| 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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2 Miles after watching the Olympics. Don't you just love watching the Olympics? It makes me proud to be a human. ;) I've been a little sick ever since my all-nighter last weekend. (Go figure!) But anyway, although many of you may want to give up on me, you will see that things are heading up for me in the running dept. You can't tell because it doesn't show in my mileage yet, but I can tell because of how I feel. You will see!
And guess what? I have located a possibility for a dedicated running buddy! I give piano lessons from 6:45 to 7:45 am on Tues. Actually, I just started this new schedule--today was the first time. But anyway, the mom of these two little guys ran around my neighborhood during the lesson, instead of hanging out in her car like a veal. Her name is Brynne, and she is sooooo cool! It would be an absolute delight to get to know her better. I better go call her now, while I'm thinking about it. She has 3 boys, just like me--that automatically puts her in the cool person group, or at least, the "What the heck happened to my sanity group? (which tends to correlate to coolness (or at least that there are a lot of funny stories to tell on our runs.)) He he he.
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| Mixed feelings about my run tonight in the low-broil oven of early evening. Good-I am running. This is good, this is back on track Bad-Jeez, this seems like a really long way! 4 miles didn't used to be this long, did it? Ugly-Feeling plump in my cute clothes. Fat is so unforgiving.
But the worst tragedy is that I had to miss out on teaching discussions tonight. That is one of my favorite things in the week. Get better soon, Lyndsay! And I have one other important thing to say: Gooooo Michael Phelps! The universe has compensated you for giving you such unsymmetrical ears by blessing you with speed!!! Great job making the most of it! |
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2 miles on the treadmill twice today. Look! 2 days of running over three miles in a row. Somebody call Guinness. This week my 5 year-old went to Kindergarten. *Sniff sniff* You spend all your time helping them and hoping they will grow, and forcing them to eat veggies so they will grow, making them go to bed so they can grow...and THEN a terrible, terrible thing happens. They grow!
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| 4 miles, all outside. 2 this morning, 2 at night. Beautiful both times. This morning it was cool, and there were some gorgeous storm clouds set off by the sunrise. This evening there was a big thunderstorm, and I got to go out after and run in the newly-washed glory of it all. One of the unexpected benefits of running for me is getting to see a lot more of nature. Any "nature" I see other than during my runs is usually unwelcome--i.e. a scorpion in the house or something. Yech! Dadgum nature!
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| It was cool and cloudy today. Yippee! I took my 7 year-old for a run outside. Missed my evening run, though. |
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2 Miles this morning on the treadmill, barefoot. Didn't seem all that bad today. Usually I hate running barefoot on the treadmill, but recently it has seemed less inconvenient to just run barefoot on it than to try to locate my shoes, if you can believe it. I just keep thinking about my tendons and ligaments getting tougher and more resilient to injury. Jeez, I hope that is what is happening. 2.5 Miles on the treadmill barefoot tonight. Yea, I broke 20 miles this week for the first time since the beginning of June! Now a slow and steady climb to 30 is in order. Wish me luck! Quick poll: My 5 year-old's KINDERGARTEN class has 37 kids in it. Doesn't that seem like a lot? Especially for kindergarten? The teacher and aid acted like it was a totally normal number. What is going on here?!
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