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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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Five on the treadmill.  The funniest thing happened:  I was watching the BYU version of Pride and Prejudice and I actually FORGOT that I was running!  Crazy, huh?  I thought it might be too slow; I usually try to watch action movies while I run.  But, for whatever reason, this one worked for me tonight.  I actually felt like I could've run further, but it's already pretty late and I'm tired of burning the midnight oil night after night.

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On the treadmill again - 3 miles at 11:00 pace and the last mile at 9:15.  Sometimes I like doing speed work on the treadmill because then I can't slow it down without consciously pushing the button.  When I'm outside, I have to keep checking my garmin to make sure I haven't slowed - and then my garmin isn't always accurate at a specific point in time.

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Treadmill again - late at night.  ugh.

 3.8 miles at 10:42, then 1.2 miles at 9:05

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I'm determined to break my late-night running streak.  So, I only ran 3 miles tonight and I'm getting up early to run first thing in the morning.  Who knows ... I might even gt 6 runs in this week - my elusive goal:  4 down - 2 to go!

[By the way, Carolyn, I've never run on the treadmill without watching some movie or the Olympics.  Last night it was Nancy Drew and tonight The Reading Room.  I've actually never tried it without something to watch.  I'm sure it would be tons harder!]

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4 ... Outside ... In the MORNING! Yea!  Of course, I didn't go at the crack of dawn because I don't have a light or any reflective tape or anything.  So, I drove my husband crazy hitting the snooze button until I started to see a little bit of dawn coming.  :o)  The weather was even nice this morning - only in the low 50's!  Hey, I'll take that over 39 any day.  It felt great to be outside again, and it'll be nice to have my run done for the day.

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Yea!  I did it!! 6 runs in a week.  I looked through my calendar and I've only done that one other time in the last year - last November!  And I remember that it was mentally fatiguing to do it then.  I don't feel physically or mentally tired from the effort this week!  In fact, it wasn't until Wednesday that I realized I was on a roll.  That makes me happy; it tells me that I'm becoming more of a runner.  I've watched Lybi run 6 times a week for weeks - even months!  And I've always just said that I wasn't ready for that.  But maybe I am now.  

My garmin actually ran out of battery before the end of my run, so I used the cool course tool to check my mileage (it's a fun tool).  While on my run, I found a new path that I'm so excited about; and it actually had another trail that it intersected, so I'm anxious to check that one out too!  Yea!!

Today was a good day.  I had wanted to get in a long run today, but my hip - or more appropriately my femur - did something very weird last night.  It didn't hurt, but it was obviously not in it's correct position.  It felt soooo wrong just walking.  I kept stretching my hip, and it helped a little; but that in addition to getting to bed at midnight made it a little too tempting to turn the alarm clock off this morning (plus, my girls were up multiple times last night!)  I took my 7 year old to a birthday party, where 3 other girls with special needs were invited to a party for just them.  The birthday girl is such a little angel - she really loves special needs children.  (I love those kind of children.)  Cami did better than I thought she would.  She ... kind of played the games, and was very happy decorating her own little cake; and then we went to McDonalds (always a good thing in Cami's book).  And then, this evening, I got to go to the RS Broadcast and enjoy a chocolate fountain afterwards!  Sooo fun.  I ended up talking the whole evening with a lady who had adopted a little boy who was 4 days old.  She grew up in MI, in the ward that we lived in 5 years ago.  Such a small world!  So, we laughed about the funny people in that ward, and the interesting experiences of adoption. 

[By the way, my femur and pelvis are dong much better today.  I felt it the whole run, but it's been 4 hours and I'm not sore or hurting - so that's a very good sign!]

Holy smokes -- have I ever written such a long post!?!?  I'm in a real gabby mood!  ;o)

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