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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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Race: Ben Moore Memorial Half (13.1 Miles) 02:25:00
Total Distance
13.10

 

Not sure of my official time or place yet because results not posted yet. 

Beautiful day for a race.  Nice and overcast and not so humid.  I followed the advice of Brent and had a big breakfast yesterday and a light dinner.  I felt ready to run.  My race was about 45 minutes from my home and was a small one.  I would guess there was only about 150 runners.

Little did I know the whole course was nothing but hills.  I overheard someone talking about it at the start.  I started getting worried because I didn't do a whole lot of hill training but decided not worry and be glad I wore the right headband (It says, "Hills?...What Hills?)  If you weren't going up a hill you were going down a hill (wasn't expecting that).  

Did I mention there were hills?  After the 1st hill (they were all big), I was feeling good and confident.  I remembered someone telling me to start off slow then pick people off at the end, so thats what I did (Brent).  I kept it slow and steady going up and rested but picked up the pace going down (thank goodness for good knees...knock on wood somebody!).

My husband, Rick had his cowbell and cheered my on at the top of tough hills (they were all tough).  Turns out hills were my strong point.  After about 7 miles, many runners were walking up the hills but not me.  I would start thinking about my life and how I don't slow down when things get tough, thats when I lean in and keep putting one foot in  front of the other (spiritual moment).  The hills are where I started picking runners off.  Now don't get the idea I was  sprinting up these hill because I was far from sprinting...just constant and steady...thought about my breathing and didn't look at the top of the hill, only just in front of me.  

Before I knew it I was on mile 12...the longest last mile of my life.  It took 2 more hills and the rest of my energy to haul my booty over the finish line...so glad to be done.   Now my mind is set on that McFlurry calling my name..."Teerrriii...Come eat mmeee".


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Comments
From The Quiet Pirate on Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 21:21:42 from 71.49.55.78

Great race report Terri! I wish I could have been there with you, but you made it up the hills without the magic yellow ribbon anyway!

Sounds like Brent's advice was excellent- I'll have to remember it the next time I try a good race/run.

Hope that McFlurry was as awesome and excellent as it should have been. You deserve it!!

From Brent on Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 10:21:35 from 168.178.30.155

Terri, way to tough it out on the hills, good mental effort, 500 commando points. It really takes some guts sometimes to keep running. Good job

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

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