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

Mon, Oct 24, 2011

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
1.00	0.00	0.00	5.00	0.00	6.00

Track workout at TCU at 6pm. Weather=81 degrees, 50% humidity, sunny at first.

Warmed up only 2 laps because I'm a slacker.... 8:41 pace.

Then we did an interesting workout. 20 x 400's at 10k pace with exactly 30 seconds rest in between. When they told me that, I had to confirm... Twenty? oh boy.

I ran in lane 3 and Ashley ran in lane 1 since I'm slightly faster than she is. This guy named Brian ran with us but he switched between lane 4 and lane 2 each lap. Most of my laps were .26 or .27 mile long so I just went by what Garmin had my pace speed.

lap 1- 7:26

lap 2- 6:55

lap 3- 6:59

lap 4- 7:09

lap 5- 6:59

lap 6- 6:53

lap 7- 6:56

lap 8- 6:43

lap 9- 6:57

lap 10- 6:29

lap 11- 6:29

lap 12- 6:25

lap 13- 6:37

lap 14- 6:35

lap 15- 6:36

lap 16- 6:29

lap 17- 6:11

lap 18- 6:30

lap 19- 6:27

lap 20- 5:41

Good workout! I didn't feel like I was going to die or anything but I definitely was glad to be over with it. Then I ran another 2 laps for cool down at 8:15 pace.

Then we did a core workout. I am terriblely out of shape! I was the worst one out of 6 people!! It took every ounce of determination in my body to hold a forward plank for 1 minute. I couldn't hold a left side plank for more than 30 seconds. My right side plank wasn't so bad and I made it 1 minute. I thought I was going to die during the core workout. It's amazing how much longer 30 seconds is when your in a plank than when you are resting in between 400's!!!

Nike Pegasus Pink Miles: 6.00

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 22:58:04 from 75.109.104.60

Wow, 20 - I might have just walked right back to my car when they said that. Awesome that you kept getting faster and faster - 30 seconds is a short rest. Nice run.

From I Just Run on Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 23:30:20 from 71.41.149.142

I say Wow too...I did 6 and it about killed me! Based on your endurance and times I'd say you're in pretty good shape. If you see Callie, my daughter, on the TCU campus tell her Hi for me...You can't miss her, she's the prettiest girl on campus :-)

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