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Tallahassee,FL,United States

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Jun 24, 2008

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Female

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Local Elite

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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

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Help my knees help me.

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

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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

Sun, Aug 23, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
12.20	0.00	12.20

Long run at Bradleys to the Georgia border. 51:30 out (with an upset stomach), 46:56 back (I had to stop my watch to take care of business in the woods. Super super gross). Quick pace with negative splits; nice run besides the bathroom mishap.

I have had a plague of upset stomachs lately during my runs. The last two runs I had what I would consider emergencies. If anyone has any pointers I'd love to hear them.

New Brooks Blue Miles: 12.20

Comments

From allie on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 12:59:19 from 67.177.43.41

this happens to me when i put sugar into an empty stomach --- gels, sports drinks, etc. i have had some horrible race experiences because of of this, so i no longer take gels and i will only drink very small amounts of sports drinks, but only if i can dilute it with water.

if that isn't the issue, it may be because you are running too soon after you eat. if your stomach is still trying to digest and you start running, the blood flows to the legs and away from the intestines, causing cramping and other fun stuff. gravity and the pounding movements of running don't help with this.

From allie on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 13:00:35 from 67.177.43.41

sorry, one more thought - could be dehydration???

also, great run! nice negative split for the second half.

From Barry on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:15:53 from 67.61.234.251

My pointer would be stay close to a bathroom :-).

From Kelsey on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:10:28 from 128.186.154.139

Thanks for your input, Allie. I was running in the morning and didn't eat anything before. I am thinking I need to try drinking more water throughout the day to see if that helps. I sure hope so, because this is getting old!

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