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Location:

West Valley City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 05, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

5k-29:50

Half-Marathon:

6 completed and aPR of 2:17 in 2005

Full Marathon:

10 marathons, 5:36 my first and fastest, almost beat it this year in Portland but my training slacked the last 6 weeks and it hurt me. Someday I will beat it!

50k 6:39 Goblin Valley 2010

 Disney World Goofy Challenge Finisher!

Short-Term Running Goals:

To train consistently.

Races:

5k PR

Marathon PR (hopefully at the Arizona Marathon in Feb '11)

Possibly a 50k in April.

Bear Lake Marathon June

Fresno Eye-Q Marathon Nov '11

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Hmm, I got my first PR in 5 years but I want to get some more.  I want to be a consistent middle of the packer not just "not last place"

Personal:

Married to Chris, "krashman" Pope, Have Natalie 6, and Loren Paul 4.


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Chris got outdoors today, because I got it yesterday. But the poor guy came back to me with road rash. Lost traction on some gravel in the new roundabout.

For me, 5 miles on the treadmill. Total time 60:35.

Mile times 12:45, 12:15, 12:07, 11:52, 11:30.

It feels good to be running this pace. But I, like a lot of people, feel like it's taking too long to get faster. I only have 3 months until my marathon. I know, get the distance, speed will come. I have just barely started getting my weekly mileage over 30 and this is big for me. So just stop, breathe, oooh hooooooooooooo, okay, mileage is very important. It will be your best marathon ever if you keep this up! (I tend to talk to myself alot, especially during the last few miles of the marathon.)

I don't know about anybody else but I got some free myomed from WBR am really enjoying it.  There is that soreness and a little bit of achyness that I don't even realize is there until I'm ready to go to bed and then it's like restless leg syndrome, but putting the myomed on makes it tingle and feel good and then I have no problems going to sleep. So my two cents worth.  I like it, I use it, but I won't pay $20 a tube for it.

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Comments
From Tracy1 on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 22:09:29

You are doing so well!! Keep it up! I ready Krashman's blog! Oh Boy! I think about that while riding and I just hope it doesn't happen to me!

From cassie on Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 23:06:48

I have been stuck on my 12 minute mile pace basically since I started back running after the twins. So good job on the improvement!!! Good luck on the marathon, you are a braver woman than me. I can only commit to a half ;)

From paula on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 08:39:16

You are doing so good. Keep up the positive attitude and just enjoy it. The rest will come with time. I swore I would never be able to run a whole mile without stopping and walking, now it's great to look back and see how far I have come. Thanks again for coming with us on Wednesday. I hope you come run with us again.

From Laurie on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 09:51:07

Paula, I am planning on coming next wednesday:) Thanks for all of the encouragement. 99 days until Portland Marathon and my first PR in 3 years!!!

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