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Summer Track Series

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Location:

Tallahassee,FL,United States

Member Since:

Jun 24, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

Mile- 5:27 Breakfast on the Track, August '09

5k- 18:59 (6:07)  Tails and Trails, May '09 (And two more times! GRR!)

8k- 33:08 (6:39) Sweetheart 8k, Feb '11 

10k- 41:38 (6:42) TRBC, March '09

15k- 1:02:46 (6:44) Lake Caroline 15k, Nov '08

Half Marathon- 1:36:58 (7:24) Hoover Dam Half, Oct '09

Marathon- 3:37:16 (8:17) Mississippi Coast Marathon, Nov '08

Short-Term Running Goals:

Help my knees help me.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Personal:

Moving to Knoxville this summer. Hooray for being in a place with a running community!

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
New Balance 903 (Orange) Lifetime Miles:						63.00
Red Flats Lifetime Miles:						44.88
Brooks Salmon Lifetime Miles:						304.65
Brooks Black Lifetime Miles:						131.30
Brooks Baby Blue Lifetime Miles:						116.25
Newtons Lifetime Miles:						0.00

Thu, Jul 16, 2009

Race: Summer Track Series (3.1 Miles) 00:19:20, Place overall: 3

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
1.50	3.10	4.60

I am super happy with this race! I thought I would struggle to run 19:45. My friend Micah came, and we hadn't run with each other since May since I have been traveling so much, but she is getting to be in really good shape. There was also a girl from the FSU track team there. I knew Micah really wanted to beat the other girl, and I decided to just stay with them until I couldn't. That point ended up being around 9 laps in I think. The FSU girl ended up beating Micah by 5 seconds which stinks.

I have 400 splits, but we went out in 6:08 then did something like a 6:11, then I died a little. But this is the hardest I have actually run in a while, and I am really happy with it!

I also won the summer track series, I think I get my award next week!

Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 1.50	Red Flats Miles: 3.10

Comments

From allie on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 22:39:14 from 208.110.151.113

great job kelsey. congrats on the series win!

From Barry on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 22:59:44 from 67.61.238.49

You did awesome again, congratulations!

From montelepsy on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 02:31:54 from 64.203.113.50

I hope the award is proportional to your studliness.

From Snoqualmie on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 22:54:52 from 67.171.56.164

I'm so glad you won the series!!! All that hard work + great talent + a very nice person who deserves good things happening to her!

From Burt on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 15:38:32 from 98.167.151.26

You're the greatest Kelsey! Way to go!

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 21:45:52 from 192.168.1.1

Congratulations on a trustworthy PR. I think you have the speed to run an OTQ in the marathon if you put in the miles.

Right now, the 5 K is a little off, but it is because your mileage is low. Which is why you die in the third mile. Your true 5 K pace is probably around 5:50 per mile. But with mileage 5 K will get where it should, and so will other distances, including the marathon.

From marion on Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 18:29:40 from 71.213.106.139

Kelsey- You are too COOL! That is amazing, to win the series :) YIPPEE!! The RHPC rule the world ;D

From Kelsey on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 16:26:23 from 128.186.154.139

Thanks everyone! I can't wait to see what my prize is, hopefully it is something cool. Or edible. Yum.

And thanks for your input Sasha. I look forward to gradually increasing my mileage going into my next marathon to see what I can do! Hopefully I will get some shorter race PRs along the way.

From Nevels on Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 16:34:53 from 131.204.15.93

I don't know if you're interested, or even if I can help at all, but I have a friend on faculty here in Auburn who is trying to get her third OTQ marathon and wants me to train with her to help with pacing/motivation/etc. She keeps her mileage typically pretty high (usually slightly higher than mine), but I think we're going to start the real hard-core marathon training in December, with the target race being the Grandma's Marathon in June 2010, with a goal time of sub-2:45. I admittedly am not an expert at fast marathoning, but I could let you know what it is that she's doing. Just a thought...

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