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Location:

Saint George,UT,

Member Since:

Jun 09, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I started running in September 2007 - 4 months after baby #8 was born. Since then I have finished two 5Ks, three 10Ks, three half-marathons, and I completed my first Marathon with at time of 4:48- the Phoenix Rock-N-Roll - Jan 2009! Marathon #2 showed GREAT improvement - the Saint George Marathon 2009 with a time of 4:10 - YEAH!!!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

I want to run more marathons, finish injury-free, go dancing afterwards, and mostly have a LOT of FUN!!!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running!!! Someday I want to be able to consider myself as something other than a beginner. :D

Personal:

I am happily married, have 8 children, and am madly in love with my awesome husband!!! Besides running, I love performing on stage, and have recently become re-involved in the theater, after a LONG break to have children. Last summer I did my first show as a PAID professional actress! I teach piano and voice lessons, and homeschool my kids. Life is grand!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sat, Jul 04, 2009

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
3.20	0.00	20.00

Happy Independence Day! To kick off the holiday, I dragged myself out of bed at 6:15, ran a very slow but attentive three mile recovery run, showered, and had a great dutch oven breakfast with all of my neighbors! For the rest of the day, I'm going to lounge around the pool with my family, and maybe go have a massage. Yes!

Later....no massage today, so Ben and I decided we needed Dairy Queen Blizzards! We hopped on our bikes and rode the 4+ miles to Dairy Queen, then decided to make an evening of it. We did approximately 20 miles at an average speed of 15+ miles per hour. Now my quads really feel spent. I'll try the wintercrest again, and see how that affects them. :-)

Weight: 123.40

Comments

From ben on Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 01:42:00 from 4.254.234.172

No comment about the crash on your bike? Nice bloody knee... you might need stitches!?

You were awesome out there on the bike ride. You kept up most of the time. By the way, nice running mileage this week. Your getting some higher numbers!

From eightkidmom on Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 17:29:38 from 4.228.255.167

Oh, yeah!

P.S. I had my SECOND clip-on crash! This time, it wasn't because I forgot to clip out. I actually DID clip out in time, but I didn't move my foot away from the pedal, and I clipped right back IN! I didn't even know I was clipped in until I went to put my foot down, and I couldn't! I had no time to think this one through, since it took me by surprise, and I had to land funny so I wouldn't hit my head on the curb. Consequently, I put a nice hole in my knee. That was around mile 7 of 20, so it had to stay the way it was. Plus, as soon as we got home, we had to rush off with the kids to the fireworks display, so the hole didn't get attended to until hours later. By then, it seemed silly to go get a couple of stitches...so I guess I'll have a permanent war wound from now on. I'm so proud! :-)

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