| 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! Favorite Blogs: |
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| So last night, after I finished blogging, my right foot suddenly cramped up BIG TIME and I could hardly walk! I woke up this morning and couldn't walk at all, especially when I put on my heeled church shoes. I put on an ankle brace, and hobbled off to my meetings. Later on when we arrived home, I took off the shoes, and everything seemed to be okay. So this evening, Ben and I went on a short bike ride with our mountain bikes. That seemed to feel fine. We'll see how it feels tomorrow... | |
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Maybe it was stupid, but I decided to try to run this morning. My legs felt a little more fatigued than yesterday, but I had high hopes when I got out of bed and didn't feel pain in my right foot. It had bothered me a little bit through the night, but felt fine in the morning. So I took my daughter to the gym, and warmed up on the elliptical with a 20 minute HIIT session. That didn't bother it, so I proceeded to the treadmill with the intention of doing 20 minutes of alternating walk/run every two minutes. The first run went well at 6 miles per hour, so on the second run I bumped it up to 6.5. Then the foot started to ball up again. Bummer. I did one more run at 6 MPR, then decided I'd better be smart and let things heal a little more. Anyway, I got a mile in, which was something. I do think that it's just a muscle cramp or something that will go away when my muscles are rested up, and I'll probably be fine in a few days. Yay!
After the gym, I had a massage.... :D
Then this evening Ben and I headed off to the pool to get a few laps in. I swam 20 lengths, followed it up with 100 yards freestyle, 75 yards legs only, 50 yards drill and 25 yards sprint, repeated with back, freestyle again, and then breaststroke. Then I finished it off with 20 more lengths freestyle. It was just the right amount for a nice marathon recovery. | |
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| This morning I did P90X Cardio X... | |
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| This morning I went to the gym and did 20 minutes of HIIT on the elliptical. I wan't going to try to run, because my foot was still bothering me. So I started on the recumbant stationary bike, but after a few minutes, I got bored and decided to walk on the treadmill. I made it a quarter of a mile, then just HAD to try running. I ran at a very slow pace, but I was able to do a mile without much discomfort! Yay! I would have gone further if I had more time, but I'm trying to be smart, too. It just felt really good to run again. :D | |
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| Happy Turkey Day! To celebrate, I went out to do some running with my daughter. She wanted to do 30 minutes of two minute walk/run intervals. We ended up doing 36 minutes, and then I went out to run for 16 more minutes, and followed it up with a couple of minutes of walking. I didn't bring my garmin, but I'm guessing we did about 3.5 miles...conservatively speaking. Then we celebrated some more by eating turkey and lard all day long. :D | |
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| Ben and I did P90X Kempo X today. We followed it up with a 20 minute run...and were able to get in 2.1 miles. I started out nice and slow, at a 10-minute pace, and picked it up to a 8.5 minute pace. My foot felt slightly aggravated, but I can tell it's improving. I just need to give it some time, and watch my speed until then. I'm just glad to be getting the workouts in, even though we're out of town! :) | |
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| Ben and I ran with Britnee this morning. It was the perfect recovery run for me! We ran five, walked one minute for the entire run at about a 10-minute pace, which was pretty tough for her, but really easy for me. I think I'm ready to get back into training now... :D | |
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