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The Woodlands Marathon (4:15 pacer)

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Location:

TX,

Member Since:

Jan 19, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

I have completed 27 marathons. 

Utah Valley Marathon 2013: PR 3:16:20, 1st division.

Running With the Bulls 5k 2011: 20:02, 1st place

Race For The Cure 10k, San Antonio 2013: 42:47, 2nd overall

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a sub 3:20 @ Air Force Marathon 2015.

Sub 20 min 5k

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a 3(ish) hour marathon before I am 40. 

 

 

 

Personal:

1.  God

2.  Family 

3.  Running

Mother. Wife. Runner.  I chase stroller on the border of Mexico. 

Now is the time to run the race of your life!  Elaine Dalton  

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Nike Lunar Racer Lifetime Miles: 40.70
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Boston Blues Lifetime Miles: 146.00
Race: The Woodlands Marathon (4:15 pacer) (26.06 Miles) 04:14:06
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
26.060.0026.06

I have wanted to do The Woodlands Marathon since I have lived in Texas.  Because of logistics and the fact that I live so far from civilization, I have not done this race.  I saw someone post that they were in need of pacers and I bit the bullet.  If they were at least paying for my entry, that would help me get there.  

David has been out of town for about a month now and my mom said she would come and watch Naomi during the race.  We made a huge trip out of the weekend.  I wanted to go to Waco to see the Magnolia Market (from HGTV, Fixer Upper).  We left a day early to stay at a Bed and Breakfast and add two and half more hours of driving to the already 5 and a half hour road trip.  I live so far away from anything I have to drive at least three hours.  Anyway, long story short, the Market was not worth the extra time and I drove HOURS this weekend.  I am looking forward to leaving this place in 2 months!!! yipppppppeeeee

Race details:  Great race and I absolutely LOVED pacing this event.  I would not have enjoyed racing this marathon- pretty darn difficult.  Lots of rolling hills.  It did get pretty warm out on the course but I didn't really notice because I wasn't going fast.  The course was beautiful, winding through streets of trees.  

I had fun pacing with Stephen, we would crack jokes and we tried to keep the pace consistent.  He was pretty easy to pace with and communicate where we were with time.  We were always ahead by a minute and we would walk through the aid stations.  We had one runner with us and she stuck it out.  She finished with a 4:13, which was a PR for her.  It was fun talking her through the last miles while she kept strong.  It's fun to see as a pacer how people really fall apart at the end of the race and you feel really good.  It reminded me of what I do in marathon when I am trying to give it my all.

We finished with a little less than a minute to spare but we ran under the clock when it read exactly 4:15.  People sure liked that and were impressed with our timing.  hahaha.

My friend Brittany I coached and trained with ran a 3:40.  I was super impressed.  This was her first marathon and by no means was it an easy one.  She said she felt great the entire time.  I knew she would do well.  I was just happy things went her way and she ran her best.  Beautiful day to see her accomplish an amazing feat.

Neon Trees Miles: 26.06
Weight: 0.00Calories: 0.00
Comments
From josse on Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 17:57:59 from 174.52.140.157

Fun times! Where are you moving to?

From jtshad on Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 09:25:41 from 141.221.191.225

Great job pacing, right on target. Good job helping the runner get the PR.

Hope you like where you are headed next.

From Burt on Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 15:48:14 from 174.17.240.43

You're moving? I guess I shouldn't ask you and David to be on my Texas Ragnar team. :(

From allie on Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 16:15:28 from 24.99.46.55

nice job with the pacing, and congrats to your friend. i'm glad you were able to make the trip. i really love the woodlands -- one of the friendliest races and places i've ever been.

From butlerbrunning on Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 16:09:25 from 104.52.197.67

Great job pacing...this was my first Woodlands too. What did you get distance wise on the race?

From Bec on Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 18:55:40 from 70.115.197.197

I didn't know people still read my blog!

Josse, we're moving to San Antonio and then Missouri in the fall. We're soooo ready for a change.

JTShad- Thank you! I love pacing and it gives me time to relax and not have to worry about racing.

Burt- When are you running Texas Ragnar?? We will still be here until the fall.

Allie- I keep smacking myself because I never did this race when you did! It sure was a great one!

Butler- I need to read your race report. We got 26.06, what about you? Super short. I have never ran a marathon so short and I don't know if you can call it fair?

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