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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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Fri, Jun 27, 2008
Total Distance
5.00

On the treadmill, again.  But I am glad we have it.  Kids can sleep, well at least one of them.  I was on it this morning because Chris left at 6:30a for a meeting at work.  

Miles 12:30, 12:15, 12:00, 11:45, 11:27

Total time 59:57.  I did have two quicks stops to help my little handsome get some cereal, and a glass of milk.  Honestly though, the kids are learning to entertain themselves from the time they get up until I am finished running.  I love my babies:) 

Weight: 0.00
Comments
From leslie on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:06:04

Laurie, I am impressed you can do 5 miles on the treadmill (that is discipline!), your times get faster with each mile, even with a cereal break!!!! You go!!

From Laurie on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:09:39

The secret is listening to Chunga on the radio. They talk a lot in the morning and he goes off on the weirdest things but I love listening. I can't passively listen so running lets me do something else I enjoy too! One plus of the treadmill, I can control a good pace for me without getting excited and going too fast and then have to walk.

From leslie on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:15:46

That is so true on the treadmill, I forgot there are some real pluses, keeping a certain pace is one. Now what is Chunga??? Or should I say who is Chunga??

From Laurie on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:04:06

Chunga is the morning show host on 101.9 and he is a hoot. They had a game they used to play and i kept winning, so much fun.

From Kim on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:09:23

It looks like you've had a good, consistent week this first week after the WBR. I'm kind of jealous of those who ran the relay. I think I'll have to take a turn at it sometime.

From Laurie on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:28:09

Kim,

Thanks for noticing. I think I am going to be part of a team made of couples next year. Do you want me to check with the captain and see if you and Tom could join? Right now I know we have 3 couples (half the team). Would be so much fun!

From Kim on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:32:37

Oooohhhh! Very tempting! I'll have to see if Tom's group is planning to stay together or not. We have talked about doing a couple's team if his team fizzles out. We will know more next week after their 'after race team meeting'.

From Tom on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:37:29

Kim let's DO IT! I've already kind of hinted to Paul that I was wanting to do something different next year and the team has never had any trouble finding runners so I think this could work! It would be a BLAST!

From Kim on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:42:48

Tom...are you sure?! Do you want to wait until the team meeting?

Laurie,If you don't mind asking the captain what he thinks that would be great.

From Tom on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 11:48:25

OK Kim maybe we should talk it about it a little more.... But at the moment I'm really liking the idea of running on a couples team in an environment that is a bit more "fun" oriented vs. "competitive" oriented like my guys team. Even though we tell everyone we're just a "fun" team we pretty much are liars and everyone ends up trying to kill themselves on their legs.

From Krash man on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 13:13:48

I know what you mean when we say we are just there for fun. The competitiveness is just so deeply ingrained in to some of us it is hard to run "just for fun". I have always run on a semi-competitive time. I think it would be fun to be on a couples team. I still think I would kill my self on my legs, but that is me just ask Laurie.

From Krash man on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 13:14:45

I know what you mean when we say we are just there for fun. The competitiveness is just so deeply ingrained in to some of us it is hard to run "just for fun". I have always run on a semi-competitive team. I think it would be fun to be on a couples team. I still think I would kill my self on my legs, but that is me just ask Laurie.

From Laurie on Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 13:22:44

Kim and Tom,

Best part is we are probably going to have a free team registration from people belonging on the SWAT team and volunteering at races :) I'll let you know what the captain says!

From Jamie Atlas on Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 00:13:52

Hey Kim and Tom - make sure you balance out your treadmill running with outdoor running - treadmills can really promote joint pain and muscle imbalances if there isn't a balance between the two.

Good luck with the working out! It is awesome to see the community you have created here.

Cheers

Jamie Atlas

PS

I wrote a blogpost titled 'never run on a treadmill again' if you are interested in reading more about how the two are different

check it out below:

http://jamieatlas.wordpress.com

From Kim on Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 22:05:09

Actually Jamie, Tom and I hardly ever run on treadmills. I'm not quite sure where you got that info or if you are thinking of someone else. We don't own one and I don't have a gym to use, so I pretty much don't have a choice. Which is nice, because I agree...the less use of a TM, the better.

From Jamie Atlas on Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 01:36:36

Apologies Kim and Tom - I meant that to be for Laurie the Chunga girl ;) Although I can totally see her point with the treadmill keeping her at a certain pace being beneficial - I know when I hear certain songs I just get in the zone and then about 4 minutes later wonder why I am completely stuffed :)

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