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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
24.00
2nd Nike Zoom Equalon 3 Miles: 14.004th Saucony Triumph 6 Miles: 10.00
Calories: 2400.00
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I've taken off another 3 days of running to try to rest my shin.  I swam yesterday and today to give myself something to do.  I also bought some orthotics that I'll try running in tomorrow.  Can't wait to be back to running pain free.

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Total Distance
6.50

Well last night I read everything on the Discussion Board about shin splints.  Today I threw a lot of solutions at them and had pretty good success.  The only problem is I don't know which thing or things helped.  I ran with some orthotics.  I worked on making sure my lower leg was relaxed when my foot touched down, a maneuver that kind of requires me to dangle my foot before touch down.  And I walked around on my heels last night and massaged the whole lower leg. I'm just glad the shin felt good enough to let me run.  Did about 10 min./ mile avg.

2nd Nike Zoom Equalon 3 Miles: 6.50
Calories: 650.00
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7.50

I think the shin is finally healing, but the whole lower leg is still kind of screwed up.  Funny, the left leg was screwed up before the marathon, and the right one is after.  I could've done 10 today, but I'm going to try to take it easy.  May swim instead of running tomorrow just to be safe.

2nd Nike Zoom Equalon 3 Miles: 7.50
Calories: 750.00
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Total Distance
10.00

After swimming a mile and staying off the legs yesterday, I ran 10 miles today for the first time in a month.  The shin felt ok but the rest of the lower right leg complained most of the run.  Nothing severe, just a little uncomfortable.  But I think it just got sore from my unusual running form on Tues.'s run.  Today's run was also pretty slow.  10:17 avg. mile pace, but I wasn't trying to go fast.  I was so grateful to be running my usual loop that I didn't mind the discomfort or the slowness.  I just enjoyed the run.

4th Saucony Triumph 6 Miles: 10.00
Calories: 1000.00
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Total Distance
24.00
2nd Nike Zoom Equalon 3 Miles: 14.004th Saucony Triumph 6 Miles: 10.00
Calories: 2400.00
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