Category: Running
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Seascape 5-miler
So, my shin has been continuing to be a minor irritant so I’m opting out of Surfer’s Path on 5/18. But, with some encouragement from a friend, I did sign up for the Seascape 5-miler, which I figured I’d be able to do with shin splints or not. And, while my shin felt a little… Read more
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Santa Cruz Half – near PR
Today’s event stats: Division Place 460/2331(19.7%) Gender Place 159/2733 (5.8%) Age Place 31/322 (9.6%) Start Time 08:02:23 5.5 Mile 00:46:34 Elapsed 01:51:19 Pace: 8:29 So, I thought I developed either shin splints or a stress fracture about 5 weeks before this race. I took 3 weeks off to recover — cross-training, including some aqua jogging… Read more
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She.is.Beautiful 2014
This year, I was so honored to run with some of the most amazing young ladies in Santa Cruz – H’s 9 and 7-year olds and a friend’s 10-year old. Plus, I got to borrow Jenny’s double BOB and had both of my little girls with me!! It was so amazing to watch these young… Read more
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ZombieRunner Quarry Lakes Run – December 14, 2013
Ok. Second marathon ever. I was all set for a “flat” course and was dismayed to find that it wasn’t FLAT. Also, it was mostly in gravel. The course description read as follows: 60′ elevation gain 64% crushed rock 36% asphalt So 60 feet elevation sounds flat, right?? Oh, well. I have no idea how… Read more
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Morgan Hill Half Marathon – October 20, 2013
The most memorable thing about this run was that it was freakin’ cold at the start line! But, luckily, I have an awesome little sister who a) let us sleep at her house the night before; b) drove me to the start line so I could stay in her car until the last possible minute!… Read more
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San Jose Rock ‘n’ Roll Half PR
Well, we all got running PRs this year at the SJ Rock ‘n’ Roll, and 8 seconds was the lucky number! Tom and A. were 8 seconds apart coming in at 1:45:12 and 1:45:04, respectively, and I beat my previous PR (from this year’s Jungle Run) by a mere 8 seconds (1:51:15)! I really had… Read more
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2013 Jungle Run Half PR
I’ve been running consistently every weekend with Jenny for about a year now and I think the regularity is paying off. I surprised myself by getting a new PR — my first ever on this course, 1:51:23, which means I shaved 2 minutes from my previous PR (from the Santa Cruz Half)! The conditions leading… Read more
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2013 Santa Cruz Half Marathon PR
Ok. I didn’t expect to pull off a new PR at this event, but miraculously, I did! I went to bed only after midnight and then Thing 3 was up much of the early morning and, consequently, I was, too. When I finally got out of bed sometime between 6:15 and 6:30am, I was so… Read more
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She.Is.Beautiful
As I was heading over here to post on my first time running She.is.Beautiful, I saw the previous post on last year’s Turkey Trot! My final time is exactly the same!!! So, if I thought I ran my best 10K ever at last year’s Silicon Valley Turkey Trot, I guess I did a repeat performance… Read more
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SV Turkey Trot 2012
I think I ran my best 10K ever at this year’s Silicon Valley Turkey Trot. Overall: 1374 out of 7912 (17.3%) Women: 290 out of 4058 (7.7%) Age Group: 19/389 Finish: 52:03 Pace: 8:23 Tag Time: 52:03 Gun Time: 53:29 4-mile split: 32:02 Pace: 8:01 So I slowed down after Mile 4 which was right… Read more