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Location:

Tallahassee,FL,United States

Member Since:

Jun 24, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

Mile- 5:27 Breakfast on the Track, August '09

5k- 18:59 (6:07)  Tails and Trails, May '09 (And two more times! GRR!)

8k- 33:08 (6:39) Sweetheart 8k, Feb '11 

10k- 41:38 (6:42) TRBC, March '09

15k- 1:02:46 (6:44) Lake Caroline 15k, Nov '08

Half Marathon- 1:36:58 (7:24) Hoover Dam Half, Oct '09

Marathon- 3:37:16 (8:17) Mississippi Coast Marathon, Nov '08

Short-Term Running Goals:

Help my knees help me.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Personal:

Moving to Knoxville this summer. Hooray for being in a place with a running community!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance 903 (Orange) Lifetime Miles:						63.00
Red Flats Lifetime Miles:						44.88
Brooks Salmon Lifetime Miles:						304.65
Brooks Black Lifetime Miles:						131.30
Brooks Baby Blue Lifetime Miles:						116.25
Newtons Lifetime Miles:						0.00

Tue, Dec 09, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.50	0.00	3.50

Definitely not feeling great yet. When out to do four, but I ran 3, walked .5 then ran the remaining .5. Knees are hurting and my quads felt like bricks.

It makes me wonder how often I really want to run marathons, because they really take a lot out of you. And I think my favorite part of the entire process this time were the shorter races I ran while training for it. And they didn't leave my body feeling so beat up.

Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 3.50

Comments

From Nevels on Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 13:01:48

A marathon can do that to you, but I've always found that the longer distances felt more rewarding at the end. Don't get me wrong, I, too, love doing 5k's and 10k's in preparation for the longer races, but I also enjoy having that larger goal out in the distance to shoot for.

Now if you're really feeling eccentric, you know that the soreness from ultras usually subsides more quickly than the soreness from marathons, so, clearly, the only logical thing to do is...

From Kelli on Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 19:01:10

Wow, and there is Nevels trying to convince another person to run more!!! Crazy guy!

I hope the soreness works out soon for you, I feel your pain!!! Have you tried Aleve (dumb question, I know, but that stuff is great!)

I HATE short races, I will take the long with all of the soreness! I think you need to pick what makes you happy and go with it!

From kelsey on Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 08:40:04

Haha, Nevels is always recruiting. I felt a lot better today, and actually I haven't tried Aleve in a while, I may go pick some up.

I love half marathons. I think 13.1 is a fun distance. And you recover from them so quickly you can run a fast one every other week. But you guys are right, a marathon feels more rewarding.

From Kelli on Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 19:25:33

Halfs are my favorite, too!

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