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

Fri, Sep 23, 2011

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
6.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.20

6.2 miles at 4:45am. Weather=53 degrees, 80% humidity, 50 dew point, 6 mph wind, dark. Average pace= 9:13/m.

10:30, 8:54, 8:51, 8:36, 9:26, 9:31

Perfect running temperature today. It was wonderful! Tim and went a little faster in the middle but then we started talking and slowed down. He is running a 5K race tomorrow at the Rahr Brewery. It's a fun race and afterwards they have free food and beer. They even have beer pancakes apparently! I'm running 14 miles with the group at the store and then I'm driving over to the Brewery to hang out with them. The group run starts at 6:30am and the 5K race is at 9am. Hopefully, I'll be able to get there in time to see the race.

It was difficult for me to wake up today because I was so tired. I went to bed at 9pm but I had to get up a couple times with the baby. I am going to have to do sleep training with him or else I'm going to go crazy. I can't continue doing this every night.

When I got back from running, I took a nap of about an hour until the kids woke up.

Asics Cumulus- Purple Miles: 6.20

Night Sleep Time: 6.00	Nap Time: 0.50	Total Sleep Time: 6.50	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From timp on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:32:00 from 144.188.24.32

Now that's impressive - you can get up, run 10K, then come home and take an hour nap -- all before the kids get up. Very nice!

From Rye on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 12:43:55 from 174.27.78.215

Love those mornings. You must be a great mom to juggle everything! Good luck with the little one. He has one good thing going for him..... his name!Rye is short for Ryan.

From TexasLindsey on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 16:02:23 from 71.153.27.31

Ha, ha~! Timp, yeah, I guess I did run a 10k and nap before they woke up. I used to think I didn't have time to run in the mornings. I had this mental block where I never would have considered waking up at 4:15 am. Funny how much you can get done once you remove that barrier.

So Ryan, does anyone ever call you Rye Guy? That's what I call my son.

From Rye on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 17:38:32 from 174.27.78.215

I have been called that before! My dad called me Ryeberg. Still trying to figure out that one!

From I Just Run on Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 22:38:39 from 71.41.149.142

Man...the 4 am thing is rough...you need a nap or maybe I need one after thinking about it!

Hey Lindsey, I was going to ask if you run the Cowtown marathon and if so what you think about it?

From TexasLindsey on Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 10:55:49 from 71.153.27.31

Cowtown is a good race. They just changed the course in 2010 and I like it. It a very well organized race. I ran the 1/2 marathon and the course took you through all the cultural district, the famous Fort Worth Stockyards and downtown. There was one really big hill on this part around mile 9.

My friends who ran the marathon said the rest of the course was pretty good too. It goes through the zoo area, TCU and around the Trinity River.

Last year it was horrible weather though. Really unusual. Normally, Cowtown is like 40's or 50's temperature... so perfect for racing. That's what we were training in. However, Cowtown 2010 was like 65 degrees at start and 70% humidity. People were off their marathon targets by like 7-10 minutes.

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