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Running - Aerobic Lake Wehrspann 5:54pm	2.8 miles 00:24:30 (8:45 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks Glycerin 14 0 miles on shoe Height: 6' 4 Max HR: 158 Avg HR: 137

back still hurting

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Running -	2.5 miles 00:00:00

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Running - Aerobic 4:00pm Weather: 81*	8.2 miles 01:06:00 (8:02 min/mile)	Shoe: Stinson Lite No. 3 0 miles on shoe Height: 6-00

Pre-meet (20 min. and 3x150 pickups) w/track kids. Then to MoPac to add a few (5) more.

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Running - Aerobic Treadmill 5:30am	1.5 miles 00:15:00 (10:00 min/mile)	Shoe: Nike Structure 19 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'9

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Swimming - Aerobic Biding My Time. 5:00am	00:00:00	Shoe: Finz 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'3

Back to the pool to rest the legs. Mostly pull. Felt better in the pool than I thought I would with the time away.

So, I've been MIA. Here's it, in a nutshell.
I hurt my hip on my last long run two weeks before the race. 12 miles. Felt it 4 miles in. Continued the rest of the run at an 815 pace. Didn't run again but only twice before LNK. Hurt the entire time both times. I was devastated. Beyond devastated. Lots of boo hooing. Lots of how could this happen when I had trained so well. Lots of hiding under a rock. Lots of indecision. Lots of advice. LOTS of advice. I didn't want to tell anyone, or talk to anyone. I wanted to run away. I'm not kidding. So, I had no idea what to do.....not run, see how I felt for Fargo. Run, and kill my hip. Cry about it. A lot. The week leading up to the race I was a mess. Capital MESS. I was not fueling for a marathon, and even under fueling because I wasn't running, and didn't think I could run more than 3 miles. Saw Magic Hands four times, Adam, and of course, Matt to fix me. Talked to TONS of people and got TONS of different opinions. Decided the night before to line up, see how far I could go. I was banking on a 5K. I had phone numbers pinned to my shorts of friends along the way who were waiting on standby to come and fetch me. Lined up with a little bit of steely resolve that came from I have no idea where. Abby, who I ran with, told me, keep it calm the first half. Seriously, I told her I wouldn't make it that far. But, I started, and I felt amazing. I could feel the hip. But, it was doable. And I was feeling so in control, I went with it. The first half was the most confident I had EVER felt in any race. I was keeping in control and right on pace. Right in front of my pacer. My giraffe. My Abby. I thought, shit, I might just do this after all. There was no doubt in my mind to keep going after the half. I was going to do this. Turned on to Antelope Valley, hate that sucker, and felt the wind. Felt the heat. Abby said, you stay on my hip and then you GO the last five miles. Ok. Let's do it. Then, the heat. Then, the wind. Then, the sun. Then....the hip. I've run this in my sleep, but all of a sudden I could not go. I had been fueling properly during the race. People handing me the fuel the whole way. But, the salt. I sucked on ONE salt tab the entire way. One. :/ Boom. I was covered in salt. Not sweating. Dry and a bone. And completely white with salt. Troubles. Mile 16, I was done. My hip locked. I saw Ben. He had told me not to run today. Not to do it at all. That it would be dumb. Well, when I saw him, I saw his look. And I knew. Be smart. Then I saw Bryan. Then I saw Eddie. I asked him where Matt was. Behind him. Crap. I knew I was done. Saw Matty. He said, babe, be careful. Alrighty. Then, saw my mom, my dad, my Molly. At the top of Holmes Lake. Just where they were supposed to be. Cheering. On the way back, I knew. I had to pull the plug. My goal is not to finish Lincoln in four hours. My goal is Boston. And I had to be smart. For the first time. I did. I stopped. 20 miles. Done. On pace for 16 of them. Then done. My dad hugged me. My mom cried because she knew this race meant everything to me. My Molly said, Mom, I'm so proud of you. And you know, I was proud to. I never thought I would make it that far. I doubted myself that last week. And it got me. I didn't trust my training, my strength, or my heart. My training was the bomb. I hit it. It was just maybe too long. I think 12 weeks is good. My fitness is there. 12 weeks. Golden. Ben texted me and asked me what I learned. I learned I'm capable of so much more than I thought. I can do this. No doubt. Love this process.

Thanks to all. My friends are what kept me going. Thank God for them. And my girls. They kept telling me I could do it, I just didn't believe them. And Matt. Put up with me for the past two weeks--definitely not fun. So proud of him. We will get to Boston. Not a doubt. And WassE!! A highlight before the race! He said stuff that made me so hopeful. The future is bright!! I'm super pumped. Texts already have started. Des Moines. Great. Love Iowa.

Sorry about the novel recap. Great work to all you Lincoln runners. Loved seeing everyone in my hometown.

Now back at work. Life goes on. Happy Tuesday. :)

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Running - Treadmill	5.4 miles 00:00:00

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Biking - Aerobic 12:00pm	10.03 miles 00:43:02 13.98 mph	Height: 5' 9'

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Running - Aerobic Field Club Trail 5:30pm	5 miles 00:35:40 (7:08 min/mile)	Height: 5'10

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Running - Long Field Club-Downtown 5:45pm	11.8 miles 01:37:00 (8:13 min/mile)	Shoe: Guide 9 Blue 0 miles on shoe

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Running - Aerobic Zorinsky Elevation: Ascent+373.2 Descent-331.2 5:05am Weather: 59, feels like: 59 DP: 55 Humidity: 86% Wind: 4.9mph	7.01 miles 00:57:11 (8:09 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks Ghost 9.2 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'8 Max HR: 154 Avg HR: 134.1

Meeting Colorado Girls.
NDORFNZized from Strava

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Biking - Tempo Weather: 73 Sunny windy	32 miles 01:49:46 17.49 mph	Shoe: Giant OCR1 - 5/12 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'9

Tuesday group ride. Legs still a bit trashed from the Lincoln Half, but still didn't feel too bad once we got rolling.

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Running - Aerobic	4.48 miles 00:39:18 (8:46 min/mile)	Shoe: Brooks Peacock 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'7

Run got cut short when an accident happened in front of me. Two of my students, thank God they walked away unscathed. I've never taken that downhill so fast before to get to them and that screeching and the sound of that impact is one I'll never forget. Second time we had to call the police today, first time was earlier this afternoon when my neighbor showed up in our driveway with her kids because she had just hit her gas line. Whole street got closed down. Busy evening in Bloomfield, USA.

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Biking - Exercise Bike 6:45pm	20 miles 01:01:10 19.62 mph	Height: 6 ft

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Running - Aerobic Kearney Hike and Bike Trail 5:00pm Weather: 70-80	10 miles 01:17:00 (7:42 min/mile)	Shoe: Pearl Izumi Trail N2 V2 0 miles on shoe Height: 6 ft

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Running - Intervals David City	5 miles 00:40:00 (8:00 min/mile)	Shoe: Nike LunarTempo-2 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'10

w/u
4 striders
4 x 800 (200 walk) 3:02, 3:01, 2:59, 2:51
c/d

I find my lack of endurance disturbing.

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Biking - West Papio 4:30pm	15.50 miles 00:00:00 0 mph

Finally got the bikes out and went for a ride! Really enjoyed it!

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Biking - Aerobic Papio trail 4:30pm Weather: 80 p. sunny no wind	15 miles 00:00:00 0 mph	Height: 6ft

Great day for a bike ride with Booty. Rode the west trail from Hobby Lobby Lot. Almost perfect riding weather but the bugs are Crazy.

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Running - Intervals Twin Rivers Homestead	2 miles 00:00:00	Height: 67.5

Coaching my 6th grade pole vaulter. She shocked at last Friday's T&F day taking the 100 and 2nd in the 400, "Caitlin, where did all that speed come from", amazing her teachers. Paces today included 200, 400, and introduced 800. I actually got a little gassed. What fun!

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Running - Aerobic Loveland4 Elevation: Ascent+202 Descent-186 2:01am Weather: 78°, Calm, 46%	4.17 miles 00:39:18 (9:25 min/mile)	Shoe: Saucony Guide 9 [20170221] 0 miles on shoe

Omaha [20170509]: Recovery on Point
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I loathe this weather; and it's only May.
I think this summer is going to suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

GotGv2 w/ The Boy tonight; heck yeah!

Happy Toosdee.

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Swim - 03:00 AM Weather: 77, feels like: 77 DP: 55 Humidity: 46% Wind: 2.6mph	1.50 miles 00:42:00 (28:00 min/mile)	Height: 5'3

What's Next? #antsy
NDORFNZized from Strava

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Running - Elevation: Ascent+303.1 Descent-295.4 11:36 AM Weather: 72, feels like: 72 DP: 54 Humidity: 53% Wind: 6.0mph	5.44 miles 00:51:19 (9:25 min/mile)

Tired legs. Tired spirit.
NDORFNZized from Strava

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Walking - theHawk Elevation: Ascent+380.3 Descent-352.6 5:23am Weather: 60, feels like: 60 DP: 55 Humidity: 82% Wind: 5.6mph	2.56 miles 00:37:35 (14:40 min/mile)	Height: 6'

Morning Walk
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All Lincoln Photos are ready (outside of splashin' NDORFNZ on the wall for our group pic)...they're even #BibTagged :) Had so much fun out there.

Hope you enjoy!!

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Running - Aerobic Big Papio	7 miles 00:48:45 (6:57 min/mile)	Shoe: Saucony Zealot #3 0 miles on shoe Height: 6'5''

What a difference a day makes. So much nicer today

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Running - Aerobic Big Lake Trail 9:00am Weather: 61, clouds and sun	5.1 miles 00:43:20 (8:29 min/mile)	Shoe: Merrell Trail Glove 0 miles on shoe Height: 5'9

Hip flexor feeling much better.

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Swimming - Aerobic 5:05am	2.35 miles 00:00:00

4150 yards. I love seeing the sun rise when we are swimming :).
Voting, volunteering, then lunch at Jams are on the docket today.

Shouted out to Jimmy who was bounding up 132nd street on my way home from PLF.

Enjoy your Tuesday!

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Running - Fartlek Field Club Trail 5:30am	10 miles 01:11:55 (7:11 min/mile)	Height: 5'10 Avg HR: 143

Nice morning. Did some surges for the middle miles. Felt ok.

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Running - Hills North Oaks/Eagle Ridge Hill 5:15am Weather: In st paul 51, cloudy	4.25 miles 00:00:00	Height: 5'2"

Parked at the village post office and ran into North Oaks. Ended with Eagle Ridge hill x5 (short and steep)

Over the weekend, everything popped! Leaves, lilacs and flowering trees and shrubs. Spectacular green and purples. :))

Cloudy again. (sigh)

Mr. Blue Sky,
Please tell us why
You have to hide away
for so long, so long.
Where did we go wrong?

:)

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Running - Intervals Elmwood/Memorial 5:10am	9 miles 01:03:50 (7:05 min/mile)	Shoe: PureConnectBlack/Yello 0 miles on shoe

About 5k warm up then 10 x 1:00 on/off. Still working on the mental side of running. It's coming around. Slowly

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Running - Ralston/LaVista/Papillion Weather: 66; 5 mph NW wind	8 miles 01:07:12 (8:24 min/mile)

CONGRATULATIONS to all the Lincoln runners! Loved seeing you and sending you off at the start! Lots of good inspiration for me to be drawn from you all on that day! :)

Song of the day: "Uncharted" by Sara Bareilles. I came very close to meeting her in New York on my 50th birthday. She is appearing in a limited engagement of the musical "Waitress", of which she wrote the music. Wish I would have known this when I booked the trip. Anyway, she was walking up 8th Avenue, on her way to the show. She was talking on her phone, then a manager or security guy led her into the side theatre entrance. Missed it, oh well. The 2 shows I saw in NYC this last trip were "Bandstand" (new and excellent) and "A Bronx Tale" (not bad, but doesn't translate well from the movie). Now in hindsight, I wish I would have seen "Waitress" in place of "A Bronx Tale".

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Running - Aerobic School Loop 5:00am Weather: 59 degrees n 7 cloudy	3.2 miles 00:00:00	Shoe: Asics Kayono Black-1 0 miles on shoe Height: 6.0

Still not easy but slightly better.