| 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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5 miles pacing my beloved sister Laura to the end of her very first half marathon. CONGRATULATIONS LAURA!!! She was tough. The course was out and back, and, of course, at high altitude. The first half was mostly uphill, and then downhill the second half. Man, she attacks the uphill like a lion! I honestly think she went faster on uphills than on downhills. I don't understand that at all, but I can respect it!
It was a BEEEE-yootiful course running through super green, shady areas, with majestic mountains in the background. The weather was perfect--cool and windless. She stayed pretty strong right to the end, making wimpy sounds just a few times. ;) Tougher than I was in my first half, I think. I encouraged her to just put in a little more effort, like .1 on a treadmill. Just a touch more effort in a long race like this makes a BIG difference in pace. The ol' body wants to fall asleep on you around mile 10. She passed several people in the last 2 miles, including chicking 2 guys with .3 to the finish. Most triumphant! It was a very pleasant run for me and I sort of wished I had run the whole thing with her. One sad thing was that James wasn't able to really race. He had a major calf problem. Well, it's kind of a recurring problem, but sometimes it let's him run and sometimes it doesn't. He had a really bad cramp-up on Sat. I worked on it for almost an hour (massage and scraping) on Sunday, but it wasn't quite enough to make it work. This morning he started to really feel it after a mile or two and knew he couldn't finish the race at his pace, so he walked until Laura caught up to him, and paced her the rest of the way. Very sweet guy! He has been handling the disappointment very well. |
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Zippo miles! Dang. Ran out of time due to traveling home from New Mexico, teaching piano, going out to do missionary splits until 10 pm. I see now that the only way possible to run on some days is just to get those super-early morning runs in. Working on it.
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Last night I had the most realistic dream I think I've ever had. My Grandma Farnsworth, who passed away 13 years ago came up to me and gave me a hug. I swear, I could really feel her arms! It was so real, I woke up with the tactile echo of that hug on my skin. Too bad you can't make yourself have dreams like this. They just come. Anyway, I was thinking about my grandma a lot today.
I actually went to a funeral for the mother of one of my piano students today. She had cancer and died far too young. But this woman was a lot like my grandma in some ways. She was a peaceful, quiet woman--so accepting of everyone, and so genuine. It is always astonishing to see the absolute beauty of a person who many would have considerred quite ordinary, just by paying attention a little. We should pay more attention when they are alive and with us. There is no such thing as an ordinary person.
Oh yeah, and I ran 3 miles on the treadmill, BF. |
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