Tag: half_marathon
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Surfer’s Path Marathon PR – 5/17/2015 and SC Half PR
I haven’t been keeping up with any blogging of late as it has been remarkably busy–needing sleep seems to be a problem! Anyway, I ran a marathon this year because…well, I don’t know why. The last time I ran a marathon, I was so beat by mile 20, I vowed I would never run that… Read more
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San Jose Rock ‘n’ Roll – 10/06/2014
We were in the middle of a heat-wave during this year’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, so I already bet from the get-go that I would not be getting a PR. And so it went! I started out in corral 5 and Tom started with me (though he was assigned to Corral 4). Actually, we were so… Read more
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Disneyland Half – 8/31/2014
No PR, but I’m happy with my results. I think this is the first time I’ve come in within the top 5% in a large race–but, of course, the Disneyland Half demographic is probably skewed more towards beginning or “casual” runners, so I’m sure it’s a slower group overall. Still, I walked a lot. It… 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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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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Disneyland Half 2012
Well, my first run back from having Thing 3 was this year’s Disneyland Half. Tom doesn’t much enjoy it because it’s too hot for him…and, admittedly, the weather is always a risk! Luckily, this year, it was only 66F when I headed out for the corrals. Unluckily, I didn’t realize they had made a mistake… Read more
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SJ Rock ‘n’ Roll 2012
I wasn’t sure how this run would turn out (actually, every run is a mystery, really. You never know what to expect and what will transpire out there on the course!), especially since I was running with a friend instead of solo, as I usually do. We were shooting for a sub-2 — a reasonable… Read more