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Walt Disney World Marathon

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Location:

Centerville,GA,

Member Since:

Oct 20, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

PR's: North Face Endurance Challenge Trail Run GA 50mi 2011-12:55; The Great Floridian Triathlon 2010 (140.6)-13:24:15;  Disney Marathon 2009- 3:52:59; Disney Marathon 2010- 3:37:40;  Breast Cancer Half Marathon (2010) 1:41:39; Seaside Half Marathon 2011- 1:39:17; Red Cross 5K 2008- 21:52;  Recycle Run 5K 2009- 20:38

I will hit my 10th marathon this year after the Marine Corps Marathon.

Short-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Boston.  Get a new 5k PR. Run a 1/2 marathon in under 1:40:00  1:35:00. 

Upcoming Races:

Spartan Race GA                                  March 10

Navarre Beach Sunset Stampede 5k     May 5

Warrior Dash GA                                 May 20

Marine Corps Marathon                       October 28

Long-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for Kona. Break 21:00 for a 5k Break 20:00 for a 5k;  Break 3:30 for a marathon.  Finish a 100mi run (far future after I achieve my other goals).

 

Personal:

I graduated 2010 with my masters in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Florida.  I'm now at Robins AFB. 

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Race: Walt Disney World Marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:37:40, Place overall: 815, Place in age division: 22
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The race was so cold, at 6am the wind chill factor was at 16oF and the actual temperature was 27oF.  The water at the water stops made ice spots on the ground and my gloves froze when I got water on them.  I wore tights, a head band, gloves, and a jacket the whole race and wore some throw away clothes to the start and ditched a long sleeve shirt around mile 3.  My face was very cold and not too many people were talking because it was hard to.  The 3:40 pace group started out slow, so I split off from them after the first mile and held my pace when I got down to a 8:20/mi.  The group caught up at mile 8, they must have picked it up quite a bit, they said that they ran mile 7 in 7:45.  I ran with the group until I hit Magic Kingdom around mile 10 and slowly started to pull forward because of the crowding.  I kept the same pace until I hit mile 14 and my knee started bothering me which slowed me down a little in the middle miles, but not much.  As soon as I hit mile 20 the adrenaline kicked in and I just started going faster.  I averaged 8:15/mi in the last 10k.  After the race it hurt to walk and I was so cold.  I had a sweatshirt and pants to change into, but it didn't help much, I was still shivering waiting for my friend to finish.  I was very happy to qualify for Boston, but at the time I could only think about getting warm.  I was 22/782 in my age group which puts me at around the 97th percentile and 122/8152 for women which is around the 98.5 percentile and over all around the 95th percentile.  So, very happy with how I did and happier to not have to run another marathon in 6 weeks.  I'm going to do the 1/2 at the breast cancer marathon and try to get another PR for this running season.

My splits are 42:25 at 5mi (8:29/mi), 1:22:57 at 10mi (8:06/mi for mi 5-10), 1:48:37  at the half (8:17/mi), 2:46:30 at 20mi (8:19), and 3:37:40 overall.  My overall pace was 8:18/mi.

Mizuno Precision Blue Miles: 26.20
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Easy 3 with minor quad soreness.  My quads and shins were killing me on Monday and Tuesday and are a little better today.  Riding my bike doesn't bother me and I rode to class on Monday and today pain free.  Hopefully I'll be up to 20mi for my weekly total by next week.  This week I'll be happy to get in 9mi.  I really don't like the Sun to Saturday calendar.  It throws off my mileage if I choose to run on Sunday vs Saturday in the same weekend.  I've always gone by Monday through Sunday as my running week.

Mizuno Precision Blue Miles: 3.00
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Easy run.  I tried some new insoles in my shoes and it felt like too much cushioning.  I will wear them on my shorter runs in my old shoes until I get use to them.

The temperature is much nicer, its in the upper 60's low 70's again. 

Mizuno Precision Blue Miles: 4.00
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