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, Nov 19, 2011

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
0.00	0.00	2.30	0.00	0.00	2.30

Ran 2.3 miles with my group. Average pace =7:50/m. Was feeling good until all of a sudden... my right leg's calf muscle felt like it had a charlie horse. I had to move off the trail and let everyone pass me by. I was unable to run after that because it hurt too much. I had to walk back to the store.

I think the inserts I got from my podiatrist were helpful for the plantar fasciitis but they have been working my calf muscles differently than normal. I've had sore calf muscles for a couple weeks because of them. I guess I strained or pulled a muscle... whatever.

So just to recap: in the last month I have had severe plantar fasciitis to the point where the x-ray showed calcification where the tissue tore, IT Band pain that caused me to walk one day and take 4 days off (but hasn't hurt since), and now a pulled calf muscle that caused me to walk.

I give up.... for now. I am taking two weeks off with zero running. If in two weeks I can walk without limping, then maybe I'll start back up slowly. At present my foot hurts all day long even when I'm laying down. I limp all day. I think limping is triggering other problems. All these issues are relatively minor though. I think it's just smart to take time off before I do something to myself that will put me on the bench even longer. My friend, Greg, kept running for several weeks with shin splints and now he has a stress fracture and has to take 6 weeks off or more. My friend, Emily, kept running with plantar fasciitis and other foot pain and then got a stress fracture in her foot and had to take all summer off.

Asics Cumulus- Purple Miles: 2.30

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

Comments

From SlowJoe on Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 15:31:36 from 98.201.152.210

Sorry Lindsey, that sucks. Can you bike or elliptical to keep up some cardio? Get better.

From Rye on Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 16:10:08 from 75.174.19.85

Bummer! My inserts took me a bit to get use to. I'm sure you were told to slowly break them in. 2 hours the 1st day and increase the time as you go. I don't wear them anymore, just to work but ran with them for a couple of weeks and my calfs and hamstrings hurt like crazy. Even my lower back got sore. Good luck. Sounds like you have had issues all over the place!

From I Just Run on Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 13:58:01 from 166.205.12.23

Hey Lindsey,

Good call on the rest. I'm sure a few day off will do wonders and you'll be back up to speed very quickly.!

From timp on Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 14:37:39 from 144.188.24.31

Sorry to hear about the injuries. I hope all is healing up quickly.

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