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Riverside 4th of July

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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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I got off to a late start today because I let my hubby go to the farm since he was with the kids all weekend.  It was almost dark when I started and I really wasn't in the mood.  I ran an easy 1, a hard one and alternated only for 4 miles.  It was perfect running weather.  The heat wave has broken, at least for the time being.

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Ran with some of the girls.  Did a fartlek, even though I'm logging all this as slow.  It was a good workout.  I didn't get there early to get in a few miles because I pressed the snooze.

Now I'm in St. Louis with a friend.  I'm not sure I'll run today, but I might try to squeeze in at least a couple miles tonight.  We'll see.

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No running today.  I was in St. Louis.  We went to Grant's Farm.  It was enjoyable.

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An easy 5 miles.

Saucony Miles: 5.00
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The weather here (now I'm in Chicago) is temperate. Makes for a pleasant run.  This was just another easy run.  I did see a deer in someone's yard while I was running.  I got pretty close before it ambled away.  I did much the same as yesterday, except I ran through Swan Pond, which was pretty swampy.

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Race: Riverside 4th of July (3.1 Miles) 00:22:32, Place overall: 6, Place in age division: 1
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I'm really guessing on my warm up and my cool down.  I warmed up with my brothers before the race.  I had planned on running there, but let my bros talk me into riding with them.  It wasn't hard for them to twist my arm.

Anyway, my youngest brother was planning on running fast with me, but he was pretty noncommital about the whole thing.  He always has trouble breathing in humidity, so I wasn't sure if I could count on him to be my pacer, which is what I wanted.  

Weather was perfect--on the cool side, but still humid, since we've had intermittent rain since last night.

My first mile was 7:03.  My little bro fell back just before the end of this mile.  So I decided to pick a couple of people and just go with them.  The second mile I still felt great. They had a clock and I think I passed it with about a 7:15 second mile (I was paying attention more to the water).  Then I felt a little downhearted because my sons weren't hanging out where my mom had agreed to take them.  I know I slowed down a bit, but then I saw them down the block and picked it up a little.  I was running with a lady in black and I really, really didn't want her to beat me.  We kept trading places, and I let her lead a little in the 3rd mile because it was easier for me to have her as a target if she was in front.  Then I kept looking at my watch and thinking that I had a shot at breaking 23 and I tried to give everything I had.  I left the lady in black (who I later realized was not in my age division) and then passed 4 or so more women on into the finish.  Right after I finished someone told a girl behind me that she was the 9th woman, but I didn't really look at the results, so I'm not sure if I was 8th.  I'll check and post later.

So at any rate, my official time was 22:32.  I looked at the results briefly when I was picking up my medal for first place in my age group!

Update:  I was the 6th woman!!  And one of the things that I wanted to do was beat a couple of girls I grew up with, and I did, by a lot.

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