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Location:

Tallahassee,FL,United States

Member Since:

Jun 24, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

Mile- 5:27 Breakfast on the Track, August '09

5k- 18:59 (6:07)  Tails and Trails, May '09 (And two more times! GRR!)

8k- 33:08 (6:39) Sweetheart 8k, Feb '11 

10k- 41:38 (6:42) TRBC, March '09

15k- 1:02:46 (6:44) Lake Caroline 15k, Nov '08

Half Marathon- 1:36:58 (7:24) Hoover Dam Half, Oct '09

Marathon- 3:37:16 (8:17) Mississippi Coast Marathon, Nov '08

Short-Term Running Goals:

Help my knees help me.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Personal:

Moving to Knoxville this summer. Hooray for being in a place with a running community!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance 903 (Orange) Lifetime Miles:						63.00
Red Flats Lifetime Miles:						44.88
Brooks Salmon Lifetime Miles:						304.65
Brooks Black Lifetime Miles:						131.30
Brooks Baby Blue Lifetime Miles:						116.25
Newtons Lifetime Miles:						0.00

Fri, Apr 10, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
0.00	0.00	0.00

I had my oral defense today (of my written comps) and I passed, so I am officially a PhD candidate, and ABD (all but dissertation)! Yay! At least now I don't feel bad for letting my running suffer so much because of school; it makes it a little more worth it.

I have a 5k tomorrow, which at the beginning of the year I thought would be a chance at under 19 minutes, but because of school and other circumstances resulting in lack of training, I will now will be happy with under 20. But once again, my comps put this all into perspective and I hope just to enjoy the race no matter what. It's the second biggest race in Tallahassee and should be a ton of fun. I even have an after-race party to go to, and then an Easter celebration with my young adults church group. Should be a fun, busy day. Hope everyone enjoys their Easter weekend!

Comments

From Bonnie on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 20:23:11 from 128.196.228.134

Congratulations, that is an accomplishment worth the sacrifice of running. I wouldn't be a good professor if I didn't remind you that you still have some work to do after you get back from some well-deserved R&R (and racing)!

Happy Easter!

From montelepsy on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 08:51:59 from 155.85.58.253

I bet you'll be the only sub-20 PhD candidate.

From kelsey on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 20:37:10 from 98.230.3.218

Haha thanks Bonnie. I see you work at Arizona. I almost went to Arizona State but I just felt that it was overwhelming to move soooo far away. I love it there though, I visited twice. I would love to spend some more time there some time.

Mike- I just may have been! Well for girls, I know one guy that beat me that is as well.

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