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

Fri, Jan 04, 2013

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
8.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.00

8 miles at 9:01/m.

Ever since NYC marathon got cancelled, I have been in a kind of depression. Can't explain it except that I was looking forward to it, obsessing about it for so long and then ... fizzle. My husband and I arrived in NYC and three hours later the announcement was made. We decided to just vacation in mid-town instead. I had never been to NYC and my husband and I hadn't been on vacation without children since our honeymoon 7 years ago. So we made the most of it. I posted some pictures on facebook of us having fun and an old friend from high school blasted me for being selfish and having fun while Staton Island was in disaster. So not only did the whole NYC marathon dream get deflated but I actually feel guilty like I did something wrong.... like ashamed. I don't know what we could have done to help. The ferries to Staton Island were shut down most of the time we were there. We were in mid-town where everything was working fine and there was no damage.

I've been depressed ever since. That Sandy Hook School Shooting only through me deeper into it. I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old. My mother is an elementary school teacher. She taught 1st grade for 12 years while I was growing up. I can't imagine the horror of this event. I can't stop thinking of the pain the parents of those babies shot must feel. I haven't run with my friends though I've been running by myself every once in a while. I've gained 6-7 pounds. I'm drinking too much.

I'm trying to pull myself out of this funk. Geez... 2012 sure kicked my butt. This has been a rough year. I've been hanging onto sanity by a thread. I started out the year trying to decide whether to go back to work. It was an anguishing decision but we determined that we needed the money. So in May I went back to work after being a stay at home mom for 4 years. The guilt I feel about dropping my babies at daycare for 10 hours a day is tremendous. I have less time to myself. I have a demanding job. I can't keep up with the running that I used to.... which is another thing I feel guilty about. So 2012 is the year of guilty feeling I would say. I hate reading all my posts from this year where I was complaining. 2011 my posts were positive and upbeat. I guess we just have good and bad years sometimes.

I'm trying to figure out how to make 2013 a much better year. I know I can do this. I have pulled myself out of funks time and time again. I have overcome major obstacles in my life and succeeded even better than I had hoped to at goals I set for myself.

I think first step is to pick a race to concentrate on.... a good half marathon. I am always in my best form when I have a running goal to focus on. I do better at everything else in my life and my mental state is very positive. I'm going to pick something that will be end of January. One thing I'm going to have to get over is that I am not in peak form. I won't be running any 7:15 pace in this one... I will have to figure out a way to be proud of a 8:30/m pace. Hey, you gotta start somewhere, right?

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Comments

From Bam on Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 13:22:25 from 89.126.28.24

Chin up. I think your idea of picking a race to focus on is the right way to go. When you're out there running, often you find that your head sort of clears itself. Something I've found that works for me is starting each day like it's your last.

Whenever I find myself thinking about the bad stuff - I used to drink too much amongst other things - I say to myself, stop the negativity and focus on the future, focus on the goal. And that's from somebody who isn't into all the motivational malarkey. One thing's for sure, dwelling on all the bad stuff in this life saps you.

What you've written today has reminded me to keep on track with my goals and stay focussed - so thanks for that.

I'm sure you'll be feeling better in no time. Your kids will be brimming with pride when they see you run...:)

From TexasLindsey on Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 19:56:41 from 70.253.131.34

Thank you so much! I have figured out that sometimes you have to "Just Do It" , as Nike says. If you wait around for the motivation, you could be waiting for awhile. I find that if I just start doing what I used to do when I was fit and happy even though I don't "feel like it" right now, then eventually the motivation will follow. It seems backwards that it could happen that way, but it works for me.

From Rob Murphy on Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 20:19:28 from 24.10.249.165

Hey Lindsey!

You'll be fine. Your boys love you and probably think you walk on water. You have skills and talent and education and, with those things, the ability to help your family financially, you're a talented runner and fortunate to have the ability to continue improving.

The great psychologist EriK Erickson said that we all need three things in equal balance to be happy and content in the long term ( not that there won't be peaks and valleys!) - Work, Love, and Play. I think you have all three but remember to keep them in balance. If you love to run but neglect it for whatever reason, you can expect to be less happy after awhile.

I feel like I've just said everything you need to hear to move forward without a hitch. I'm very happy with myself.

From TexasLindsey on Sat, Jan 05, 2013 at 21:52:34 from 70.253.131.34

Rob,

What a friend to me you have been on this blog!!

That is a great equation... Work, Love, Play. I have heard many other balance equations before, but this one does seem to appeal to me the most.

When I thought about what you said more and more, I realized that at any given period of my life, I seem to have done really well at two of them, but not so much at the third. The one that is lacking... well, that seems to alternate between the three during different periods of my life. Interesting observation when you make me break it down this way....

Thanks for this! I hadn't examined my life situation in this way before. Hmmmm.... I will continue to think about it....

So, really, thank you!

From Bam on Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 07:03:07 from 89.126.28.24

Great advice Rob: work, love and play.

Lindsey, it's good that Rob's given you something to think about and I suppose, show you how great your life really is.

That said, Rob has shown me the vacuousness of my existence. I'm depressed:(

I think I have too much play in my life, but I like it that way. I'm a tad happier now.

On the love front, I'm doing just fine and dan-day - I love myself oh so much:)

Work is good too. I do the cooking and ironing between training and naps.

There you go, I'm sorted and happy and appreciate the fullness of my beautiful existence. Thanks Rob. Thanks Lindsey.

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