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Location:

Irvine,CA,

Member Since:

Jun 17, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

PRed in Malibu Nov. 2009 with a 4:00:25, I think.  Shy of sub-4 hours and shy of BQ 3:45.

Other marathon times:

May 2009: Orange County (4:21) and LA (4:15)

Feb. 2010: Surf City (4:09)

Took a couple years off from running in 2013-2014. Haven't done any marathons since 2011 though I started doing half marathons again in 2017.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Still want to qualify for Boston (3:55).

Want to qualify for the NYC Marathon by running a 1:42 half marathon.

Upcoming Races

Long Beach Half Marathon Oct. 8

Surf City Marathon Feb. 2018--I'm training to try to BQ.

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to keep running marathons into my 70s.

Personal:

Keep close to Nature's heart...and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods.  Wash your spirit clean. --John Muir

 

I stole this from Tom's blog because I really like it:

Hudson tidbit: "When it's done right, the long-term training process is like an asymptote. The line that the training process moves toward but never reaches is 'perfect training'.....while it's impossible to train perfectly, it is possible to train better and better."

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Easter Egg Asics Lifetime Miles: 165.00
Total Distance
8.00

Instead of running with the strong-support shoes, I ran with the neutral shoes and feet and knees felt fine during the run.  Now, the pain on the outside of my left foot is acting up.  I first felt this pain the day after my last marathon.  It went away but has come back as my miles increase.  It's really annoying.

Saucony Triumph 6 3rd Miles: 8.00
Calories: 800.00
Comments
From marion on Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 15:10:07 from 71.213.121.129

I have that outside of the foot one too. I am always afraid it is rogue PF or the beginning of a stress fracture :) or BONE CANCER :D I am such a paranoid hypochondriac ;)

Seriously, though, wearing my birks everywhere helps and if I kneel on the floor, with my bum on my heels and my toes tucked under, it stretches the feet really well :) I hope you don't have bone cancer ;) just kidding of course, although I really hope you don't have that ;)

From Kelli on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 13:53:52 from 71.219.64.200

I so seriously hate injuries! Whatever it is, figure it out before it gets any worse so you are not sittin' on a bike like me!!!

Thanks for callin' me your marathon idol. I need encouragement right now!!! Not being able to run is so depressing. And, FYI---my first marathon was 3:56 in the fall of 2007 (and I quit running for 8 months after this one and swore I would never do it again), then I ran a 3:38 in the fall of 2008 (my goal after this one was to not quit running over the winter and keep my miles up. I did have IT band problems, so I ran slow but steady all winter) and then I was somehow able to manage a 3:26 in the spring of this year. I was on track to finish my fall marathon in 3:16 or so until this injury benched me.

So, the lesson is: just keep running and pay attention to your aches and pains.

Thanks for letting me talk about myself there for a minute!!! Take care.

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