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Location:

Hope Mills,NC,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2009

Gender:

Female

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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

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2 children

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Wed, Jun 29, 2011
Total Distance
9.00

Got up, did my PT exercises and went out for a run.  It was very humid this morning- almost foggy!  But it was cooler too; only 70 degrees!  It stayed overcast all morning, so that was a nice relief from the sun.

I was worried that I wouldn't see any road kill, because I'd gotten to mile 4 without a sighting.  So I took a photo of the cypress swamp with the beaver dam in the front of it.  It's probably hard to see, but there are lilly pads & flowers all over the back half of the swamp in the trees.

I did end up seeing 2 really smashed up snakes after I took this photo, but decided to keep on running instead of stopping for their photos.

The run was kind of a pace/interval run.  2 miles warm up, 2 miles faster, 2 miles slower, 2 miles faster, 1 mile cool down.  Overall AP was 9:10.  Splits were: 9:37, 9:34, 8:43, 8:57, 9:17, 9:14, 8:37, 8:26, 10:04.   The last fast mile was tough on me, but I made it.  Good run!

New Minuno Pink Miles: 9.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:34:48 from 76.25.72.82

Cool picture. You seem to live in the wilderness.

And awesome run. Great job.

From The Quiet Pirate on Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:22:40 from 174.110.223.249

Carolyn, I live close to a lot of farms & fields & cypress swamps. Just kind of on the outer edge of the city.

It's nice because there aren't a lot of cars our in the morning, but there's also no shoulder on the road or many witnesses.

Lucky for me, lots of little critters :-)

From RAD on Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 19:09:46 from 98.202.17.113

Excellent run! I love the swamps. I try to remember what they looked like in person :)

LOVE the pace and fast miles. Good work!

From Terri on Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 22:51:40 from 74.92.38.237

Great run! Wish I was with you.

From Burt on Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 01:03:12 from 72.223.90.79

I think I would pee my pants if I saw a beaver dam in real life.

From bye-wing on Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 02:44:09 from 75.220.94.133

Nice picture, good call to let those snakes be.

I like the idea of your interval run. I might try that with a shorter distance.

Be careful on those roads w/o any shoulders. Even if there was a witness, they might end up being related to the driver.

From Brent on Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 22:39:19 from 66.7.127.67

QP - you could sell your road kill photos at the oddity store, kinda a weird hobby for a pirate. Nice workout this morning, getting stronger and tougher. I like the picture.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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