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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
23.700.0023.70
Saucony Omni 8 Miles: 23.70
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.200.006.20

I was slow on this--I finished in exactly an hour.

 Hopefully I'm off to a good start for the week as far as running is concerned.  Last week wasn't so hot.

Saucony Omni 8 Miles: 6.20
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.500.004.50

Did 10 min. warm up, 20 minutes tempo (I felt good and pushed a little more at the end of those 20 minutes) and 10 min. cool down.  It was a good run with a couple girls on the team.

Saucony Omni 8 Miles: 4.50
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

My kids were sick last week, this week my baby-sitter is sick with pneumonia, my husband was sick yesterday--who's turn is it next???

 I hope I can avoid all this crap that's going around.  Lots of kids are sick from school too.  I myself feel okay, but a bit mentally drained.  I skipped running yesterday to get school work/homework done and I felt horrible about it.

But this run was fine.  2.5 mile warm up.  A couple fast 800s (both at 3:30) and then a 1.5 mile cool down. 


Saucony Omni 8 Miles: 5.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

An easy 2.5 warm up.  Timed 200s on the track for the kids (didn't do them myself).  An easy 2.5 cool down.  Sun came out for the first time in a while while we were running.

Saucony Omni 8 Miles: 5.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
3.000.003.00

I ran 1.5 mile warm up with the girls and then ran about 1.5 during the races.  

Now it is time for a rant that I've been holding back for a couple weeks:

I have been feeling like I was getting my period for the past two weeks--the stomach cramping, the tiredness, the works.  But it hasn't come yet.  That could indicate a pregnancy, but I've taken a couple tests and they are negative.  I haven't taken one in about a week, but I'm now almost 2 weeks late.  And I'm going to be really depressed if I'm not pregnant and now I'm really worried, like there's something else wrong with me or something.  And so yesterday I started spotting, but no period yet.  I spotted during both previous pregnancies and the spotting didn't stop until I stopped running.  So I don't know if I'm pregnant or not and I'm afraid to take another negative test and if I'm not pregnant what's the deal with more than two weeks of PMS?  And if I am pregnant I think I might not be running.

So I'm taking today off and if I get my period, I'll run tomorrow.  If I don't I'll take another test.  I don't know how people go through this if they are trying to get pregnant and it takes months.  I feel emotionally drained.

Saucony Omni 8 Miles: 3.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
23.700.0023.70
Saucony Omni 8 Miles: 23.70
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