Barb T.

San Francisco Marathon

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Location:

Dallas,Tx,USA

Member Since:

Nov 09, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

San Diego Marathon finisher 2004, 2005

San Francisco Marathon finisher 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Santa Rosa Marathon 2013, 2015

PR Santa Rosa Marathon 2013  4:01:13

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2010 San Francisco Marathon  DONE  4:05:36

2011 Boston Marathon DONE 4:21

2011 San Francisco Marathon DONE

2012 San Francisco Marathon BREAK 4 hour barrier...not quite 4:02:35

2014 Santa Rosa Marathon 4:01:13

2014 Break 4 hour barrier in the Boston Marathon 2014!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for the Boston Marathon

DONE 4:05:36 San Francisco Marathon 2010

Qualify for Boston again (now need 4:10:00) DONE!!!  Ran a 4:01:13 in the Santa Rosa Marathon August 25, 2013!

Break 4 hour barrier... 2015???

Personal:

I'm married to a wonderful Dutch husband and have 2 girls.  I live and work in West Africa and am home in the states every summer and run the San Francisco Marathon.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hoka 1 Lifetime Miles: 16.47
Brooks Ghost Lifetime Miles: 35.21
Race: San Francisco Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:02:35, Place overall: 1944, Place in age division: 18
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.200.000.0026.20

Well, my goal was to break the 4 hour barrier and as you can see I didn't do it.  BUT, I'm not disappointed.  First, it was a PR for me and second, I ran a good race.  I had a plan and I stuck to it.  The last 2 miles played a toll on me and about 500 yards from the finish line I was brushed from behind by a passing runner and I lost my balance and fell.  My legs were so toasty that I tried 4 times to get up and couldn't do it!  I was so close to the end that the barriers were up so no one came to my rescue until 3 guys runners stopped and pulled me up.  I finished after that.  Of course my Garmin had me going the distance of 26.5 miles.  I even did my best to take the shortest cuts along the route.  Half Marathon time was:  1:56:55 (my goal was a 1:56!)

For the curious, here are my splits:

8:55, 8:35, 9:00, 8:39, 8:47, 9:50 (HILL!!!), 8:41, 9:00, 8:48, 8:49, 7:59, 9:08, 9:00, 8:14, 9:05, 9:18, 9:31, 8:52, 9:07, 9:17, 8:31, 9:03, 9:34, 9:50, 9:46, 10:37, (.5 miles 13:15 including fall :-(

So, I have yet to break the 4 hour barrier...NEXT YEAR!!!!

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 26.20
Comments
From Tmck on Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 16:12:33 from 76.27.51.61

Nice PR! Good job on finishing after falling down, hopefully next year you can knock the person down at the finish line as you are passing them :)

From C James on Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 17:31:38 from 74.46.113.106

Nice PR! even with the fall!

From Jackie82 on Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 17:56:34 from 72.91.183.215

You ran well! You are so close to breaking 4 hours!!! You will get there. Awesome job on PR-ing!

From scottkeate on Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 20:04:05 from 71.199.4.146

Congrats on running a great race! A PR is always a good thing.

From Bam on Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 03:10:31 from 213.191.247.221

The fall and the rise of Barb to a PR - an example of courage and the spirit of the marathon. Well done, Barb; you'll break 4 next time...

From Barb on Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 23:16:34 from 75.40.23.2

Thanks Tmck, C James, Jackie, Scott and Bam for your encouraging words! I'm already plotting and planning for the next marathon!

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