TexasLindsey

December 16, 2025

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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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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
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My plan this morning was to take it easy and do 6 miles.  I'm still worried about my IT band.  I just ran according to how I felt.  It was really cool this morning... in the upper 50's.  The first couple miles I felt little twinges around my right knee similiar to what I felt on Saturday but less intense.  I kept slowing my pace and they went away... but then they'd come back after a downhill. 

Finally at 2.7 miles I was deciding whether to head home to not risk any more injury... I was thinking maybe doing 10 yesterday wasn't such a good idea afterall... but before I made the turn to my house, I stopped and stretched my calf muscles again.  I had stretched them before I started running but this time they felt SUPER tight.  After I stretched them, my legs felt brand new.  I didn't have any pain any where what so ever.  So I kept running.... and actually even speeding up... and my knee/leg felt fine. 

Weird.  My calf muscles also feel really tight after I've been sitting for a while and after I wake up.  I'm a forefoot runner so they get a big workout everytime I run.  Maybe tight calfs are to blame for the issues I had on Saturday?!  Hmm... something to look into I guess. 

Ended up doing 6 miles as planned.  Even got down to 9:12 in the last mile and felt pretty comfortable. 

Splits

10:49

10:55

10:49

10:19

10:08

9:12

 

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 18:29:24 from 174.19.51.35

great job. glad your calves loosened up so you could finish your run. awesome split for the last mile!

just curious, what kind of shoes are you running in?

From TexasLindsey on Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 11:29:17 from 71.154.12.156

I just got the Brook's Ghost 3 ... I love Brook's Defyance but they aren't going to be making them anymore... The Ghost is good for forefoot running, which is what I do.

I also bought Asics Cumulus 12... this one felt very cushioned in the forefoot, even moreso than the more expensive Nimbus.

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