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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
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.120.005.12
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.650.002.65

Woohoo, I ran on a Monday again! I took the heart rate monitor today, just for kicks. I'm quite certain now that my route is downhill on the way home because my heart rate kept getting lower and lower as I headed home. But I was actually surprised the my actual heart rate was not much lower than it was over a month ago. I still get up in the 170 range, and even 180's when I'm really dying (steep uphill). But on my way home, when I'm warmed up and going slightly downhill, my heart rate was in the 150's and 160's. So I'm not sure if my cardio has really improved yet or not. I know my will power has improved - to push through the desire to walk. But I think I'll check my heart rate again in a month or so.

My pace is still pretty consistent - average 11:52 (faster for downhill stretches, and slower for uphill, obviously).

Comments(2)
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.470.002.47

It's been a loooong week! My husband has been out of town and my oldest daughter has been throwing up and had diarrhea 3 times this week. I know that I could've done aerobics after the kids went to bed at night, but I never seemed to have it in me. So today, I think I headed out for my run within an hour of him getting home! It was a tough run (which I knew it would be since I haven't been out since Monday!) but my pace didn't suffer and I still didn't walk. So, here's for husbands coming home from business trips!!!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!

(My poor husband -- when he finally got home, all 3 children had been crying/screaming for the last hour and a half and nothing I could do was enough; I could comfort 2 of them, but the third would be crying! So by the time he got home, I was in tears to see him too! I told him that I was so happy to have him home, even if -for the moment - it was 95% because he could help me!! Long week.)

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.120.005.12
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