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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Iso Lifetime Miles:						133.20

Sun, Apr 05, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
1.55	11.55	13.10

I always find that the day after I take off, I'm always a little fast starting off. Today I was a bit fast, but I decided to go with it and I had a great run.

Since we were supposed to have thunderstorms on and off today, I planned my run so that if it started to rain, after 3 miles I would be close to the gym. If not, I could head back home and finish 2 6 mile loops. When I hit about 3 miles, I was running roughly 8:30 pace. It was starting to rain, so I decided to head to the gym and continue to run fast using the treadmill to push me. I ran another .55 miles to the gym

I ran 3 miles at 8:34 pace on the treadmill and stopped for some hammer gel and water. Then I ran 3 more.

I looked out the door and it was just lightly raining, so I decided to run back home. I did a 1.55 miles slow (didn't look at pace and forgot to start my watch anyway) and then decided that I felt pretty good and wanted to go a little faster. I picked up the pace a bit, but still forgot to start my watch. At about 1.3 miles left I stopped for about a minute to stretch my left arm because my chest felt tight. Then I ran back home. My last mile was around 8:45. I'm counting everything as fast except for the 1.55.

It would be great if I could duplicate this run on Saturday.

Saucony Miles: 13.10

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 19:02:15 from 71.229.164.25

Great job, Tracy. It feels great when you're able to run fast and it doesn't kill you. You're fortunately to be able to run both outside and on the treadmill. I am not conditioned for treadmill running and I'll be in bad shape if I try to do any significant amount of it.

From Tracy on Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 20:44:25 from 173.24.32.153

I'm still of the opinion that treadmill running isn't as hard as running outside, but I guess beggars can't be choosers.

The only way that it's harder is that it is significantly more boring. I really wish that the weather had been a little more friendly so I could have done all of it outside!

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