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Location:

Rantoul,IL,

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

1/2 marathon  1:43:09--Illinois Marathon, April 2013

10K: 46:50--Safe Kids Run in Crystal Lake Park, April 2010

5K: 22:07--Jingle Bell Run, December 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

Do another marathon AFTER GOOD TRAINING

 

1/2 marathon in 1:41 or under

 

Break Burt's 5K PR by 1 second

 

10K in 46:00 or under

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep encouraging my family in their development of a healthy lifestyle

 

God willing, I will run until the end.

Personal:

I run with God. I use my running time to contemplate, to pray and to listen for His call. I'm married to a non-runner, but a supportive one, and we have four children.

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Iso Lifetime Miles: 133.20
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
14.350.0014.35
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.650.004.65

Didn't want to go on this run AT ALL.  I had to drag out the underarmor...I hate cold.

Once I got going, though, I felt good.  I was going easy--about 9:15 pace, and I was pretty consistent throughout.  I'm glad I got out.

I worked toward the last two miles on my limp-wristed right hand.  For some reason, when I'm not paying attention my right hand goes all cockeyed.  I've seen pictures.  It's not pretty.  Sometimes when I'm running I catch sight of it in my shadow.  The only problem with concentrating on my right arm is that I sacrifice a little bit of speed.  I'll keep working on it so it becomes natural.  I guess I'd rather be efficient right now.  I'm just not that fast.

I'm just guessing at my marathon pace right now.  I'd like to get in a 10K or longer soon so I can have a better idea.  My last 5K I didn't push it at all.  My two goals for the marathon are to finish and to beat Oprah's marathon time.  I know I can finish because I'm dedicated to training, but never having run more than 10 miles, I'm nervous about the Oprah thing.  She probably had the resources to hire one person to force her to pick up her feet, one person to yell at her when she hit the wall, AND one person to slap cookies out of her mouth (not factual, but that would be pretty awesome).  I just have my own nagging voice...

But I am in pretty good shape and I'm getting better as I log more miles.  I do feel guilty about missing Sunday, but I was bad this weekend and graduation took a long time.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.500.002.50

Felt like crap today, all day.  My stomach hurt, but I knew I had to get some running in.  I was sloooow (took me 23 min) but I'm glad I went out running.

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.100.003.10

Ran a warm up mile (9 min) then did two miles 2 min slow, 2 min fast.  Felt pretty good. 

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.100.004.10

Have to guess on the exact distance.  I know it was just a little over 4 miles, but I was in Michigan. 

The run was hilly.  I'm not used to those (insert cornfield joke here).  It felt great, though.  Even though we (Coach Harris and I) ran a 10 minute mile as a warmup, by the last mile we ran at 8:30 pace, despite the hills. 

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
14.350.0014.35
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