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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

Fri, Jun 12, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
8.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	8.50

6:30am 60 degrees

Weird weird run. I ran pretty slow the entire time except the last few miles. I was distracted by all the huge houses for sale. Also my usual first two miles were shin painful. I noticed that I can hear my footfalls. After a while I was treading lighter and the pain went away...so Now Ijust have to remember to listen for my feet--if I can hear them then I will probably feel pain. I have been noticing this trend the first few miles.

And I wore my fuel belt today...i started wearing it at my hips and it kept creeping up. so after a few miles of messing it I moved it to my waist. right above my belly. Not horribley uncomfortable but atleast it stopped moving.

splits

1-11:51
2-12:47 (lots of sightseeing and hills)
3-12:14
4-11:43
5-11:27
6-11:03
7-10:29
8-9:53
I ate breakfast after my run-eggs with cheese, milk and salsa, toast with jelly and butter and bacon. Yum! with cranapple juice and yum water!

Brooks Miles: 8.50

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:24:32 from 71.229.164.25

I wore my fuel belt for the first time in a long time a couple of days ago. It was turning all around and I got some chafing on my belly from it. That never happened when I wore it in the winter I guess because I wore my clothes then.

From Snoqualmie on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:38:58 from 67.171.56.164

Great miles today!

From JD on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:46:05 from 64.65.159.206

Do you actually mix the milk and salsa together?

From april27 on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:50:27 from 99.188.251.180

Carolyn--do you run naked in the summer?? LOL

Thanks Sno

JD-I cook my scrabbled eggs with milk and cheese...then when they are done cooking I pour them over the salsa...so in a way yes...but not at the same time. OH and this was the first time using homemade salsa--sooo yummy!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 13:27:14 from 198.241.217.15

Not naked. But the shorts and singlet don't cover quite like the smartwool I bundle up in in the winter.

From rattletrap on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 15:02:57 from 24.19.93.139

I had knee issues when I first started running and I noticed I could hear my feet slapping the ground too, especially in the rain so I would focus on rolling off my feet from heel to toe so I could not hear them. It took a while to get it down, especially in the rain, but I've had no knee issues since then. I just had to learn to run in a way that didn't beat me up.

From april27 on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 13:55:16 from 143.43.8.39

Rattletrap-did you notice your stride got smaller at first? I know when I started listening to my feet my stride got a little shorter. but today I seemed okay..no knee or shin pain..YIPPEE!

From rattletrap on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 15:28:42 from 70.192.19.233

I never really thought about my stride length. 8 miles with no pain is great! I wish I could do that lately :)

From april27 on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 21:23:39 from 99.188.251.180

It has taken me a while to get here! but having a nice run once a week keeps me going!

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