| 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! Favorite Blogs: |
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| I did an upper body workout with my friend Grace this morning. We also walked three miles. The calve felt tight, but not sore. |
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I went in to the chiropractor today. He kinesiotaped my calve. It looks very cool! :-) Then I went with Ben to meet the Saint George Tri Club at the lake. The water was so choppy, I didn't dare try to swim without a wetsuit, considering the experience I had last time I tried an open-water swim. So I watched and then joined in for the bike ride. I tried to take it pretty easy, just to see how my leg felt. It was great! No pain at all. Tomorrow I'm going to try running again. :-D |
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| I ran five miles today!!! It felt so good to be running, I almost cried. I took it easy, doing 5 minute runs and 1 minute walks. By mile three, I had some tightness in my calve, but still no pain. I'll take tomorrow off, then try again. Yay! |
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| Ben and I took the kiddos to the lake this evening and I tried an open-water swim again. This time I had Joshua lead me along with a kayak, so I wouldn't get so lost. It made a HUGE difference! I'm going to have to figure this swim thing out if I ever want to do a "real" triathlon. Anyway, I swam to the rock and back, which I figure is a little less than a half mile. When I was finished, I was totally disoriented - worst vertigo I've had in a long time. But I made it without drowning, so I feel pretty good about it. :D |
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| Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | 0.00 | 0.00 | 41.50 |
| Ben and I got up early this morning for a long ride. It started off with a bang, so to speak, when three dogs decided to charge Ben head-on on his bike, causing him to stop abruptly and me to crash into his back wheel. I bounced off of him, then bounced off the curb, then teeter-tottered until I went down on the sidewalk and slid a few feet. I was lucky, only losing the top layer of skin on my right shin. The poor old lady who happened to be with the dogs got a severe tongue-lashing from Ben, afterwhich she denied having any ownership of the dogs. The poor thing probably went home and had a heart-attack. Anyway, Ben and I rode 41.5 miles - my longest ride...and I can tell from the soreness in my shoulders and neck that I am going to have to get accustomed to the longer distances little by little. Crashing at the beginning of the ride probably didn't help with the stiff neck. I finished off the morning with one of my infamous cluster-headaches, but it wore off a few hours later, in time for all-you-can-eat sushi at Sushimasa in Mesquite! Yay! |
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| Running Miles | Swimming Yards | Bike Miles | 5.00 | 650.00 | 56.50 |
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