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Location:

Saint George,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 09, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I started running in September 2007 - 4 months after baby #8 was born.  Since then I have finished two 5Ks, three 10Ks, three half-marathons, and I completed my first Marathon with at time of 4:48- the Phoenix Rock-N-Roll - Jan 2009!  Marathon #2 showed GREAT improvement - the Saint George Marathon 2009 with a time of 4:10 - YEAH!!!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to run more marathons, finish injury-free, go dancing afterwards, and mostly have a LOT of FUN!!!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!!!  Someday I want to be able to consider myself as something other than a beginner.  :D

Personal:

I am happily married, have 8 children, and am madly in love with my awesome husband!!!  Besides running, I love performing on stage, and have recently become re-involved in the theater, after a LONG break to have children.  Last summer I did my first show as a PAID professional actress!  I teach piano and voice lessons, and homeschool my kids.  Life is grand!

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I ran on the road today...TWICE!  And I LIKED it.  :D

This morning I ran with my good friend Gail who recently had a baby.  We did 4.05 miles in 54 minutes...pretty slow for me, but I'm trying to see how my legs do after so long off of them, and I want to be careful not to overdo.  I knew I still needed a good workout after that, so at lunchtime I did P90X Chest, Shoulders, and Triceps with Ben, and followed it up with Ab-RipperX.  It was my first time doing that particular workout, but it was fun - LOADS of push-ups!  Then the running bug got to me, and I hit the road again.  I decided to run for thirty minutes, just to see how far I could go in that amount of time.  I gave a good effort without pushing too hard, and ended up doing 3.57 miles.  I thought for 2 seconds about swimming tonight, but decided against it.  I'm pretty tired now...think I'll go to bed.  :D

Weight: 121.40
Comments
From Toby on Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 16:00:14 from 216.194.124.36

Hooray for you for being back on the road! That was a great workout!

From eightkidmom on Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 16:14:43 from 4.254.235.107

Hi Toby! I totally agree - HOORAY for me being back on the road! Although water-running is as boring as it possibly gets, I'm glad it seemed to have kept me from losing my legs altogether. :D

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