Running 168 for 168 April 26, 2008
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Have you heard this amazing and inspirational story? A Senior Airman, Brenden Burstad is running 168 miles in memory of the 168 victims of the Murrah Building bombing. This Sunday is the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon and there will be over 16,000 runners participating in this run which benefits the Oklahoma City National Memorial. If you’ve not taken the opportunity to come to Oklahoma and visit this outstanding memorial, the OKC Memorial Marathon is a perfect time to do so!
Brenden Burstad is doing more than his fair share to honor the memory of those whose lives were taken from them. He’s running 141.8 miles from where he is stationed at Altus Air Force Base and then the full marathon to equal 168 miles. Amazing.
Check out the article ( http://www.okrunner.com/airman-burstads-run-underway ), and really, come visit and I guarantee you’ll be surprised by the hospitality of our city, the professionalism of the marathon, the emotion of the Memorial and the great city of Oklahoma City!
April 19, 1995 is a day I’ll never forget. The sound of the blast, the news coverage afterward, the overwhelming accounts of charity and kindness, standing at the base of the Murrah building looking up at complete devastation and now the field of 168 empty chairs…those emotions, sights and sounds will keep me coming back to run year after year.
We will never forget.
Runner’s High: A myth substantiated March 3, 2008
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As a runner and a scientist, I’ve always wondered about runner’s highs. Highs, not Thighs! Maybe I get them (the highs, I definitely get the thighs!), maybe I don’t, but I do know that after 7+ miles I feel like I could run forever. Is that what a runner’s high does?
After any distance of running, I feel happy. Maybe my knee hurts a bit, maybe my muscles are tight (especially after hills), but I feel good, both physically and emotionally. I run to thrive. Getting a runner’s high though? For myself, I can’t say one way or another.
However, via Scientific Blogging …
Up until now, it was widely believed and accepted that endorphins released during exercise were responsible for a runner’s high, but it was not PROVEN. These studies involved 10 athletes, 2 hours of jogging, positron emission tomography (PET) and a radioactive material that binds to opiate receptors in the brain. Using the PET they could compare images of the athlete’s brains before and after the 2 hours of jogging and noticed an increase of opiates in some areas of the brain!
Get out there and get your high today!
(I’m also extremely curious to know if you get them, how long it takes, how it makes you feel, etc!)
Be specific! February 18, 2008
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Set your goals. Long term and short term ones, and make them specific!
I will exercise more. Is that really a goal? Sure. Kind of. Okay, not really.
How are you going to exercise more? Ride 3 times a week? Walk to the park 2 times a week? Swim every day? What are you going to do this week?
Motivation is so often a key to starting and continuing a project but my experience has taught me that I need to be specific with my goals. You can find tons of reasons to stay on the couch, but make a list of why you shouldn’t! Find a training plan, set a date for a race, SIGN UP for said race and work toward a healthier you.
Why? Because you can do it!
Friends - some help, some sabotage February 18, 2008
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An invite just hit my e-mail box…brisket and card games this evening with a group of friends. The best part was that it started off with this phrase: “While not as beneficial as running…”
I missed a long run on Saturday, in part due to the weather but mostly due to a hurting left knee, so I’ve GOT to get out there after work and enjoy the beautiful weather and get in the 4 mile training run for the half marathon. There’s also the issue of needing to shop for a new pair of shoes (I’m blaming my newish Sauconys for the knee pain).
However, it may be beneficial to let my knee have one more day of rest and that brisket sounds awfully good, and I’ve got an itch to win a few games of Rook…
Luckily my running partner will be counting on me to be there…unless her mouth is watering for some brisket…
It’s all about the heart February 14, 2008
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Valentine’s Day is about your heart, right?
Avoid the consumeristic trap they call Valentine’s Day and do something that actually benefits the heart…EXERCISE!
Today’s run will be a 3 miler. What will you do for your heart today?
Me, defined. August 23, 2007
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While out for a jog this morning, I tried to make a list of things that keep me motivated. One of those things is the marathon I ran. I mean, come on, if I can run 26.2, I can finish out that next half mile, right?
It’s funny though, how often people that I know through other people will come up to me and say “You’re a runner, right?” Nobody ever did this pre-marathon. Now it happens all the time! Realizing this makes me understand that even though I’ve been a runner at heart for a long time, and have spent countless hours through the years running, my friends and family did not take me seriously until the marathon. I’m no longer introduced as “she’s a science person” or “she does microbiology stuff” but it’s now “meet my friend, she’s a runner.”
That motivates me.
What motivates you?
Workout:
- Type: Run
- Date: 08/23/2007
- Time: 06:38:00
- Total Time: 00:28:20.00
- Distance: 2.5 miles
- Average Pace: 11:20.53/mile
Day of Remembrance April 19, 2007
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If not for the events that happened between 9:01 AM and 9:03 AM, there would be no such thing as the Oklahoma City National Memorial Marathon. I’d have probably run the Redbud Classic (which took place last week), or some other marathon.
An insignificant change in my life compared to the events of that day which changed and destroyed other lives forever.
I sit here today, one mile from the site and remember with sadness, the loss of 168 lives. Today, there are not many people in Oklahoma City who won’t think back and remember exactly where they were when they heard what happened. For some of us, exactly where we were when we heard the blast. We remember what it felt like to look up at that building, gaping open with a wide wound. There are no words to explain it.
On April 29th we will run with joy.
Training update February 19, 2007
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Ten weeks to go and the miles are piling up!
Thirteen was the magic number on Saturday. Thirteen very windy and very cold miles. Twenty mile an hour winds with gusts up to double that and a chilly 34 degrees! As I heard someone comment, it didn’t seem to matter which way you turned, the wind was always against you, sometimes even blowing a lifted foot into a leg!
I’m fortunate in the fact that the OKC running club, OKC Landrunners, host free marathon training runs in preparation for the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. “The Runner” so helpfully provides water stops, and the camaraderie is a great incentive to get out there and run a set mileage. They run on Saturday or Sunday mornings, Sundays if there is a major race on Saturday. I’ve been wanting to get in on the runs, but either because I was out of town, or because the runs were on Sunday, I have missed all of them prior to this last Saturday. As I was a new runner in the training group, I’m even in the picture on their website! :-)
At the finish line January 30, 2007
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John’s blog today really struck a chord with me. On some of my longer runs, I try to imagine the thrill of crossing the finish line of my first marathon. The thrill isn’t from the victory of completion, it’s from envisioning my friends and family gathered there to cheer and scream wildly as they see me finish. Alas, besides my running partner NordicTwin, there will be nobody there at the end or even toward the end of the marathon.
I wish there was a way to convey how important running is to me. When people ask why I run, my response is generally “because it keeps me sane”. And it does. It makes me feel good. It’s a sense of accomplishment. It’s the feel of the pavement under my feet. I am a runner and it’s the rhythm of my life. It’s the struggle against the wind and the struggle against my own laziness. It’s the chance to grin (or grimmace!) and lift a finger in acknowledgment of other runners on the trail. There’s a sense of freedom, a release of my cares and stresses. It’s selfish. It’s so I can wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and say “I am a runner!” It’s “me time”.
So why do I imagine my friends and family at the finish line?
Like John said:
New Developments! January 8, 2007
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I’m so excited to find that OKC has a training group for the April 29th marathon. I’ll be running with them every Saturday morning at 8 as long as I’m here in town!
Although I’ve done 10 mile runs without the benefit of either water or camaraderie, I was dreading the longer runs by myself. A local running shop “The Runner” is coordinating water stops for our Saturday morning runs and they anticipate between 40 and 100 people to show up (based on the previous years). This will definitely be a help and encouragement for the long runs.
I had a nice 7 miler on Saturday, averaging a little under 9.5 minutes per mile.
Asics: 7 so far this week, 79 total
