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, Oct 05, 2011

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
12.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.30

12.3 miles at 4:45am. Weather= 64F, 60% humidity, 50 dew point, 1 mph wind, dark. Average pace=8:36/m.

mile 1- 9:31

mile 2- 8:36

mile 3- 8:46

mile 4- 8:16

mile 5- 8:58

mile 6- 8:22

mile 7- 8:23

mile 8- 8:49

mile 9- 8:07

mile 10- 8:28

mile 11- 8:31

mile 11.3- 7:39

mile 12.3- 9:29

Ran 1 mile to corner to meet Ash and Tim. We went did some hilly loops in our neighborhood. The fist loop was 4.3 miles. We charged the hills so the miles with the biggest hills were actually the fastest miles. Second loop was 3.2 miles. Ashley left after the second one because she's still easing back into running after taking time off for injury. Tim and I did third loop which was 3.7 miles. We charged the final hill and ended at the corner at 11.3 miles total for the run. I reset the lap button at this point because I wanted to record what we did the final hill at: 7:39 pace. Not bad for at least 2% grade hill. Ran final 1 mile cool down home.

Tomorrow I'm sleeping in but later in the day we're doing track. Supposed to do a 1 mile time trial. It'll be like 85 degrees though.

Nike Pegasus Purple Miles: 12.30

Night Sleep Time: 7.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 7.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Rye on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 21:44:20 from 174.27.109.71

Running in the dark is a bit scary! I have had run-ins with skunks and not so friendly dogs at that time of the morning. You are amazing getting out early like that. I get out a couple of times a week that early and it's tough! Nice job. Is that picture your son Jake? I have got to see a picture of that good looking son Ryan..... with a name like that his got to be a looker!

From TexasLindsey on Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 23:20:31 from 70.253.139.28

I would be less motivated to run in the dark if I wasn't running with friends. It's such an advantage! So, lucky... meant to be... If God didn't want me to run, he wouldn't have put Ashley and Tim living so close to me!

Yes, that is Jake in the picture. I know I need more pictures. It is my biggest complaint that all our pictures are taken by me. When my children are older, they will think their father was a single parent because I'm the one with the camera 95% of the time. Also, it's rare that anyone comes to my races, so I don't get many pictures of myself running.

From I Just Run on Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 19:47:57 from 67.79.11.242

I would call that perfect running weather! Good run! 4:45...Makes me tired thinking about it!

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