Auntie Em Goes Running

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Member Since:

Jun 03, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

MacDash Duathlon, Sept. 10, 2011. 1:29:48. Second woman overall, third racer overall, and first in AG.

Mt. Ranier Duathlon, May 1, 2011. 3:05:00, 1st in age group. 5.1 mile run, 28 mile bike ride, 3.78 mile run.

5K: Fun With the Fuzz, April 23, 2011. 21:59, 1st in age group.

Marathon: Paris, April 10, 2011. 4:05:24.

1/2 marathon: Geoduck Gallop, February 2011. 1:42:23, 1st in age group.

Waterfront 15K (September 2010), 1:14:43. 3rd in AG.

Lake Padden Duathlon (July 2010), 1:36:something. 1st in AG .

10K: Smelt Run, La Conner (2010) 47:14. 2nd in AG.

I have fun every time I run, and have recently overcome the "I can't go fast anymore" hurdle. I'm having fun going faster and working towards becoming even faster.

I have raised two running children, one competitive and one not.

I have learned to run in ice and snow and I don't complain.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Work towards a faster marathon by Spring 2012.

Get my 5K down to 21:30.

Place in my division at duathlon and triathlon.

Train for biathlon.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Joining Forrest Gump

Personal:

I'm a 52 year old mom of two ex homeschooled teenagers. They both think I'm nuts.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Bike Shoes Lifetime Miles:						2225.45
Pearl Izumi Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles:						139.33
Marathon Shoe Lifetime Miles:						244.33
Blue Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles:						223.68
Mean Green Shoe Lifetime Miles:						318.72
Blue Kinvaras Lifetime Miles:						207.12
Brooks Defyance Lifetime Miles:						361.34
New Kinvara Lifetime Miles:						275.90
Hattoris Lifetime Miles:						41.29
Addidas Lifetime Miles:						168.97
Nike Vortex Shoe Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Orange Newton Lifetime Miles:						36.20

Mon, Oct 12, 2009

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Enjoying my day off, but I'm antsy to run! Maybe tomorrow.

I feel so stupid for inaccurately reporting my marathon time, although it looks pretty good! Do you think I can get voted off the blog for that? My time was 4:18, something, not 1:18! During the last 5 miles, while I was just sort of 12:30 miling it along, having a great time, I met some really interesting people. I met these two guys who were on their seventh day of doing the full marathon course. They were running for some charity, and the actual race day was their last one! They were in pretty good spirits, but were out of fuel sources, so I gave them a couple of GUs, and walked/ran along with them for awhile. They were amazing! I think I already mentioned that I helped a guy with his calf muscle! He thought I was the EMT at first, and wondered how I found him. He had a knot the size of a baseball in his right calf. He was able to stand and walk when I left him. It was his first marathon. Then there were the many strange assortments of people cheering us on. At one point, a really trashed car was parked, with "You Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog" blaring out of it, and a bunch of people dancing. I was walking at the time, but I picked it up into a sort of solo dance, kicked into a sprint, and got a lot of cheers!

So, those are some happy memories of this one! I hope that next time I'll be running to hard at the end to enjoy it in quite the same way, but it sure was fun to take in all the sights.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 18:57:07 from 24.8.167.243

I wish I could have seen your dance. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.

BTW, you can go back into your race report entry and correct your time if you want to.

From JD on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 18:59:26 from 209.183.32.43

Those guys are nuts! (The ones doing 7 marathons in 7 days). That is so funny the someone thought you were an official EMT "How did you find me!" Marathons rule!

As far as far as your posted time, typo's are an integral part of the internet age. You should be able to go to your workout calendar and click "Edit" on the day you raced and change the time from there...I think...

From auntieem on Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 22:15:33 from 67.182.145.8

OK, I fixed it.

From april27 on Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 20:43:03 from 99.188.251.180

I'm so glad this experience was a good one! You are making me feel so pumped and excited about my first!

From auntieem on Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 21:05:49 from 67.182.145.8

That's good, April! I am glad I'm not scaring you to death about your first.

From Snoqualmie on Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 13:12:46 from 24.18.192.33

" He thought I was the EMT at first, and wondered how I found him. " LOL! See? I told you that you are the best nurse I've ever met!

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