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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
33.52
New Brooks Miles: 17.52New Minuno Pink Miles: 16.00
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leisurely walk around the hood.  1.5 miles.  Looking around to see who has a better lawn than we do.  Grubs got to us early and we've got a lot of make-up work to do.  The green is green, but the dead is dead!

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Total Distance
11.40

Didn't get out early enough, and the heat/sun/humidity got to me after mile 8.  There was a lull in the breeze between miles 7.5 and 10.5... a long 30 minutes.

Wyatt was playing a/c serviceman helper with her MR, so it was just me and the waterboy.  Took a familiar route, but changed it up a little in the middle.  I thought it would add more mileage.  Kind of glad it didn't in the end.  New scenery was nice for a few miles.

I finally got a photo of the cows today.  I try and get them in the mornings, with the sun rising behind them, but they're always far away eating.  Today, when we approached them, they were all lining up in a row.  Getting ready for the big race evidently, because when I got my camera out to take their photo, it turned into the running of the bulls.  Here's my best shot:

Black angus with one white long horn.  Tasty and extra tasty.

The critter below probably isn't very tasty.  We'll just say he probably wasn't keeping an eye out for traffic before, but he certainly is now!

Reminds me of a little song I used to sing about a frog whose eyes went "Ga- Ga- GA!"

Avg pace 9:45.  Negative splits- second half faster than the first.  I'm good with that since the heat was bad in the second half.

Spent a lot of the run reflecting on friends lost in the service of our country.  Wondering how their families are doing and hoping they know I think of them often.  Memorial Day full of memories.  



New Brooks Miles: 11.40
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30 minutes on elliptical, then shred level 2.

I was going to do the ab ripper, but I threw in the sweaty towel and fed the birds instead.

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4.00

Restless night.  I've learned over time that it's easier to catch flies with honey than with "other stuff," but when I see someone treat my kids bad, and then blame my child for their lack of self control, I get defensive and mean.  I kicked the hornet's nest yetserday, and now my mind is just full of stuff that makes it hard to sleep.

So I knew I needed to run some of those crazy demons out.  I did a tempo run today.  My goal was to keep it under 9mm and keep pushing.  My splits were 9:00, 8:33, 8:30, 8:27.  overall a 1 minute faster pace than my  Monday run (also only 1/3 the distance).

Stayed in the hood.  No cars, no road kill, nothing but me and the angry hornets buzzing in my head.

New Minuno Pink Miles: 4.00
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Total Distance
6.12

avg pace 9:38.   Testing and end of year activities & paperwork have me swamped right now.  

Lots of relationships based on ultimatums are strong and healthy, right?  Especially teen-age ones?  Teenagers are insane...I should know; I used to be one.

New Brooks Miles: 6.12
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30 minute elliptical

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Total Distance
12.00

Went running on the trails on base with MR.  7 miles with him, and 5 miles myself while MR rode his bike and brought me water :-)

Lots of photos, but no time to post them yet.  Will update later.

Busy getting ready for company and graduation.  Life feels exhausting right now, and too busy for my liking. 


New Minuno Pink Miles: 12.00
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Total Distance
33.52
New Brooks Miles: 17.52New Minuno Pink Miles: 16.00
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