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Pacer's Running Festival Half Marathon

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Location:

Washington,DC,

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Two Marine Corps Marathons: best '09: 3:55;
10k PR 46 something

Half marathon PR: 1:42:50

Short-Term Running Goals:

3:40 at Shamrock Marathon in VA Beach, March 20

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and fit!

Personal:

I'm a very clumsy and injury-prone 31-year-old Argentine runner and biker living in beautiful Arlington, VA.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Mizuno Lifetime Miles:						401.24
Saucony Lifetime Miles:						289.49

Sun, May 10, 2009

Race: Pacer's Running Festival Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 02:12:26, Place overall: 668

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
13.10	0.00	0.00

I ate too much last night so my weight was terrible today... need to continue watching myself...

Ran the Pacer's half marathon pacing my friend Ashley - My goal was to get her to run sub 2-hours... her goal was just to finish... I didn't hit my goal but she hit hers, and got a 1-minute PR. It was nice and slow, I was so glad I didn't try to push myself to PR... though it would've been a nice course to do it... It's hard being a pacer - you don't know how to motivate your runner... you don't want to push too hard but that's also what you're there for, so it's finding the right balance... A fun day with a fun friend, and I talked to some other running friends at the finish line. There should be several nice running pics of me this time - I need to find ONE good picture of me running other than the one from 5 years ago and the one when I had my mouth wired!

Next weekend is the Capitol Hill Classic 10k, I want to PR on that one. Hopefully the weather will cooperate!

Have a great Sunday! The sun is out in DC after being gone on vacation for almost 10 days!

Mizuno Miles: 13.10

Weight: 136.00

Comments

From montelepsy on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 15:38:49 from 64.235.121.163

Great job multi-tasking! Supporting a friend; getting an easy long run in; resisting the urge to speed up; not falling...

From seeaprilrun on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 16:05:09 from 68.102.144.140

Sounds like you are a fantastic pacer--you think about all the aspects. It's hard to get a good running picture! The few pictures of me running are so awful I don't show them to anyone. I either look like I'm walking and miserable doing it, or my body looks strangely contorted. Good luck on your 10K and a pr! Is it a pretty flat course?

From Barry on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 17:30:01 from 75.174.1.135

Great job! I have never been a pacer before, so i don't have any advice, sorry! I does sound like you did an awesome job at it!

From lucia on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 19:19:43 from 98.204.55.168

Thanks guys! April, the 10k is pretty flat - and then you start the last mile going down and then up Capitol Hill which is a killer! But if you're prepared it's not that bad.

From Eric Day on Sun, May 10, 2009 at 20:10:07 from 189.169.178.121

Cool, Lucia. Are we on for the 10k?

From jtshad on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:27:56 from 204.134.132.225

Way to get out and help a friend!

From Lucia on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:20:59 from 74.9.147.114

You're on Eric! My best time in that course was last year at 50 minutes and change... but I feel faster this year, so I hope to do 48. You think you can beat that? What's your course like?

From Eric Day on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:30:20 from 200.52.202.180

This race is new to me. I didn't do it last year since I was barely starting to run. Its sort off flat with long soft inclines.

My time, just hope to crush my PR (and you, of course =) ).

From Bonnie on Mon, May 11, 2009 at 12:31:16 from 128.196.228.134

It is hard to pace someone ... especially for longer races. I have gotten cussed and yelled at before ... but I knew it wasn't really personal. I know you won't yell at me come October ;-).

Funny, Dean ran with me for the last 3 miles of my race, and I couldn't really yell at him because I was in so much pain and just wanted to finish -- but you could tell he really did not know what to say ... "you're doing great" was ok ... but "a lot of people up here to pass" did not really work so well!

Can't wait to see how things go in the 10K !!!

From josse on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 11:08:22 from 75.216.64.51

I absolutely love fun races, where you don't really care how you do just that you have fun. A pr is just a plus:) Great job!

From Kelli on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 21:28:06 from 71.219.89.83

I can not wait for the new picture!!!

Good luck with the NEXT race.

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