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Location:

Mesa,AZ,

Member Since:

Apr 04, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Prs:

1 mile: 6:31

5K: 23:37

Half Marathon: 2:04

My first post-high school 5K, in which I thought I was going to die

The first time I won my age division. Yippee!

My first half marathon, in which I attack Sasha

The time I beat my high school PR for the 5K (as a 31 year-old mommy of 3!)

My first 5K barefooted

Short-Term Running Goals:

I'm just getting back into running after a long break to have my last child. I would like to race some 10Ks, a half, and a marathon in the next 2 years.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be the oldest woman to complete a marathon. Yea! But hopefully I will also complete some BEFORE I geezer up, like, before I'm 40 for sure. I think it would be fun to dress up really strange for marathons, like impersonating celebrities and stuff. Except I don't really like celebrities, as a rule, so maybe I'll have to stick to the age old question of ninja, or pirate. I say ninja. *Hyah!*

Personal:

I am happily married to James W (Cool Runnings). We have 3 boys and 1 opinionated little girl. I love reading and I'm also a news junkie. I am a stinker.

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Mon, Jul 20, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.30	0.00	0.30

Another little walk in the monsoon wind. It was lovely. The momma ducks were out with their babies.

I timed myself today. 15 min. Hmmm. That puts me at about a 45 min. mile.

I can't deny--it did sting my tummy just a little. The key is that I need to take itty bitty steps.

I'm feeling impatient about getting better. There are SOOOO many people from church and other friends that are helping me. Meals are coming in for the next couple of weeks, people are taking care of my 3 older boys every day, and people are signed up to help clean my house. I am the recipient of TOO MUCH GENEROSITY. So I should be sky high, feeling loved and taken care of, etc. etc. But for some reason I feel a little bit miserable about having so much help. Like I am doubly pathetic or something. It is a little frustrating that I don't really feel better from day to day, but I know I feel TONS better than I did a week ago. Progress is progress. It strikes me that I would be a terrible person to have a chronic illness or something. I mean, so many people struggle for YEARS with serious health problems, and here I am, 2 weeks in, singing the blues. Ridiculous. If I'm still blogging like this tomorrow, ya have my permission to give me a dope-slapping!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From marion on Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 23:55:14 from 71.213.106.139

Oh Lybi! You can whine all you want! I sure hope you are feeling better. Take care of yourself! Let the others take care of you :)

Your baby is SO sweet!! :)

From Kristina on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 09:59:45 from 97.123.125.236

We feel for you but we are so glad that there are so many people taking care of you. Your mom was especially grateful because she really felt bad about leaving. Anyway, when I was sick at the beginning of this pregnancy I heard that they were thinking of sending the young women over to take care of us and I told Seth, "No! I don't want to be a Value Project!" But no young women ever showed up. It is definitely hard to ask for and receive help sometimes, but I know that a lot of people are glad that you are receiving so much help, because so many people love you.

I know you also feel frustrated that you can't do all the things you did before, particularly exercise. After delivering Simeon (which was much less traumatic than your delivery), they encouraged me to walk a little every day, but specified that I not over do it - just walk to the end of the block or something. Simeon had Jaundice so we ended up taking him to the hospital nearly ever day for the first week and a half. Just walking from the hospital parking lot to the lab area (not very far away) was a big deal for me. We also liked to go sit outside with him on the grass in the sun (which is a great idea. Go sit outside in the evening when it's not so hot and read a book. But being outside can make a world of difference even if you aren't doing anything.) Anyway, when I hit six weeks I was pretty excited to start exercising and your mom kept warning me to start small. I didn't really believe her until I hopped on that elliptical and could barely do 5 minutes. And I had to push myself a little just to get to that. So don't over do it. Your body needs time to recover and you have an excuse to let it recover so take advantage of it. There will be plenty of time to be busy and active later and you may find yourself wishing you had more time to relax. And when you start exercising start small and add a minute every day. That's what I did and it didn't take long before I was up to 15 and 20 (less than a month). You know we love you and worry about you. Farnsworths have this propensity for over-zealousness (I know because I'm married to one and he's always getting carried away). Take care of yourself and that sweet little girl!

From seeaprilrun on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 20:46:36 from 205.172.12.229

Just keep resting and don't overdo it! You have to remember that you are recovering from major abdominal surgery: c-section is no fun I did not enjoy mine. Hope baby is letting you rest!

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