| 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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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 41.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45.00 |
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| Asics Cumulus-gray/teal Miles: 33.50 | Saucony ProGrid Cortana Miles: 8.00 | Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
| 4.5 miles pushing Jake in the running stroller at 7:30am. Weather= 80F, 71% humidity, 70 dew point, 9 mph wind, sunny. Average pace=10:50/m. I was going to get up early and run 10 before my kids woke up but I was so tired I snoozed alarm until 7am. By that time, Jake woke up. He said he wanted to go with me. So I figure I'll just go the hilliest route I can while pushing the stroller and call this a strength training workout. It was a tough workout. I was drenched in sweat when I got home. It was also tough because Jake talks non-stop and repeats questions until I answer them. I was going to do 6 miles but he started repeating "I want to go home" so I cut it short. We also had to stop twice so he could get bugs. My two year old is much easier in the stroller. He just relaxes. I can easily do 10 miles at 9:15 -9:30 pace with him. It's going to be fun when they get old enough to run with me! |
| Asics Cumulus-gray/teal Miles: 4.50 |
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| | 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 |
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8 miles at 5am. Weather=81F, 85% humidity, 72 dew point, 12 mph wind, dark. Average pace=9:30/m.
Met Ashley and Tim. Ashley actually had to leave after only two miles because her plantar faciitis was killing her. I hope she didn't tear it like I did last year... that really sucks!
Tim and I ran the remaining miles. We went super easy. It felt really hard to breathe today. I didn't know if it was me or the weather. Now I see the humidity and dew point were pretty high. Who knows.
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| Asics Cumulus-gray/teal Miles: 8.00 |
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| | 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 |
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8 miles at 5am. Weather=80F, 50% humidity, dark. Average pace=9:30/m.
Met Tim. Ran really slow. It was nice to go slow. Felt like I could have gone another 4 miles easily. |
| Saucony ProGrid Cortana Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
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6 miles at 5am. Weather 80F, 70% humidity, dark.
mile 1- 10:32
mile 2- 9:43
mile 3- 8:53
mile 4- 8:48
mile 5- 8:30 (up hill got down to 7:30 pace)
mile 6- 10:32 back home
Ran with Tim. Went a little faster. I only had time for 6 miles today because I had to get to work early. |
| Asics Cumulus-gray/teal Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
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3.5 miles at 8am. Weather=84F, 65% humidity, 16mph wind, Very SUNNY. Average pace=10:00/m. I went slow because the sun was really hot. Also, tomorrow I'm running 12 with my running group. Could be some fast miles in there. I'm hoping for at least 8:30/m for the whole run. Downloaded all new music to my iPod!!! First time in almost a year I've changed the songs! I'm sooooo excited! I hope this will make tomorrow's run AWESOME! I'm ready for a really good day. The last two Saturday runs have been disappointing because I've been so out of shape... but I've been working hard this week and I think I might get my groove back tomorrow!
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| Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 11.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
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15 miles at 6am with my running group at the Trinity Trails. Weather=85F, 60% humidity, SUNNY! Met up with my friends. There was a good turn out today. I ran with these guys Clint and Brian for the first 5 miles. I started to feel really good... felt like I had a ton of energy. The guys wanted to turn around at 5 mile and go slower back to the store because the heat was getting to them. I decided to go another mile out before I turned around. I had to speed up in mile 6 to catch up to Ashley and the other girls. I talked to them at the 6 mile mark and everyone was wanting to do different things. Ashley's foot was hurting and Wendy was sore so the two of them were going to go back to the store at 9:00 pace. This new girl, Brit, who happens to be really fast (she also qualified for NYC and is going this year) and my friend from this blog, Jodi, were wanting to do 16 and14. I decided on 12 for the day but to tempo it back to the store to see how fast I could go by myself. The sun was a beat down. It was directly in my face for miles 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. I was doing really well but the sun did start getting to me by mile 11. With a little more than a mile left, I turned into the shady path that went to the store through the woods. I slowed way down. It was kinda like I hit the wall. Oh well, I did much better today than I have in months! I'd say miles 7-10 were a good little 4 mile tempo. I'm happy with that, especially in the heat. I hung out at the store for about 20 minutes and then Wendy came back and asked me to do another 3 mile loop with her. So that's what I did. Talked to Jodi and Brit afterward and they said they ended up doing 8:15ish on their 8 miles back to the store... with some 7:45's in there. I can't wait until I get in shape enough to keep up with that! mile 1- 9:04 mile 2- 8:35 mile 3- 8:40 mile 4- 8:46 mile 5- 8:41 mile 6- 8:28 mile 7- 8:06 mile 8- 8:17 mile 9- 8:16 mile 10- 8:09 mile 11- 8:56 mile 12- 8:48 Average for miles 1-12: 8:33/m. mile 13- 8:44 mile 14- 8:57 mile 15- 8:30
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| Asics Cumulus-gray/teal Miles: 15.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 41.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45.00 |
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| Asics Cumulus-gray/teal Miles: 33.50 | Saucony ProGrid Cortana Miles: 8.00 | Mizuno Wave Rider Miles: 3.50 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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