| 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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So, no Moab for Lybi! Sorry to anyone else who didn't get in--i.e. everyone in my group... I made a deal with Sasha. Basically, if he can play a hymn on the piano without any wrong notes by the end of tomorrow I will do Painter's Half in January. So now it is all up to him. No pressure, Sasha! 6 miles outside slowly, too late at night. Must go to bed now. It has been quite a day!
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2 Miles with Christine this morning in the absolutely unbearable cold of like 40 degrees. We stopped earlier than planned because I had a cramp, and she was still feeling the effects of the Tylenol PM she took last night.
Don't try too hard Sasha! There is no shame in needing a little more time to learn a song. I promise I won't mock you if you don't do it. I never got in the rest of my miles. I am really having a hard time with the whole Christmas crunch. Sounds like a breakfast cereal...
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I got a babysitter so I could go out and do 6 during the nice warm day. But I felt really yucky. I feel a tiny bit sick--congested and so forth, but not really sick. I just couldn't do more today, which is freaking me out a little since I am to run a half marathon in less than a month! AHHHHH! Kudos to Brent who showed the kind of guts yesterday that I think is really rare. And Kudos to Sasha, who is one determined musician. And Kudos to anyone who can run 10 miles and call it easy. And Kudos to anyone who is just getting started, because that's the hardest part. 3 more miles tonight on the treadmill. Last mile using the 2.0 incline setting on my treadmill (whatever that means).
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2.55 Miles, just a quick spin around the heighborhood with Christine at 9:42 pace. We were running a little late today so we had to cut it short. 3.51 On the treadmill late at night. Humph. I'm not getting enough sleep to support increasing mileage like I want to. Will keep trying until success....That's a Sasha quote.
Christmas is an inherently awkward time of year. Just as sure as your dog slobbers some person you barely know is going to show up and give you an unexpected, lavishly wrapped gift. Then you have to scramble around and give them something you pretend you got for them--usually a present from someone else to you. Some of my piano students give me HUGE presents, and I'm like--here's your candy bar kid--now go practice piano. |
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| I did it! I did it! 10 miles on the treadmill without stopping. I watched a WHOLE movie. I feel ok, not super, but not trashed. Joints ache a little, and I feel slightly low on energy. In fact, typing seems too laborious for me right now. I catch up with you guys later. Oh, one more thing. As long as I run more than 1 mile tomorrow I will break my all-time record for weekly mileage. |
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| Yea! A new record for weekly mileage at 34! We'll see if I can maintain my miles over the week of Christmas. 4 miles outside at 9:49 pace on ave. No ill effects from my long run yesterday.
I ran in below-freezing weather for the first time since I started running again. Humph on winter. Actually, I didn't feel all that cold because I was in New Mexico at my parents' house, and my Mom loaded me up with approximately 500 layers of clothing, 498 of which ended up tied around my waist by the end of the run. So, the entertainment for the run today was light jacket wrangling. I really need to learn to tie a square knot, or something.
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