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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
11.44
Girly Altra Miles: 3.80Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.64
Weight: 0.00
Total Distance
3.80

Today's the first day of the new semester. Eric started the MBA program (now he's doing JD/MBA) and I'm teaching two classes. One I've taught a bunch before (sociology of gender), and one is new to me (regression analysis). I've been poo scared about the new one because it's stuff I learned about 10 years ago (for reals - it's basically the class I took in my first semester of grad school in 2003) and I've used the stuff since then but not really studied it. But after the first class today I decided it's going to be okay. 

I really really hate taking time to blowdry my hair in the mornings, so since I'm trying to get to campus early I'm going to try running in the evenings. Tonight was the first run, and for the first half I just thought about how much nicer it is to run in the early morning when it's cool and quiet. But on the way back (the out-and-back up to the east edge of campus that I did last monday) it was a little cooler (also dark) and I didn't dislike it. I wore my Altras for the first time since The Injury and enjoyed the space for my toes. I don't think I'll ever love them like I did, but maybe I'll start rotating them through a bit.

My garmin didn't pick up GPS for a bit so I don't know my splits, but mapmyrun.com says 3.8 and I ran for 31:17 (I tried to get under 30:00 but it didn't happen), so about 8:14 ap.  

Girly Altra Miles: 3.80
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
3.80

I'm confused about the distance of my route. The first time I did it (a week ago) it was 3.7. When I mapped my run on it it was 3.8. Tonight I went out until I hit 2 miles, but when I got back I was only at 3.8 (should have been 4 since I went the same way both ways). I'm just going to count it as 3.8 every time. I hope that's not cheating. 

Not as fast as last night. According to the garmin (which may or may not be broken), 3.81 in 32:08. 8:23, 8:48, 8:12, 8:23 for .81 (8:26 ap).

I'm pretty bothered that I don't know the exact distance. Maybe it's really 3.7. Maybe later I'll find out that that's what it really is and I'll have to go back and change all my entries and I'll have been running slower than I thought I was.  

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 3.80
Weight: 0.00
Comments(1)
Total Distance
3.84

Last night was the MBA spouses' club opening social so I didn't run. I probably could have after, but I was feeling pretty stuffed full of chicken and cake and stories of how women or their babies died or almost died (made me feel bad for the pregnant women at the table - those stories are a thousand times worse when you're all pregnant and hormonal), so I just stayed home. 

It was raining for the first half of my run but it wasn't too bad. I did the first part of my normal run but there were crowds of people walking to the game and I didn't want to turn around and run past them again to get back home so I did a little loop on 900 E and then back down some road. I liked it because I was going uphill until 2.2 instead of about 1.9. And it ended up being about the same distance at the end as normal, anyway. 

8:47, 9:04, 8:19, 7:29 for .84, 8:27 ap. 

I'm probably going to order new shoes tonight or tomorrow. I'm thinking launches or kinvaras, but I'm curious about the brooks pure ones (not the connect - I hit on the outside and not the inside of my forefoot). 

Saucony Kinvara Miles: 3.84
Weight: 0.00
Comments(3)
Total Distance
11.44
Girly Altra Miles: 3.80Saucony Kinvara Miles: 7.64
Weight: 0.00
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