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Location:

Mesa,AZ,

Member Since:

Apr 04, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Prs:

1 mile: 6:31

5K: 23:37

Half Marathon: 2:04

My first post-high school 5K, in which I thought I was going to die

The first time I won my age division. Yippee!

My first half marathon, in which I attack Sasha

The time I beat my high school PR for the 5K (as a 31 year-old mommy of 3!)

My first 5K barefooted

Short-Term Running Goals:

I'm just getting back into running after a long break to have my last child. I would like to race some 10Ks, a half, and a marathon in the next 2 years.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Be the oldest woman to complete a marathon. Yea! But hopefully I will also complete some BEFORE I geezer up, like, before I'm 40 for sure. I think it would be fun to dress up really strange for marathons, like impersonating celebrities and stuff. Except I don't really like celebrities, as a rule, so maybe I'll have to stick to the age old question of ninja, or pirate. I say ninja. *Hyah!*

Personal:

I am happily married to James W (Cool Runnings). We have 3 boys and 1 opinionated little girl. I love reading and I'm also a news junkie. I am a stinker.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Sat, Mar 08, 2008

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.10	0.00	3.10

So this was my (ha-ha) long run for the week. It was infinitely longer than last week's long run, so that's progress, at any rate. I have 3 weeks to get from here to running 13.1 miles. No knee issues today, so here's hoping!

I have to teach billions of piano lessons today because I was sick during the week & had rescheduled them for today.

James and I went to Friday's for dinner tonight, courtesy of the Del Sol Relay team. It was great! I haven't eaten a Friday's brownie (previously my favorite food) in months, mostly at Sasha's injunction to try to avoid unhealthy food. Well, I finally tried one today, and was ASTOUNDED that I didn't really like it. It seemed sickeningly sweet to me. Could the abstinence of most sugary foods have altered my perception? But even though I didn't really want it I knew I would start to eat it again just because it was sitting there for a long time. So I poured salt all over it to completely remove the temptation. Problem solved. 3 Points for Sasha.

Congrats to all the runners who raced today!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From Jody on Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 18:44:19

Great long run!! I am so glad your knee is feeling better. I can work indefinitely, but if I had to teach piano I wouldn't last 30 min. You Rock!

From Christi on Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 21:48:26

Nice job w/ the run & all the teaching today! You will LOVE the Sunday rest, I bet!

From laura on Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 09:11:39

Good job being able to run again!!! Good riddins, speed walker Texas ranger. (hee,hee - funny You Tube, btw)

Poor brownie - such a sad way to go. ;o) Actually I had a similar situation with a cinnamon roll at Book Club this week. It was so yummy, but I DID finish it ... and got a stomach ache. Bummer. Way to stop after a few bites.

From Brent on Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 20:59:14

Lybi, hope you continue to feel better and better. I really miss your colorful accounts of daily runs.

Fairy Dust and commando points turn into medicine man magic.

Pre-blog for Striders: trained smart, looked great at the effort, ran the half to have fun, visited my bloggie buddies, laughed out loud, crossed the finish line only to start the next running adventure.

Stay Kool, have mercy on brownies, B of BS Rools out

Big commando points for making it to striders healthy, forget the race time, remember the fun times.

From Brent on Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 21:01:31

Lybi, funny, we were blogging at the same time. Take care, hope to see you at striders.

Stay Koooool, B of BS Rools double out

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