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Location:

Washington,DC,USA

Member Since:

May 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

One marathon: 4:08; Half marathon PR: 1:48:30; Ten-miler PR: 1:23; 8k PR: 39:00; 10k PR: 46:51

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lose 10 lbs. to get in shape to run faster and --> Qualify for Boston!

Race calendar:

May 18: Capitol Hill Classic 10k (50:23)

June 14: Lawyers Have Heart 10k (48:20)

July 12: Caribbean Sounds 10k (50:23)

July 14: Bastille Day 4-miler (30:55)

July 27: Riley's Rumble 1/2 Marathon (1:48:30)

(Stress fracture/broken jaw break)

Nov 9: Veteran's day 10k (46:51!!!)

Nov 27: Alexandria Turkey Trot 5-miler

Dec 6: Gar Williams 1/2 marathon

Dec 14: Jingle All the way 10k

February 14, 2009: Myrtle Beach marathon? (goal: 3:40!!!)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Finish a 1/2 Ironman before I'm 40 years old

Finish 10 marathons in 4:00 hrs or less by the time I'm 40 years old.

Run the JFK 50-miler

Personal:

Just another single 30-year old Argentine girl living the American dream in Washington DC and trying to run faster. Graduated from Southern Utah University in 2003, then moved to DC. I have a full-time job as research economist for an association in the transportation industry and I'm attempting to get my Master's degree in Economics from Johns Hopkins, part-time, while keeping my sanity!

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Adidas Supernova Sequence Lifetime Miles:						12.00

Thu, Sep 04, 2008

400 m race pace	800 m race pace	1500 m race pace	3 K race pace	5 K race pace	10 K race pace	Lactic Threshold	Aerobic Threshold	Marathon Pace	Base II	Base I	Regeneration	Total Miles
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Biked to work and back; then spent 1.5 hours in the swimming pool. I was going to do mostly jogging, but the pool was EMPTY, which is unheard of, so I felt like I had to use the lanes! I felt tired though, probably because I haven't been eating well. I'm thinking of joining weightwatchers online again - it's worked for me in the past, and since Marion and some other of the wonderful blogger ladies are in it, they may help me stay on track. The blog works so well to motivate me with my exercise, it may work to motivate me with food too!

After the pool I got home, cleaned up, and got to make food for tomorrow's Hill intern reunion - I'm meeting with a bunch of girls who interned on Capitol Hill with me ohhhhh... 5 years ago already, yikes! Should be fun. I made some corn empanadas and attempted to make Cherry Garcia ice cream but wasted 2 cups of cream, 2 eggs, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of milk because something was bad; probably the milk or the cream... i hate waste!

With all the cooking and cleaning I didn't get to bed till 1... so tomorrow will be a forced day off, as I really need the sleep... not really ideal, but it happens.

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Comments

From marion on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 12:09:53

Great water jogging :) You rock!!! Now seriously- from all of the pictures I have seen of you on your other blogs, you have NOT a pound to lose! You are beautiful and FABULOUS! I am DEADLY serious! You are one hot mama!

Sorry about the cherry GarciA! I will have a moment of silence for the downfall of the BEST DESSERT IN THE WORLD!!!!

From marion on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 12:15:05

Ok- I had my husband look at your pics and he says that you do not need to lose anymore weight! He says you can even drink whole milk if you wanted (Napoleon Dynamite). Plus as a side note from me- you'll lose your boobs. Is boobs a family safe word? :D

From Lucia on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 13:41:47

Marion, you crack me up! Thank you for your kind words. I know I'm at a healthy weight and I don't "need" to lose weight. But as you know, the fast chicks are typically a bit on the thinner side. A few pounds less and my legs won't rub together, and my belly and butt won't juggle like jelly so much when I run. Most doctors suggest a healthy weight for my height, 5'7", to be between 125 and 150 lbs or so; I'd like to get it to 130 or 135; that's within that range so I think I'll be OK. And the thing is, I will lose that much naturally just from eating healthier and not over-eating; I don't need to kill myself dieting... but my eating habits can get out of control easily. But yes, I will miss my boobs :)

THANK YOU again for your reassurance though!!!

From Metcalf Running on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 20:49:06

MMMMMM Cherry Garcia :) Sorry not helping, LOL

I know how it feels to "want" to loose a few pounds, but not really "need" to loose, I think it makes it even harder. I have been trying to loose 7-10 pounds like forever LOL!

Lori

From luzylew on Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 17:03:33

You've been really amazing sticking to your stress fracture healing workouts. I'll bet it's been tough, but you are tough! I wanted to tell you, that I found out recently how much taking Amino Acids post work out make me feel. It's been a good discovery for me, since meat is less a part of my diet recently. I thought I'd let you know because, I do think I was 'missing something' and the extra amino's (proteins) have really helped me feel stronger (and calcium). I'm getting old and I can really feel the difference when I change my diet. I hope you're getting all healed up. Keep it up in the pool and on your blog's!

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