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Location:

CO,

Member Since:

Aug 22, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Began running Aug 07

3 mile - 28:50 (Dec 07)

10K - 1:00:41 (July 08)

Half Marathon - 2:18:56 (Sep 08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running.  Look for races to keep me focused on improvement and consistency.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Runner for Life

Personal:

I grew up in NM and met my husband at BYU. We've lived in NV, MI, AZ, and CO since graduation and we have 3 beautiful daughters 7, 2, and 1

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Asics (green) Lifetime Miles: 450.34
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Well, now I know that I'll at least survive my half marathon in 3 weeks!! But, ... ugh. 13 miles is a LONG way. At this point in my running career, 6-7 miles is my happy point. I can still push my pace, if I want, and come home feeling great. 10- 11 miles is about where I would like to stop. Getting to 13 is a painful experience. I walked to take drinks of water or my Cytomax drink (no GU or bloks today); and after 11 miles, I actually moaned when I started running again. My legs were so tired!

I took the route that my 1/2 marathon is going to be; but I couldn't find the trail for the first mile and ended up having to cross a cement "bridge" that had water flowing over it. So, from mile 1.5 on, I had wet feet. Nice. But the first 3 miles literally FLEW by! I was amazed every time my Garmin told me I'd gone another mile. Coming back, I again couldn't find the correct path back to the park which will be the starting/ending point, so I had to go on the road for a while. I've stretched for a while, but I'm still a little sore and tired. I hope to be able to squeeze a nap in today. ; )

But, hey, I DID IT!!! 13 miles has been conquered!

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3 miles in the trail/park with Dawn and Laura.  I added 2 more afterwards when they headed home.  The back of my right leg hurt when I started (straight behind the knee), but it seemed to do better after a while of running.  This is the spot that hurt after my 2 last long runs.  I'm not sure what's causing it.  It feels like I hyper-extended my knee and hurt the tendon back there.  It gets better after a couple of days; but it's still slightly worrisome.  Anyone know what might be causing it???

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I decided to give my leg a few days rest before running.  I don't want to injure it before my race.  So, 6 miles today by myself in the neighborhood.  We've had a freakish cold spell lately and yesterday and today have only gotten up to about 60 degrees!!!  I actually had to turn on my HEATER in the middle of the day ... in August!!!  Crazy.  Next week will be back into the 80's luckily.  I'm not ready for cold weather yet.  We got a lot of rain along with the cold front, so the world smelled like heaven today as I was running.  Isn't it funny that rain can make everything just smell better.  Well, I guess not everything - manure and mold are some pretty huge exceptions. ha!

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