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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

Tue, Apr 07, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
5.00	0.00	5.00

This week's plan isn't a good one. Because I have an appointment on Wednesday, I decided to take that day off, which means that I had to do 2 days of active recovery after Sunday's hard run. I was a little bit sore/tired during and after this run, but now I get a day of rest. This run was avg. 10 min pace.

On Thursday I'm going to try to head back outside and run 5 or 6 miles and then Friday run very lightly. I'm afraid that if I take Friday off completely that I'll start out too fast on Saturday.

I have no idea what to expect on Saturday and I'm a little nervous, but in a good way. I have a feeling that deciding to run with someone could either be good, or could severely get in the way of how I'd like to run. I don't think I'll abandon my partner during the race, but I hope he's ready! He told me that he wasn't sure if he could run as fast as I want to, but he also said that he will not fall behind. We'll see!

Saucony Miles: 5.00

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 11:09:46 from 71.229.164.25

What do you have planned for Saturday? I don't remember you talking about this before. Or maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention.

I always worry if I've committed to run with someone in a race that they'll be either too fast or too slow for me. The last time I did this was last Thanksgiving Day. I thought the person I was running with would be too fast, but she turned out to be too slow, and I left her after a mile and a half.

From Tracy on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 12:28:50 from 209.175.177.37

I'm running the Champaign/Urbana 1/2 marathon. I probably haven't mentioned it specifically or really even alluded to it, except for under my short term running goals.

I'm running with a former student and runner. I won't in good conscience be able to make him eat my dust, but since I used to be his coach I have some ability to make him keep up. My stated goal is to beat 2:07, but my secret goal is to run under 9:00 pace. My supersecret goal is to run about 8:30-8:40 pace. I just am a little scared/worried that I can't. (not for the first 2, those I know I can do).

But reading your last race report was inspirational to me. I'm going to try to be competitive on Sat.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 12:36:49 from 198.241.217.15

I have no doubt that you can run it at 8:30-8:40 pace. You'll do a great job. I'm looking forward to your race report.

I would love to come back there and run in Champaign/Urbana some times. It's just not in the cards right now.

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