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Bud E. Bee Boo Run

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Location:

Glen Rose,TX,USA

Member Since:

Nov 26, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

SGM 2009 3:29:18

HobbleCreek 2009  1:39:23

FWRC 15 K 2011 1:15:32

DesNews 10K 2009 44:19

Fireman's Fund 5K 2012  21:41

5 Marathons, including Boston 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

Have fun and enjoy running.  Work on my fear of racing and learn to enjoy this "season of chaos" that is currently my life.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue running and living an active life

Personal:

 

"If you take care of the little things, the big things take care of themselves." - Bill Jacobsen

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Purple Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 315.03
Raspberry Mizuno 18 Lifetime Miles: 105.90
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
15.0016.1031.10
Pink Mizuno Miles: 12.00
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
5.003.008.00

Wendy and I met at the TCU track to run 4x1000.    All I can say is the TCU track is so much nicer, even in the dark, than the CMS track we have been running on.   Plus they have bathrooms, enough said.   We warmed up for a mile on the road and then got started.   Neither one of us was sure on pacing and struggled hitting the 4:16 target.   Splits:

4:27, 4:25, 4:26, 4:27

I felt controlled the entire time which is good, but could't ever get it in gear.   

Cooled down by running the loop twice to total 8 miles.

Pink Mizuno Miles: 8.00
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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
6.000.006.00

6 easy miles with Jenny K

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
4.000.004.00

4 easy miles with Jenny K

Pink Mizuno Miles: 4.00
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Race: Bud E. Bee Boo Run (13.1 Miles) 01:48:28, Place overall: 1
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.0013.1013.10

Not a great start to a race morning - Volleyball team breakfast driving and rounding up teenage girls.   So we ended up leaving for the race late.   On the way, I realized I left my Garmin home, so I would be running by feel the entire time.  If you know me, you know I have no sense of pace...what-so-ever.

Goal:   Stay mentailly strong and do not give up

Jenny and I got to the start about 30 min early and chatted with a few people and really tried to stay warm and debated leaving our long sleeves or not.

We lined up and started out on the trail.  The course for this race takes you on another part of the trail system that I have never run, which was very nice since we seem to run the same 10-12 miles all the time.    I fell in quite a ways behind the lead pack and started out as the 4th girl.    I passed the 3rd girl about .5 mile in and then was 3rd until about mile 6.  I really did not want to pass the two lead girls that early on, but they were slowing and I was feeling good.   Passed the girl dressed as Wonder Women and then the lead lady about 2 min. later.  I could tell the lead lady was struggling, so if I could run strong and stay focused, I would be good.   The out portion of the race always takes longer then the return,  and while I like the trail system, the up and down on the levees drives me crazy.   Short steep climbs 3-4 times each way, plus some normal idoliations of up and down on the course.   I continued to feel pretty good until we turned for the last two miles and hit a wall of wind.   These last two mile were hard, very hard.   I just kept focused on running and trying to push as much as possible.    I had no idea what my time was, but based on effort I felt like I would have been faster than 1:48, but I will take it.  I ran strong and didn't give up. 

 

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Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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Pink Mizuno Miles: 12.00
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