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
Wed, Sep 07, 2011
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.200.000.000.000.006.20

6.2 miles at noon.  Weather=85 degrees, 17% humidity, 36 dew point, 5 mph wind, sunny.  Average pace=9:30/m.

 9:56, 9:01, 9:40, 9:40, 9:37, 9:05

My husband had to go into work at an unusual time today so I was unable to meet Tim at our scheduled 4:45 am.  Noon was my only chance to run. 

As soon as I started running my left quad started hurting.  Usually it feels better after it warms up so I decided to keep going but go slow.  It finally started feeling better around mile 4. 

The quad wasn't my only issue though.  My right big toe has a blood blister from the race.  It is deep under callus and I haven't been able to pop it.  It started hurting around mile 2 and it got worse and worse.  So I was pretty much  miserable the entire run.  I thought about cutting the run short.  I felt like crying because I am tired of these pains messing up my running plans.  Every step felt like a needle was driving into my big toe. 

Eventually, I started listening to the music and I got myself into a trance.  I started thinking of the pain as something that was trying to stop me and I would NOT let the pain win. 

I'm glad it's over with and I perservered.  Now I have to figure out what to do about this blister before I run with Tim tomorrow.

Saucony ProGrid Ride Miles: 6.20
Night Sleep Time: 6.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 16:17:34 from 24.10.191.18

way to fight through a tough run. mental toughness is an important part of training! good luck with the blister...

From TexasLindsey on Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 17:13:17 from 71.153.27.31

Thank you, Allie. You are so right! It's funny because you plan your workouts so that certain ones are to train you for speed and others for endurance and so forth... but you never really know when you are going to be training in mental toughness! Sometimes that comes unexpectedly on a suppose to be easy run!

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