| 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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Nada. Rested. Relaxed. Did nothing at all. Saying goodbye to these metal braces that have been with me for 6 freaking weeks and are finally coming off tomorrow!
GOOD BYE BRACES!!!! I WON'T MISS YOU!!!! |
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| Go away, winter blues... |
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Go away, winter blues...
Couldn't get out of bed... finally did, but didn't feel like biking home. Sad, because it's not too cold out - I know there'll be colder days in the near future and I should take advantage of those days that aren't so cold.
After work I "ran" home.... Two miles into the run my right shin was killing me. The shin felt really tight, and I felt like crying. I was in the exact same place exactly a year ago. My shin was hurting, so I went to the doc, then I kept running on it, and it was better, then worse, then better, then worse, then my stress fracture was discovered. I know the date because it was just before the Gar Williams 1/2 marathon. Last year I ran the half and felt alright, but maybe this year I shouldn't. It's not the leg that had the stress fracture, and I can run on it, but I really want to know what's the deal. I need to make an appointment with a specialist and get a deep stride evaluation to find out what I'm doing with the right leg that causes these issues. My friend also suggested I wear tights even when the weather is not too cold. That may be a good idea - I tend to try to be tough and run on shorts unless it's super cold out, and my friend suggested my muscles need to stay warm throughout the run. So I'll try that and see if it helps. At this point though, I don't think it'd be a good idea to run the half on Saturday.
The other thing that I'm fighting against is negative vibes all around... my co-worker going through a separation is sad all the time... I try to be a good friend and support him cause I went through the same thing at his age, which brings me back memories of how tough it was for me too. It makes me so sad! And my roommate who was on travel for the past 3 months is back in town - she is so negative about everything all the time, it's really depressing! She is always complaining about TV shows, that they're not realistic or that medically that's impossible (she's a doctor) or who dresses that way in real life... it's a TV show for crying out loud!!! If you don't like it don't watch it! One thing is to make comments here and there but to yell at the TV about everything all the time is soooo annoying! Then she was looking for a book to read, so I went to my room and brought 10 books that I thought she may like. She yelled at me saying how could I bring those books that were so "heavy" and sad and they would make her feel all emotional on the plane! I had brought her "Desert Solitaire", "White Fang" and some other stuff... I had good intentions, if she didn't like my choices she could've just said "Thanks but these are not my type of books" !!! She honestly worries me, she has such a sarcastic view of the world... And she has been told by nurses that work with her that she needs to learn to deal with her patients better and try to simpathyse with them instead of coldly say "Of course you're sick, you're 100 lbs overweight and you never exercise!"... Anyway, she's gone for 3 months again the first week of January so I shouldn't complain... but it's tough being around people that are either negative for no reason or that are depressed for a good reason, and remaining positive. I'm trying. |
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Attempted to run to work - wasn't happening. Right shin hurt a lot, and left shin started hurting again. So I ran to the metro stop, and metroed to work.
This is my official withdrawal from any attempt to run Boston in 2009. 2010 sounds better anyway. And the blogger girls will need a cheerleader!
What's the plan? Run shorter distances for now, cross-train lots, bike lots, do strength training, get a stride evaluation to figure out if I'm doing anything wrong and try to correct it. Run a Fall marathon in 2009 to qualify for Boston 2010.
Patience!
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I just scheduled a complete running assessment at a local PT clinic for next Tuesday - I'm hoping they will be able to help me, and the $100 charge seems reasonable... Yaaaay!
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The White House Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was happening, so they let us go early to avoid traffic - I was able to hit the gym for 45 minutes before going out on a hot date :) Did the bike for 15 minutes, elliptical for 15 minutes, and weights/abs for 15 minutes. |
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Yes, it was me - that crazy runner girl wearing shorts and a tank top to run a bit more than half a mile to the gym, work out, and run back to the office in 30 degree weather and windy and cold and dark... talk about a way to get noticed! I had two options. One, walk to the gym on my work clothes, which would've taken me about 20 minutes, change there, shower there, and walk back to the office. Two, run to the gym, work out, and run back, shower in the office where it's nice and clean, get changed, and head out to my friend's house. I chose option 2 and survived!
Did 30 min on the elliptical, 20 min on stationary bike, and 15 min on the machines.
Does anyone know which bike type is better? I feel like the ones that make you be more vertical, with the regular bike seat, are probably a better workout than the ones with the wider seat where you're more sitting down horizontally... any ideas? |
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| No exercise - woke up too late and walked to the Natural History Museum to meet a friend and check out the butterflies exhibit - it is so cool! You go into this room that feels like the tropics, full of flowers and plants, and all the colorful butterflies flie all around you and you can see them really close. Of course kids love it, and since I'm a big kid I loved it too! Walked about 4 miles, leisurely. Better than nothing! |
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