| 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. Favorite Blogs: |
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| Aw man! My milage is slipping. I'm having a hard time juggling everything in my schedule right now, but I thought I'd get on and at least be accountable. What is a good goal for me to shoot for in terms of weekly mileage at this early stage of my training? I want to run a 5K at the end of May. On a good day I go about 2 miles, in general. |
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One mile with my 6 year old. 2 miles on the treadmill, 5-6 miles per hour. My goal for this week is to have at least 10 miles total. I will try to do that for 3 weeks in a row and then bump it up to 15 miles. This is on the advice of some guy on the blog named Bill. Which of the three Bills I have no clue. However, any one of them probably knows what he is talking about . . . ergo I go and do. My goal by the end of may is to run a 5K in under 30 minutes. Half an hour to just schlepp myself from point A to point B.
For accountability purposes I think I'm going to start blogging my piano practice.
Piano: 1 hour |
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1 Mile with the Fam. I had my 2 year-old piggy back for the last half. Now my arms are so sore I can hardly reach up and touch my nose. Kids are really good for cross training (he he).
1 Mile on Treadmill. I took it really easy because I was sore and still a little weary from yesterday's run.
Piano practice: 50 minutes
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| 2 Miles on the treadmill. I ran in the morning, for a change, and felt surprisingly perky at the end. I'm just a little tight/sore in the hips. Is it important to stretch? Before, after, or ever? Piano: zilch I traveled to Colorado today to see my sister's new babies. I'm going to try to run at this extremely high altitude tomorrow. Wonder what'll happen . . . |
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| Today I met my goal for running 10 miles this week, so I feel good about that. Two more weeks like this one and I'll be ready to start increasing my milage. I am in Colorado Springs right now, which is at a very high elevation, so I was expecting to feel worse tham I did. I am visiting my sister. I took all 6 of her kids running today. I like running with other people, and all my nieces and nephews liked it. My sister seemed to really appreciate it too. I would take some of them out, then come back around, drop off the tired ones and get some other ones. He he he. My 13 year-old niece did the whole distance with me, and my 6 year-old niece went a mile. I didn't notice the elevation as much as I noticed the hills. Nothing here is flat. You either go steeply downhill or steeply uphill. I am trusting everyone on the blog that speed doesn't really matter at this point--just consistently running the miles--because I have to admit a well-trained snail could've passed me today. However, I did the distance and had fun, made some memories with the fam. Then I stretched afterwards, and it felt really delicious. I think I'm going to be an after-stretcher from now on (thanks for the tip, Maria). I like to end with a question, because then I get more feedback. What is the most embarrassing thing that has happened to you while running? (Remember to keep it family friendly, guys!) Mine was running a track race with my shorts on backwards. I was notified after the first lap of the 1600 by a teammate. Oops. Or how about how your spit thickens when you run, so that if you try to spit it clings. Man, I hate dangling! Piano:40 min. |
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