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great news/sad news

2010-01-04T15:56:00.000-08:00

I have just noticed that it has been two month since I have written anything on my blog. What have I done in two months. Well I ran the Rt. 66 marathon here in Tulsa, and then about two weeks later I ran the Las Vegas marathon. The Vegas marathon course was great, and very beautiful. It was cold but after a few miles I got to were I could stand it. I do have some complaints about the marathon though, I never saw a medical tent (good thing I didn't need one.) there was no food on course, and the only thing that they had to drink was water and some really nasty sports drink called cytomax. After finishing you did get your finishers medal but there were no finishers shirts. I had to buy my own that was just a plain t-shirt that says 26.2 mile finisher Rock and roll Las Vegas. I am not sure if I will run this one again or not. I will differently not get to run it this year which brings me to my next point......I just found out that my husband and I will be having a baby late Aug. So I will be knocked out of marathons+ for awhile. But that's okay it will be well worth it. The bad news is that I have already signed up to run the OKC full marathon at the end of April. I swear that one is cursed for me, this will be attempt number 3 and no go. But I was thinking that if there were some runners out there that might be in the same boat I am (not being able to run a full) I thought that I might be able to walk a small leg of the relay. If there is anyone interested in this or if you know some one that is please let me know. I really don't want to walk 26.2 miles ( I would much rather run it)

Bittersweet weekend

2009-10-20T17:49:00.000-07:00

So a couple of week ago I received a new 5K PR. It was a bittersweet weekend for me at the Pistol Pete 5K run, but I still got me PR out of it. I know that I could have ran faster but with battling a sickness and then it being very cold that morning, it was just a bad morning run for me. I was fourth in my age group just one min behind the third place winner, I know that if I was not sick that I could have ran and placed second. I ended up running my 5K in 26:18. In my training runs leading up to the race I ran it in 24:33. So I guess I will have to keep working on my goal and then maybe one day I will run a 5k race in 24 mins.

The new Mrs. Light!

2009-05-31T13:14:00.000-07:00

The day finally came, I got married the 16th of May. Wow I guess that was only two weeks ago. Tons of stress has now been lifted up off of my shoulders. It was a beautiful wedding ( if I do say so myself) and I can't really think of anything that went wrong. I was an overcast day and was a little windy. And cool, I was thankful of that. It never rained like we thought that it was going to, what pics I have seen turned out great, the first dance I heard looked good, and I didn't have to chase after the groom. So all in all I was very happy with the way the wedding turned out.

For our Honeymoon we went to Hawaii, and I must say it is a beautiful place. I could live there if it was not for the 8-9 hour flight to see my friends and family. We never had a day to were we didn't have anything planned. Each day we had something exciting and big to do and then we would lay on the beach or swim in the ocean. There are still things on the island of O'ahu that we didn't get done but that just means we will have to go back (and soon!). The first full day there we went to Pearl Harbor and walked around there, went back to the resort, went to the beach, which was right out our door, grabbed something to eat for dinner, and that was about it for day one. We went horse back riding on the beach, I went Skydiving at 14,000 ft, We swam with the shark, Andrew golfed on a Arnold Palmer course, Climbed Diamond Head (Ken I have a new trail run that would be fun to start!) and went shopping and running on the beach. It was an amazing honeymoon and I wish I was still there.
But the excitement is not over yet, my sister will be having her baby boy soon with the due date on June 18th and her looking like she is going to pop I don't think that it will be much longer until we get to greet little Jaxson Vicinus.

Colsing down the windows

2009-04-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

Okay I know that is has been a month since my last blog but it has been a busy month. I am now about 3 and half weeks away from the wedding day and one week until the OKC half. I have had to work every other Tuesday and Thursday nights so I have been missing the group, maybe soon I will have a new job that I love and will not have to work night nor weekends.

I am now part of that insane group called the Marathon Maniacs. Thanks to my crazy back to back 50K's. Four stars were not very easy to get so I am think that is were I will have to stay. But that will not be the end of my craziness. For those that know me you can only guess what will come next..... that's right running a 50 miler (hopefully this Oct.) and then move onto a 100 miler. Some might think that I am trying to kill myself, not true I just love seeing how far the human body will go, pushing it to the limit I just have not found mine yet. The human body is an amazing thing.

Now onto the wedding planning, that one special day is coming at a very fast rate, and in some ways I am totally ready for it to be here, but not everything is done with the planning. My dress should be done getting altered if not a bad side of Kim might be coming out. If you see some monster knocking down buildings in downtown Tulsa that just might be me. I can't wait to go on the honeymoon (white sand and clear blue water.) Can't beat that! And off of work for almost two weeks is not bad either.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE THAT IS RUNNING THIS WEEKEND!!!

On Cloud Nine

2009-03-02T16:47:00.000-08:00

Man was it ever a crazy weekend. Seemed like it was always go-go -go non stop. We left Friday afternoon for Ft. Worth for me to run my first ultra (50k) at Cowtown. I ran my 31 miles got my hardware and then I was back in the truck laying down getting what rest I could get before we hit Atoka,OK. for my 2nd ultra (1st trail race ever.) Then it was back in the truck but this time I was moving a lot slower and was hurting so very badly I had to push my body weight up with just my arms to get in the truck. My legs didn't want to work anymore.

Cowtown:
Okay so for a future note to anyone who wants to know the weather on race day do not check it the Monday before the race. Things do change, weather wise that is. So on Friday when I was packing all my running gear and anything else I might need I was still thinking that it was going to be a high of 74 with morning temps in the 40's with winds blowing at 8mph. Little did I know that was all about to change. Friday night I could hardly sleep and maybe got a combined total of about 4 hours. Saturday when The alarm went off at 4:30 I was dreading to 31 miles I still had to run. I was not feeling very well but knew I had to a least start the race to see what I could do. So I put on my running skirt, still thinking that it will warm up I didn't even bother with my tights that I had packed for Atoka. I throw on a running tank and a long sleeves t-shirt with a light jacket over that, I was planning a giving Andrew my jacket before the start but soon changed my mind when I walked to the tent and was freezing then. I just barely got my garmin to connect when the starting gun went off. I took a couple of deep breathes and off I went. I saw Jenni at the start and ran with her until we hit the first water stop and then I did not see her again until about mile 9. Some how out of pure luck Linda was running up behind me and noticed the ponytail of mine swinging side to side. Thinking God that I now had someone to run with we went along at a great pace, knocking out the miles until about mile 15 when Linda's I-pod was acting up and she had to slow down to fix it. I was feeling great and was playing my normal mind games telling myself to keep going that I could make it to the next mile. I made it all the way to mile 19 until I had to stop and walk or I knew that I would never make it to the end. So I was walking and eating some sport beans, then it was back to running. I really didn't notice that wind as a problem until after I got done eating my beans and had to start running again, right into the wind. I was hating every minute of it. Starting to get worried that I had missed a turn somewhere cause all that was around me were marathoners. Come to find out we don't split from them until about mile 23, and that is when it became very lonely. Running somewhere in Ft. Worth, TX by myself is not one of my favorite things and especially when I have no idea where I am at. Running on a trail that is like the LaFortune trail I was hating every step I had to take. I was running from mile 23-26 into the wind. Finally I made it to the turn around and the wind was now at my back. Some where along the way my hands started to swell, I noticed this on the trail, and it freaked me out I could not even move any of my rings. I didn't have anything with me to fix this problem so I just had to keep running. I knew I was less then knew I was 5 miles away from the finish line. I was differently not prepared for all the hills and I had nothing but GU and one pkg of beans with my I wanted food, I needed food. I made it back into downtown Ft. Worth and I was pumped, Crossing the finish line was a great feeling but it was not over yet I know I still had one more 50k to get through.

I didn't think that I could finish it but was going to try and start the race in Atoka, when I got one of the best phone calls I could ever ask for. The great TZ called and was asking if I was still running the AOK 50k, and that's when he told me about a little bet that him and Brian had going on. knowing that I had a 6pack of beer bet on me I had to prove Brian wrong.

AOK-Atoka:
My first attempt of running/jogging was when Dan, Johnny, Ken and I was headed to the start/finish line for our early start, I had to look like I was 110 and trying to run. I felt like I was barely moving. My muscles were not sore but man were my knees hurting. Once we got to the trails I was pumped and feeling great. At like 2.5 miles into the trail run somehow we took a wrong turn and had to go back. Now headed to the first aid station I fixed my socks while everyone else eat some Gatorade (it was all frozen). Off we went. by the time that we got through half of the first loop of two everyone else had started the race. Some how it got out that I had ran a 50k the day before, cause everyone was asking how I felt. I was feel amazingly great nothing was hurting and most of all I was having fun. Every time that we pasted Brian and I still had a smile on my face I think he wanted to throw the biggest rock he could find to get me to stop running. I have only ran trails once before and that was at Turkey mt. for 5 miles. So everything was new to me. There were differently enough hills and rocks to keep you on your toes but some how with the help of Ken I made it through my first 25k loop. While about 1/2 mile into our second loop we spotted Kathy and Brian finishing their loop. We stopped and talked to them, asking me how I felt and at that time I was still feeling great. But then came my evil spill and I starting to feel like I was going to throw up. I needed some salt and I needed it bad. My hands were starting to swell little until I ate some crackers and I some good ol' salt. About half way through the second loop my quads where just shredded and I'm sure looked like hamburger meat. It was so painful going down the hills that I just wanted to cry. But I sucked it up mostly because Ken would never quit on me and kept push me on. Andrew starting to get worried about us started walking the trail backwards to look for us, he just had a fear that I had fallen and was hurt really bad. When we met him with a mile and a half left it was great to see his smiling face, then he asked a very strange question..... Are you hurt? my response was "Everything hurts, is that a serious question? Ken was in front of me when we got to the lake that was between us and the finish line. when he stopped and had everyone clapping and shouting my name. It was a great feeling that kept me moving on for another mile or so. Then there is was the best sight that I saw all day long... The finish line. Ken and I came across together. Then I had to hug Kathy and get congrats from Brian, then I had to bend over and put my hands on my knees cause I hurt so bad. I had just finished back to back 50ks in two days and I was so happy I started to cry. Andrew walked over to me, and hug me told me he was so proud of me. Ken was nice enough to share his winning beer with me and oh it tasted so good.

Moral of the story......
Never bet against a bean!!!!

Thanks for the motivation Brian!!
I can't wait until next year when I can do all over again.

90+ more days

2009-02-09T18:40:00.001-08:00

Wow so I think that is has been at least a month since I have posted.... But I don't think anybody has noticed. A lot has happened since the last one, so let me get everyone up to speed. Back in Dec. I got engaged to the worlds greatest man and have been trying to plan the wedding and work full time all while still trying to get in all of the runs. I think that it might be harder then running a marathon. But I think that I was so scared that I would leave something out that I now have most of the big stuff taken care of with a little over 3 months to go.
I have some really BIG races coming up at the end of Feb. and I have not had much time to get in really long runs for the Ultras so I might have to pull it out of my... (well you know what.) Glute. I will be running in the Cowtown Ultra at the end of Feb. So please keep me in your thoughts on the 28th.
Other then wedding planning, running and work while looking for a new job, or a way to go back to school nothing huge has happened since the big question. Oh beside I get to practice my baby skills, I am going to be a first time anut this June. I can not wait for baby "V" to come. ( but lets hope not too soon.)

8 things.......

2008-12-13T14:54:00.000-08:00

Ok so I was tagged a long time ago by Erin to do this 8 things blog and I am just now getting around to doing it, so here goes.....

8 shows I love to watch
1.) Gray's Anatomy
2.) Dirty Jobs
3.) OSU Football
4.) New Yankees games
5.) anything to do with health or the Human body
6.) See above
7.) Look at #5
8.) Anything with Andrew

8 Places I love to eat at
1.) Olive Garden
2.) Rib Crib
3.) Eskimo Joe's
4.) Los Cobos
5.) Salad Alley
6.) Napoloi's
7.) ?
8.) ?

8 things I did yesterday
1.) woke up
2.) taught a exercise class
3.) worked
4.) shopped for Christmas
5.) made dinner
6.) hung Christmas lights
7.) wrapped Christmas gifts
8.) showered and went to bed

8 things I look forward to
1.) a day off
2.) my ultra-marathon
3.) my wedding LOL
4.) getting my master's degree
5.) having children
6.) starting a new job
7.) Christmas
8.) Race into the New Year

8 things I love about Fall
1.) colder weather
2.) Snow is coming
3.) fire in the fireplace
4.) Changing of the leaves
5.) my birthday
6.) The holiday season
7.) more reasons to bake/cook
8.) Sweaters

8 things on my wish list
1.) 24k diamond ring LOL
2.) to be married forever to the love of my life
3.) a happy family
4.) lower marathon time
5.) to be part of the MM group
6.) Run a 100 mile race (in under 24 hours)
7.) go skydiving again
8.) go paintballing

8 people I tag......
1.) Bobby
2.) Ken
3.) Deon
4.) Erin
5.) Lisa
6.) Cassey
7.) Susan
8.) Ed

Now What?

2008-11-19T18:35:00.000-08:00

Ok so I know I have not bloged in forever but to really think about it I have had nothing big and cool to blog about......until now! I AM A MARATHONER!!!!!!!! Wow so the first one is in the books and I can say that I finished it but what I can't say is that I am happy with my time. I wish I would have ran faster walked less and even hurt less but I didn't and I never let that stop me from finishing the race that I had worked so hard for. I feel a little empty kind of now because 26.2 mile just does not seem far anymore. So what is next well I plan to work hard and be stronger and get that time down, then I will work on doing ultras and then maybe someday be where Kathy and Ken are a be running 100 miles. (WOW)

Ok So about my marathon, I ran most of the way the Deon and we were running at a good pace, we were going to slingshot it in. (laughing now to myself). I beat my half marathon time by mins. and then my knees where killing me. Oh I don't think that I have ever hurt that bad in my life. Then it was Jenks and I seem to not hurt as bad. I might have picked up the pace some. Then the next thing I knew I was at mile 18 and eating some beans(haha) this is where I saw Ed. I ran with him for awhile and then starting talking to I guy that was from OKC and it was like his 26 or 29th marathon and he had just ran the Mother Road the weekend before, and he was still kicking my butt. And then all of a sudden the pain in the knees was back. I knew I was getting blisters on my left foot and some on the right, and the hills were still ahead of me. my plan of attack was to speed walk up the hills and then run down and between the hills, and for the most part that is was I did. But for some reason I still could not make up for the time that I had lost to walk just a few 1/4 miles. Then when I got out to the main streets again this cop told me that it was all down hill from there and I was almost, I wanted to believe him about the down hill part but I knew it was not true. Just one big hill and one little tiny hill and then it would be smooth sailing into the finish line. At this piont in time my pain was almost gone and I knew were I was to the finsih line, nothing was going to stop me now........... Then tatur Dave was setting near the last turn yelling and cheer the last little bean in. I finished what I set out to do and that was run a marathon before I die. Now I will just have to work on my time and get it down.

I would like to say thank you to Kathy, Brian, Candice, and everyone that has cheered all the runner's world group on and put so much blood and tears into our training.

What a weekend!

2008-10-27T16:52:00.000-07:00

So I was a little upset that I didn't get to do the Tulsa Run this year. I really wanted to but UCO's homecoming was the same weekend and we have friends that just moved back to Oklahoma and were going to go and see them but as everyone knows things always change at the last min. and so I didn't get reg. in time to run. I didn't even get to run very much. (Boo for me) But my boyfriend took his certification test for his pilot's lic on Sunday and passed. (Cheers for him). I also had to work on Sunday, so I could be there for our mock marathon and I am so ready to kick that 22 mile's gultes. Hope to everyone on Tuesday night and congrats to everyone that ran the Tulsa Run!!

Run Kim Run

2008-10-14T13:51:00.000-07:00

For all that are in the marathon running group, I am very proud of you all for making it the 20 miles that we run. I guess I'm ok with my time I would have loved to have been a little faster but I will take it and be proud. I must say that I the first time in my life that I thought I was going to show my running team my GU (that is coming out of my mouth) but hey it never happened so I guess thats always a good thing. I might have to work the weekend that we run the 22 mile, but hopefully I can get off. Thank you for all the support and help that everyone does. Hope that you all had a great weekend and see you guy in a few.

Look mom I'm flying

2008-10-02T09:37:00.000-07:00

Ok as you might have seen, I was not there on Tuesday night for the run. I went for another plane ride with the boyfriend on a cross country night flight. I had a great time besides the fact that the ipod was not working. But it was a wonderful night for it. I also signed up for the full marathon now and that is a very frightful thought. But my thinking was if I can make it through 18 miles I should be able to get the rest of the way.

Another for the books!

2008-09-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

Well I have done something that some of my old co-worker thought that I would never be able to do and that is run 18 miles. I must say the first 2 laps seemed pretty good almost easy but half way through that 3rd lap things were getting hard. I just think I my body had been running for so long that it didn't know how to stop. But with the help of a friend she helped me push on. And we finished the 18 miler, and I now have to say that I am pumped for that 20 mile run. All day Saturday and even Sunday I was very tired. I didn't hurt to much after a few hours of semi-relaxing but I was sleepy. Which now has me worried about the marathon, I might have to work the next and teach p.e. to home school kids, that might be the worst day of my life!! I don't know if I will be there on Tuesday but for those who will be it should be nice weather for you and good luck.

Oh the thought of yester-years

2008-09-26T07:31:00.000-07:00

Ok I do know that I am 24 now and a college grad, but man do I miss not having to go to work everyday and to goof off on week nights. I am stuck a work again and maybe it would not be so bad if I didn't have to be here until 9:00pm of later during the week, But hey I guess the bills still have to get paid. I am getting a little pumped for the 18 mile run on Saturday, it will be the longest that I have run in my short little life, it will be tough but I hate to give up on anything so I will still put one foot in front of the other and log the miles. I am very thankful for my awesome running group and I don't think that I could run as far as I have and as well as I have with out you guys. So THANK YOU!!!! I still have not reg. for the Rt. 66 marathon yet but that day will come after the 18 miler. Let's hope that this long run feels better then the last. Good Luck to you all. See you bright (or dark) and early in the morning. Rest up tonight

One busy weekend

2008-09-22T08:19:00.000-07:00

I must say that I had a great time this weekend but I was so busy that it flew by. On Saturday I had a 5k run in my home town, and it started out chilly, but I made it through and I had a PR. I run the 5k in 26 min and 56 sec. not only that I now have my first age group placing. I was 2nd in the 20-24 females. I was pretty pumped the rest of the day on those two things. Then Sunday my boyfriend and I went to the lake with my dad for one last ride in his boat. Now this boat is pretty big, it is about 13 feet high, 10 feet wide and about 30 feet long. They had never put it in the water, the guy that put on the new motor launched it for them and they just kept it in a slip at the lake cause of it begin so big, so that being said they have never taken it out of the water either. So Andrew, I and my dad and stepmom had to load this boat with no way but the power of the boat and Andrew and my step mom pulling with a rope and me keeping it from floting off, and my dad trying it give it just enough power while not giving it too much, and really it was not that bad and went pretty smoothly. I will be there on Tuesdays and Thursday so I can get all of my miles in this week. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

WOW What a Run!!

2008-09-17T16:09:00.000-07:00

Tuesdays run could not of had better weather, I loved it. I was the only one there for the Team Bean (poor Deon had to work another 12 hour shift, we really need to talk with his boss). I don't know if it was becase of the weather or cause I have a 5k race on Saturday in my home town but I have to say that my run felt great, I was a little tight in the glute/hamstrings area but after a half mile or so it got better. I will not be there for our run on Thursday night either it's the boyfriends birthday, so I get to make that run up. Good Luck to all with their training and I will saw you on Tuesday

Ultra half marathon WOMAN

2008-09-15T15:48:00.000-07:00

I am not new to the running of the ultra-half marathons but I thought that since Saturday we got to run 16 mile (or more like 16.66 miles) I would now claim to be one. I am still hurting but only just a little bit. So Tuesday night run could be a struggle for me. We did get luck and missed to rain. But luck me got to drive in it on the way to and from Edmond for my brother's 30th birthday. Hope to see all of you on Tuesday's run

Ground Control to Air Control

2008-09-10T17:36:00.000-07:00

Ok so I was a bad girl last night and I skipped a training run (I will make it up on Friday) but I had an offer I could not refuse. My boyfriend is getting his pilot's lic. and he had to do a night flight last night and asked if I wanted to come along. Well of course I would never pass on a chance to have an adventure. We flew into Tulsa International and did a couple of touch and goes and some complete lands, and did the same at the Riverside/Jenks airport so I got to see were we run from the air. I had a wonderful time. Sorry to all that missed me during the run, I will be there on Thursday (hopefully not in the rain)

Running in the Rain, just running in the rain

2008-09-06T17:54:00.000-07:00

I have always liked running in the rain, for me it just sets the mood. Todays run was no different. I was not sure if I would be able to get all 9 miles in and still make it to work on time but it was done. With time to spare. Today felt tons better then the 14 mile run until after I was done and the cold rolled in, then the knees felt it just a little. I am still looking forward to the longer runs that wait for us ahead.