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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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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
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Another all-nighter last night. I told myself that night is socially constructed. It worked until the afternoon when I felt like I was going to break. But at least I got done a lot of what I needed to do. 

I was inspired by RAD's recent post on running on an incline, so tonight I did my 5 miles with the incline set to 6, nice and slow. I'm not sure if I'll be sore, but in another strike against the Kinvaras I got a blister on that one spot and a bloody toe (gross!) on the other foot. It was one of those things where I didn't know anything was wrong until I took my shoes off. 

And is it just me, or does Courtney have kind of thick legs for a model?  

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I wasn't sore from yesterday, but my hips and feet were a little tired. For sure I need to eat better and sleep more. 

I was home all day today so I didn't shower. This morning or last night. Even though I got pretty sweaty last night at the gym. I still don't want to shower (but I'm going to). I hate showering. Eric thinks that's weird.

 

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Today I focused on eating more real food (instead of just snacking on yummy snacks all day). I felt a lot better during my run. 

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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. 


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Happy 30th birthday, Eric! Way to join the grown-ups. :)

 

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