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Strawberry Days 5K

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Location:

Provo,UT,USA

Member Since:

May 06, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

5K: 21:01, 9/11/2010

10K: 43:49, 7/24/2010

15K: 1:21:00, 5/22/2010

Half-marathon: 1:41:41, 8/28/2010

Short-Term Running Goals:

Now that I'm (almost for sure) done having all the babies, I'm working on building consistency and seeing how fast I can get in my old age. ;)

Long-Term Running Goals:

I'd like to be a healthy and relatively injury-free runner for the rest of my life.  

Personal:

I'm married to Eric (Faceless Ghost on the blog) and we have very active daughters and one dog. I have a PhD in sociology and demography, and I'm incredibly grateful to have work that is meaningful and that builds on my academic experience. I run because it makes me feel strong and it helps to keep the crazy away (there is a long history of abuse and mental illness in my extended family).

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Brooks Cascadia Lifetime Miles: 73.39
Saucony Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 372.79
Girly Altra Lifetime Miles: 366.08
Kinvara 3 Lifetime Miles: 175.92
NB Orange Lifetime Miles: 13.50
Race: Strawberry Days 5K (3.1 Miles) 00:22:09, Place overall: 2, Place in age division: 1
Total Distance
6.10

A coworker said he and his son were probably going to run the Strawberry Days 5K, and Eric and I needed to be in Provo (anyone know of anyone who wants to rent an apartment near BYU to two responsible adults and their non-shedding, non-puppy 10-pound dog?) later that day, so it seemed like it'd be a fun race to run and I was curious to see if I'd be much faster than my 5K in January. 

At the beginning of the race I did my usual those-people-look-more-fit-than-me-so-they're-probably-going-to-beat-me thing (which is hardly ever accurate...like at the Sapper Joe 15K when tons of people who I thought I could have beat passed me hiking up the hills...oh, and they were doing the 30K...), and Eric reminded me that I was just racing against myself.

Then the crazy machine gun/shotgun thing went off, and I started running and felt super hungry. But I knew I could do at least one mile just under 7 minutes, so I tried to do that. Then I tried to see if I could keep the second mile under 7 minutes, and I could. Then I got tired. I knew I was the second woman (it was an out-and-back), but I knew that the first woman was in a completely different league running-wise, and I figured that anyone who passed me deserved to be ahead of me. Only a few guys passed me, though, so when I crossed the finish line I was still the second woman. That was fun. So was seeing super-supportive Eric with his big smile.

Afterward Eric and I went over and met the woman winner and took a picture with her. It turns out she's a fastrunningblog-er too (Allie), but we didn't know it until looking at today's race reports.

Splits: 6:58, 6:59, 7:34, 6:55 (0.10)


Brooks Launch Miles: 6.10
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Scott Wesemann on Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 01:42:01 from 75.165.252.204

Congrats on your time and race. It sounds like you had a great time.

From Faceless Ghost on Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 02:12:30 from 67.169.248.86

Way to go! I'm so proud of you, and I'm glad I got to be there.

From allie on Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 08:43:50 from 174.23.194.233

nice job! i was actually wondering if that was you after i saw your name on the results and read eric's entry. it was nice meeting you as well! haha. funny that you mentioned the crazy machine gun start as well. it seriously scared me! well done on the race and congrats on the PR.

From Bonnie on Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 09:39:57 from 64.119.33.134

Wonderful race!!! How funny that you and Allie did not know it was the other!

It really looks like the only thing that came between you and a 21:XX race today was your concentration between 2 and 3 - it sounds like if you had said, "one more mile at sub 7" you might have been able to do it!

Good job, and good luck apartment hunting.

From JulieC on Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 20:49:20 from 207.224.205.102

Congrats!! Machine guns? Oh my. What next? Way to go!!

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