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Location:

Corona,CA,

Member Since:

Sep 08, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

2012 Irvine Half Marathon 1:38:20 

2012 Fontana Half Marathon  1:32:17                  

St. George Marathon                                                           2007-4:13:00

2008-3:45:07

2011-3:35:05     

2012-3:26:14

8 Total Marathons                                           

Short-Term Running Goals:

Perfect my diet to run better, stonger and faster!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run 3:15 marathon.

Personal:

I have 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls. 11, 9, 6 and 2. I have been married to my guy for 13 years. He is great and so supportive of my running life. He is also very active, mostly weight training and he has run 2 half marathons as well. He is very fast without training too hard. 1:28 Half Marathon!!! I am working on being able to keep up with him. Someday when are kids are older we look forward to training together.

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We just got our email hooked up today. I have been spending the last who knows how many hours going through our 227 emails. I have been on the computer forever so.... I will update you all later.

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1 hour yoga and weights for legs.  24 hour fitness is within walking distance from our house. It is fabulous!!!

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I found a really great route last week that I did again today. It is 2 miles from my house to this great hill. It is behind some apartments and I run up to the peak and back down the other side for a cool down. Then I reverse it and do the same thing again. It is the perfect distance. So mixed in the middle of my 5 miles today I ran 4 hill repeats. The hill repeats equal to be 1 mile and then I turn around and run the 2 miles back home.

I have to say I am not having the easiest transition here. I do love the area but I really don't like our rental. It is old and I feel like it is dirty. Because it is a rental my husband keeps telling me to stop spending so much time to make it look the way I want it. He is right, because we really are not going to be here long. It is really hard to look around me while I am inside and enjoy California. When I am outside I love where I live!!!!!

I took my kids down to the beach for a walk. My two year old was so cute when I took his picture he kept saying cheese and grining so big. On the way home I got pooped on by a bird. Thankfully it was just on my hand.

Miss you all!!! If it makes you feel any better it has actually been a little chilly here since we got here. It has been averaging like 55. Which is actually pretty cold here. It is funny to see the locals walking around in scarfs, hats and gloves.

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I ran the opposite direction on the boardwalk this morning. There were tons of runners and bikers and there were tons of surfers to watch this morning.

I felt great and was surprised that an 8:20 pace was comfortable today. I have stayed pain free in my hip and I am loving it. I am just not sure how much to push without re-injuring. I plan to listen to my body a little better this time.

The first 4 miles were very comfortable so I decided I need to run the last for miles as a negative split. I started to tire around 6.5 miles. I got chicked at 4.5 miles. Thankfully it was by a guy and not a girl. He must have been doing an out and back because a mile after he passed me he turned around and ran towards me. I was pleased to see he was working pretty hard. I like to think it was because he was trying to catch me. I will just pretend!

 miles 8:20, 8:12, 8:16, 8:23, 7;53, 8:05, 8:12, 7:17  Pace 8:05

I gave it all had the last mile. I wished I had had a little more speed but none the less this was  a great run this morning!

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