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Hobble Creek Half Marathon

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Location:

UT,

Member Since:

Dec 31, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I ran my first marathon as a teenager in 1981 with my Dad (The Coronado Marathon). Since then I've run St, George (3x) Utah Valley (3x) Ogden (1 full, 2 halves) Park City (1 x) Boston Marathon (1x) Washington DC (1x) Moab Half Marathon (6x) ,Ye Old Freedom Festival 5 & 10K (a million x) and many others.

But I'm all done with that now.  I'm officially a jogger.

Short-Term Running Goals:

My running goal is to keep on keepin' on.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Jog into the sunset.

Personal:

I like being outside.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Saucony ProGrid V Lifetime Miles: 479.51
Saucony Ride Lifetime Miles: 841.34
Saucony Tangent Lifetime Miles: 150.93
Saucony Ride Lifetime Miles: 307.50
Race: Hobble Creek Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:48:07, Place overall: 333, Place in age division: 22
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
0.0013.1013.10

Mindy and Catherine picked me up at 5:15 and  we drove frantically in the dark freaked out by the detours and construction.  We found Erin, and loaded the buses with no problem at all.   It was warm by the time we started and a lovely down hill trot for those first 7 miles.  I really let it out on the downhill and gave it a pretty good shot today.  I did have to stop to use the POP at mile 10 and I stopped to drink (at the 3 stations).  But normally my big weakness is the last 2 miles of any race.  Not this race.  I just kept saying to myself:  What if I just keep running?  What if I give it my best?  I'd say it was an 80% effort overall, and certainly toward the end I did push the last half mile.  As proof of my effort, after crossing the finish, I had to hold onto the chain link fence of finisher’s corridor as I dry heaved my way up to the chip takers.  They kept yelling for people to stay in order, but at least 4 people passed me up while I was trying not to hurl in that confined a space.  Of course the first 7 miles was like eating candy-- all down hill.  It sure gave me a leg up when it was time to finish the race.  The run was gorgeous along the creek.  I truly enjoyed around mile 4 when all the excited chatter calms to the quiet, solid sound of feet hitting the pavement.  That's always my favorite part of a race, when people retreat into their minds and it's just the runners, and their pure mental tenacity working their way through the miles.  I passed a lot of people in this race, so I got a lot of encouraging comments from other runners "that-a-girl" "hey, no passing!"  "Keep it up" "looking strong".  I loved the encouragement; particularly because I was trying and it was working.  I had a little trouble through mile 12, but like I said really picked it up to finish strong. The clock said 1:50 at the finish line, but I was one of the LAST people to go across the start.  Finished about 3 minutes behind Cath who said we were 2-3 minutes behind the gun. So my guess is my time was 1:47/48.  I'll turn this into a race report once the final numbers are in.  After the race, Catherine go really sick (hyponeutremia). Her electrolytes get freaky.  So we were by the ambulance for a bit with the oxygen and Gatorade. But I think she'll be ok....she does this almost every race and seems to bounce back in a few hours.  In spite of Catherine's slow recovery, I got to say see many my running friends.  Didn't recognize Leandra until she'd passed me after the finish!  Chatted with Kellie (who's on fasciitis duty)(good girl for not running).  Saw my good pals Marisa and Dave, who did awesome (in the 1:35 range), chatted a bit with MaryAnn, and best of all saw Josse and her Mama (and of course Josse's kids and sis Erika).   It's funny, I was really regretting having signed up and paid for this race even as late as yesterday afternoon.  I always regret paying money for a 13 mile run you can map out and do on you own for free.  But you just never know what shared experiences await if you just get out there.  Of course, post-race endorphins are pretty awesome too. Spits are as follows: 8:26/7:45/7:51/7:37/7:46/7:39/8:13/8:26/8:35/8:54/8:32/8:46/8:29

Saucony Ride Miles: 13.10
Comments
From josse on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 14:21:34 from 75.216.139.156

Great job you ran awesome!! I am so dang proud of you. Hope to chat soon:)

From LuzyLew on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 14:28:53 from 69.169.165.206

It was so good to see you and your whole family. I just think you're all so amazing. You know Josse, while I'm trying to run hard, I always think to myself....Josse would just say I Can,Can,Can. So I closed my eyes when it got a little tough and just said "I have it in me...I can!"

From Kelli on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 16:40:53 from 71.219.64.200

I was so happy to see you flying by at the end. You looked very strong so I am glad to hear that you had a great race and that you were feeling every bit as great as you looked!! I love this half marathon, so I would pay for it for the experience as well.

I hope your friend is doing okay, that is scary! (Is that what my husband has issues with, when the sodium and potassium levels get really low?)

I also love when the race gets quiet and everyone gets serious and the crowds thin out. It is truly an awesome experience.

Thanks for the well wishes and advice, I think I may go in and get that darn shot. This is beyond frustrating, I have lost 6+ weeks of training and running and fat burning.

From josse on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 17:58:30 from 70.192.161.135

Good, i am glad I can be of help:) I was trying to tell myself that.

From kellies on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 18:09:12 from 67.222.231.10

Hey Luz, I love the race report!! There is nothing better than feeling good, strong and loving a race!! I could sense that in your post! Very nice work today. I am happy that you came out and succeeded!! Keep up all of the good work!

From Maurine/Tarzan on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 18:34:16 from 97.117.63.224

Love your reports as always, Luz. I think I might sign up for this race next year (and take a break from Park City).

Sounds like you are on track for being ready for St George.

From marion on Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 21:07:32 from 71.213.121.129

LUZ!!!!! Hi-ya!!! I am so glad that today was a good one :) Your reports and blog entries have made running magic for me :) I hope you know what a gift you are to us all :)

Love Love love :)

From Leandra on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 02:34:28 from 76.27.82.55

Luzy! good to see you and don't worry about not recognizing me at first. I was so disoriented right after and would have done the same thing. You are such a strong runner and you're splits look great! What a strong finish! oh and you're right it was such a beautiful course up through the canyon.

From Snoqualmie on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 09:31:29 from 24.18.192.33

Nice finish time! Congratulations!

From RAD on Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 21:56:06 from 76.27.12.70

Nice Job Luz!! Sounds like a fun race...although very HOT! As always loved reading your report - THANKS!!

From Smooth on Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 19:14:31 from 71.36.70.24

NICELY DONE Luzy!!! Sounds like you made the right last minute decision to run this. I have never run Hobble b/c it's the same day as PC. One of these days, I will have to give it a try. Sounds like a popular half. CONGRATS on the fast time!!!!

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