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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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Boy, oh boy was I TIRED this morning!  It was a weird night last night.  I kept waking up every few minutes because I thought someone was in my room.  Then my 4-year-old woke up just after midnight screaming in a panic for no apparant reason!  But after that, things seemed to settle down.  Still, I had to content myself with less than five hours of sleep, since the alarm goes off at 5:15 AM.  I made it to the gym for my HIIT on the recumbant bike, but I don't think I pedalled as hard as I usually do.  My mind was tired from too little sleep, and my body was tired from the hours of workouts that I did yesterday.  Still, I got the job done, sweat like crazy for a while, and felt pretty good about my workout overall.  This evening I did an hour of yoga, then decided I needed to sweat some more, so I revisited the elliptical-of-doom, and, despite STILL feeling tired, ran my tail off to get a mile in!  It only took me 20:50, which is pretty good for me.  That machine is HARD!!!  After that, I took a half mile walk on the treadmill to cool myself down.

Weight: 121.00
Comments
From Burt on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 09:08:04 from 98.177.216.165

I have witnesses that I was in Arizona.

From eightkidmom on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 20:48:15 from 4.228.255.181

I knew it wasn't you, Burt. You're not high enough on the creepiness scale. :D

From Burt on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 22:52:42 from 98.177.216.165

Some people on this blog may beg to differ. LOL!

From eightkidmom on Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 23:18:58 from 4.228.255.181

Hmmm....I guess you DO seem to "hang around" my blog a lot.....OMGoodness, Burt, are you STALKING me?!? Then there was that time at the Mesquite marathon that you yelled at me just before I crossed the finish line....were you FOLLOWING me?!? You're right. I guess you DO rank pretty high on the creepiness scale. But I've been married to Ben for almost 20 years. I've become accustomed to creepiness. :D

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