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Location:

Vista,CA,USA

Member Since:

Jan 12, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Official PR in the half... San Diego Half Marathon at Petco Park March 2012 ; 1:48:34 

Full Marathon PR - LA Honda Marathon March, 2012; 3:48:33

3/2012 - 5K PR - 22:20

Short-Term Running Goals:

AZ Rock n' Roll Marathon P.F. Chang, January 20,  2013

Carlsbad Marathon, January 27,  2013 

Mission Gorge 15k Trail Run, February 2013

5K TBA 

LA Marathon, March 2013 ? or.... 

Mountains to Breakers Marathon, May 2013 

Noble Canyon 50K, September 2013? or a 50 miler....

Javelina Jundred, 100 mile, October 2013... I will succeed!!!


 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Someday run a sub 3 hour, 30 min marathon... anything is possible!  My hopes are to continue to steadily improve and surprise a few people ;-)!

100 mile in 2013

 Master's Woman's Bikini contest... yes... I may just do this in the coming year if I can manage to give up beer long enough to cut!

Help to inspire others to get fit and be consistent in their training.....Continue to love running and stay injury free while I rack up the miles....

Personal:

I have been married for almost 20 years.... Dave is the only man that I think that was placed specifically on this earth to tolerate my crazy ways.

I have 2 boys - ages 9 yrs. and 18 yrs. old (senior in high schoold and known on this blog as "Ironman"- they are fabulous kids - I am very blessed!!!

I am an RN and have been for around 12 years.

I lift weights regularly and work abs 2-3 days a week.  I enjoy the beach, like to sing, and love to run!!!

Quit smoking about 4 years ago and couldn't run 1/4 way around a track when I began... started with elliptical and then got into running more seriously.  Cranked up the mileage and intensity when I began training for my first 1/2 marathon.  The rest is history.... or history in the making!?

 

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1 mile warm up..1 mile at 9:13 pace then 1 mile at 7:30 with 1/2 mile recovery X 2, 1/2 mile at 7:03 pace and chickened out on finishing it since I am in taper and not sure if I should be running that fast for too long...finished with a 1/2 mile at 8:49 pace.  This is the first taper of only 2 1/2 weeks.  My others have been typically 4 weeks in length so I am a bit lost at what to do for the remainder of the  time.  I'll wing it just like my other 2 marathons I guess and hope for the best!! 

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Excruciating run on the mill... 4 miles in the afternoon... 3 in the evening.  It was stop and go.  I am tired.  Tired of running... tired of training.  Ya... not happy tonight.  Tired of the darn rain that never seems to stop. I hate the mill...worried about losing conditioning although I have been running slower, I have been keeping some varied incline in hopes that when I run in flat AZ, it will feel easier.  Blah... 

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Felt hard...tired and winded. Getting sick. Darn it. 

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Off.... I have a head cold.

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6 miles sick.... wanted to run.  My body is sore and my legs are achey and heavy.  Got it done. Stopped every mile...sucks to feel like this.  Trying to trust the training that I have done and hope that being sick and running on the treadmill as much as I have had to, won't effect my marathon.  It is what it is.

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I am not doing well.  Very tired, no energy and heavy, fatigued dead legs. I am winded even going up the stairs.  Very nervous about this marathon.  Although the sinus pressure has lessened, I have no gusto.  Any advice? Anyone? Anyone gonna even read this entry?  Sometimes I not only feel completely alone in my training... but feel like I am alone on here too! :-(

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