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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.050.000.000.000.002.05

O My Gosh!  I am not sure what happened to me. I think I was on the edge of a serious mental break down this last couple of months. 

I can list a million reasons why I have stopped running/ working out but they are just excuses I am sure.  I looked at myself yesterday and the day before that and that, and asked myself what the heck I was doing and today I decided I better change it. 

I am amazed at how fast all my hard work went right down the drain. I thought the whole time I was running (Really running) I was not seeing any diffrence and now if I could just go back to what I looked like and felt like a couple of months ago I would.  It was a big diffrence.

I made a good choice to get back on my treadmill today. I was sad to see how much slower I was. My lungs did not like what I was doing and I could feel my butt bouncing. (It acually did not do that before I stopped running.

I ran 2.05 miles in what I normally run 3 which was in 30.42 minutes.  Seriously I will be stiff tomorrow that is the sad part.  I am going to start eatting better again as well. I hope this time is a go and I can keep it up.  This month is going to be just about as busy as the last two but I hope not as stressful.

I will find out if I am going to be closer to adopting my baby boy and if that goes bad I hope to at least feel better about myself so I can hold it together.  On a good note we have a date to adopt our other boy. Finally it has taken 4 months to get the paper work all back together.        

Comments
From josse on Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 16:02:38

I have been waiting for you to get back into it. I am glad to see you back on the boat. Life is crazy and we sometimes lose our grip on things but you can always start and gain back what you lost and get in the best shape of your life. Just know this is for you and to make you a happy and heathly mom. Good luck in the new year you will do great.

Good luck with the adoptions! Hope it all works out.

From kt on Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 16:08:58

thanks for the support and for looking out for me. I know you posted a coment to me about a month ago asking where I had gone and I could not find the words to tell you I had no energy left in me. Or what ever was wrong with me. At that point I think the new medication knocked me for a loop.

For some reason I missed something that you went through and or was wrong with you. It seems you have alot of drive and courage. I wish I could be more like that.

From Sasha Pachev on Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 20:29:16

Welcome back!

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