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26.2 With Donna (Breast Cancer Marathon)

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Location:

Centerville,GA,

Member Since:

Oct 20, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

PR's: North Face Endurance Challenge Trail Run GA 50mi 2011-12:55; The Great Floridian Triathlon 2010 (140.6)-13:24:15;  Disney Marathon 2009- 3:52:59; Disney Marathon 2010- 3:37:40;  Breast Cancer Half Marathon (2010) 1:41:39; Seaside Half Marathon 2011- 1:39:17; Red Cross 5K 2008- 21:52;  Recycle Run 5K 2009- 20:38

I will hit my 10th marathon this year after the Marine Corps Marathon.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Boston.  Get a new 5k PR. Run a 1/2 marathon in under 1:40:00  1:35:00. 

Upcoming Races:

Spartan Race GA                                  March 10

Navarre Beach Sunset Stampede 5k     May 5

Warrior Dash GA                                 May 20

Marine Corps Marathon                       October 28

Long-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Kona. Break 21:00 for a 5k Break 20:00 for a 5k;  Break 3:30 for a marathon.  Finish a 100mi run (far future after I achieve my other goals).

 

Personal:

I graduated 2010 with my masters in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida.  I'm now at Robins AFB. 

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Race: 26.2 With Donna (Breast Cancer Marathon) (13.1 Miles) 01:41:39, Place overall: 116, Place in age division: 1
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This is a good race to do.  The busses took a long time to pick up everyone from the pick up locations since there was no parking near the start.  Once I got there everything ran smoothly from clothing drop off to bathrooms.  I did have to start way back and it took a while to get through the crowd, but around mile 4 it started to thin out and I passed the 3:30 marathon pace group.  About a mile and a quarter of the 1/2 was on the beach.  The sand was pretty packed, but it was still running on the beach and was glad when I got off.  There were a couple of hills from the bridge and on and off ramps.  The bridge at the last mile was tough, but it was nice to have a down hill to the finish.  Mile 12 was at the top of the bridge.  There was pleanty of music and water stops.  They had water about every mile and active water every other mile.  Great weather besides the humidity, which I am use to.  It started in the upper 40's and got into the mid to upper 50's.

I felt like I could have pushed it harder, but I haven't been training at 1/2 marathon pace and didn't want to run out of energy the last few miles.  My next one I will be prepared.

Mizuno Precision Blue Miles: 13.10
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Biked for 1hr 20min.

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Ran at an 8:30/mi pace.  I'm trying to break in the Zoots so I ran 2mi with socks and 2mi without socks.  The feet felt fine, a little sweaty but no sore spots.  I will gradually increase the mileage until I can do 6 w/o socks.  That way I know that I can do an olympic distance triathlon and not have to wear socks on the run.  I should be fine to go sockless for my sprint tri in a month.

Zoot Triathlon Shoes Miles: 4.00
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Did a trail loop and averaged 8:45/mi for the whole run.  The first half was a little faster because of the loose sand and hills in the second half.  It was nice to get out an run though, the morning was cold and rainy and around 1pm it started clearing up so I pulled myself away from my school work and went for a run.

Mizuno Precision Pink Miles: 7.80
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