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

Sat, Oct 29, 2011

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
1.00	0.00	3.00	0.00	0.00	4.00

6:30am. Weather=42F, 82% humidity, 2 mph wind, dark.

mile 1- 8:20

mile 2- 7:57

The plan was to do 20 today but I had IT band issues suddenly yesterday so I wasn't sure how it was going to go. IT band started hurting after first 2 miles. I thought I'd at least make it 10 miles before pain... geez! So I immediately turned around to head back to the running store. In mile 3 I had to start walking because my leg felt like it was going to give out. I did this walk/jog thing the third mile.

mile 3- sloooow walk/jog

Then I started getting passed by slower runners who were only doing 4-5 miles today. It was not fun to get passed while I was walking. It was also starting to get really cold walking.

I decided to try something different. I remember for my marathon last year when I had IT band issues, I speeded up and it stopped hurting. I had a mile to go, so why not. So I put the pedal to the metal and took it to the house. Strangely enough the IT band wasn't even noticeable at the higher speed. Weird!

mile 4- 6:55

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So I guess I'm not running a marathon in December as planned since I am missing the key 20 milers for that training schedule. I'm just all beat up! I shouldn't have raced two half marathons two weeks in a row. I've got to figure out what to do about my IT band and plantar faciatis... I may just end up taking a couple weeks off and re-boot training for a marathon in Feb/March. Oh well. Live to run another day I guess.

Nike Pegasus Pink Miles: 4.00

Night Sleep Time: 5.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 12:00:00 from 75.109.104.60

Sorry about the injury news. Why can't you just run 6:55 pace all the time??

You're probably doing the right thing, maybe Cowtown in February?

From Rye on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 20:52:09 from 174.27.124.34

Bummer. It's all about finding joy in the journey. Good luck.

From Chris on Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 22:42:01 from 99.136.85.243

Hey Lindsey, I had bad IT band problems about a year ago. Dr. Todd in downtown Fort Worth is an orthopedic surgeon and a marathon runner. He prescribed Naproxen DR 500mg. It works wonders! I took it for about a month and did light training and was back to normal.

From TexasLindsey on Thu, Nov 03, 2011 at 20:28:14 from 70.253.141.187

Thank you guys! I was feeling pretty down about this. I really was focused on 3:25 marathon goal at Dallas White Rock in December. Oh well, I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Maybe Cowtown will be better for me.

Joe- I know! If I could just run sub-7:00's all the time, all my problems would be cured! LOL

Rye- Joy in the journey... very true!

Chris- Thank you so much! Actually my Doctor prescribed that but I hadn't gotten it filled yet. Now, I'm going to! I hope it works for me too.

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