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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
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Omni 8 #3 Miles: 11.00
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Got home in the afternoon, went over to my SIL, got into a fight with my BIL, then went home and ran an easy 3.  

Feeling very bloated.  The progesterone has not worked yet.

Omni 8 #3 Miles: 3.00
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3 easy miles.  Not really motivated.

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This run was enjoyable.  Probably because the temps were a bit lower (mid 70s) and it wasn't as humid.  

I always have good runs when I am ruminating about something.  I read this article that I wish I would have read a long time ago (although maybe it wouldn't have had as much impact on me earlier).  In case you're interested, here's a link:  http://archive.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/spring99/PraiseSpring99.pdf

For a short version, what this article shows is that praise can be a dangerous thing.  These researchers took 3 groups of kids and gave each of them a challenging, but doable task.  Afterward, they praised the kids in the first group for their intelligence.  They praised the second group for their hard work.  They praised the third group generally.  Then they gave the groups a more challenging task, one that they weren't as successful with.  The first group--the "intelligent" ones--HATED the task.  The second group--the "hard working" ones--wanted to take the work home they enjoyed the challenge so much.  But the groups performed equally not-so-well.

Why am I so impacted by this?  I realize that we have been misguided with our oldest son.  He has ALWAYS been praised as smart by everyone, from the time he was 2.  He has always picked up things rather quickly, and of course, as parents we have been proud of everyone thinking he was so smart.  We don't really praise him solely for his smarts, but we don't discourage others from doing it.

The result?  He, even at 5 1/2, gets so frustrated when tasks are challenging.  I notice it with reading:  as long as the words are easy, he is okay.  But throw at him a long word, and his first words are "I give up."  We discourage that, always, regardless of the activity--because it happens with other things too--but now I understand more why he is like that.

The solution?  This is going to be the summer of praising him for what matters:  hard work.  I think it will make a remarkable difference in his confidence when he goes to kindergarten.

And my SIL had her surgery today:  double masectomy.  She got through it well. 

Omni 8 #3 Miles: 4.00
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3 easy in the p.m.

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I ran in the a.m.  Busy weekend did not give me time to blog over the last few days.  I had class Friday and Saturday and then a speaking engagement right after class Sat.  It was pretty cool.  I spoke at the HOBY seminar--a leadership group for high school sophomores. 

No run Saturday.  It was an early morning anyway and I woke up to some storms before my alarm.  I thought about doing it later, but my bro was in town, so when I got back we grilled and played with the kids.  Caleb learned to ride his bike. 

Omni 8 #3 Miles: 4.00
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Omni 8 #3 Miles: 11.00
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