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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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Nike Pegasus 26 Miles: 28.30
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5 miles EZ at 9:21 per mile pace... felt harder because of the humidity... 

Nike Pegasus 26 Miles: 5.00
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Starting to feel like my old self... getting a little speed back in these legs, but I really do need to do something about my foot.  This plantar fasciitis is starting to hurt if I stand on my feet too long.  That's gonna be an issue, especially if I go back to working as a nurse in a hospital setting... totally hurts!!!!

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4 miler on the El Cid Golf course.... real pretty run and ran around an 8:20-8:30 pace.... then my garmin malfunctioned....WTH!! 

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REST today... flying back to the states!!

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1 mile warm up, then 2 miles at 8:13 pace, the rest at 8:00 min/mile pace on the treadmill.  It is hot in Arizona!!  115 degrees!!  I am back in the USA and have had so much going on.  There is so much for me to do, but running keeps me focussed.  Spent most of the day unpacking, hanging clothes and running around to stores to get things that I have either missed (like baked beans and beef jerky) or buying things that we have been needing and couldn't find in Mazatlan.  It's good to be back.  Strange though.

Nike Pegasus 26 Miles: 7.30
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4 treadmill miles... I am a bit sore today so kept the pace between a 9:05-9:13 min per mile.  I have started back with doing weighted squats while my mileage is still a bit on the low side.  Hoping to gain some strength in my quads to help prepare for the downhill of TOU. 

Nike Pegasus 26 Miles: 4.00
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Well, had all the intentions of doing my long run this morning.  Went to bed early, got up early and felt ok.  Decided to hit the track.  No sooner did I start the run, my legs just felt heavy, tired and I had that burning sensation.  Decided to go home and rest for the day and try again tomorrow.  I am taking a different approach to this marathon in September.  Gonna listen to my body and not force myself to do the mileage.  I need quality... not necessarily quantity resulting in empty miles that really isn't gonna give me any improvements.  Improvement comes as we recover....I need to let my body do that.

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