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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
Tue, Oct 11, 2011
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.200.003.003.000.0012.20

6.2 miles at 4:45 am. Weather=61F, 84% humidity, 55 dew point, 0mph wind, dark. Average pace=8:50/m.

mile 1- 10:16

mile 2- 8:50

mile 3- 8:26

mile 4- 8:01

mile 5- 8:07

mile 5.4- 7:35

mile 6.2- 10:07

Ran 1 mile to corner to meet Tim and Ashley. Ran miles 2-5.4 with them. Then ran 1 mile home. At first when I started running with them Ashley was really dragging me. I kept trying to slow us down by staying slightly behind her. It didn't work. So at about mile 2.5 I just gave up, stopped talking and put in my ipod. If I was going to go faster than my body wanted, I was going to have to concentrate. So we got much faster after that. It seems this is what we do now: Ashley drags me in the beginning and I drag her at the end. Tim just keeps pace with us, this is easy running for him. Tonight we've got a group meeting at the running store for tempo. Forcast is 78F with 45% humidity. Not toooo bad.

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6 miles at 6pm.  Weather=77F, 46% humidity, 5mph wind, cloudy. 

Ran first 3 miles as warm-up: 8:14, 8:02, 8:01   

Ran next 3 miles as tempo: 6:43, 7:02, 6:58

Pretty good run today.  There were 7 of us that met at the running store to do a tempo.  Jody, myself, Ashley, Tim, Matt, Melissa and Wendy.  We ran the first 3 mile loop easy. Then we stopped for water before we started the second 3 mile loop tempo.   My goal was to do a 7:07 pace for 3 miles and to be honest I was nervous about it.  I haven't been doing tempos and I was not looking forward to the pain. 

Tim's first mile was 6:30 but he got faster and faster.  He said he averaged 6:12 for the three miles.  I started out right behind him but as he got out further out of my sights, I slowed down.  I think Matt and Wendy were just a few seconds per mile behind me. 

Still, I never looked at my pace until I finished.  I thought I was probably 7:15ish but I was pleasantly surprised to see I had gone faster.  So I'm pretty happy.  I would call this comfortably hard for 3 miles but I don't think I could have sustained this pace for longer than 3 miles... at least right now.   Maybe with more practice.  

We were supposed to do 10 miles tomorrow at 4:45 am but there is a 60% chance of rain in the morning so we're going to play it by ear. 

Asics Cumulus- Purple Miles: 6.20Nike Pegasus Purple Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 1.00Total Sleep Time: 7.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rye on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 19:05:14 from 75.174.3.10

Have a good tempo run this evening! 4:45am...... that's early! Keep it up! I try to run early so that it doesn't effect the family. Sometimes my wife wants me home earlier in the day so that's my tempo run for the week. Sounds like you have a great running community!

Nice tempo run. What a fun group you have to run with! I'm jealous. Stay dry in the morning if you can help it.

From TexasLindsey on Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 19:33:14 from 71.153.27.157

Thanks, Rye-Guy! I don't know if I'd be running this much or this well without my running group! It's been such a blessing! BUT so has this blog! I really look forward to writing and reading on here! This blog is very inspiring to me!!

From TexasLindsey on Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 19:33:50 from 71.153.27.157

oh, I called you Rye-Guy because that's what I call my son, Ryan. (I think I told you that already!)

From Rye on Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 00:01:23 from 174.27.76.167

Hey, it sounds good! I agree, the blog keeps me motivated and trying to do better at my training.

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