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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Fri, Apr 18, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.25	0.00	4.25

So far 2 for today. 1 mile barefoot, which was pretty comfortable in most respects (no dog). 9:30 pace (I wasn't looking at my Garmin, usually I try not to go below 10:00 on an easy run.)

1 more with the pooch in shoes at 10:40 pace, and my right knee started to really bug me. It is the same kind of bugging that I have had within 2 weeks of most of my races. Feels like referred pain, not a real injury, but it still does hurt and causes a limp. I am going to try to scrape the heck out of my quads and gluts with (don't tell Josse) the back of a butter knife and see if that helps. He he he. Don't slay me, it feels exactly the same!

I've decided not to register for the St. George Marathon this year. Sasha's advice was to wait until I could run a half in 1:50:00. He said that with 3 months of solid, uninterrupted training, I could probably do it on a favorable course. But to me 3 months of perfect training seems a little out of reach at this point. Maybe next year. I am perfectly happy to focus on the shorter distances for another season. Well, not perfectly happy, but happy enough. (BTW don't bother leaving me a comment that I should just chuck Sasha's advice, because I won't. As far as I'm concerned he is practically psychic when it comes to all things running.)

Update: 1.1 miles after scraping, barefoot, 10:30 pace. Knee felt very good! And there was much rejoicing...yea.

1.15 a little later, still barefoot. I am beginning to really not trust my shoes. Tomorrow I've gotta go try on new shoes. 10 miles planned for tomorrow. If I get them in, all the credit goes to Adam for the swift kick. : )

GOOD LUCK AT THE SALT LAKE MARATHON TOMORROW FRBers!!!

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

Comments

From josse on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 17:51:57

The first time I scraped myself it was with a spoon so what ever works.

From Lybi on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 17:58:53

Doh! You caught me. ;) Thanks so much for scraping me and teaching me how to do it. I really do feel that it helps.

By the way, I don't think I ever told you how much I enjoyed meeting you--that was one of the highlights of the trip for me for sure.

From Christi on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 18:08:48

Sorry to hear 'bout the knee! This "scraping" is all new terminology for me, interesting...Sounds like the Josse has some techniques that will put you back in action in no time. So Sasha says to run a 1/2 in 1:50 before you do a full. Well, then I'm in trouble! I hope to still see you at the pre-race party for SGM this year? Is James running? (sorry about the interrogation (sp?))

From adam on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 18:25:48

The training doesn't have to be perfect for it to happen, but it does need to be consistent.

If someone said you could have a really, really, amazingly awesome thing after only three months of work, would you hesitate a year to do it? (2 Kings 5:13-14)

Time to make your "get tougher and gain more self discipline" goal beg for mercy!

From josse on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 19:07:31

I'm always watching hehehehe. I really enjoyed meeting you as well. I think you would break that time at an end of summer half;)

From Lybi on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 00:53:15

Thanks Josse!

Adam, do you mean Calcio? I find it hard to believe that some guy who hasn't blogged since August and whom I have never met is trying to give me a kick in the rear. But anyway, Adam (whom I highly suspect is actually Calcio) you get the award for the most motivating comment of the day! Thanks.

From Lybi on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 00:54:59

Oh, and Christi--James has registered for SGM, but who knows if he'll get in. IF he gets in, and IF he is not injured then I will definitely be there at the pre-race extravaganza. I can eat pasta with the best of them. :)

From James W on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 01:02:18

My dear, Josse gave me some excellent advice just the other day - if your knee hurts when you wear the shoes, then CHUCK THEM! You definitely need new shoes, and as we have discussed, I would suspect that you need some shoes with less stability control. Keep them miles coming!

From adam/calcio on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 11:21:21

I, little adam (all lowercase), am always calcio.

I do it this way because there's AdamRW from SLC, and whoever that other guy is (who hasn't blogged in a year), and calcio isn't my name. it doesn't link to my page, but i prefer it.

From adamr on Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 18:16:20

I just changed my page name to stop the confusion, so now adamr should take you there.

From Lybi on Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 00:19:24

adamr--ex-cellent (Mr. Burns). Thanks--life is confusing enough!

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