Tamy

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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

8 in about 1:14.  A little faster than usual.  As I was running, I considered the fact that I'm not doing any speed training in preparation for this next marathon. The reason is that I'm just trying to stay healthy going into this one, and I just want to get strong at running about 50 miles a week, nothing more.  But then I thought, I could at least make some of the runs I'm already doing into tempo runs.  So I picked up my pace in the second half of the run.

5th Saucony Miles: 8.00
Calories: 800.00
Comments
From Kelli on Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 16:56:34 from 71.219.89.82

You have had an awesome week!!! I have to say that last winter and early spring I just ran nice and easy all of the time and I had THE BEST spring racing ever!! PLUS,it is nice to enjoy running for a change---it makes the "workouts" like you did today more enjoyable if you are not thinking "I have to run faster!!"

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