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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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I haven't been blogging because I must have done something to my right ankle, and I haven't been able to run because of a shooting pain up the inside of my leg.  So last week I did P90X all week.  I haven't been weighing in, and have been eating whatever I felt like eating.  We've eaten out a LOT, in addition to all the parties and get-togethers for the closing week at Tuacahn.  I felt like I had gained tons of weight.  So yesterday I did a fasting cleanse, and for the next three days I'm going to eat very carefully to see what my weight decides to do.  I'm also going to call this week my first official P90X week, where I'll be following the program as perfectly as I can.  I plan to implement the P90X nutrition plan on Thursday.

So I started today with an early-morning run with Ben.  We did 3.1 miles in about 32 minutes...a nice, easy, try-out-my-legs runs, since I haven't run in a week-and-a-half.  I wore my compression sock over my right leg, and that seemed to make it fine to run on.  The problem is, I can't wear my arch brace AND the compression sock at the same time, so my arch bothered me a little.  I'm going to have to give that some thought.

I followed up my run with P90X legs and back.  It typically is a Friday routine, but I changed it due to the races that always happen on Saturdays.

This evening we played ultimate frisbee with some friends.  :D

Weight: 125.40
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