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Location:

Littleton,CO,USA

Member Since:

Aug 04, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

I've run off and on (more off than on) throughout my adult life. Most recently I started running in May of 2007.

5K PR: Colder Bolder in December 2009 in 22:50.

10k PR: Bolder Boulder in May 2009 in 48:06.13.

1/2 Marathon PR: Canyonlands Half-Marathon in March 2010 in 1:43:20.

Marathon PR: Newport (Oregon) Marathon in June 2010 in 3:42:17.

I have completed two full marathons.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get back to consistent running.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub 3:30 marathon.

Personal:

I grew up in Utah, but live in Colorado now.

I am married and am a working mother of four children, ages 9-19.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Nike Lunarracer Lifetime Miles:						284.91
Brooks Adrenaline Trail Lifetime Miles:						574.62
Brooks Green Silence Lifetime Miles:						681.13
Brooks Adrenaline 10 (2) Lifetime Miles:						424.52

Tue, Aug 11, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
6.06	0.00	6.06

Easy run. Average pace: 9:51. Splits: 10:26, 9:51, 10:05, 9:51, 9:38, 9:16.

5:30am, 60° F, 72% humidity, winds calm.

My husband woke me up at about 2:30 this morning because he was stressing out about his job. I had a hard time sleeping after that and I thought about scrapping the run as a result. But I decided that I needed the run to clear my mind. I wore the Garmin, but looked at it only for the 1st split, which I saw was slow. After that I didn't look at it the rest of the run and just ran by feel. My hamstrings are a little tight, but not as bad as yesterday.

***Update***

I'm a dork. I got to work this morning feeling all proud of myself for being on time for a change. And then I got up to my desk and realized that I had left my computer at home. Fortunately, I live fairly close to my office. The round trip to get my computer took about a half hour.

Brooks ST3 Miles: 6.06

Night Sleep Time: 5.50	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 5.50

Comments

From auntieem on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:43:36 from 67.182.145.8

Nice run, Carolyn! Sounds like your post race runs are going very well. What's next? Do you have a Fall marathon?

From JD on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:10:03 from 64.65.159.206

It's good to know other guys lose sleep over job stress sometimes...it's not just me! Everything always looks better in the light of day I noticed. Things will work out.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:34:49 from 198.241.156.7

I was going to do a Fall marathon, but I changed my mind. Instead, I'm targeting a half marathon in November (I wonder if it will be snowy) and am doing a couple of shorter races in the Fall. I'm thinking of a Spring marathon next year.

From Snoqualmie on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:55:41 from 24.18.192.33

Just one of those days... Hope you can get some extra sleep tonight.

From RAD on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 14:01:51 from 76.27.12.70

Nice work! Glad you were able to talk yourself into getting up, even with a bad night. Sorry about work, if I took my computer home I'd probably forget it every other day!

From Kelli on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 20:25:23 from 71.219.82.15

2:30 is EARLY!!!! Man, I hope he gets unstressed soon or you are going to be tired!

Have a great week.

From Tracy on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 09:30:24 from 173.24.32.153

Doh! I hate those smug-turned-stupid days! And having it compounded by a restless night is even worse!

You do, though, seem as if you are recovering well! That tightness will work its way out by tomorrow!

From Metcalf Running on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 09:44:14 from 207.225.192.66

I hope that your husband lets you sleep tonight... 2:30 is crazy! But way to get out and run. I really hate days that I do stupid things... it happend all to often for me.

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