TexasLindsey

Fort Worth Running Club's Labor Day 15K

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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, Sep 06, 2010

Race: Fort Worth Running Club's Labor Day 15K (9.3 Miles) 01:15:36, Place overall: 25, Place in age division: 6

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
0.00	9.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	9.30

THIS 15k TODAY WAS THE BEST RACE I'VE EVER HAD!! I PR'd 3 times in and during this race.

When I passed the 5k sign, there was a timer and it was the best 5k time I've ever recorded... 24:30. If I were really running a 5k, it would have been much better because I would have been going faster. (I don't run alot of 5k's because I like the longer distances better).

Then I passed the 10k sign with a timer and it was the best 10k time I've ever recorded... 50:00. If I were really running a 10k, I would have sprinted my heart out to get it under 50 minutes. The best 10k before this was 53 minutes. I have a stated goal to run a 10k in under 50... so I felt so elated that I did that.

But then the pressure was on. I just PR'd in 5k and 10k during the race... so I had to make sure that I PR'd for the actual 15k that I was running too. I was thinking that I wanted to be able to say that I PR'd 3 times. My previous PR for a 15k was 1:17:07.

Well, I finished in 1:15:45 according to my garmin (which also said I ran 9.4 miles). The race results showed my chip time to be 1:15:36. I am so excited!! According to my garmin, it was an 8:03 average pace. Chip time was 8:05 pace. I've never run that fast for this many miles! I thought I might get a medal or something... but then I found out that the 3rd place girl in my age group finished in 1:08:something.... so maybe NOT. Ha, ha! I got 6th out of 49 in my age group. So I'm still proud. I like that running quote that says something about how I like the sport of running because everyone can be a winner. You're only in competion with yourself.

This running blog is the reason I am doing so good. The advice of running more miles during the week more days of the week has made all the difference. I've only been training like this for 3 months... and I just started running again in April after a 9 month break while pregnant. I am just wondering what I could accomplish if I keep at it.

Splits

mile 1 - 7:46

mile 2 - 7:47

mile 3 - 8:00

mile 4 - 8:07

mile 5 - 8:13

mile 6 - 8:11

mile 7 - 8:13

mile 8 - 8:11

mile 9 - 8:14

Final .42 mile - 7:25 pace (my garmin said it was .42 instead of .3)

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00	Weight: 112.00

Comments

From baldnspicy on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 13:58:56 from 72.77.116.121

Wow, that's a great pace and awesome 3 PRs! Congratulations on a great race and a fun race report. Your hard work is paying off!

From TexasLindsey on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 19:47:15 from 71.154.11.237

Thank you so much! I really look forward to getting home and writing my accomplishments on this blog. The other people in my life are happy for me but they don't run so they don't really understand. It's nice to be able to get feedback from people who are striving at the same thing.

From Rob Murphy on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 19:56:12 from 24.10.248.6

That is a great time. Congratulations!

You know, I've read your blog several times over the last few months and I've always suspected that you were a way better runner than the times you were running.And for what it's worth, I think that within the next year or two you will look back on this 1:15 as a big turning point.

Once again, great racing!

From Jody on Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 21:23:03 from 75.141.137.54

Congratulations! That is a fantastic time!

From Clay on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 16:32:49 from 67.222.229.46

Great race.

From TexasLindsey on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 17:19:23 from 71.154.11.237

Thank you all for the support!

Rob, I think I could get better with more practice. In HS I wasn't too bad in track and cross country. I think my best at the 400 meters was just above 60 seconds. I remember trying but never getting below that. I usually ran in the 13 - 14 minute range for the 2 mile cross country races. I never could get it in the 12's like several of the girls who won state on my team. However, I never did any training outside of HS coached workouts. I know some people did alot of running on their own. I wish I had done that.

From Bonnie on Tue, Sep 07, 2010 at 17:43:28 from 128.196.228.134

Congratulations on the PR! I think if you keep with your training you are on your way to being able to run a BQ, you have some natural leg speed!

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