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Location:

Rochester,NY,

Member Since:

Jun 18, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

September,2007 - Completed first marathon, Rochester in 4:17

July, 2008 - Completed Musselman Triathlon (half Iron)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Winglass Marathon - October, 2009 - Break 4 hours

Qualify for the Boston Marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run until I'm 90 years old!

Personal:

Married with two sons, ages 14 and 11. My favorite running partner is my cockapoo, Teddy. Belong to Moms In Motion, a national women's running and triathlon club.

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Thu, Jun 25, 2009

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
13.00	0.00	13.00

Today was my long run, and I can't say it was easy, but overall it went well. My average pace was 9:16 - - again, very good for me. And I really was just "running the way I felt" - - not pushing it. I actually felt great until the last mile which was up a very long hill, and it started to get a lot hotter. Also, I thought I had mapped out a perfect 13 mile loop, but turned out - - I didn't. So when I thought I should be done, I still had 0.7 miles to go. It's not much I know, but psychologically I felt . . .well, done. So that last little bit was the biggest flog of the whole run . . .lol.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 8.00	Weight: 128.00

Comments

From auntieem on Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:05:11 from 67.182.145.8

Nice pace for your long run! I hate that, when psychologically you are done, then have to go more distance. It can make .7 miles seem really long. Sounds like you are being very consistent and racking up those miles!

From Anita on Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 09:37:19 from 72.225.46.245

Thank you so much, auntieem. I am definitely NOT going to underestimate my mileage again like that . . .lol. Next time I use mapmytri.com to map out my run, I'm making sure I stick an extra half mile in there. I'd rather have to walk home at the end than run past my street again. That's just more will power than I typically possess at the end of a long run.

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Jul 01, 2009 at 12:33:52 from 192.168.1.1

Anita - the blog has its own course mapping tool. Log in and and click on the Course Tool link on your left. In addition to the distance it can give you mile splits for the even effort at a certain flat pace adjusted for the elevation profile of the course. E.g if you want 9:00 effort it will say run this uphill mile in 9:20, this downhill mile in 8:50, and this mile with rollers and no elevation drop in 9:10.

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