| 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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Biked to work and back home........... |
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| 45 minutes of pool running, couldn't take any more than that... I was able to get my cardio up to 120, I think.... I'm getting a hold of it the more I do it. I tried to do it without the aqua belt once, like Jeff (I think) does it, but man that was just impossible!!! Then I biked to work and a little more, 45 minutes on the bike and it's windy so the workout wasn't too bad... but considering that the past 2 days I've been eating like a pig (my roommate cooked and she had THREE desserts leftover... THREE DESSERTS!!!)... Then this week is restaurant week here in DC - most of the expensive, fancy restaurants in the city have a fixed menu of three courses for $35... so I went with friends last night to Mie N Yu... sooooo good! As I passed runners on my bike on the way to work this morning I wanted to be them so bad!!! I wanted to scream "I'm one of you! Really, I'm a runner too, don't look at me as if you were better than me!" Hahahah... A friend is going to hook me up with a free 2-week trial for a gym close to work, so hopefully I'll get my heart rate up on the stationary bike soon... Also, I signed up to volunteer for one of the Ragnar relay race teams here in DC - it's September 27, from Cumberland to DC, mostly on the C&O Canal, I think. Should be fun! Happy running! |
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Felt a sore throat this morning as I woke up so decided to sleep instead of going to the swimming pool... Biked to work, biked to my therapist at lunch, biked back to work, biked to the swimming pool, aqua jogged for 45 minutes, biked home.
Countdown to freedom: 54 days. |
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Another sleepless night last night... tonight I'll have to resort to pills... Tylenol PM or something...
Biked to the pool this morning, did a 15-minute breast stroke warm-up, then 30 min aquajogging, then 15 minutes breast stroke. I did a few laps without the aquabelt. Holy cow it is HARD! I can only get to 1/2 the pool length, then float a little and then keep going... I was able to get my heart rate up to 120-130 but that's about it... plan is to join gym this evening - must do more cardio work!
Here is my top 10 inspiring running songs:
1. Eye of the tiger
2. Don't stop believing (Journey)
3. Whole wide world (the monkees)
4. Keep on running from my love (Stevie Wonder)
5. Move along
6. Flashdance (What a feeling)
7. Heart of glass (Blondie)
8. You sexy thing (hot chocolate)
9. Fame!
10: The final countdown (Europe)
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PM: 1-hour bike ride with the Luna girls, prompted by a hint by the beautiful and talented fellow fastrunningblogger Jill, then biked back to the office, showered, and went on a dinner date :) |
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Went on a one-hour bike ride with the Luna girls last night, prompted by a tip by the talented fellow fastrunningblogger Jill - thanks for the tip Jill! Girl's night was great! Got lots of free stuff and a self-defense class. Then came back to the office and after a quick shower I was ready for a dinner date :) I figured since most bloggers are married they may get a kick out of reading about the dating life of a girl living in DC. The one thing that I know now for sure, that took me a long time to figure out, is that my significant other has to be somewhat athletic and/or like the outdoors! The guy I went to dinner with last night, whose nickname is "pink cowboy" because he was jokingly wearing a pink cowboy hat at the barbeque where we met, not only is a runner but he pretty much runs exactly my pace. The food was delicious and we had a great time - one of those nights you wish never ended, with the waiters waiting for you to leave to close the restaurant.
I managed to get up early this morning after not much sleep for one hour in the swimming pool: 15 minutes breast stroke, 30 minutes aqua jogging (including some "intervals" without the aquabelt), then 15 more minutes breast stroke.
After work I'm going on another slow bike ride with my co-worker Diego. He's one of those that I call "social exerciser" - he never does any exercise unless it's with other people. So it feels good to know I'm helping him out be healthier. |
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Fast 9-ish biking miles from home to Ballston, then 1.5 hours slow with my friend Sangeeta - she hasn't biked in a long time but enjoyed herself tons! It's great to have new biking friends - weird thing is, they don't exercise on their own... another "social exerciser". I'm trying to set her up with Diego so they can be work-out buddies... hehehe... shhhhhhhh they don't know it yet.
In the evening I went to a Raven's football game - my very first football game ever, it was fun. But the best part is, after the game they showed the men's swim relay where Phelps and the US swim team won the gold - it was great to watch that in a full stadium and on the big screens. Lots of fun.
Pool jogging and swim lesson tomorrow! |
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