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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

Aug 02, 1999

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

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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I've been running half a mile every day all week and it feels great to be outside again and doing something sorta normal like running...sorta. I have tried going a little bit faster than 20 min mile pace. I think I even got up to 14 min pace for a few hundred meters today. Having a baby really takes a lot out of you...half mile is plenty of course for now. I'm excited to be able to crank up the miles and the speed...in due time...and will enjoy the fact that my run only takes a few minutes out of my day right now. ...especially since half of my time I'm still on my beloved couch nursing my adorable baby...he really is perfect. I can brag here right? All my kids have been pretty cute but I think they really keep comin cuter and cuter...

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I ran ...really ran today and it felt soooo good. Sometimes at the end of a pregnancy I'll dream that my legs can move and I can run..today that dream came true..yay...goodbye 20 min mile pace for..another couple of years or so until Mary or Bella or Stephen or Matthew decide it's their turn (I have four more names picked out....don't creep out on me..I don't really know if I'll have all four but a lady can dream can't she?)  

My legs felt great. My whole body felt good except for some pelvic pain that I'll probably have to baby for awhile. I also have to say that it is so wonderful that we are having a late fall. I was so worn out from last winter that I needed a LONG break from freezing temps. Maybe I'll just have to run in the afternoon for awhile to avoid that.  Have a good one everybody. :) 

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Half a mile feels good now. Well, it doesn't really feel good. It's annoying to run and feel how out of shape I am. Even though I tried to stay in shape I'm not ignorant of the fact that I am far from where I started last Feb when I started feeling that familiar sickness. 

Funny thing happened at the start of this last pregnancy. In the middle of church I told Sasha that I was starving and had to go home to eat. (note-we didn't know I was pregnant yet) He says he knew right away that I had to be pregnant. I didn't find out until three or four days later and thought it was pretty funny that he figured it out first.

I think I'll stick with a half mile for the next few weeks until I can officially start exercising at my 6 week mark. Can't wait to get back.

Nice thing is that I've had several people gawk at me and tell me how amazingly good I look for just having had a baby. I can tell all of you out there in blogland that I am chubby and about 30 pounds overweight..so I usually stare at them for a second and try to choke out a thank you. I guess the running helped me a little with the weight but I'm not settling for the fat fat jeans I'm in right now.  

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