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

I played with pace at the end of the 8 miles today.  Did about 8:40/mile the last few miles.  It was good to get my breathing going a little more than usual and also to see that I could sustain that for several miles.

Nike Zoom Equalon 3 Miles: 8.00
Calories: 800.00
Comments
From Cookielover on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 17:09:02 from 97.81.82.211

We are a lot alike. I received the same advice from Sasha regarding my increase in mileage. That has been my goal, although I have been at 40 miles for the last few weeks. I should be able to get up to 50 this week, if everything works out as planned. I actually just purchased the book, "Advanced Marathoning," as a training guideline for my next marathon, which is Jacksonville. This is a race that I am doing with friends, which is why I need to start planning my long runs as well. I am torn with just building up to the 60 mile weeks and just adjusting my Saturday for the long run or following the Advanced Marathoning book. I may just use the book for the long runs and build during the week.

I am a middle school math teacher, but unemployed unfortunately. We moved to Georgia almost three months ago. Teaching jobs have been scarce, to say the least.

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