TexasLindsey

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Location:

Fort Worth,TX,USA

Member Since:

Jul 15, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

I started running in 2008 while I was a stay-at-home-mom. I discovered this blog in July 2010 and followed the advice from the blog to gradually improve my distance/speed. I achieved various PR's in 2010/2011. I went back to work part-time in 2012-2015 and switched to mostly running trail runs. When I got prego with my third child in 2016, I stopped running and started work full-time. After a 7 year hiatus, I returned to running in 2022. I have alot of work to do to get back in shape, but looking forward to the challenge!

P.R.'s

5K - 21:15 on 11/25/10 (6:50 pace) Overall Female Winner! (local Fort Worth race)

10K - 45:08 on 4/16/11 (7:17 pace)

15K - 1:11:17 on 11/20/10 (7:39 pace)

10 Mile Race - 1:14:28 on 2/12/11 (7:26 pace)

Half Marathon - 1:35:21 on 10/15/11 (7:17 pace) and 1:35:48 on 3/27/11 -Dallas Rock 'n Roll, Qualified for NYC Marathon with this race!

Marathon - 3:35:10 on 11/14/10 (8:12 pace) - Fort Worth Marathon. Qualified for Boston with this race!

NYC Marathon 2014 - 4 hours, 9 minutes - about 9:30 pace. Best race ever! So much fun and energy!

Short-Term Running Goals:

- Gradually increase mileage

- Gradually increase speed

- Get my body back in shape - add muscles, lose excess fat

- Run a half-marathon in Fall 2022

Long-Term Running Goals:

- Stay injury free

- Become age division winner again!

- Stay in the habit of running for as long as I possibly can

- Travel to run fun trail runs across the country

Personal:

Married Mom to three kids - Jake (14), Ryan (12) and Avery (5) - and two dogs. Work in Procurement for the Aerospace Industry.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Mizuno Wave Rider Lifetime Miles:						72.35
Nike Pegasus Purple Lifetime Miles:						109.50
Nike Pegasus Pink Lifetime Miles:						90.30
Saucony ProGrid Ride Blue Lifetime Miles:						150.60
Asics Cumulus-gray/teal Lifetime Miles:						213.20
Saucony ProGrid Cortana Lifetime Miles:						59.75
Asics Nimbus Lifetime Miles:						170.50

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
1.00	0.00	4.00	0.00	0.00	5.00

5 miles at 6 am. It was windy (11 mph) and in the 50's or 60's. First mile warm-up felt really sluggish. Then 4 mile tempo - marathon pace. Splits (10:29, 8:24, 8:34, 8:22, 8:01)

At one point in the run, I was thinking it was feeling difficult ...but then I realized I was going uphill against the wind at an 8:30 pace so I decided to cut myself some slack. I think yesterday's run when I was freaking out about my preparedness for the marathon, I must have been going faster than I realized... I was just in panic mode because I'm nervous. So today I've been thinking that I just need to calm down and get my game face on. It's amazing how much your mental state can affect your performance. Physical fitness is only one part of this sport... another big factor is mental. I need to really work on my confidence these next two days before the marathon... I've done all the training I can do at this point... right now there's no point to worry if it was enough ... if it wasn't enough training, the time to analyze what I should have done better is after the marathon.

I'm still trying to figure out what to wear in cooler weather. I wore a long sleeve tee today... not good. I was HOT. I'm hoping this is the temp for the marathon. If it is, I'll wear a tank and shorts... but I'll start out with arm warmers. I hope it's not as windy though. One thing that did work out today is that I wore a headband over my ears... not for the cold but for the wind.

Asics Cumulus- Teal Miles: 5.00

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Jody on Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 23:02:48 from 99.127.14.11

Good Luck tomorrow! You will do great and most important have a great time! Enjoy and live in the moment because it will be over so fast and you have worked so hard to get here!

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