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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Oct 04, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

8 Marathons completed; PR of 3:29.  Hoping to run Boston in next few years if I can ever register before the dang thing fills (have missed the last 2 years because of this).

Short-Term Running Goals:

Hoping to re-qualify for Boston sometime in 2011.  Hoping to hit marathon #10 in 2011.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run 100 marathons in my lifetime and live to tell the tale.

Personal:

Married.  2 daughters.  Have a love/hate relationship with running.  Hate the first 3 miles of EVERY run without fail and grumble the whole time.  Feel okay during 3-6.  Love 6+ and LOVE how I feel when I am done (like I can take on the world and then some!). 

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AP of 8:30s and happy to get it done since I am still feeling a little under the weather and since Izzy was up at 12:30 and came and slept in my bed then Madie woke up at 2:30 because of this massive thunderstorm at which point everyone ended up in my bed and none of us got back to bed until about 4:00.  Enjoyed watching another hour of Pride and Prejudice and wish it could just go on and on I so love watching Jane Austen.  Scott interviewed yesterday with a job that he really, really, really wants so that has been kind of stressing us out all week but they said they would decide and call today so now I am just waiting for my phone to ring to hear the yes or no from Scott.  All in all, a decent run with only a few interruptions from Izzy for Sesame Street and bathroom issues but I can't complain since she is so good to let me get a solid 70 minutes of exercise in.  Scott still gone tomorrow so will have to get my 12 done somehow...I am usual pretty anti-TV and have a no TV at all during the week rule for my kids but I must say, this marathon training go around with Scott being gone so much Sesame Street has been my saving grace.  Hopefully the 1 hour a day of educational Big Bird is not doing the kids too much long-term damage; I figure that the mental stability the running provides their mother is hopefully worth whatever brain-deadness they are experience while watching PBS as I run...

Comments
From RAD on Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 16:07:47 from 67.172.229.125

I think it sounds like a beautiful trade off! I'm a no-tv mom too, my poor kids come home from school asking me what all these different shows are about. We like movies, but not everyday TV. Good luck doing the training with no hubby tomorrow, that sounds impossible to me :(

Good luck hearing on the job! Keep us posted.

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