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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 02, 1999

Gender:

Female

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Running Accomplishments:

I ran the Top of Utah Marathon in 4:43 after having my third child the year before. 5 K in 24:19, 10 K in 53 minutes pregnant. Survived personal training from my lovable but slightly overbearing husband Sasha for more than 8 years!!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 23:45 in the 5k.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay thin and full of energy.

Not be an embarassment to my family full of world class athletes.

Personal:

Madly in love with Sasha. We have been married since 1996 and have been blessed with seven of the most adorable and talented children : Benjamin, Jennifer, Julia, and Joseph, Jacob, William and Stephen.

All of our children have run in at least one race, including Jacob and William who did it inside the womb. I enjoy various non-running activities such as: baking, sewing, playing organ, piano and flute, painting, and playing with our vivacious children.

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Tue, Oct 16, 2007

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
3.00	2.00	5.00

I did it!!! I did a tempo run after being scared of doing them for a few months.....aren't you proud of my crumpy? (that's why I was calling this morning)

My overall time was awesome(for me) 15:51

Here's the spilts:

1;51

2:03

2:00

2:01

2:00

1;58

1:52

I'm a little worried about how I'll manage to recover from this run (which is why I stopped doing tempo runs) I've got laundry to do today and I want to can salsa this afternoon. I guess I can crash tomorrow but I hate telling my kids I can't do things because I'm too tired....we'll see how it goes...I'm excited because when I was doing the tempo runs (that were killing me) before I couldn't go that fast. I was lucky to do 8:20 miles. Yay for faster times. I may need one of those shirts so I can go chick some boys!! Of course Benjamin was quick to point out that he can still run faster than me in case I was getting prideful(which of course I'm not since I know this is a lot of girls training pace but it felt good to know I'm at least improving)

Comments

From seespot on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 15:39:06

Yeah for you, Sarah!! That is do awesome.

From seespot on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 15:39:57

I meant so awesome, really.

From Lybi on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 17:11:05

Excellent Sarah! That is smokin'! Hope the rest of your day went well. I know exactly what you mean about the whole quandry of trying to parent on low E.

From josse on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 17:35:06

Great job! Trying to balance life is hard. But cut yourself some slack and run tempo run once in a while. It really sound like you enjoy them.

From Bonnie on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 19:48:39

Awesome Job Sarah! I was going to tell you to forget the laundry (in celebration of your excellent run today), but then I realized that with your sized family (and all those males) you probably would get over-run with dirty laundry pretty quickly if you did ;-).

Bonnie

From sarah on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 20:26:03

I bought new laundry soap in honor of my fast run today..a little bit more expensive but it makes me happy to use it!! :)

From crumpyb1 on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 22:32:22

Let's hear it for little things like fancy laundry soap and fast tempo runs! I am so proud of you. I know it took a lot of courage to try a tempo run again. Congratulations! You were super fast! And you can tell Benjamin that I said so. Not a lot of people can break 16 minutes when running two miles.

Sarah, it was soooo good to talk to you today. How did the salsa go? I am so glad my tomatoes can help you out.

From Shauna on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 22:38:02

Excellent! Tempo runs can be very daunting (I haven't done one in MONTHS). You should be very proud of your time.

Making salsa sounds fun. I can make a mean guacamole!

From Christi on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 22:38:19

Nice work Sarah! Yes, I agree- fine line between runs giving you energy or draining you of energy. I'm always looking for that balance. You've motivated me with your speedwork today. I'm off to the track to do speedwork in the am (first time in months)- we'll see how it goes!

From Lulu on Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 23:15:35

Good for you! However, Hubby might put a stop to these tempo runs if it makes you buy more expensive things;-)!

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