catherine's running efforts

May 13, 2024

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:01, 9/11/2010

10K: 43:49, 7/24/2010

15K: 1:21:00, 5/22/2010

Half-marathon: 1:41:41, 8/28/2010

Short-Term Running Goals:

Now that I'm (almost for sure) done having all the babies, I'm working on building consistency and seeing how fast I can get in my old age. ;)

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to be a healthy and relatively injury-free runner for the rest of my life.  

Personal:

I'm married to Eric (Faceless Ghost on the blog) and we have very active daughters and one dog. I have a PhD in sociology and demography, and I'm incredibly grateful to have work that is meaningful and that builds on my academic experience. I run because it makes me feel strong and it helps to keep the crazy away (there is a long history of abuse and mental illness in my extended family).

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles: 73.39
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 372.79
Girly Altra Lifetime Miles: 366.08
Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 175.92
NB Orange Lifetime Miles: 13.50
Total Distance
5.00

The newer Kinvaras have broken in and are finally comfy. But I'm still going to order some new shoes. Because Eric keeps telling me I should. And I can only say no to new shoes so many times. Speaking of so many times, since we've been married Eric has ordered probably a million pairs of shoes. Maybe I've written about this already? He'll decide that something's not quite right with what he's got, so he'll spend a few days doing research and reading reviews and finding deals, and then one day there will be like 7 boxes of shoes on our front step. Then Eric will wear them around the apartment for a day or two, and then he'll decide that none of them will work. He goes through phases where he'll do this over and over again. I think he's only actually purchased 2 pairs of shoes ever. 

Tonight's run felt a little harder, but this week was the first time I did 5 miles 4 days in a row since December 2010 so that's probably why. 


Kinvara 2 Miles: 5.00
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Melissa on Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 23:00:05 from 174.52.138.44

it appears to me that eric and i would get along quite well with our shoe addiction problem, except that i would keep all of mine, even if they didn't feel quite right. good job on running so much. i got off volunteering early tonight and thought i should go for a run with the extra time i had. but then i thought going home to a comfy couch and a chocolate cupcake sounded much better, so here i am.

From catherine on Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 01:16:27 from 98.202.112.38

Cupcakes are always a good idea. I hope your semester is going well!

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