| 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
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| Mizuno Alchemy 8 Miles: 15.40 |
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| | Nice 2 mile walk in the hood after a father's day dinner and before a father's day cheesecake. | | Add Comment |
| | Ran with the waterboy on his bike. He had the day off for some reason I'm not really clear on. Didn't care- it was just nice to have him around. Did shred level 1 at home, then we went hiking at Raven Rock State Park. The "Raven Rock" was rather un-spectacular, but we found another trail that went to an old pre-civil war lock & dam area, and since the Cape Fear river was low, we were able to wander out in the middle of the river on some big rocks. The cold water felt great on the tootsies. Raven Rock- (the cliffs on the top)
The rocky remains of the lock & dam:  Looking upstream from the rock in the middle of the river.. 
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| Mizuno Alchemy 8 Miles: 6.20 |
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| | Tried some speedier miles this morning, so kept the miles lower. It is starting to get hot & humid this week, and it was already icky at 8 am. I had a breeze most of the time, but I could tell it wasn't as comfortable as my run yesterday. The run went fine, but about 15 minutes after the run, my knee was bothering me. So I babied it the rest of the day, ate Thai food for lunch (always good for healing), and took a nap. I love summer vacation.
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| Mizuno Alchemy 8 Miles: 4.10 |
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| | Plans for a morning bike ride got put on hold because we didn't have time after doing everything we had to do. Win some, lose some. MR and I did lots of driving, and were able to stop and do some exploring at a couple of state parks throughout the day.
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park was interesting. We took the short
little observation point trail and it ended on the river. We looked all
around for the "cliffs," but couldn't see any. There were signs
warning us that rock climbing and repelling were not allowed, but there
was only 4 feet elevation difference between the sign and the river
level 10 yards away down a gradual slope. We took a 3 mile hike and
eventually ended up back near the parking lot, where we noticed there
was a little bit of a drop off that could be considered a "cliff" into
the water. It was a relief to see that there was a cliff somewhere in
the park! We'd just seen The Princess Bride the night before and were
almost convinced these were the cliffs of the insane, and didn't
actually exist...inconceivable! We drove more to Fort Macon State
Park along the shore. It was used in the Civil, Spanish American, and
World War II. Pretty neat to see and walk around. We ended our
day setting up camp at Fort Fisher Recreational Area on "Pleasure
Island" that is sandwiched between the Atlantic and the Cape Fear
River. It was perfect with a nice breeze to keep the bugs away &
keep us cool. We had time to pitch our tent and cook some dinner before
the sun set on spring.
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| | 18 mile bike ride from one end of "pleasure island" to the other & back. We went through and saw some of the "old" Ft Fisher and found a CVS store for medicine and gummy worms. Took an awesome afternoon siesta and then spent a few hours on the beach. Body surfing was fun until the waves crashing became so forceful that it yanked my swim top and sports bra up under my armpits leaving me panicked in a frothy mess of bubbles and sand. I went and hung out on the beach after that with my clothes on properly, like a good pirate! Watched the sun set over the Cape Fear river. Spectacular!
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| | Went for another early-ish bike ride 7.5 miles, packed up camp and headed up to find Carolina Beach State Park. To our dismay, we found out it was actually just behind the CVS we'd biked to the day before. We went on a 3.1 mile hike through the park to see Sugarloaf Sand-dune and the beach. It was getting hot and humid, and I couldn't feel the breeze at the park like I could just 6 miles away further south. I was glad when that hike was over and we could get in the air conditioned car! The highlight of the day was taking the ferry boat (with our car) across the river. It was so cool!! We stopped at Waccamaw State Park on our drive home. It's a big lake with some trails along it. We took a short walk out to a look-out point to see the lillypads & swampy things, but the heat & humidity got the best of me and we didn't venture on any of the trails. Whimped out. Nice to sleep in my own bed again!
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Bed & sleep won this morning. It was 82* and humidity as thick as snot when I got out to run. I ran 3 miles and had to go inside to drink & cool down. After a while, I headed back out and ran 2 more miles before hoisting the white flag of defeat. I do not enjoy summertime in the south....unless it's spent on the beach.
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| Mizuno Alchemy 8 Miles: 5.10 |
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| Mizuno Alchemy 8 Miles: 15.40 |
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