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Location:

Indian Harbour Beach,FL,

Member Since:

Mar 05, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

 

I owe my PRs to the friendship, support and expert tips I've found here on Fast Running Blog!

PRs

5K  24:25 ('07 Run for Kids)  24:12 ('08 Spring Into Summer 5K, FL)

10K 52:34 ('07 Spectrum) 49:30 ('08 Spectrum )

Half Marathon 1:59:47 (Hurricane '07) 1:53:42 ('08 Painter's)

20 Miler 3:00:48 (The Trails River Run Sept. '08)

Marathon 4:00:54 (St. George Marathon '07, 1st marathon- yah!)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Following Hal Higdon's Novice 2 Half Marathon Training Plan for Space Coast Half Marathon Dec.1, 2013

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep it in balance.  

 

Personal:

Blessed to be LDS. Married to world's greatest guy for over 16 yrs w/ 2 amazing kids. Busy being a mom to 2 active teens (a very equestrian minded daughter & a soccer obsessed son). Mental Health Counselor by training.  Loving Life at the Beach. Running to eat & fit in my jeans. 

I'm much more active on Facebook- find me there Christi Lovelace Dieckman

 

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5.500.000.000.000.005.50

5.5 "easy" miles.  Well, easy for the gals I was running with, not so easy for me! It was a good challenge though and I felt great for getting up early & getting the miles in with the speedy gals.  I was good & got in bed at 9:30 last night.  Tonight I'm up a little later, but still hitting the sack before 10pm.  Not bad.  Yesterday I turned in my registration for Saturday's 20 miler. No diet coke since Friday.  Did pretty good on the diet until 8pm when all the junk food in the house starting calling to me, caved a bit : froz yogurt (not so bad)  and chocolate donut (really bad). Tomorrow am abs & arms and possibly 3 miles.

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went to abs & arms class, so good! saw theresa t. there and she dragged me out for 4 miles after class - good to have motivated friends!

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Took my new Mizunos out for a spin to make sure they won't give me blisters or any surprises on race day tomorrow.  No problems, but I'm still nervous that something might crop up over 20 miles.  I've ran in this style of shoe before, but wore some Asics in the interim.  SO- we'll just have to see...

20 mile Trail Run tomorrow.  I'm not "racing" this.  I signed up so I would commit myself to at least 1 decent 20 miler during marathon training.  Up 'til now the longest I've gone this season is 18.  I felt really good on that 18 miler, but then crashed at mile 14 the week after on my long run.  So tomorrow is a mystery.  I'm trying to go into it mentally strong and want to use this as a gauging run to see where I'm at, and at what pace my body feels comfortably challenged.  A 2:50 would be nice tomorrow, then a BQ will seem more attainable this year at SGM, but I'm expecting more of a 2:55-3:00 tomorrow. 

I plan on eating really clean today and getting in bed early tonight!

 

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Race: The Trails 20 Miler (20 Miles) 03:00:48, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.005.0015.100.000.0020.10

I wasn't sure what category to log my miles in (threshold, etc) But basically about 5 of the miles were marathon pace and the rest were challenging, but not as fast.

SO- Basically, after running this I feel more prepared for SGM and excited for SGM! I did not make my ambitious goal of keeping 8:35 pace, but the race was much more hilly than I expected so I'm not too disappointed with 9 minute miles.  Last year I ran SGM with 9:11 av. pace and I'm confident that I will keep under 9 minutes miles at SGM this year thanks to all the downhill.  How close I can keep to 8:30s to get a BQ time still remains to be seen.

It was a rushed morning.  Started with my Garmin not working- urggghhh! I charged it yesterday so it would be all ready for this morning.  When I went to take it off the charger it was blank and would not turn on. (Of course after I got home from the race it was working?!) So I printed out a pace band and grabbed a digital watch- not the ideal pacing systerm. I picked up my friend Lenae and I made it on the bus with 5 min. to spare. Started with the Sole Sister gang. We all got spread out with Theresa P. & Tina finishing first for our group, Theresa T. & I finishing next, then Conaday, then Stephanie & Shelly.   I felt really good on the downhills and uphills were a struggle.  Downhills and flats I was between 7:10-8:30, but the uphills squashed my overall pace.  Don't have my splits unfortunately due to the Garmin issue.

The course was beautiful!! Wish I had a little camera in my pocket.  We passed a nice little pond and some horses up on a cliff- both would have made spectacular postcards.

The race was pretty well organized.  My only complaint was that there were only 2 porta potties at the start!! But the aid stations were every 3 miles and were well stocked and I saw at least 3 porta potties along the way.

I feel really good, no injuries as far as I can tell.  Not even too sore- EXCEPT for my toes- darn it!! I have about 5 sore toes, I'll probably lose at least 2 toenails.  Thank goodness for nail polish.

My only other whaaa- beside the garmin & toes is that I'm SICK OF 4TH PLACE!!! At least 3 of my friends who came in AFTER me placed! I wasn't out there to place today, but I was kinda bummed when my friends placed in age groups under & above mine and I didn't.  Those 35-40 yr. olds in my division are unstoppable obviously! Ah well. I really didn't train to deserve a AD award anyway.  A big CONGRATS to our very own bloggies, Marcie & Dustin for their 1st Place Accomplishments- whooo-hoooo!!!

SO- if you're still reading this ramble- mission accomplished.  Didn't hit the wall, feel more prepared for SGM and am encouraged that I can at least PR at SGM this year even if I don't pull off a BQ.

Happy Running & Racing bloggies!

 

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4 easy miles with the gang.  Felt too short, probably should've gone longer.  My right quad was a little sore, but otherwise body felt pretty good for running the 20 miler last Sat.  Made some plans for a 10 miler with Sheila on Friday.  Will be in Lake Powell all next week.   Will run tomorrow, thurs & fri.

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3.750.000.000.000.003.75

Abs & arms class then 3.75 mi (some hill repeats) My right foot is sore.  Better keep an eye on it.

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Holy Cow! I'm back from Lake Powell, it was a GREAT vacation!!! www.CarpeDiem95.blogspot.com if you want to see slideshow from the trip. 

I can't believe SGM is 12 days away! I feel really out of touch with it this year.  I think that's mostly because I've relied so much on my friend Heather to train & run the races with me.  Now that she's pregnant, I'm on my own except for occasional runs with the Sole Sisters.  This morning I just couldn't pull myself out of bed.  Its like I'm mentally OVER the marathon already.  BUT- since I'm blogging I hope someone reads this who will hold me accountable: I'm going to meet the Sole Sistas early tomorrow morning to see if my body can still run.  HOLD ME TO IT! After a couple of runs this week I'll re-access my final SGM goals.   At this point I'm ready for it to be over and to enjoy some shorter races this fall & winter.

Good luck all you other bloggies who are on the final marathon push!

 

 

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4.5 on treadmill after work.  Expected my legs to feel fresher after all the time off, but they didn't.  At least my arch pain is gone- that is a very good thing! It took me almost 3 miles to warm up, then I started scooting along pretty well.  My speed is not up to par.  I'll really be relying on those downhills to help me out with my speed come race day!

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Nice solo run this morning, watching the sun come up.  Started to feel the old runner in me coming back.  Still took 2-3 miles to warm up.  Over all pace about 9:30, not great- but that's as good as its going to get at this point so close to the marathon. Did have a little arch pain afterwards, looks like I'll be doping with ibuprofen pre-race.  Here's the marathon goals:

Ambitious Gold- 3:45:XX (BQ)

Attainable Silver- 3:52:XX

Acceptable Bronze- anything under 4:00, last years SGM's time

Getting excited, esp. to see FRB friends, go to expo and get 'er done! Hope the weather is as delightful as it was last year.  Its a treat to have such a great marathon in my own backyard, I'll try to enjoy every second of it!

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last of the marathon course with heather.  really nice run & great conversation.  fun to catch up with heather since we haven't run together in awhile. the last 2 miles of the marathon were a mental killer for me last year so it was nice to run that in preparation. 

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Nice & easy run/ walk with Heather.  Took us 50 min. to go 4.5.  Wowzers... Nice conversation though and miles are miles on taper week- right?  BTW- I will be wearing a white "sole sisters" tank (with black writing on it) on race day and probably teal blue shorts.  Hope to come in just under 4 hrs.  I'm currently traveling for work in Richfield and won't get home until Friday afternoon in the nic' of time for the expo and blogger party.  Hope to get in 1-2 easy runs in the next couple days here either on hotel dreadmill or around town.  Good luck with race prep to all you racers!

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