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Location:

CO,

Member Since:

Aug 22, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Began running Aug 07

3 mile - 28:50 (Dec 07)

10K - 1:00:41 (July 08)

Half Marathon - 2:18:56 (Sep 08)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Keep running.  Look for races to keep me focused on improvement and consistency.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Runner for Life

Personal:

I grew up in NM and met my husband at BYU. We've lived in NV, MI, AZ, and CO since graduation and we have 3 beautiful daughters 7, 2, and 1

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Asics (green) Lifetime Miles: 450.34
Sat, Aug 23, 2008
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.000.005.00

On the treadmill tonight.  Wow, I forgot how hard it is mentally to watch the miles slowly tick by and how drippy sweaty I get on the treadmill.  Whoosh.  The treadmill really is easy on the joints, though.  I stayed at 10:30 pace for the first 3.5 miles then bumped it up to 9:30 for a mile.  Ya know, I think I have some kind of mental block about running faster or longer.  Even though my breathing wasn't crazy doing the faster pace, something in my head kept trying to tell me to slow down or even stop.  I've got an internal wimp that I'm not sure how to kick!  Any great ideas??

Comments
From Lybi on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 16:50:59

I know exactly what you're talking about! Unfortunately I don't really have any ideas for fixing the mental block. But if YOU figure it out, please clue me in! I bet Sasha would know. You should ask him. This would make a great post for the discussion forum too.

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