magic on my legs.

All of a sudden, I felt like there was an electric voltage running through my legs and I had all the energy in the world.  My legs felt strong and I wasn't tired at all.  It was amazing.  My pace increased and I was running sub 9 minute miles.   I felt it wearing off a little when the road leveled out, and by mile 19 I could tell I was starting to run out of magic a little, but I still managed an 8:38 for my last mile.  It was amazing!!  I hope I can find that magic running fairy again during the race.  I'm hoping she's 6 feet tall with long legs and blonde hair. 

Avg pace 9:36 for all 20 miles.

Saw the movie "courageous" at the theater.  A local church group had rented out the 1:00 show and we were offered free tickets from a lady I work with who goes to that church.  It was an amazing movie, and it was neat to share the experience with some co-workers & their families.  Plus, free popcorn refills.  Salty popcorn is so tasty after a long run.

MiZuni FLAMES Miles: 20.00
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