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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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It's 72 degrees and 83% humidity.  But to be fair, I ran in thunderstorm conditions.  In fact, wunderground says we're having thunderstorms, but we're not.

However, when I started my run, I could see lightning to the east.  It was far enough for me not to be concerned.  As I hit mile 1, it started to sprinkle, and I was a bit worried.  But it didn't start to rain.  Through mile 2 I was going west, and the skies were clear in the distance.  Then I turned, and to the north, I could see the rain falling from the clouds in misty streaks.  There was lightning in the distance, probably at least 15 miles away though. 

I started my run late, only because I was finishing perhaps the worst book I've ever read.  It ranks right down there with Cider House Rules, which I only kept reading because I really thought it would get better.  It didn't.  The protagonist in this latest terrible book(who was completely unlikeable), closed the book by saying "I've come for my shoes."  So this one stunk from cover to cover, too.

Oh Philippa Gregory.  Stick to historical fiction.  Give me another book about the Tudors, or something.

Light Blue Saucony Miles: 4.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 13:13:43 from 198.241.174.15

So what was this horrible book? I'm reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and it's starting to get interesting.

From Tracy on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 13:34:45 from 173.24.38.54

It was called Zelda's Cut. I obviously don't recommend it.

I liked those Steig Larsson books. But the first one did take a while to get rolling.

I think next on my list is some nonfiction. A book called In the Garden of Beasts. It's about a U.S. Ambassador to Germany prior to WWII and his daughter. The guy who wrote it, Erik Larson, wrote a great book (nonfiction) about a serial killer during the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. It was pretty good, and gave some good Chicago history, which is why I liked it so much.

From SlowJoe on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 16:32:37 from 75.109.104.60

You just outran the thunderstorms - take that Monther Nature!

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 22:07:10 from 174.70.177.86

I might've chickened out. Even distant lightning worries me. If you read an awesome book let me know!

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