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Location:

Rantoul,IL,

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

1/2 marathon  1:43:09--Illinois Marathon, April 2013

10K: 46:50--Safe Kids Run in Crystal Lake Park, April 2010

5K: 22:07--Jingle Bell Run, December 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

Do another marathon AFTER GOOD TRAINING

 

1/2 marathon in 1:41 or under

 

Break Burt's 5K PR by 1 second

 

10K in 46:00 or under

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep encouraging my family in their development of a healthy lifestyle

 

God willing, I will run until the end.

Personal:

I run with God. I use my running time to contemplate, to pray and to listen for His call. I'm married to a non-runner, but a supportive one, and we have four children.

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Iso Lifetime Miles: 133.20
Race: Get Your Rear in Gear (3.1 Miles) 00:23:26, Place overall: 26, Place in age division: 3
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
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I woke up this morning at 7 and panicked because my race was at 9 in the city.  While I was rushing around, throwing on clothes and popping a muffin in the toaster to take on the road, I discovered it was only 6 and I had plenty of time.

My friend organized the race for colon cancer research (she lost her fiancee to colon cancer 6 years ago.  He was only 24).  It was in beautiful Lincoln Park, right along the lake front.  My drive was nice, but parking was stressful.  I definitely don't miss city driving.

I ran from my car to the site--just a little over a mile. Then I waited for another friend I had recruited to run.  She ended up being late, so I warmed up another 1.5 miles by myself.   It started to pour about 15 minutes before the race.  My friend actually ended up running in the pouring rain from the el (they got off at the wrong stop) and made it just 3 minutes before the start.  The rain miraculously stopped right before the gun.  We were pretty far back when they started, but it was okay.

My first two miles I was on 7:25 pace.  I always struggle the last mile, but I just kept telling myself, "I have a cramp; I'm fighting through it" and "This wind really sucks, but I'm so close to the end."  I know I slowed down (my last 1.1 averaged 7:48 pace), but I'll work on it.

I did a lot of passing, and I was passed by only 1 woman and 1 man.  That ain't bad.

My friend and I cooled down back to the car.  Reeeeeeaaaally slooooooooow.  She is not fast.

My time was 23:26.  I'm happy.  There were 236 runners (although some of the times listed as runners had to have walked it).  And I was the 7th female!  That makes me feel good.

Then my son bruised my nose (accident) and my mom forced me to go on a zoo death march.  I'm exhausted.  And my nose hurts.


Saucony Miles: 7.00
Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 00:01:17 from 71.229.164.25

Great job! It sounds like a hectic morning. I'm glad you made it to the race. I'm anxious to see how you placed. That is a really great time!

That's too bad about the bruised nose and the zoo death march. You should be allowed to take it easy after a race.

From Tracy on Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 08:31:18 from 71.201.129.114

That's what I thought too, but my opinion doesn't count. I generally dislike the zoo anyway, but I can usually tolerate it. This time it was raining on and off and my two-year-old had not napped (because I was trying to nap with him when he head-butted me so I gave up forcing him to take an early nap in favor of some ice on my face) so it was just ridiculous. And my mom rushed me out of the car to get in the zoo and we only had one umbrella. Oh, I could go on and on complaining about it...

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