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Tracy Lightfoot

Blogging on the road to the Louisville Triple Crown of Running




Mar 31, 2007

Falling off the blogosphere

The blogosphere is actually flat, you see, and I got to the edge and fell off.

Actually, I've just been slammed with school and work the past couple of weeks and am just now seeing it recede.

RCR went well; I took it easy and finished in just over 44 minutes, which I thought was alright for my first 10k. I wanted to go out conservatively, because I knew if I pushed hard and bonked toward the end, or just felt absolutely done for at the end, I would have a bigger mental hurdle to overcome for the next two races.

One of which is in two hours. I'm nervous, but not sure why. I ran 11 miles last week at 8:20/mile, which is quite snappy for me. I hope to do something similar today -- looks like the weather will be absolutely perfect. It's 64 right now, but looks like it's going to drop a couple of degrees by the end of the race.

A few fewer miles this week, just because I had too much going on Thursday to run and didn't want to run yesterday, so 11.5 this week so far -- plus 10 today and a few more tomorrow.

Alright, I promise to post later today about the race. I'm bib number 2851 -- if you see me, say hi! Now, I got to get ready!

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About Me


I ran track (100 meters, 200 meters) and played soccer in high school. I took a few years off from running while settling into the academic grind and picked it back up in May 2006. I ran my first five-kilometer race in September 2006 and decided in November to go for the Triple Crown and the Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon. I am the training coordinator for Ken Combs Running Store, where I lead a Saturday group from the store each week.

I run at least five days a week, sometimes six, and it's usually through Jeffersontown and through the parks on the weekends. My 5k personal record is 21:45, and I'm shooting for a sub-2 hour mini - in part because I'm a bridesmaid in an afternoon wedding that day!

When not running, I manage my own media and marketing company. I freelance for several local publications, primarily The Lane Report and Business First. I also coordinate promotional efforts at Yew Dell Gardens in Crestwood. And, I am finishing my bachelor’s in communications at the University of Louisville.




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