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Location:

Hope Mills,NC,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

78.6 miles at Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra 2013

Short-Term Running Goals:

Mike to Mike Marathon- May 2014

Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra -Fall 2014

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run till the day I die and still enjoy it

Comrades---long, long, long term

Personal:

Married

2 children

2 chickens

cat

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 508.40
NB Trail Lifetime Miles: 94.40
New-zuno 9's Lifetime Miles: 515.83
Pinky Gladys Gutzman Lifetime Miles: 502.11
Brooks Lifetime Miles: 517.83
New Brooks Lifetime Miles: 507.28
New Minuno Pink Lifetime Miles: 519.24
MiZuni FLAMES Lifetime Miles: 470.24
Merrell Vibrams Lifetime Miles: 20.86
Mizuno Alchemy 8 Lifetime Miles: 586.59
MIzuno Alchemy 12 Lifetime Miles: 497.80
Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 577.62
Brooks 12 Lifetime Miles: 410.66
Brooks 13 New Green Lifetime Miles: 440.91
Brooks 13 New Blue Lifetime Miles: 445.67
Green Machine Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 560.25
Shiny Blue Asics Lifetime Miles: 164.85
Dreamy New Balance Lifetime Miles: 402.57
Total Distance
9.75

I planned to connect my two runs from monday and tuesday.  turning the two out and backs into a loop.  I thought the distance connecting them was a lot more than it actually turned out to be, so my plan for 11-12 miles was cut short.  It was pretty humid & warming up,  so I didn't mind being finished when I got home.

Ran by this cypress swamp with lilly pads.  Really pretty.  The lilly pads are in the back of the swamp. 

Saw more dead snakes than I would have liked to have seen.  Most were really run over, but this guy was a pretty fresh kill.

And he's not a rat snake.  Not sure what kind he really is. Any guesses? 

Then of course there was the dead bird I'd already seen on Monday, and something in the middle of the road with a long tail.  Could have been a rat or little opossum...too much traffic for me to get a good look at him.

Avg pace was 9:22 again.  79 degrees & 80% humidity the entire run.  Thank my lucky stars that the cloud godess was smiling on me and it was overcast almost the whole time.

Now I'm off to make french toast for breakfast since I don't have anyone to take me out to eat after they weed my yard.

Brooks Miles: 9.75
Comments
From RAD on Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 10:18:54 from 67.172.229.125

I'm sure if you'd like someone to come out and visit they'd do a bit of weeding for you :) Maybe even make you an 'old fruit' cake afterward :) However, would it REALLY be worth it?

Nice work on that run! I truly wish I had the motivation to wake up early enough to get 10 miles in. Not jealous of the road kill though, I got a freshly hit raccoon this morning and I almost cried. I had to stare into his eyes and see that last bit of fear still hanging on - with his mouth wide open and a tongue hanging out with a scream still lingering.

oh...and breakfast was over, I had to get a sandwich :)

From KP on Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 11:50:41 from 65.208.22.26

nice miles! nice pace! nice pictures!

rachel, i love your commentary about the raccoon. hilarious! you two crack me up! and, rachel, can your helpers come take care of these tomatoes for me??? ;)

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 10:38:31 from 24.8.167.243

You are really seeing more than your fair share of roadkill these days.

I made French Toast for dinner last night. So far I've had a Ding Dong for breakfast today. Not good.

From The Quiet Pirate on Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 13:46:14 from 65.191.108.72

Carolyn, I saw the NC snake bite capitol of the US article yesterday in our paper too. It had a big pix of a copperhead snake with it...and I realized that this snake I took a pix of last week is a copperhead. Geezzzz--I don't want to run in the grass on the side of the road anymore....too scary. I'd rather take my chances with the cars!

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