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Location:

Phoenix,AZ,

Member Since:

Jul 23, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 22:15 (January 2005);
10K-48:40 (November 2005)
Half-marathon: 1:50:25 (, March 2006);
Marathon: 3:54:16 (January 2006)

Short-Term Running Goals:

BQ

Finish half marathon in January 2010

Run consistently

Lose pregnancy weight + 10 pounds 

 


 





Long-Term Running Goals:

Complete an Ironman triathlon; run the Comrades Marathon in South Africa (55 miles)
Marathon: sub 3:30
Half marathon: sub 1:40
10K: sub 42 minutes
5K: sub 21 minutes

Find out what my potential is and reach it.


Personal:

I've been running since high school (mid-1990s) and do pretty well when I'm focused on a goal. My main problem  is running consistently when I'm NOT training for something specific. I'm an attorney, and I've been married to my husband, also a runner, for 5 1/2 years. We live in Phoenix, Arizona.  We had a beautiful baby girl, Caroline, in August 2009.

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I'm back in the saddle!  I feel 80% better after my chiro treatment yesterday-no more sitting on the couch feeling sorry for myself!!  I did 5 miles tonight in just under 50 minutes.  It felt good, but my heart rate was a little high.

My sister gave me a headlamp for my birthday that I tried out for the first time tonight.  It wasn't superbright, but it helped.  My husband was driving home from his workout on the track and saw me from over a block away.  So, I guess it worked, and I didn't twist an ankle!  In 2000, I was training in Flagstaff for my first marathon and twisted my ankle badly 6 weeks before the race.  I was running in the dark and stepped off a curb!  So, I missed the race.  Ever since then, I have been super-paranoid about running in the dark.  Hence, the headlamp in urban Phoenix!

Because I'm doing the same run every day now, MOTIVATION is the name of the game! 

Comments
From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 23:15:00

I remember one talk in our Stake Conference a few years ago. A conversation between a preacher in a church and a member of the congregation. "Preacher, I've been hearing the same sermon every Sunday, I am getting tired of it", to which the preacher responded, "My wife has fed me the same meal for the last 30 years, but without it I would have died". I run the same course almost every day, but for me the fun comes not from seeing a different place, but in measuring how my body tackles the same type of challenge on a different day, and in knowing that by repeating the same task day after day I am building a foundation of fitness that allows me to race at my full potential.

From crumpyb1 on Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 23:19:36

Hey! I love the idea of a fastrunningblog book club! I've never been a part of a book club. I've had a few friends suggest a couple books suggested to me recently. They're both young adult fiction.

To get a good taste of Eclipse (which is the third book in a series by Stephenie Meyer), go to Stephenie Meyer's website. People call it the Twilight Series. It's a love story with action. It is also a YA fiction.

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