| Location: Tallahassee,FL,United States Member Since: Jun 24, 2008 Gender: Female Goal Type: Local Elite Running Accomplishments: PRs:
Mile- 5:27 Breakfast on the Track, August '09 5k- 18:59 (6:07) Tails and Trails, May '09 (And two more times! GRR!)
8k- 33:08 (6:39) Sweetheart 8k, Feb '11
10k- 41:38 (6:42) TRBC, March '09
15k- 1:02:46 (6:44) Lake Caroline 15k, Nov '08
Half Marathon- 1:36:58 (7:24) Hoover Dam Half, Oct '09
Marathon- 3:37:16 (8:17) Mississippi Coast Marathon, Nov '08
Short-Term Running Goals: Help my knees help me.
Long-Term Running Goals:
Personal: Moving to Knoxville this summer. Hooray for being in a place with a running community! Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 346.35 | 137.95 | 484.30 |
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| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 78.35 | Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 79.90 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 2.40 | 3.40 |
| in the a.m. at the high school track. 1/2 mile warm-up 1600- 6:58 1600- 6:51 800- 3:09 400- 1:18 200- :32 1/2 mile cool-down |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 6.00 | 6.00 |
| in jackson on the bike trail 6 miles in about 45:20 | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Tennis! |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 3.00 | 4.00 |
| 12 400s with the track club... and it helped me realize that I have definitely turned into a distance runner, although I used to hate to admit it :) |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| tennis |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| tennis |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| approx 3.5 miles at a decent pace in San Luis Park |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.25 | 0.00 | 6.25 |
| ran my long run a day late because of the holiday. a little over 6 miles at San Luis. my knees actually hurt a little bit, so i used that as an excuse to order new shoes today :) |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 3.00 | 4.50 |
| 8x600s with the track club... between 2:14 and 2:22. very hot! |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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i was supposed to run in a little local track meet but got sick :(
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| 7 around San Luis... averaged 8:11 according to the Nike+ |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.75 | 3.00 | 3.75 |
| 12 x 400s with the track club fastest was 78, slowest 92 (accidentally did the 2nd one way too fast)
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 4 games of tennis |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 |
| 8 min easy, 8 hard, 8 easy started at home, ran down mission and made a left at the light.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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about 8 miles in bradfordville (regular course plus two loops) i started off feeling kinda rough but was able to finally push the last two.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| pilates |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
| 6x800s with the track club about 100 degrees with the heat index! started off at 3:28, did negative splits pretty much the whole time, ending around 3:14
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Gulf Winds Track Club Summer Track Meet (3.1 Miles) 00:21:39 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 3.10 | 4.10 |
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5k on the track. I haven't run a 5k since the fall so I had noooo idea how fast I should attempt to run it. I decided to try 7 minute miles to start (which being as meticulous as I am, means I tried 52 or 53 second 200s, and of course checked every 200 meters to make sure I was on). I stuck with the pace very easily, and picked it up a little bit the last few laps, finishing in 21:39.
There was only one other girl in the race, a 14-year old who ran less than 20 minutes! Insane. But we ran with the guys so they kept me from getting in last place!
Next time I want to try to get under 21... that would definitely wear me out a lot more.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
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I realized today that I don't like using the "slow miles" and "fast miles" on here. Because I run my butt off on a distance run but then don't think I should really consider it fast, although it is fast for that distance. But I'll suck it up and put today's run in as slow miles :) Ran in the usual place, and it seems like my new thing is for my legs to be really tight and struggle a bit in the first 3 miles or so. But after I got through that I was able to pick it up and run sub-eight-minute miles for almost all of the remaining miles. I was pretty pumped about that, especially with the heat and the hills! 9 miles, avg. 8:11 (5 mile course, plus loop, and two mile hill)
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 |
| intervals with the track club...
2x1200- each around 5:03 i think
2x800- 3:15 and 3:10?
2x400- 82 and 76 this is the best i have felt during intervals yet! maybe i am finally getting back into good shape. looking forward to the track meet thursday. i don't know what even i want to do... probably the 2-mile. if so i think i want to aim for 6:30 pace and see what happens.
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Gulf Winds Summer Track Meet (0.5 Miles) 00:02:34, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 0.50 | 3.00 |
| I had a rough day today (I realized that I erased some of my student's grades and don't know what I am going to do) so I opted out of the 2 mile and decided to go for an 800 instead. I decided to go out in 80 for the first lap and just see what happened for the second lap. I didn't get my split for the first lap but it was definitely under 80. Once again there was no one near me... people were either way in front or way behind. I think I had nearly 100 meters of track all to myself. I am really happy with my time, I felt great, but definitely left some time on the track, and I know that if I had the opportunity to keep at this I could get a PR. I tried googling old race results and I ran 2:28 at a conference meet during my undergrad... that may be my PR I am really not sure. I just wish I could try again! The summer track meet series is over now. There is a big one-mile race in Tallahassee two weeks from Saturday, and I plan to run that pretty hard. I think I may aim for 5:50; I really want to go under 6. Now I go on vacation and have to try to find a place (and the motivation) to do 10 at the beach on Saturday.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I was quoted in runner's world magazine!! check out page 98 and look for me! (kelsey tallahasse, fl) | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Note that this week I put my long run as fast miles :) I was in Myrtle Beach for vacation and decided to do an out and back on Ocean Blvd. So I took my Nike+ and used that for mileage... it is usually pretty accurate. My first 5 mile split was 41:30 which was exactly where I wanted to be. I was going to just pick it up the last 2 miles but after I turned around I felt great and decided to see what I can do. The faster I went, the more excited I got, making me go even faster. The end result: 34:30!!! So if it was an even 5 miles that would be under 7 minute pace, and under 8 for the entire 10. This was by far my best "mid-long" run ever. Things are really coming together and I just hope I can stay quick, healthy and keep getting stronger for my upcoming races, especially the marathon.
Current Race Schedule: "Breakfast on the track" mile: in 2 weeks (Insert a 5k or two and possibly a half marathon here)
Baltimore Half Marathon: Mid October Mississippi Gulf Coast Marathon: November 29th
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.75 | 1.75 | 2.50 |
| my running has fallen victim to the busy end of the semester. but now it is over, thankfully!
i went to the track to do a 400 workout but realized i wasn't too motivated so instead i made a workout as i went along. 1x800 2x400 2x200 1x300 1x400
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.50 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
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Woke up and really didn't want to run but I forced myself to get out there. Aimed to go 11 miles, but when I drove my car down the course it looks like it was more along the lines of 10.5. It felt OK, not great, but not horrible. Dropped like 3 minutes on the way back and Ran it in 1:25. Slightly hilly. Didn't feel nearly as good as last week's awesome long run but had one less recover day.
(Thomasville Road, from the Publix north to Bradfordville a little past the "School Entrance" sign)
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.75 | 1.75 | 3.50 |
| speed work with the track club. legs are feeling really heavy. forgot my watch, and with only one "coach" showing up we were unable to get times.
5x400 (partner style)
1x800
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 0.00 | 3.50 |
| ran about 3.5 miles in san luis park fairly easy, but pushed the hills a little bit to really stretch the legs. haven't felt very good this week, but hoping i will feel better for the "race" saturday! just found out i have to have surgery on my salivary gland to remove a stone that has been bothering me for 7 years now :( my first time going under the knife! it is an outpatient surgery, so it shouldn't be bad. i am having it done on wednesday. i wasn't going to do a long run this weekend because of the race, but looks like i should since i may not be up to it next weekend.
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GWTC- Breakfast on the Track (1 Miles) 00:05:44 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 1.00 | 2.50 |
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Yay! I was aiming for under 6, so I am very happy! I just went out in a little under 90 a lap then picked it up a little under the last one. Felt great!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 11.75 | 0.00 | 11.75 |
| I did my long run this morning since I didn't last weekend because of the race, and may not be able to later this week because of the surgery tomorrow and race Saturday (I decided to do an 8k).
Went pretty well... it was kind of divided into three sections-
home to ocala: about 40:30 loop around san luis (2 laps): about 18:30 ocala to home: about 36 minutes (dropped 4 minutes on the way back!!!) wish me luck on the surgery!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.50 | 3.00 | 4.50 |
| Finally got to run again! My surgery and hurricane Fay had stopped me, so I hadn't run for a week. This was a very tough workout. Extremely hot and humid, and it didn't help that I went out too fast on the first few. I almost didn't run all the intervals, but I made it! 2x1200 2x800 2x400
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.75 | 0.00 | 4.75 |
| Ran earlier than usual, it was dark the whole time and actually a little scary (not to mention dangerous injury risk). Right on mission, down hartsfield, left capital circle NW, left tharpe (turned when the sidewalk ended) About 38 minutes. Red Shoes- probably about 30 miles on them now
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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One more long run down! 1:58, probably a little less than 14 miles. i may try to measure in my car later. Pretty tired.
mission to tennessee, left ocala, right tharpe, right MLK, kinda wasted some time around 4th ave to get to an hour. 2 min faster on the way back. red shoes- 44 miles
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.75 | 3.00 | 4.75 |
| mile intervals with the track club. 6:52, 6:52, 6:45. way too easy, but sometimes you need those days :) |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
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Ran about 5 miles today at San Luis park as a hill workout. Took a nasty fall during my final lap, luckily it was in the dirt. So I slid on my side for a few feet and got really dirty down the entire side of my body, some scratches and bruises, but nothing too bad. Still don't know what I tripped over! Probably a root or something. Running a 5k Saturday- Red Cross Hurricane Run, which as a hurricane researcher I am pretty excited about! Don't know if I will just run with my friends or really race it. Oh yeah, and I snuck up on a fox. It was kinda neat.
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Red Cross Hurricane Run (3.1 Miles) 00:20:00, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 3.10 | 4.10 |
| What a great day! Being a meteorologist I was excited to run this race, and I am very glad I did! I ran my best 5k EVER, even faster than my college times. The only problem is that my goal for the longest time has been to go under 20 in a 5k... I saw the clock and that I would be close so I gave it my all and just missed it. Maybe next time :( I was first female and received a trophy with a cool hurricane logo on it. This is a great self-esteem boost for my half marathon coming up in 5 weeks. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Sore! I probably should have cooled down yesterday...
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.75 | 3.00 | 4.75 |
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Jason, the boyfriend, was here and came to watch intervals. What was good is he actually took splits for each lap I ran... what was bad is he actually took splits for each lap I ran.
1200- 1:35, 3:13, 4:55 1200- 1:35, 3:18, 4:59
800- 1:36, 3:18 800- 1:36, 3:17
400- 1:20 400- 1:18
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.80 | 0.00 | 3.80 |
| hills at San Luis |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
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about 16 miles around Tallahassee, ran for time rather than distance, so i turned around at 1:12 to finish around 2:24 which would make sure i ran at least 16 miles if i averaged 9 minutes or faster. i think i ended up getting home at around 2:18, which means i dropped 6 minutes on the way back! not bad! i think at this point in my training for my last marathon i was crying during my long runs, haha, so i think i have come a long way. i was a litte tired, but still uninjured (knock on wood) and definitely not teary eyed! Red Shoes- 60 miles
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 3.00 | 6.50 |
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I'm an aunt! My brother- well his wife :) - had little baby Isabella this morning at around 3:45 am!!! Now I just have to wait about 4 weeks til I go home for the Baltimore half marathon so I can see her. Intervals with GWTC: 1 x 1600 (I think it was like 6:45) 8 x 400 (all beteween around 86 and 93, hard to tell bc we ran them as relays) I think my blue shoes need to be retired. I have to order another pair and start working them in with the red ones.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.80 | 0.00 | 5.80 |
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Hills at San Luis (distance is an estimate)
I really didn't want to go today but I texted Jason and told him i didn't want to get out of bed to go running, and he responded "go now." It worked! Red Shoes- 66 miles
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 4.50 | 7.00 |
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Did a sort of tempo run. Once again I really didn't feel like going, but did anyway, and it was absolutely gorgeous. Then when I was about done I saw a woman ahead of me down the road, and I could tell she was on a long run. So I caught up to her and asked her how long she was going and she said 18. I ended up doing a little longer of a cool down just to keep her company, and turns out she is a pretty impressive runner, and ran a 3:15 Marathon PR, has done every Disney Marathon, and Boston like 5 times. Pretty cool! Helped motivate me for my 18-miler on Wednesday. When I turned around to go back home she yelled to me "You better qualify!" Hopefully me talking to her helped her long run as well! Red shoes- 73 miles
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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Just an easy 4 miler before my long run wednesday.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
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18 miles down!!! (more or less) I think my time was around 2:28. Felt pretty good. Part of my run was along a course our track club holds a 5 miler/10 miler, so I timed one of my miles (mile 11) and I ran it in 7:53! Of course I made sure I ran that one hard though because I was timing it :) I kept that pace for probably the next 4 or 5 miles, then felt myself slow down a little but towards the end, but that is expected I guess. More importantly, I couldn't find any gu this week so I was stuck eating those "sports beans." I knew I hated chewing while I was running, but I needed something so I was stuck with them. The chewing wasn't quite as bad as expected, but it was still a pain to keep putting my fingers in the bag to grab a couple more, and repeating that, rather than just sucking down some gu! I ate them once around mile 9 and then again at mile 15. At mile 15 I felt like I was gagging them up (gross I know, imagine how I felt!) so I only ate half a bag. I think they may have been giving me heartburn too, but maybe that was the lemon-lime flavoring. Anyway, the energy they gave was fairly similar to gu (I think a little less), but I will be ordering a box of gu online to keep this from ever happening again. Also, my new pre-long run food is a peanut butter and jelly Uncrustable (they are soooo good I eat them for lunch all the time). 210 calories and 25 grams of carbs (not to mention the protein) stuffed into this little sandwich makes it perfect to eat an hour or so before. So yes, I was eating PB&J at 6am this morning :) Runners are so weird. Off to Chicago for a wedding. I'm going to try to run once or twice while I'm there, but we'll see what happens!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.50 | 0.00 | 8.50 |
| Hello from Aurora, Illinois :) I wasn't sure how I would be able to run while I was here, since I didn't know where I could go and I forgot my watch. So I started off at the hotel gym and ran a mile on the treadmill and it was horrible. So I decided to just go out with nothing but my room key and just run for a while, and checked the clock before I left. I found this flat, windy bike trail along the Fox River and loved it, I could have tun on that trail for hours. When I got back i was about 55 minutes later, and I had run at a really fast clip, which I thought to be maybe 7:30 pace give or take. So I'd estimate about 7.5 miles outside. So I ran a total of 8 to 8.5 miles on a day I thought I'd be lucky to get in 3! What's great is this almost served as a race pace workout for my half in two weeks. Now I can thoroughly enjoy myself (and the cake) at the wedding tonight. Monday morning I'll be in downtown Chicago... not sure if I am going to try to get a run in there or not. I'm kind of scared I'll get lost :) | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 |
| 4 x 1200 and it hurt bad! Although I did my long run a week ago, I can see now why they say it takes 3 weeks to really recover because my legs felt dead. I am going to enjoy my little taper until my half next weekend. |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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http://www.letmeplay.com/reuseashoe/ For those of you who are like me and have tons of old running shoes, the link above takes you to info on how you can recycle your shoes through NIKE and they build playground equipment. Pretty neat!
Didn't run today, but ordered a new pair of training shoes (Brooks Adrenaline GTS 8- the same ones I have now but a different color) AND a new lighter pair of shoes to do speed workouts and shorter races (New Balance 903s). That way I can start cycling them in as my marathon training will wear out my current shoes rather quickly. Oh yeah, and I ordered a case of GU so no more sports beans for me!
red shoes- 108.5 miles | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.50 | 2.50 | 5.00 |
| I did a 40 minute temp run today, 12 minutes easy, 16 minutes hard, 12 minutes easy. Mileage is just a very rough estimate. I have not been at all motivated lately, but I am hoping the half marathon next weekend will get me pumped up for the final weeks of my marathon training. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
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Once again I felt completely unmotivated today. So I got dressed in my running clothes, then decided to wait until tomorrow and took them off. But then I started reading my Runner's World mag. and jumped up off the couch and said "I have to run today" and changed my clothes before I could think twice! Whatever works. Now I have to just stay rested and loose for my half marathon next weekend!!
parked at San Luis, ran one loop, then ran a loop around Ocala and High, 1.5 race pace miles on the track, then back to San Luis.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.75 | 2.25 | 3.00 |
| The good news: I <3 tapering :) maybe a little too much. i would have done a little more if it wasn't raining so hard.
3x1200 at race pace (approx 7:40) The bad news: The top of my foot still hurts because I stepped in a hole on during my run Saturday. Hopefully it feels fine by this Saturday.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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No miles run, but one publication section of the dissertation finished and ready to hand over the the advisor! I always get excited to post good runs, so I wanted to post this too :) Hope everyone is having a great day! The weather is crappy here (again) so I am glad I don't have to run today. 3 days til race day!!
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Blatimore Running Festival-Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:37:56, Place in age division: 9 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 13.10 | 13.10 |
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Let me just say, I am sooo happy with my time! Who doesn't love a PR! The race was great, and running through my favorite city with my dad and best friend was awesome. You can tell I am still on a runner's high :)
Don't have all my splits, but...
Mile 1- I think 7000 people ran in the half, and 6500 started in front of us. They tried to do a wave start but no one listened. The first four miles we actually ran on the city sidewalk instead of the course in the street, just because there were sooo many people that were going really slow. We managed to clock a 7:50 but wasted a ton of energy.
Miles 2-3 still very crowded
Miles 4-5 we started getting into a groove. Got our pace down to 7:40 or just under, and although most people hated the hills I thought they were great!!
Miles 6-8 I started to get a little frustrated. I wanted to run with my dad and Erin but I had a ton of energy I wanted to expend. Erin dropped back at 8 (but still ran an awesome 1:44- a PR and she has a marathon in two weeks). We continued around 7:40-7:45, including stopping to give my cousin a hug while she waited on the sidelines to run for her relay team. Gu-ed up at mile 7.
Mile 9 I asked my dad if we can still get under 1:40 and he said probably not because we were running 7:45s, and I should go on without him.
Mile 10 I ran 6:45!!! I felt amazing, I even danced with some old man cheering for people on the sidelines, haha.
Mile 11- 6:46
Mile 12- 7:05 (this one had some hills)
Mile 13.1- I am not sure what my pace for the last mile was, but I finished in 1:37:56, a new PR by 3.5 minutes!!
I don't know if I would have gotten a better time if I ran the whole race hard. If I left them earlier I wouldn't have had as much left at the end. One day I will obviously have a chance to run a hard one by myself and see, so I do not at all regret holding back in the beginning. I think we all would have done better without the crowds or the heat (it was pretty bad).
I now have two long runs before my marathon, so these next few weeks are high mileage weeks. At least this race pumps me up for them. Then I get to go to Biloxi and hope for a 3:40 for Boston!!
Congrats to my brother who finished his first marathon! I miss so much living far from home, so I am so glad I got to be there for it since he was there for mine. | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
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3 miles super easy. I would have normally taken today off, but I am trying to do easy runs or cross train on some of the days I would normally take off. magenta shoes- 134.1, blue shoes- 3 miles, orange shoes- 0 miles
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 2.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 |
| 4 x 1200s with the track club. Felt pretty good considering I just raced! The first 3 were a little over 5 min., the final one a little under. I also walked like 3.5 miles while running errands on campus. That should count for something!
magenta shoes- 137.1, blue shoes- 3 miles, orange shoes- 2 miles
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| my friend jill and i planned on meeting at the gym to take a 7am "body tone" class. so we got there around 6:45 and went in and realized they are so crowded that you have to sign up for a spot 30 minutes before it starts. that was disappointing! so i left and then ran about 6 pretty easy miles. (San Luis to Ocala/High loop, two laps around San Luis)
magenta shoes- 137.1, blue shoes- 9 miles, orange shoes- 2 miles
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.50 |
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I had my first successful day at our gym! I got on this awesome bike machine and it had it's own video screen. You pick the course and how fast you want your pacer to go, and it looks like you are riding through the woods on a pretty, very hilly trail! It was so neat. I finished a 4.01 mile course in a little under 18 minutes... I have no idea what that means. It also said my heart rate was up to 185, but I have no idea if that's a reasonable heart rate or anything. I would have like to have done another so I could stay on longer but my legs were killing me and I felt like my heart was beating out of my chest! It was neat to get such a hard work out in without running, I could barely walk down the steps! You can create an account so you can actually race yourself later on. I didn't make my account until after though so that ride didn't save :( But I look forward to doing that like once every week as a cross training work out! Oh, then I jogged half a mile back to my office so I decided to put that in there, haha. Why not! Hopefully my legs aren't too sore for my long run tomorrow! At least I'm only doing about 15. Back to doing school work :( What a stinky way to spend a Friday night.
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
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2:05, I estimate about 15 miles. Felt pretty good but I went out too fast, thinking "I feel great, I could keep this pace forever." My legs and the head wind from my 11 on did not agree :) But I just slowed down to finish up, no big deal. I am kind of glad it happened- that is definitely a lesson to remember marathon morning!! My friend Steve from home (MD) is running the Columbus marathon tomorrow morning and has a chance to win!! He is aiming for a 2:30 so I will be tracking him online during the race!
magenta shoes- 137.1, blue shoes- 24.5 miles, orange shoes- 2 miles | |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| I'm a cross training master!!! :) Haha, I wish. But yesterday I went out and bought a suit and goggles and I went swimming today! I was really nervous because I had no idea what I was doing. It was only my third trip to the gym, 1st to the pool, so I didn't know where to go, and what to do when I got there. So I just kind of watched the other girls to figure it out. I ended up swimming about 20 laps, resting for 20-30 seconds between some of them, especially towards the end. I lost track though, so I was wondering how else people keep track of their swimming... do you just swim laps for a certain amount of time? I would like to know some way in which I could see improvement week to week that doesn't involve counting. I don't have form of any sort yet, but my brother told me for the first few trips to just concentrate on my breathing and that will be more than enough to work on, then when I feel comfortable with that I can work on my stroke. I saw people watching me and wanted to yell out "Don't mind me, I'm just a runner!" Haha.
All in all I had a lot of fun! I could have gone longer but today was really just a trial day. I think I could use swimming as a low-impact workout the day after a long run, and maybe one other day a week. Hope everyone is having a great Sunday. Time to watch my Baltimore Ravens!
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4 easy miles. pleasant run :) and my arms/shoulders are sore from swimming, so at least I know it was productive!! shoe mileage: magenta brooks adrenaline- 137.1, blue brooks adrenaline- 28.5 miles, orange NB 903s- 2 miles
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12 x 400 with the track club. my legs always feel heavy during intervals when i get up to my high mileage, and felt especially tired this week. i was going to cross train tomorrow but i think i am going to take the day off instead. better safe than sorry! have a great night! shoe mileage: magenta brooks adrenaline- 137.1, blue brooks adrenaline- 33.5 miles, orange NB 903s- 2 miles |
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Today is my day off so I have no run to post, but I'm looking for a little advice. These are my Saturday runs planned until my marathon:
this saturday (10/25): 18
11/1: I found a 15k in Mississippi I really want to do (Lake Caroline 15k)
11/8: 20
11/15: 14ish
11/22: 7ish
11/29: race
To
look at it like that is kinda scary. But anyway, do you think the 15k
would be too much? I really want to do it. I realize I may struggle a
bit to go fast because of my 18 but I want to try anyway. I really want to aim to get as close to 7 minute pace as possible, although that will be really hard. Or do you
think I should take it a little easier that week? I could run that race at an easy pace just to get a 9 miler in, but where is the fun in that :)
Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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6 really easy miles at San Luis I baked these last night... the best muffins I have ever made!!! People couldn't believe there was no butter or oil in them!
Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins.
12 muffins
350 degree oven, 25 minutes
3 large very ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup white sugar (or half it with splenda)
1 egg, beaten
1/3 cup applesauce (I used a lunch box sized prepackaged cup)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup all purpose flour (or half and half with whole wheat)
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup chocolate chips (I used mini dark chocolate chips... awesome!! I'm sure you could use carob as well)
Mash the bananas in a large bowl. Add sugar and mix until well
blended. Add in egg and applesauce, and beat together. Without
stirring, add the dry ingredients to the bowl. Once they are all added
together, stir the dry ingredients a bit, then incorporate into the wet
ingredients; you could just use a separate bowl, but why do more
dishes? Stir in the chocolate chips.
Spoon into medium sized muffin tins, well greased or lined with liners. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 350 degree oven.
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| woooo!!! 18 down! 1 long run to go! a friend of mine met me at mile 3 and ran 9 miles with me, so that was nice to have a little company. was able to push the last 2, probably around 7:30 pace for those. power gel = my heat and soul and i came back and still weighed over 100, which means i did a great job drinking and eating along the way! (during my last marathon i always came back under after my long runs, and that scared me).
heading out to the tailgate and game. go noles!!!
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| Was going to cross train today, but my legs were feeling pretty rough. Last night I kept waking up because my legs were aching, especially my ankles (which have never hurt me before). I know it's because right after my run I walked 2 miles to the tail gate and then stood up for 4 hours at the game. So they just never got the rest they needed. Looking forward to jogging a few miles tomorrow morning to loosen up the muscles a bit. |
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| 4 easy miles to loosen up the muscles for the week! Still a little sore from Saturday, but that comes with the territory :)
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I really need help!!! I decided today that I am going to buy a GPS watch. I am a little worried about staying on pace at my marathon since there will be so few people there. I am overwhelmed with the options and if anyone could tell me what they think about any particular type I would really appreciate it. I want a small one because my wrists are so small, but I also wanted one with the least options. I kind of just wanted one to tell my distance and pace, not heart rate or link to my computer or anything like that.
I'd appreciate any help!!! Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 x 1600 @ goal race pace for the weekend
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| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 4.00 |
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Rest day! I just ordered a 3:40 "pace tat" for my marathon! Exciting. No luck with the garmin today, going to have to go to some specialty stores or go ahead and order one online.
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| 5 easy miles while my car was getting fixed |
| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 5.00 |
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Lake Caroline 15K (9.3 Miles) 01:02:46, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 9.30 | 9.30 |
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Probably my best race ever :) More details later, but this is the biggest race I ever won! I felt really strong, and actually ran negative splits. I took the lead at mile 4ish and ran out of fear for the next 5.3, picking up the pace just because I was scared of getting caught. Long version (more for me to look back on later, don't feel like you need to read it!!): When Jason and I arrived at the race, I picked out the woman I thought was going to win. So when the race started I kind of went with her and her friend for the first mile. She said she was starting easy and we ended up running around a 6:52, which got me a little worried. I was only aiming to run 7:30s for a 1:10. But I decided to stay with them for as long as I could... why not. We stayed pretty much on that pace, but by almost four miles I saw her form start to go. So I went for it. When I passed her the fear came and I got really freaked out. I was laughing at myself because I new I went out way too fast, but once again, why not see how long I can hold it. The course was a figure 8, so I new I would be passing the start and seeing Jason at around 4.5. I was so excited for him to see me in first even though I didn't think I could hold it. I gave him my gloves and saw he was kind of freaked out too (since he knew I was out way faster than expected). I asked him how far back she was and he just yelled at me to go run. Honestly, I couldn't even breathe once I passed him because of the overwhelming emotions, and had to tell myself to get control of my body. So really the next half consisted of me picking up the pace due to fear (dropped to 6:35s). It felt fast, but great. I made sure to enjoy myself as well though, yelling for all the runners and joking around with the volunteers. I had no idea if I could keep it, but when I got to the 8 mile mark I knew I was home free, and I couldn't see any women behind me which was awesome. Since it was a figure 8 the other runners were running in the opposite direction and cheering for me all kinds of encouraging words, and of course being the talker that I am I thanked every one of them or told them good job as well. I love that part of running. I finished feeling really strong, which makes me feel like I can beat this time one day, it just wouldn't be as fun :) I was also 11th overall, which was something else I was really proud of. One of the proudest races of my life, definitely my best since college. Then I ate three chocolate chip cookies and some wafer cookies. Yum!! After the race the woman I picked out in the beginning saw me standing next to Jason's car with the South Carolina tags and she jokingly yelled "Go back to South Carolina!" I loved it! Oh, and one guy finished the race on crutches. Crazy. I am now getting really excited for my marathon (but not so much for my twenty miler!). |
| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 9.30 |
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| easy miles on the track after class. |
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| 4 x 1200 with the gulf winds |
| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 5.25 |
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| rest day! hope everyone had a good one! |
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about 5 easy miles, rockin out to the ipod :)
it took over ten minutes to find my shoes this morning in my 800 square foot apartment. i wish school would just give me a break so i could clean and do some laundry :(
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| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 5.00 |
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Estimated about 20 miles, 2:56:45
Long runs done!!! If you can't tell I am writing this right as I got home, so I am still on my runners high and enjoying my chocolate milk :) Warning: This may contain too much information. Games I played to keep myself busy: 1. Find the cheapest gas- $2.19 but then I forgot to keep looking once I started running with Michael at mile 10.
2. I spy something gross- I saw some pretty gross things on my run today. The first one was the spine of an unidentified animal. The cool thing was that I saw it on my 18 miler too, and it was still there this week. I actually got to run by it twice today too, lucky me. The second grossest thing on my run was when at mile 9 I
snot rocketed down my own leg. (That was the too much information). The winner of the grossest thing on my run was so gross that I will not share it because seriously, you do not want to hear about it. Let's just say it belonged in a bathroom, and I guarantee you it is not what you are thinking.
3. Holler at cha boy- Count how many obnoxious college guys yell, whistle or honk at me. This number increases exponentially on game days, which happened to fall on both my 18 and 20 milers. I had 6 today, which isn't that much but for 7 miles I was running with a guy friend of mine, which usually deters them. And note that 6 is the number of vehicles, not people, as the truck with 4 drunk guys in the back (yes, at 9am) would have doubled the number. Sadly, I won't be attending the football game today because when I did that after my 18 my legs screamed at me all night. So I am just going to watch it on tv and do some much needed cleaning. Time for an AWESOME breakfast!! I am going to make pumpkin carob chip pancakes and turkey bacon. Oh yeaaaahhhh. |
| Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 20.00 |
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| I had a great accomplishment today! I convinced my parents to fly down for my marathon. They weren't sure if they should come because of the cost and all the other things going on at home right now, but I worked on them enough and now they are coming! I ordered their plane tickets for them today so it's official! Since they are accountants they have no life during tax season, and my dad (fellow marathoner) died a little inside when he couldn't see my first marathon. So to make up for it he is running the first half of this one with me (there is a half marathon that is one lap, the marathon is two). How cool is that! |
| Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 4.00 |
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| Didn't feel well at all even at the easy pace, so I cut the intervals short. This happened in the spring after my 20 miler too, so no worries. Ended up doing 1 mile, 1200, 400
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| easy miles
Reminder for race day: I don't usually feel good until mile 4 or 5, so don't get discouraged if I don't feel good in the beginning.
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| Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 5.50 |
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Ran with Michael. Felt a little faster than I planned but I'll be fine. Maybe it was just because I didn't get very much sleep last night. My turtle is really sick, I took him to the vet last night at 5:30 and 8:30, then again at 7:30 this morning. I slept on the couch so I could keep a better eye on him, and kept waking up and walking over to him to make sure he is alive. He is looking a lot better as of right now. I really hope he makes it, he's the coolest guy ever and only 4 months old. It's been a rough couple of days. The man:
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| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 12.00 |
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| Very short, slow run around campus I was able to throw in between school obligations. |
| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 2.50 |
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| 2 x 1 mile, 1 x 800 |
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Sorry for the lame entries, my home computer is broken and I don't have time at school to say much. I haven't gotten to read a lot people's stuff lately but I hope everyone is doing great!! Especially all those sickos out there. I'm glad I'm 2000 miles away from you!
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| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 4.00 |
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| I'm illegally putting this run in before I do it because I won't have computer access for a while. But I plan on doing about 7 before I leave for North Carolina for a conference. One week til the big day!!!!!!!!!! |
| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 7.00 |
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2 marathon pace miles sandwiched my mile jogs.
I will be getting a new computer this week!!!! Then I will be able to catch up with everyone.
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| There is a chance of rain right now for Saturday morning but I am not letting it freak me out too bad. However, if any SGers who ran in the rain and wind this year have any pointers in dealing with the adverse weather, I'd love to hear them! I think I am going to watch Spirit of a Marathon tonight. Or Run Fatboy Run :) | |
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| 3 easy miles Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! What a great day to have to carbo-load :) |
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Mississippi Coast Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:37:16, Place overall: 4, Place in age division: 2 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 26.20 | 26.20 |
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I'm going to Boston!!!!!!!!
Sorry for the delay! My home computer is completely broken. I'll give details later, but I felt horrible, weather was crappy, but I still got what I needed!! I look forward to killing this time sometime soon. Right now it looks like Boston may wait until 2010, but I'm really excited! Splits and details to come... Super-detailed race report for future reference: At the start of the race it was 68 degrees with a dew point of 65. I couldn't believe how hot and humid it felt, especially after training in Tallahassee. There was a wind of 5-10 which was bitter sweet because it made it tough to run but also wicked away a little sweat. Mile 1: 8:01 My dad and I decided I would try to do the first half at 8-8:10 pace. That meant any time under 8:23s (what I needed for Boston) could be used in the second half. Mile 2: 8:03 Mile 3: 8:07 Still feeling pretty heavy at this point and couldn't get comfortable with the pace. I figured it would take a couple more miles. Mile 4: 8:04 Mile 5: 7:58 Usually the magic mile, but still felt crappy today. My dad asked how I felt and I just kept saying "it's still early." Mile 6: 8:03 Still feeling bad but happy with my splits so far. Mile 7: 8:12 I knew my time I planned to finish would have made me win this race 50% of the previous years which made me really nervous. At this point there was a small out and back portion and I saw 3 women in front of me which actually made me feel great and really calmed me down. It meant I could run my own race. Mile 8: 8:05 Still felt bad and realized that I most likely would the whole race. Began to realize that this is what a bad running day feels like. I hadn't felt bad on race day in years, so I was well overdue! Took a gu hoping for a little help. Mile 9: 8:04 Mile 10: 8:12 I usually take a few sips at water stops, but by this point I realized I needed to take in a full cup at each one. Mile 11: 8:03 This is where the races split and my dad went towards the finish. Game time! It got really lonely after this point, I only passed 5-6 people from here until the end of the race. Mile 12: 8:04 Ate an orange slice. Mile 13: 8:04 Ate another gu and and realized this was the hardest half marathon I had ever run in my life. I was more tired than my fastest half. My split was around 1:46, giving me 4 minutes "in the bank" as my dad and I referred to it. That was good to know. Mile 14: 8:11 By this point I was taking two cups at each water stop, drinking the gatorade and half the water, then dumping the other half of the water over my head. I never had to do that before. I passed a guy and he looked at me, didn't say a word and fist-bumped me. It was the coolest thing ever, I may need to steal that idea. I passed another guy and gave him some encouraging words. He just looked at me and in the most miserable voice moaned "I'm dyiiingggg." Mile 15: 8:03 Mile 16: 7:59 Still keeping my splits where they needed to be, and knew I just needed to hold on to it as long as I could. At this point I had 5 minutes "in the bank." Mile 17: 8:15 Mile 18: 8:23 Another gu. It started to thunder and we all anxiously waited for the rain, hoping somehow we would only get a nice cooling drizzle. Mile 19: 8:27 It began to downpour right at the mile marker, with thunder, lightning and wind... the works. Mile 20: 8:22 Shoes now completely soaked through for the first time on a long run. Didn't think they would feel this heavy, but I guess anything does 20 miles in. I just stared at the ground and pulled myself ahead. I knew this would be the longest six miles of my life. It was the first time I felt too tired to talk to other runners that were running in the opposite direction. Most of them I couldn't even pick up my head to make eye contact with. Mile 21: 8:37 Honestly the only thing going on in my head from here to the finish was "this is the hardest thing I've ever done in my entire life." Over and over. I tried to think about other things but it was too hard, so I went back to that. Mile 22: 8:36 Mile 23: 8:35 Continued to just pull myself. Ate a gu but it took an entire mile to finish. Mile 24: 8:50 I think this is where there was a bad head wind. Mile 25: 8:52 There was no one around me and I actually thought I was lost. That's something that will freak you out 25 miles in! I finished with a 7 minute bubble around me of no runners. Mile 26: 8:35 Finish: 3:37:16. I saw my parents and started to hyperventilate because of all the emotion of being done. Kind of embarrassing. My legs were the achiest they have ever been and I was soooo cold after I stopped, but warm clothes and jambalaya felt awesome! I was 4th girl, 2nd in my age group, and something like 17th overall (I think). I know this was really detailed, but I want to remember what it felt like to run this far while feeling horrible. It was the strongest my mind ever had to be during a race to get me through this. I did what I had to do to get my BQ, which is awesome, but I can't wait to kill this time! I know if I am feeling good and have good weather I can do it. I think I will aim for 3:30 next time. I will be working on my race plans for the next week or two, and I'll let you know! Thanks everyone for your thoughts and support!
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| walked 2 miles with my parents. legs feel good, ill probably jog a few miles tomorrow. | |
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I'm totally overloaded with school work since I slacked off while my parents were here, but of course instead of doing work I am trying to plan my future race schedule. Here is what I am thinking as of right now. I think it will be best to do Boston in 2010, since I have my preliminary doctoral exams in mid-April this spring.
This Saturday: 3k jingle bell fun run with some friends January 17: 15k/30k in Tallahassee (not sure which I will do) February 1: Tallahassee Half Marathon February 21: Flash 12k in Tallahassee March 28: Antelope Island 50k There is a marathon I want to do in Albany, GA on March 7th, which is very tempting, but I don't know if I want to run one before the 50k or not. I could run it easy as a training run, but it may be hard to hold myself back. I'll have to talk to the experts about that one :)
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Went out to do 3 miles but ended up running two and walking the last one in with a slight limp. Looks like my left leg wants to hold Saturday against me for a little bit :) 30 degrees this morning, felt great! |
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| Ran a Jingle Bell Run 3k with my friend Jill and a bunch of other people. Her goal was to do the entire thing without walking and she did, and at a pretty decent clip, I was really proud! For 12 dollars and a toy donation we got a long sleeve t-shirt, santa hat, light up necklace (the race was at night) and a jingle bell for our shoes. There were 3,000 runners and lots of little kids and dogs, so you can imagine how crazy it was. Then I ate dinner there at the winter festival and enjoyed a chili cheese dog, bloomin' onion, and funnel cake... all calorie free and delicious!!! Then we watched the parade and headed home, which included for me a 2 mile walk to my car. I figure my legs could use the walking to get out any lingering tweeks. It was a great night and really put me in the Christmas spirit! |
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I thought I had my spring races planned out and I just realized, I am used to running at sea level... would I be able to fly into Utah and run 31 miles?? I looked online for any info but couldn't really find anything. Does anyone know about racing in high elevations when you have never run there before? I appreciate any input, I've got to make my decision soon because if I don't do this race I may run Boston in the spring. Thanks! | |
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| Definitely not feeling great yet. When out to do four, but I ran 3, walked .5 then ran the remaining .5. Knees are hurting and my quads felt like bricks. It makes me wonder how often I really want to run marathons, because they really take a lot out of you. And I think my favorite part of the entire process this time were the shorter races I ran while training for it. And they didn't leave my body feeling so beat up. |
| Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 3.50 |
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| 5 miles without stopping! Furthest since the marathon. Still a little pain in the left knee. Running will be tough for the next week or so, I'm going to Alabama for a wedding this weekend, then another wedding in Maryland next weekend. Crazy. |
| Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 5.00 |
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| three miles at a pretty decent pace... all i had time for |
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| I called today my coming out run. I was hoping I would go to intervals and feel great... and I did!!! While I felt like crap the last few weeks I kept remembering Kellies post a while back after SG when she said "this was the first time I felt good since the marathon" and I couldn't wait until I got to say it too! So... this is the first time I felt good since the marathon. What a relief to be able to say that. And my friend is in town visiting, so she got to go to track practice with me which was awesome. 6x800, faster with each, starting at 3:19, ending at 2:57 |
| Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 5.00 |
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| Three days in a row!! First time since... I really have no idea, probably 2003. Ran with Natalie at San Luis. It felt so good to get to run with someone again! Knees feel great, quads are a little sore from last night but nothing crazy. Going to attempt a long run friday as a test. Maybe 10 or so. Also, I just finished for the semester and I am done transcribing forever!! Yay! Long drive home to Maryland tomorrow morning (14 hours). It will be rough going from 80 degrees to 30! |
| Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 3.70 |
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Ran 1 mile in 2 degrees (brrr) with my parents black lab. I think I got more of an arm workout than legs. My pinky went numb, and I think my feet were going to be close behind. I don't know how y'all in Utah do it!
I don't have time to update my spring racing plans, but I don't think I'll be doing anything terribly exciting. I don't have enough time to get into marathon shape, and I was told by many people that running a 50k at high altitude is a bad idea if I have never experienced it before. So probably just a bunch of half marathons and shorter stuff. Probably better off with my school schedule anyway. |
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| Belated Merry Christmas everyone!! I've been sick and busy eating cookies so I haven't been on.
Cold weather, a busy trip home and a case of the flu has put a pause on my running. When I get back to Tallahassee I will be starting from scratch... which kind of stinks because I was in such great shape, but I think my legs deserve the rest. This way at least I won't be worried that I was overdoing it. It puts a damper on any major spring running plans, but I am okay with it. But I am excited to get back to it again when I am feeling better and in warmer weather! My aunt gave me a cool ornament with a running shoe and my marathon date and time. It's really neat! | |
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A Review of 2009: In January I ran my first half marathon*, the inaugural Mississippi Blues Marathon in Jackson. This is a bigger deal than it seems. I had try to train for a half before but my knee kept swelling up, and finally after a ten miler it swelled so much that I could barely walk. So I thought I could never do distance. Well, I kept training and it worked! I was so nervous before the race. Jason came to support me and I remember being in awe of all of the marathoners and what they were about to do. My goal was to run 2 hours, and Jason and I were excited when I finished at 1:51:52. I was officially hooked on distance running! I finished knowing I could have run harder, and was excited to see how fast I could go. Jason even got me flowers :) I had told myself if my body let me finish the half I would keep adding miles until it didn't let me go any further, hoping I'd be able to eventually run a marathon. I decided if I did one it would be the National Marathon in March. My best friend had already run a few marathons, and I never thought I'd actually be able to do it too. I couldn't believe I was in the process of making it happen! The following weekend I ran the Gulf Winds 15k in 1:15. I remember freaking out when some of my miles were under 8 minutes... I thought that was way too fast! The following weekend I ran the Frostbite Half Marathon in Starkville, MS. I told you I was hooked! I ran a 1:48 on another tough course, and actually ran negative splits. I remember getting to the half way point thinking "wow that was nothing." The first weekend of February I ran the Tallahassee half. I had been experiencing a really weird foot/leg injury that didn't make me stop, but caused me to slow down for a couple miles. I still finished in about 1:41. I finally felt what it was to "race" this distance and for once felt like I gave it my all. I continued to train, and my injury continued to nag. I would be reduced to a walk during my long runs and I would just cry. But I kept going anyway, and kind of realized that if I walked a couple minutes every mile or two I could finish the distance. I finally made it to my 20-miler! I was so exited and nervous because I knew whether or not I could run the marathon depended on if I could finish this run. I ran in Jackson while visiting, and the night before ate my "pre-race" meal. I went out with my fuel belt and ran out and backs on a bike trail. I had a lot of hip pain (looking back I think it was the shoes), but I did it! After the run I signed up for the marathon. So March 29th I ran the Suntrust National Marathon. My goal was 4 hours, and I finished just over. Everyone told me to be careful not to start off too fast and I actually started off in 9:45... whoops! I walked 30 seconds through every water stop, regardless of if I felt I needed it. I ended up doing my half right around 2 hours, and finishing about 30 seconds over my goal time. I really enjoyed the race and the pace, I met a ton of cool people. I remember someone telling me to never forget this moment, and to write about it when I get home. I waited almost a year to write about it, but I don't think I'll ever forget the feeling. When I finished my mom, brother and sister-in-law were there, and laughed at me because I didn't seem tired. I couldn't WAIT to beat that time! Since my body struggled a good bit during the training and school was busy, I took some good time off. A couple months. When I started back is when I started the blog. In July I ran an easy 5k on the track, and easily accomplished my goal. The next week I ran the 800 and was so excited to see I ran a 2:34. It's about ten seconds off of my college PR and I wasn't even training that hard. I also felt like I could go faster, and it really excited me. Meanwhile, I was training for the Mississippi Coast Marathon in November, slowly adding on mileage, but still sticking with three runs a week. In August I ran the Breakfast on the Track Mile and aimed for under 6. I ran a 5:44 (I don't know if that's a PR) and feel like this is another time that I can definitely beat. There was a race in September that caught my eye- The Red Cross Hurricane Run. As a meteorologist, and hurricane researcher, I felt obligated! I wanted to run under 21. I ran with a friend (Michael) and when we reached the first mile marker I looked at my watch and laughed and said "6:28." It felt way to easy to run that mile, and I realized I could really turn this race into something because I was feeling so good. About half way in I passed the girl in front of me to move into first. At the three mile marker I realized that I was going to be realllllly close to achieving my goal of my running career- a 5k under 20 minutes. I ran as hard as I could and crossed at 20 FLAT!!!!! I was disappointed but happy with my PR at the same time. Maybe next time :( In October I ran the Baltimore Half Marathon with my dad and best friend, while my brother completed his first full marathon. Our goal was to go under 1:40, and we stayed at 7:45 pace for much of the race. At mile 9 I pulled away and picked it up, dropping my pace to under 7, and finishing in 1:37. (See entry for more details). I look forward to challenging this PR! Everyone thought the course was really hard, but I didn't even feel the hills. I don't know if that means I wasn't going fast enough, or all of the Tallahassee hills have paid off! The last race before my marathon was the Lake Caroline 15k in Jackson. Jason came to watch and my goal was to go under 1:10. I ended up going out with the first place girls, passing them at 3 miles and taking it from there! I finished in 1:02. (Detailed entry in training log). This is my fastest race according to age grade I think. It is definitely the hardest I feel like I have ever pushed myself. It's going to be tough to beat that one! I think the trick to it was that I was in such great distance shape, having just done an 18 miler for my marathon. I now know the importance of training way further than your race. Somewhere in the mix Sasha told me I'm not running enough. So I picked up an extra easy day a week, and realized it's too late to change what I'm doing for this race. Michelle reminded me that what I do now will go towards my next marathon too, so it's not all wasted. My marathon finally came November 29. My goal was of course to PR, but I really knew that there is no reason I shouldn't be able to do that. My REAL goal was a BQ. It was the worst I have EVER felt during a race, but I did it! Most miserable experience though, seriously. I don't know if it was the weather or all the driving before hand. (Once again, details are in the race report). Time: 3:37 and definitely beatable in the near future! Because of my school calendar I decided to wait until Boston for 2010, and even decided not to do a spring marathon. Although now I am beginning to wish I planned on doing one. But for 2009 I really want some PRs and want to prove that I have some good times in me. I really think I have some talent in there that I haven't touched, and I want to see if that's true. I want to train more, but smart, and see what I can do. And I REALLY want that 19:59 5k!!! I also plan to run as many of the Gulf Winds Grand Prix events, and try to place in the final standards at the end of the year. So hopefully 2009 will be a great running year like 2008. Happy new year and happy running to all!
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 346.35 | 137.95 | 484.30 |
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| Brookes Adrenaline (Magenta) Miles: 78.35 | Brooks Adrenaline (Blue) Miles: 79.90 |
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