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St Charles 10 miler

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Location:

Waldorf,MD,United States

Member Since:

Jul 18, 2010

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

Several half marathons:  PR 1:59:12

3 Full:  PR   4:38:10

Did a 50th b-day run/ride.  Ran 22 miles, then rode 28 miles.  Took me 7 hours but I conquered 50 miles in honor of that milestone birthday.

Short-Term Running Goals:

April 12, 2014  St. Charles 10 miler

May 4, 2014   Flying Pirate 5K & Half Marathon (doing both)  

September 12-13, 2014  Ragnar Run (200 mile relay)

October, 2014  Woodrow Wilson Bridge Half Marathon

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

stay healthy...stay strong...stay happy!

Race at least 3 times a year  (1 full marathon / 2 half marathons) 

Personal:

Married for 30 years.  2 kids (28 & 20).  One beautiful grandson!

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45.00
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6.00

6 miles on the rail trail.  Did 1 mile warm up then 3 miles at 8:40 with 1/2 mile jogs inbetween, 1 mile cooldown.  

Felt good to run fast.  Hope my body holds up :)

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2.00

2 miles in the hood.  Got to try out my new head lamp in the dark this morning.  The birds were singing like crazy and I noticed flowering buds on the trees ... yeah!

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11.00

11 miles on the rail trail.  There must have been some kind of small 5K because I was passing people running the other direction, with bibs.  Then onlookers started clapping for me like I was in the lead of the run.  I guess the 5K was an "out and back" run.  Then I got to the start/finish line of the 5K (I didn't cross it :), I turned around and now I was able to cheer on the runners heading toward the finish.  It was a nice distraction and start to my run, this all happened in the first 4 miles. 

The next 7 miles were on a part of the trail that always has fewer people.  I was able to get lost in my music and thoughts.  On the way back, I saw a group of soldiers from my husbands National Guard Unit.  I cheered them on too.  Just a simply cheerful day!

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3.00

3 miles on the treadmill slow 10:30 pace.  Core work afterward.

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spin class.  One of the class participants revealed today that she has to take a chemo pill every morning for the next 4 years.  Makes her tired and sometimes nauseous.  Her cancer is back ...

She is inspiring.  

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6.00

6 miles on the rail trail.  Tempo today.  Warm up 1st mile then 4 miles at 9:30 pace, 1 mile cool down.  My ap: 9:44.  Beautiful sunny morning.  Little cool but I didn't mind (45 degrees).  A lot better than below 30 and snowing :)

 

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Race: St Charles 10 miler (10 Miles) 01:39:18, Place overall: 86, Place in age division: 4
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My split pace was 9:45 and overall pace 9:54.  Slower than I wanted but I could blame it on the hills or the lack of sleep.  I kept my grandbaby the night before and he decided to have a long story time from midnight to 1 am or so.  Wouldn't have it any other way (well, maybe more sleep).  My husband met me along the course with our grandson, so it was great getting motivational kisses!

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4.00

In Arizona visiting my daughter.  Learning what this dry heat is all about.  Beautiful here!

 

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2.00

2 miles and ab work to get my body moving.  Happy Easter!

 

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3.00

3 miles in the hood.  beautiful day!  Ap: 9:52

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6.00

Six miles on the rail trail.  Speedwork.  3 miles at 8:50 with 1/2 miles rests inbetween.  

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2 miles at the gym then did "10 core exercises for runners" from a Runners World article.  Some were a little akward but felt affective.

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45.00
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