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SARR Endurance 1/2 Marathon

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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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6 miles with the Mr.  Really beautiful out.

 

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Stair climbed for an hour and it about killed me.  

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10 miles at McCalister Park.   By mile five, I was lost. All I was running in was more and more trees and I felt like I was running in a bunch of circles.  At mile five I saw a man walking in the woods and I got a little suspicious because well, he was the only man I had seen.  I was looking over at him and I tripped, flew through the air and landed on my leg side.  I was actually ok and I wasn't scraped up.   The man was nice and asked me if I was okay, how embarrassing!  I started running and my right bum cheek REALLY hurt, but I just kept running.  

I ran and got lost a few more times and by mile 7, I finally figured out where I was.  This run kind of took a toll on me because I couldn't figure out where I was and it was all on trails.  By the time I saw my car, I was at 10.  Thank the heavens!!!!  

Hours later I really did do something to my hip.  :(  Pretty sure I pulled something in there.  About two years ago I did the same thing when I tumbled down Sunny Side Avenue in Salt Lake.  I am just hoping it heals up really quick.  I have a half marathon on Saturday.  :( 

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Race: SARR Endurance 1/2 Marathon (13.4 Miles) 01:40:10, Place overall: 3, Place in age division: 1
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San Antonio Road Runner's put on a race called the Endurathon up in the Hill Country of San Antonio.  It's crazy that we live in a city but a 30 min drive puts you out in the country.  

David and I didn't know what to expect from the race so we toed the line and gave each other a kiss.  Gun went and we were off.  The crowd seemed to be 300-400 people, not a bad size at all.  Mile 1 and 2 I hit below 7 minutes.  I knew I was going out way too fast and I was playing tag with a gal that was in front of me for about three miles.  

Mile five the hills started rolling, and I mean rolling.  Here on out I counted an average of 3-5 hills per mile.  It was nice to recover on the little pieces of downhill we got but it was major challenge.  By mile five, I just set my pace behind tag girl and let her dictate the pace.  I knew I was going too fast so I went off of her.  By 6, I broke away.

The course was rather interesting, we ran out and back miles 5-7 and a different out and back miles 9-12, kind of hard to describe the course.  All I know there were hills and hills.  The road was also curving in and out throughout the course so I knew I would end up with extra mileage.  

I remember seeing David by around mile seven and I gave him a big frown as he passed.  He knew exactly what I was thinking.  Hills.  From miles 10-12, I was facing runners going out to a turn around and I decided to smile at each one as I passed them.  To my surprise, ALL of them smiled back at me, it gave me the biggest boost.  This crowd of runners was just cool and relaxed.  The Texas running scene seems more open than other places I have ran.  

Mile 12 had a HUGE climb back up to the finish and I still kept a pretty good pace.  I noticed that by taking a GU at mile 5 and 9.5 during this race, my legs felt fresh the entire time.  I usually only take one GU during a race.  I also ate each GU slowly while I ran so it didn't hit my system in a big blob.  

Mile 13 came and my watch already read 13.2, bummer.  I finished at 13.4 and the course was long, booo.  I was the third female and I felt great about that, David was the third male and the first placed military male.  Yes, they even give military an award which I think is awesome.  

We had a fun day and I lucky to share running with my husband.  I also felt like I could still put in another five miles, probably not at that pace.   

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