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Location:

Federal Way,WA,USA

Member Since:

Jan 08, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

7 5Ks : PR 23:21 (2011)

5 10Ks: PR 47:17 (2011)

9 Half Marathons: PR 1:44:19 (2010)

2 Marathons: PR 3:55:08 (2010)

Short-Term Running Goals:

STAY HEALTHY, CROSS TRAIN, STRENGTH TRAIN!  Operation no more ITB pain, ankle tendonitis, or stress fractures. 

2012 Racing Calendar:

March - Lincoln City Half Marathon 

May - Portland Rock n Roll Half Marathon

June - Seattle Rock n Roll Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a 5k in less than 23 minutes 

Run a 10k in less than 47 minutes

Run a half marathon in less than 1:44

FINISH another marathon (without wanting to die this time); beat 3:55:08, and someday BQ!

Personal:

Happily married for 5 years with an adorable chocolate lab, Cooper.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Nike Free's 3.0 Lifetime Miles: 186.08
2012 Swimming Lifetime Miles: 6.25
2011 Cooper Lifetime Miles: 91.27
Bikila Vibram FF Lifetime Miles: 373.87
Merrell Pace Glove Lifetime Miles: 316.70
Saucony Mirage Lifetime Miles: 325.76
2012 Cycling Lifetime Miles: 39.00
2012 Crosstraining Lifetime Miles: 11.20
Total Distance
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Day 3 of the Terribleness

My ankle actually feels better today!  That gives me hope.  Maybe I will get a walking cast on Friday??  But I know not to expect too much, that seems like too much to hope for.

I have to go to two classes today, from 1:30-7 today, so this should be a long, exhausting day.  We'll see how it goes. 

Plus its so annoying when people are constantly asking me "what did you do?" and I have to say "I dont know!".  I need to make up some amazing story that involves saving someone from a car or something exciting!

Last, this is Day 3 of no caffeine.  Have a tinge of a headache which is probably related.  Miss that warm coffee drink in the morning but its not like I could make it or carry it to the couch myself anyway!  All the sites call it a "bone robber", and despite all those studies showing caffeine helps you go faster/longer in runs, its probably best I cut most of it out. 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From rattletrap on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 22:58:42 from 24.19.93.139

I'm glad to hear your ankle is feeling better. The crutches will get easier in time and you'll be off of them before you know it. I think breaking a bone in the middle of a half marathon and still finishing the race is an amazing story, but you could jazz it up a little and tell people that you stuck your leg out to stop a runaway car and still finished the race after saving the baby left inside.

From Snoqualmie on Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 23:44:55 from 67.171.56.164

I think you should definitely come up with a good story. Don't say "I broke it running," because non-runners already have too many idiotic opinions about us. How about, "I was saving orphans from a burning building and one of the beams fell on me and in order to get the orphans out I had to wrench my foot from under the burning beam, thereby breaking it."

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