TexasLindsey

Fort Worth Zoo Run 10k

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Location:

Fort Worth,TX,USA

Member Since:

Jul 15, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

I started running in 2008 while I was a stay-at-home-mom. I discovered this blog in July 2010 and followed the advice from the blog to gradually improve my distance/speed. I achieved various PR's in 2010/2011. I went back to work part-time in 2012-2015 and switched to mostly running trail runs. When I got prego with my third child in 2016, I stopped running and started work full-time. After a 7 year hiatus, I returned to running in 2022. I have alot of work to do to get back in shape, but looking forward to the challenge!

P.R.'s

5K - 21:15 on 11/25/10 (6:50 pace) Overall Female Winner! (local Fort Worth race)

10K - 45:08 on 4/16/11 (7:17 pace)

15K - 1:11:17 on 11/20/10 (7:39 pace)

10 Mile Race - 1:14:28 on 2/12/11 (7:26 pace)

Half Marathon - 1:35:21 on 10/15/11 (7:17 pace) and 1:35:48 on 3/27/11 -Dallas Rock 'n Roll, Qualified for NYC Marathon with this race!

Marathon - 3:35:10 on 11/14/10 (8:12 pace) - Fort Worth Marathon. Qualified for Boston with this race!

NYC Marathon 2014 - 4 hours, 9 minutes - about 9:30 pace. Best race ever! So much fun and energy!

Short-Term Running Goals:

- Gradually increase mileage

- Gradually increase speed

- Get my body back in shape - add muscles, lose excess fat

- Run a half-marathon in Fall 2022

Long-Term Running Goals:

- Stay injury free

- Become age division winner again!

- Stay in the habit of running for as long as I possibly can

- Travel to run fun trail runs across the country

Personal:

Married Mom to three kids - Jake (14), Ryan (12) and Avery (5) - and two dogs. Work in Procurement for the Aerospace Industry.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
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Nike Pegasus Purple Lifetime Miles:						109.50
Nike Pegasus Pink Lifetime Miles:						90.30
Saucony ProGrid Ride Blue Lifetime Miles:						150.60
Asics Cumulus-gray/teal Lifetime Miles:						213.20
Saucony ProGrid Cortana Lifetime Miles:						59.75
Asics Nimbus Lifetime Miles:						170.50

Sat, Apr 16, 2011

Race: Fort Worth Zoo Run 10k (6.2 Miles) 00:45:08, Place overall: 8, Place in age division: 2

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
0.00	6.20	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.20

Mile 1- 7:04

Mile 2- 7:21

Mile 3- 7:24

Mile 4- 7:25

Mile 5- 7:18

Mile 6- 7:01

Final .26 mile - 6:17

First mile went through the zoo and we ran past the elephants, giraffes, hippos, zebras & gazelles, famingos, petting zoo and the Old West Texas Town.... pretty cool! A 10 year old boy passed me in the first mile... I thought I might pass him back later in the race because 10 year olds don't usually have the endurance to stay ahead the whole race... but no! That kid held out and I never saw him again.

I actually PR'd today by almost 9 minutes... but I haven't run a 10k in 2 years. The first half of the race had many hills. The final 2.2 miles were mostly downhill. Overall, I am happy with my results... however, I feel like I could have done better had I trained better. These last three weeks I haven't been running much. I was second place in my age group... the first place girl's chip time was only 5 seconds ahead of me... had I known that, I might have mustered up some extra power at the end.... but she was actually behind me in gun time so I didn't know I had competition that close.

The last mile was interesting: A really in-shape 40-something guy and a 20-something girl passed myself and this guy wearing five-finger shoes when there was less than a mile to go. Then I passed five-fingers because he was looking pretty tired... but then all of a sudden, five-fingers threw himself into turbo speed with 200 yards to go... I kept up for about 5 seconds and then gave up... I was really impressed with him! I started yelling at him to catch that guy and girl just ahead... and he did it!! I was excited for him even though I didn't know him. What a kick! Then it occured to me that I got passed by 3 people in the final mile. Hmmm... I need to work on my 10k racing strategy... It's a whole different race than the half marathon. You have to endure more pain in the 10k but it's over quicker... I don't think I did it just right. I smell another challenge... : )

Brook's Ghost Miles: 6.20

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From SlowJoe on Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:10:48 from 184.79.24.255

Nice job on the PR. I bet you do have a faster 10K in you, but you still went fast on a hilly course. I've only done one 10K but I remember it being the most painful of all the distances too. Congrats on the awesome age group placing as well.

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