| Location: Vista,CA,USA Member Since: Jan 12, 2010 Gender: Female Goal Type: Age Division Winner Running Accomplishments: Official PR in the half... San Diego Half Marathon at Petco Park March 2012 ; 1:48:34 Full Marathon PR - LA Honda Marathon March, 2012; 3:48:33 3/2012 - 5K PR - 22:20 Short-Term Running Goals: AZ Rock n' Roll Marathon P.F. Chang, January 20, 2013 Carlsbad Marathon, January 27, 2013 Mission Gorge 15k Trail Run, February 2013 5K TBA LA Marathon, March 2013 ? or.... Mountains to Breakers Marathon, May 2013 Noble Canyon 50K, September 2013? or a 50 miler.... Javelina Jundred, 100 mile, October 2013... I will succeed!!!
Long-Term Running Goals:
Someday run a sub 3 hour, 30 min marathon... anything is possible! My hopes are to continue to steadily improve and surprise a few people ;-)! 100 mile in 2013 Master's Woman's Bikini contest... yes... I may just do this in the coming year if I can manage to give up beer long enough to cut! Help to inspire others to get fit and be consistent in their training.....Continue to love running and stay injury free while I rack up the miles....
Personal: I have been married for almost 20 years.... Dave is the only man that I think that was placed specifically on this earth to tolerate my crazy ways.
I have 2 boys - ages 9 yrs. and 18 yrs. old (senior in high schoold and known on this blog as "Ironman"- they are fabulous kids - I am very blessed!!!
I am an RN and have been for around 12 years.
I lift weights regularly and work abs 2-3 days a week. I enjoy the beach, like to sing, and love to run!!!
Quit smoking about 4 years ago and couldn't run 1/4 way around a track when I began... started with elliptical and then got into running more seriously. Cranked up the mileage and intensity when I began training for my first 1/2 marathon. The rest is history.... or history in the making!?
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 118.10 | 55.10 | 173.20 |
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| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 97.60 | Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 66.60 | Asics Phoenix 2 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles at 8:43 average pace. |
| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 |
| 1 mile warm up. 2 x 1600 at 7:30 pace with 400 meter recoveries then 2 x 1600 at 7:19 pace with 400 meter recoveries....cool down. |
| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 |
| Treadmill run with 1 mile warm up starting at 10 minue pace. Increased pace every mile and ended the run at an 8:42 pace. Took it easy for the most part. |
| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 8.00 |
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| off...too tired from working 2 night shifts in a row. | | Add Comment |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 5.00 | 6.00 |
| Decided to push it today since I wasn't running long this weekend and I honestly felt like total crap after working several night shifts in a row, but what can I say? I am a glutton for punishment so... I punished myself. The first mile I worked into my pace. Averaged 7:50 per mile over 5 miles and then cooled down. I felt like I had worked it, but didn't give it everything as I do have to live to run another day (mainly tomorrow) and besides... I wasn't getting a medal, so there. Happy with it though and it was the fastest 5 miles that I have ever run! |
| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| 8 miles in the morning at 9 min/mile average pace. I was a little tired from yesterday's fast run but did quite well this morning considering. 6 miles in the evening at 9:30 min/mile average pace. Although it was slower than this morning's run, I actually felt pretty good! |
| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| OK! The past two days totally caught up with me. This was really tough today. Ran at 9:36 average pace with my friend Mary and I struggled for 3/4 of this run to complete it but it is done. |
| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.00 | 4.00 | 8.00 |
| 2 mile warm up...3 x 1600 at 7:19 with 400 meter total recoveries then 1 x 1600 at 7:08 with 400 meter complete recovery...cool down. |
| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 3.00 | 6.00 |
| Varied speeds...probably low 9's. |
| Asics Phoenix 2 Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 |
| very slow on the mill....9:31 average pace. | | Add Comment |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 18.00 | 0.00 | 18.00 |
| Very tough and hilly 18 miler with the running crew inland by College and Tamarack Roads. Killer! Ellie and I were the only 2 that were running this far today and the last 3-4 miles ate us both up. I swear, we ran several hills that were probably at least 3/4 of a mile long on this run. Glad it's over and I am totally whipped. |
| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 18.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.60 | 0.00 | 3.60 |
| 9:04 average pace. Sore from yesterday's 18 hilly miles!!!! |
| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 3.60 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 4.50 | 3.00 | 7.50 |
| 2 mile warm up then 1x800 at 7:30 pace with 200 meter recovery then 3 x 800 at 7:08 pace each with 200 meter recoveries, then cool down. I was vtired today so opted for 800's instead of my usual mile repeats. |
| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 7.50 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 mile zombie run before heading into work. |
| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| off...too tired from crappy night at work. Since 5am tuesday morning, I had only slept 10 hours and it is now thursday afternoon. UGH! | | Comments(1) |
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| Off... tired from working night shift. I need to rethink my training on the weeks that I work 3 shifts in a row. | | Comments(1) |
| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 6.00 | 4.00 | 10.00 |
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| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 5.00 | 3.00 | 8.00 |
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| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| 1 mile warm up thmen 4 x 1600 at 8:00 minute pace with active recoveries for 20-30 seconds between each. |
| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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Oceanside Turkey Trot 2011 (3.1 Miles) 00:24:02, Place overall: 131, Place in age division: 6 | | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 0.00 | 3.10 | 3.10 |
| So the above results are for the local 5K for residents but the overall 5k results were 480th place with 15th place in my division. I was really disappointed with this race today because I really thought that I was in 23 minute or possibly just under that shape. I do have to realize though, that I am training for a marathon currently and that does slow you down a bit when you are running high mileage. I had also just finished 3 night shifts in a row at work and had minimal rest before the race. Such terrible sleeping habits prior to race day! It's ok though. I did beat my husband and that was on my to do list today. My oldest son Kyle cranked it in 22:31. So proud of him!!! The first mile, I was in the high 6's but totally started to poop out on mile 2. I was having such a hard time breathing because it was so cold! I then started with the stomach cramps which reduced me to a slogger. Sucks to have this problem but I have never beaten my husband ever in a race, and today I did, so there! ;-) |
| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 3.10 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 3.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 mile fartlek. |
| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 6.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 8.00 | 4.00 | 12.00 |
| 9 minute pace average. Wanted to run longer but not feeling up to it today. Tired! |
| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 10.00 | 4.00 | 14.00 |
| 14 miles along the coast....essentially a fartlek. I am getting into the meat and potatoes of my marathon training now which means long runs and faster running on tired legs! |
| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 3.00 | 5.00 | 8.00 |
| Another challenging run... fartlek/interval work. It is my last training month before my marathon. Time to step it up and include some faster paces on these longer runs!! |
| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 1.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
| 1 mile warm up then 4 miles at 8:27 average pace on the treadmill. |
| Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Slow miles | Fast miles | Total Distance | | 118.10 | 55.10 | 173.20 |
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| Asics Gel Nimbus Miles: 97.60 | Nike Pegasus (Purchased June 1) Miles: 66.60 | Asics Phoenix 2 Miles: 6.00 |
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