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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

Wed, Jul 06, 2011

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	4.00

Yesterday we cleaned the garage all morning, and I pronounced that and a rousing water gun fight afterward sufficient for a workout.

I also finished a great book that I highly, highly recommend. It's called Half the Sky and it's about the injustices suffered by women around the globe. I feel called to action, but I don't know what action yet...The book does give some good steps, though, and I've started looking into some of the aid groups in the appendix. One site that the book recommends is kiva.org, which I'm familiar with as a banner ad on this site.

Anyway, today I went for a run and Caleb rode his bike with me. The run was a little long for him. He got a little tired (and slightly crabby) towards the end, but he did well!

Red Saucony Miles: 4.00

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 13:47:41 from 76.25.72.82

Congratulations on the clean garage. And good for you taking Caleb on your run.

Thanks for the book recommendation. I just joined goodreads.com, which is like facebook in that you have friends, but you share your book recommendations. You should join and then friend me.

From SlowJoe on Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 14:31:17 from 132.3.53.68

Those are some nice bike miles for Caleb, cool. Nice that you could do that.

Life for women sure sucks in the middle east, not sure which areas were mentioned. Actually life sucks for men there too, just not as bad. Either way, Kiva sounds like a good idea.

From Stacy on Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 21:41:05 from 97.112.17.76

I love it when the garage is clean. We could use a garage twice as big as the one we have. We keep purging, but that just makes room for more stuff.

From seeaprilrun on Fri, Jul 08, 2011 at 22:00:38 from 174.70.177.86

I've read some pretty horrifying stuff about women in the Congo. Sounds like an interesting book! That is totally cool Caleb rode with you. Vanessa can't ride a bike yet without training wheels.

From Burt on Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 22:11:40 from 72.223.90.99

Have you ever watched the show Hoarders? That's what my garage looks like. Of course, half the stuff in it's not mine, but still. And don't worry about all the injustices done to women around the globe. Liam Neeson will take care of it.

From april27 on Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 11:59:50 from 99.188.251.180

good run! Glad yu had some company!

From april27 on Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 11:44:31 from 99.188.251.180

Where did you go!

From Burt on Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 15:03:46 from 206.19.214.144

It's been over a month... :(

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 12:53:44 from 198.241.174.15

We miss you Tracy. Are you out saving the world?

From Burt on Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 13:07:00 from 206.19.214.144

One child at a time?

From seeaprilrun on Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 22:43:20 from 205.172.12.230

Hope you are doing okay!

From april27 on Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 19:58:21 from 99.188.251.180

miss you!

From Tracy on Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 20:04:33 from 50.103.228.248

All right. I'm updating my blog here in a sec.

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