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Portland Shamrock run

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Member Since:

Feb 11, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Just starting to run and not confident yet! The highlights of my running career include running 5 miles through the hills of west salem. ha. 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Excited to actually finish a race this year! First a 1/2 marathon then H2C!

CDA1/2 Marathon without dying.  

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep in shape, healthy.  Use running/excercise as a form of thearapy and way to clear my head.  It always puts me in a better mood no matter what! 

Personal:

Happily married with a doggie, Frank and a cat Phoebe.  Human children in the future, God willing! 

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Nike Bowerman Series Lifetime Miles: 474.23
Under Armour Lifetime Miles: 346.08
New Brooks Lifetime Miles: 468.59
VFF Lifetime Miles: 55.96
Brooks Pure Flow Lifetime Miles: 66.00
Total Distance
51.75
New Brooks Miles: 52.79
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Total Distance
6.00

Ran almost the whole Eola loop! Jordan really pushed me! Weird..? But great!

58:21

9:43

9:23 9:17 9:17 9:44 10:04 10:34

Oh, then we went to the driving range which was really fun! And then went to the health food store for some Chia seed, they were out. :( 

New Brooks Miles: 6.00
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Had planned to go running with J after work but work was so terrible that I came home hysterical and bawling.  I sometimes don't know how much more of the stress I can take.  But I also know I don't deal with stress very well. I just so overwhelmed.  This is the time I probably needed a run the most.  But we decided to get pizza and ice cream instead to cheer me up... regretted that choice the next day.. 

Oh, so I signed up for a cake decorating class at Chemeketa Community College that starts in May! This is my solution to my crappy job. We'll see where it goes.. 

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Total Distance
4.00

TT 40:00

AP9:51 

9:49 9:52 9:56 9:47= slow

New Brooks Miles: 4.00
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3.00

Need to be better about logging my runs!! 

Ran this am, it was very windy and kind of rainy but nice that it's not pitch black out. But, I guess that will change next week with the time change. Then it will be light later which is good! Right now I am dreading work so much.  I can barely talk myself into going to the office.  It is so stressful...  Running is the only thing that seems to take my mind off of all the bad stuff going on there now. 

AP 9:30

9:44 9:35 9:10 

28:29 

New Brooks Miles: 3.00
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Race: Portland Shamrock run (4.97 Miles) 00:43:49, Place in age division: 103
Total Distance
4.97

This was such a fun race!! I loved it, it didnt start raining hard until after we were done. :) 

Jordan really pushed me towards the end and of course he beat me! Oh well. 

Splits got messed up because my garmin was freaking out in the rain. Lame report... But now Jordan wants to do 1/2.  I think we will do the Keizer Iris festival. 

New Brooks Miles: 6.00
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Total Distance
4.01

AP 9:38

TT38:40 

9:29 9:49 9:27 9:43

Got scared of my own shadow today against a house.  I thought it was a huge scary person! Ha! 

Work is :(((

Seriously, seriously considering in enrolling in pastry school in Portland. Just trying to figure out if we/I could forgo my income at this point.. Money keeps sucking me back in.  

 

 

New Brooks Miles: 4.01
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Total Distance
4.43

TT 42:42 AP 9:39

This was the day my mommy was coming to town! And I mowed the lawn for the first time this year! Very good weekend. :-)

We went shopping for cupcake baking supplies and toured Le Cordon Bleu in Portland.  Not a match.. At least that's what I am thinking for now.  A little too formal for me. Although, it would be tons of fun, but for the money I don't think it's where I want to go.

Also, made blackberry cupcakes with the blackberries mom and I picked last summer, I forgot I had them! Found them in the back of the freezer.  Cupcakes were pretty good, a little dense because I think the berries were so heavy and I may have used too many.  But they were good, nevertheless.  Practiced the monkey faces for Jessica's baby shower and I took the practice ones to my cousin Marissa's girls in Vancouver.  I'm pretty sure they thought they were fun. Her girls are sooo cute!! :)  

New Brooks Miles: 4.43
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4.01

TT 39:17 AP 9:48

Gosh, I'm SLOW. 

New Brooks Miles: 4.01
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5.18

TT 50:58 AP 9:50

Yup, the slowest runner ever.  

New Brooks Miles: 5.19
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7.06

TT 1:09:36 AP 9:51

Had a great run! :)

Then, off to Jessica's baby shower with cupcakes in tow!! They turned out great, and worth me staying up until 1AM to finish them. :)   Stayed up in Washington with Joelle and had a great time overall.  With the exception of constantly being asked, "so when are you and Jordan going to have kids." Ugh.. if I never got asked that again in my entire life I'd be okay.  

New Brooks Miles: 7.06
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5.00

TT 49:33 AP 9:54

SLOW.  

New Brooks Miles: 5.00
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Total Distance
4.09

TT 39:32 AP 9:40

New Brooks Miles: 4.09
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Total Distance
51.75
New Brooks Miles: 52.79
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