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Location:

West Valley City,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 05, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

5k-29:50

Half-Marathon:

6 completed and aPR of 2:17 in 2005

Full Marathon:

10 marathons, 5:36 my first and fastest, almost beat it this year in Portland but my training slacked the last 6 weeks and it hurt me. Someday I will beat it!

50k 6:39 Goblin Valley 2010

Disney World Goofy Challenge Finisher!

Short-Term Running Goals:

To train consistently.

Races:

5k PR

Marathon PR (hopefully at the Arizona Marathon in Feb '11)

Possibly a 50k in April.

Bear Lake Marathon June

Fresno Eye-Q Marathon Nov '11

Long-Term Running Goals:

Hmm, I got my first PR in 5 years but I want to get some more. I want to be a consistent middle of the packer not just "not last place"

Personal:

Married to Chris, "krashman" Pope, Have Natalie 6, and Loren Paul 4.

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Tue, Apr 29, 2008

Total Distance

3.00

I went through Lake Park again today, this is the course for the Westfest 5k. I averaged a 12:30 pace but I would really like to learn to keep a steady pace. This was a lot of up and down speed. Would walk for a minute, then start to pick it up, then I'd look at my watch and it would say something like 10:20, YIKES! So I would try to slow down, then it would happen again. So I end up walking more than I would like and running too fast to maintain.

I'm also having a problem with my feet going numb. It doesn't take much walking for it to go away but they are consistently going numb, almost my whole foot, and I don't like it? Any suggestions? I'm thinking about my weight gain last year that maybe my shoes are too small now?

Oh on the weight thing -5lbs so far............

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Tracy1 on Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 17:27:13

Good job Laurie on the 5 lbs!! I haven't had numb feet, but maybe you could go to DeBouers and ask Dennis if it is your shoe? Take your shoes with....

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 17:31:40

One time in 1994 my whole leg went numb during a tempo run and I had to stop. Once I stopped it went away. It has not happened since.

From Hildisvini on Fri, May 02, 2008 at 15:22:11

Hey, thanks for welcoming me to the blog. I run Lake Park (where I work) every Tuesday with work buddies.

I'm closing in on the 34 minute time for a 3 mile course.

I think I've met you and Chris, probably at a Christmas party when I was hanging out with Christina.

Good luck with training. I get numb feet too, which can be caused by a number of things; nerve inflammation anywhere in the back and legs, diabetes, poor circulation, wrong shoes. Sorry for sounding like a doctor. Hopefully it's nothing serious and as in my case, isn't aggravated by exercise.

WestFest 5K on June 28, eh? You and Chris going to run that this year?

From Laurie on Fri, May 02, 2008 at 16:07:22

We like to do it that one, home course and all. Chris is nursing patellar tendonitis right now and is looking to do some platelet infused injection, basically putting his own blood into the tendon to speed healing. We meet with the doctor next week. It's a bit pricey and of course insurance won't cover it, but running is therapy so we'll do it if the doctor says is will greatly decrease his healing time.

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