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Location:

Lehi,Ut,USA

Member Since:

Oct 01, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

5 K Finish

Running Accomplishments:

My best 5k is 29.27.  

Short-Term Running Goals:

Beat my best 5k time.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I would like to stay fit. I have 6 kids and I want to be physically able to keep up with them. I would eventually like to run some longer races and maybe do a triathalon.

Personal:

I am very happily married, We have 6 children. 4 girls and then we adopted two boy's. They are 17mths, 4,4,4,7 and 11.  

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I was hoping to have the best run today. I was feeling good and ready. My husband wanted me to go to the dump with him so I got all my running stuff on and went with him. About 10 miles away from home I told him to pull over and let me out cuz I was running home. Well he pointed out that there was no where to stop or a should for me to run on, so I ended up at the 8 mile mark.   About as the truck disapeared from me I relized how cold it was and how hard the wind was blowing and just my luck it was blowing right in my face.   I did not bring gloves so my hands froze and most of my treck home was straight so the wind was against me most of the way. At one point I got some pebbles in both my shoes. Big mistake I kept going because I thought if I took my shoe off it would get more rocks in there. So I went about three miles that way. My feet felt like the pebbles had completely cut through my feet before I sat down and took my shoes off and cleaned them out. I thought my feet were bleeding. (no blood)

So it took me two hours. Its a start.  My husband was thinking that he was going to go looking for me in 5 minutes and if he didn't find me he was going to call the police. (Kind of funny) I told him  not to worry until 3 hours had gone by. 

It is much more entertaining running out side verses the treadmill.  

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