Marathon Dreamer

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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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Not the most pleasant 16 mile run I've ever been on.... but Alan and I got it done!! I was tired going into it so I knew it was going to be a bit challenging. We didn't race it.  We separated for a bit of the run at the end. Alan was ahead of me. I had to stop a few times today just to stretch a bit and mentally collect myself.  I was really looking forward to stopping at my truck for my gatorade. In fact, it was one thing that was keeping me going!! Apparently, someone stole the 2 I had in the bed!!! Major bummer!! I continued on and finally saw Alan at the 16 mile marker. The run was a bit painful for me at times. I didn't feel good for much of the run, but glad we got it done. The last 3 miles my hamstrings kept cramping up.... a hydration issue as well as a "still tired from racing last saturday" issue.  Once again... lessons learned!!  Took a nap when I got home.  Pretty sore at the moment. The next 2-3 weeks are going to be tough.

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Comments
From Marathon Dreamer on Sun, May 16, 2010 at 16:30:43 from 200.52.168.1

I gotta say... I am totally whipped!!! Racing that half last weekend kicked my rear... I am still recovering and I couldn't muster a better pace for this 16 mile run. At least I know what my potential is at this point. Running that half was a great confidence builder... still being sore and not being able to do my best is frustrating.

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