| 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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Still sick. Fever persists. |
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| Fever gone. (Thank goodness for antibiotics!) Weak weak weak. Knees buckle under me after walking on the beach for half an hour. |
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Yesterday I returned from a very interesting vacation. I woke up Friday with a swallowing-razor-blades sore throat, packed up and left to go to CA. By the time we got there I had a pretty bad fever and was all but delirious. That night I shivered and moaned all night and my fever got scary. The next day I went to the ER. Thankfully, I barely remember that day. I had a pretty bad strep infection. So it took a couple of days before I did anything but sleep and take antibiotics. Yesterday was the first day without fever, but I still felt ridiculously weak.
It's worse than ridiculous to haul your body hundreds of miles just so you can visit with family, and then do nothing but lay in bed the whole time you are there, but there it is. Some of my cousins probably never even knew I was there! On the bright side, though, if it is absolutely necessary to get sick as death, it is very good luck to do it when my out-of-state Mother is around, as she is the most nurturing soul alive.
So I ran a mile this morning at 10:10 on the treadmill. I was surprised that I felt pretty good. Good enough that I will probably do another one tonight. I'm behind in my training and a little annoyed about it! My next 5K is on July 4th and I absolutely have to take off at least a minute from my last one. I don't know why, but I do! |
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I'm DOWN! I think I broke my little toe yesterday. I stubbed it just a little, but didn't even slow down bc I was in a hurry. Later, I took the time to look at it bc it was bugging me and it looked just like a cherry tomato! Round, red, swollen and shiny. Since then it's become rather bothersome, throbbing and OOPS, I accidentally stubbed it again today. Ug! I have no patience for bones that crumble on the slightest contact with furniture! I've never broken anything before ... Grumble grumble grumble. Okay enough whining. It doesn't hurt to walk on, but it does hurt a lot to have any kind of shoe on. If the swelling is down tomorrow I'll try taping it and going for a run. Or I could always try running on grass barefoot. *Sigh*
I lost 1.2 lbs this last week. So that's 6.4 lbs total in 5 weeks.
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2 X 1 mile on treadmill at 10:00 pace. Running without shoes on the first one made my heels hurt. I felt a little more comfy after putting a pair of Dr. Scholls insert into my SOCKS! Strange little runs. Hopefully soon I will be able to get my running shoes over my swollen little toe!
Tomorrow we leave for a week to Utah. If I don't blog, it doesn't mean I've given up. I guarantee I will be running or swimming every possible day. Maybe I'll even be able to meet some of you at the Provo River 10 Miler James is running. Have a great week everyone! |
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| Travelling day. 14 hours in the car with 3 small children. I ran barefoot at one of the rest stops along the way that had a large grassy area. 10 minutes for the mile, but it felt faster. 4,000 foot elevation difference, I guess. Looking forward to a great week up in the mountains at Snowbird. |
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