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Long Beach International marathon

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2008
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Location:

Nipomo,CA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 31, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Some recent PR's: 5k = 20:36 (2007), 10k = 43:00 (2008), 1/2 Marathon = 1:36:59 (2008).

First and only marathon: Long Beach Marathon, Oct. 12, 2008. Finish time= 3:33:23. BQ!

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run in the 2009 Boston Marathon with a finish time of 3:28:**.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running 5-6 days per week; helping me stay healthy and fit.

 Specific running goals:

10k in 42:** or less.

 And a half marathon in 1:35:00.

Run One marathon per year.

Personal:

I have been running approx. 10 years. I started running in HS for X-Country and track. After high school, I took 1 year completely off and several were just leisurely runs a few times per week. The past two years, I became pretty serious about competeting. I am 24 years old. I am student in a doctoral program in Clinical Psychology. I hope to incorporate mental and physical health as a psychologist (when I finally finish school). 

I Love Running, it keeps me sane!

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Race: Long Beach International marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:33:23, Place overall: 36, Place in age division: 1
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I ran my first full marathon this morning at the Long Beach Marathon. I went out kinda hard because I was worried my legs would peter out in the end. Which my legs did, after mile 21, my goal was just to finish. My legs and feet hurt so bad, I can barely walk right now. But it was all worth it...I feel so accomplished!

I placed first in my division, females 20-24. 36th female overall and 264th with both males and females. My finish time was 3:33:23 (8:09 pace). I qualified for Boston Marathon! There were about 3000 runners in the marathon.

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Nothing... very sore from the marathon.

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Took my dog for short walk this morning and taught a 60 minute yoga class. My IT bands are extremely tight/sore. If anyone reads this and has some tips on marathon recovery, I'd appreciate any insight as Sunday was my first marathon.

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still resting, I'm going for a short run tomorrow morning. I found a recover plan on Hal Higdon's website for the week post-marathon.

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No soreness... ran at 5:45am totally dark.

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Mandatory rest day because of all my graduate classes are Thursday and fridays mornings.

The pictures from my marathon are done from during the race, I look like I was about to die... I didn't feel like I was going to until the end. And lots of the pictures were taken close to the finish line. I'll try post one on here later. 

TGIF!

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Began my run with 4 miles @ tempo, 3 miles about marathon pace, and last mile @ tempo. felt great! But the last 1.5 miles my IT-bands were somewhat sore, I'm guessing still from the marathon.

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