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Location:

schererville,IN,

Member Since:

Mar 02, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Madison Inaugural 1/2 Marathon August 2009 2:02:48--yippee PR!

Fall Frolic 4 miler Nov 09PR 33:27 AG 4th place

Race to Wrigley 5K April 2010 PR 24:54

Short-Term Running Goals:

PR my 5k time. But maybe for now I should shoot for under 30 minutes. 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free and see where that takes me. 

Personal:

I have a husband who is wonderful, three beautiful dogs,  I'm a teacher, and I'm a runner. Life is good.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Rider 12 #2 Lifetime Miles: 327.30
Mizuno Rider 12 # 3 Lifetime Miles: 384.86
Turquoise Riders Lifetime Miles: 53.25
Race: Race to Wrigley (3.01 Miles) 00:25:00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.001.133.160.000.004.29

Last week of Student Teaching!

8 a.m. start. My brother and I did a mile warm up around Wrigleyville. It was chilly but I'm glad I left my coat in the car. I was hot by the end of the race. In fact I wished I had taken off my pants (wore shorts underneath). I had to get up at 4 am to meet up my brother so we could drive to the northside together. I am tired. And of course I never sleep the night before a race. But the t-shirt was totally worth it!

According to Garmin I pr'd by 1:30 from my last 5k. Official results will be out tomorrow.

Splits-

1.14-warm up 9:30
2-8:06 I had to tell myself to sloooow down!
3-8:13
4-8:23
.16-7:22

My goal was to beat my last time of 27:30 and to make 8:50's. I did both. Just as long as Garmin is right.

Great race-Guess a few days off really helped. Towards the end I could feels some twinges in my ITB. I may ellip tomorrow and do more strength training.

I started training today at my new job. I liked it. toda we talked about the menu and got a general tour of the place. Tomorrow we taste wines and the other mixed drinks. I"m pretty excited about this place. I was also a good girl and took my test at my current job so that they don't get all mad at me and tell my new boss (drama). Pluse I"m finding it will take about two weeks for me to get my training done at the new place. soo I might as well keep the other job for now.

Last week of student teaching. I have so far applied to 17 districts...whew!

ST3 Miles: 4.29
Comments
From Tracy on Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 10:32:00 from 173.23.75.96

NICE RACE! That's a pretty good PR and nice splits. Good luck with the job hunt. It's a tough year to be graduating with a teaching degree!

From Bonnie on Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 11:29:50 from 64.119.33.134

Congratulations April! What an exciting time for you. Keep us informed on how the job search goes!

From april27 on Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 17:30:00 from 99.188.251.180

Thanks!

Tracy and Bonnie--Don't I know it! I have already prepared myself mentally to stay a Server for a while. But I will still sub so I won't completely be away from the kiddies.

From seeaprilrun on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 23:17:03 from 205.172.12.229

Great job on the PR and pacing yourself right! I waited tables for many many years and enjoyed it--it's actually pretty decent money--always payed my bills!

From april27 on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 23:26:18 from 99.188.251.180

April, You are right. I really do like it. This is only second serving job. I just started floor training tonight and the clientel is much better than at the other restaraunt I work at...so i"m pretty excited!

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