Weekend Bling Report
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Good Life Halfsy, Lincoln, Nebraska:
Ran a PR 1:28:49.4 net time, 1:28:52.9 gun time in near perfect weather on a net downhill course. Initial results had me 3rd in the male 55-59 age group, final results had me 4th. I think what happened was that the system somehow got wrong ages on people, but this got fixed before final results. Initial results show me as age 58; final show me correctly as 59. The guy who showed up ahead of me is age 55 in final results, and I'm guessing they incorrectly had him as 54 initially.
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My race report from last Saturday at the Huntsville (AL) Half Marathon. http://therunningstan.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-27th-huntsville-half-marathon-race.html
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Ozark Trail 100 on Nov 7, 27:44!!0
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Philadelphia Marathon: 4:02:32.
A far cry from the 3:32 I was looking for, but I overstretched my hamstring two weeks ago and hadn't done any long runs on it since. Turns out, it was not as race ready as I hoped, and overcompensating for the hamstring resulted in 10 straight miles of leg cramps (and those can really slow a person down!). Happy to have even finished, and looking to try for a BQ again in May.
Meanwhile, the medal is amazing. It's a Liberty Bell in the middle that actually dings. The finisher's village sounded like it was full of Christmas elves
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Not a weekend, as my 10K was on Thanksgiving Day. No bling, because a couple faster guys showed up and 2nd in the age group (because one of them took 1st Veteran) was only worth a gift certificate I won't use. But it was a lot of fun. Finished 53rd out of 1121, in 40:53. The highlight was when I caught up to Santa and the Turkey along about 3 miles in. There were a lot of runners who finished behind the fast man in the red suit, but I finished ahead of him.0
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@kristinegift: Still not a time to sneeze at. Running while injured can be tough (i did it with a hurt hip flexor and it slowed me by about 30 minutes). Rest, recover, and get back to it.0
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Finally broke the 20 minute barrier in a 5k and came in 1st in my AG for our local Turkey Trot (24 in my AG, 700 total participants) with a new PR of 19:43. Of course, some of that was luck as I would have been 4th if I was one AG up or down...0
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The_Enginerd wrote: »Finally broke the 20 minute barrier in a 5k and came in 1st in my AG for our local Turkey Trot (24 in my AG, 700 total participants) with a new PR of 19:43. Of course, some of that was luck as I would have been 4th if I was one AG up or down...
You can't control the luck of the draw on how your age group will shake out. Congrats on the new PR and the sub-20.0 -
The_Enginerd wrote: »Finally broke the 20 minute barrier in a 5k and came in 1st in my AG for our local Turkey Trot (24 in my AG, 700 total participants) with a new PR of 19:43. Of course, some of that was luck as I would have been 4th if I was one AG up or down...
That is an amazing time! Congrats on breaking the 20 minute barrier!@kristinegift: Still not a time to sneeze at. Running while injured can be tough (i did it with a hurt hip flexor and it slowed me by about 30 minutes). Rest, recover, and get back to it.
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I haven't reported in awhile, but have had a decent few months of racing. I did the local Thanksgiving 10K even though I am still struggling with a stress fracture in my fibula. I hadn't ran since my marathon on Nov. 1. Thanksgiving 10k time was 40:11 which was good enough for 5th overall out of 7200+ women.
I did NYC marathon on Nov. 1 despite being injured. My leg held up decently for 18 miles and then the pain got the better of me and my paced slowed a lot. Finished in 3:19 and some change. It isn't a horrible time, but I was disappointed.
I ran a local half marathon Oct. 17. This was just a tune up for my marathon since I hadn't been running much and not doing long runs. I PR'd with a 1:26 and won overall female.
I did a 5k with my family on my birthday at the end of September. That was their gift to me. I set a 5k PR and won overall female with a time of 18:56. The male winner and I ran together the entire race and overtook me at the very end. He beat me by 6 seconds!0 -
@Wendy98 Sounds like an amazing series of races this fall! Congrats on all these PRs and wins! Hope your stress fracture is healing quickly and you can be running again soon!0
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@Curtruns -Super job! You were flyin'!!!0
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I forgot to mention here that I got a 3:37:59 (3:58:05 gun time) at the Rocket City Marathon this past Saturday.
http://www.werunhuntsville.com/WRH/2015-Races/2015-Rocket-City-Marathon/2015-Rocket-City-Marathon-Fini#!/i-FVgDw8n/A
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Jingle Bell 5k on Saturday, December 12. 19:44 and first overall woman. It was my last race of the year.0
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My last race of 2015, Reindeer Run 5K today was to benefit the Strong Museum of Play. It features trophies with action figures; in past years, many of them were characters I didn't recognize. This year, seasonable weather (28° F with 17 mph WSW wind) after an unseasonably warm early December wasn't conducive to PR times. My 20:16 wasn't close to a PR, and was a few seconds slower than last year's effort; but it was good for 39th overall (of 1693 beating the cutoff) and 1st (of 59) in the M 55-59 age group. And I got a trophy with an action figure I recognized.
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Forecast for 10 AM was 31° with 15 mph wind and 15% chance of precipitation. Actual weather turned out to be 30° with 6 mph wind and a lake effect snow band. The poor footing meant it wasn't a day for PR speed; but unlike some runners, I had seen a few specks of graupel on my driveway at 8 AM and made the call to wear trail shoes. My official time of 53:58 for 7.5 miles was good enough for 28th of 301 overall, and 1st of 20 in the male 60-64 age group. No bling, because it was a low budget race; but it was a lot of fun. And I did get to pass 2 or 3 younger people in the last half mile. 0
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42° at 4 PM gun time was not winter weather, but that's what I got for the Winter Warrior Half Marathon. 4 loops around Rochester Tech Park, and I couldn't run good tangents on the 3rd and 4th loops because I needed to pass crowds of walkers and slower runners with varying levels of understanding race etiquette. Still, I turned in a respectable 1:30:59 gun time for 22nd of 958 overall and 1st of 12 in the male 60-64 age group.
This was the first leg of the Four Seasons Challenge, so there was the first part of a 4-part medal in addition to the half marathon race medal.
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I did the 1/2 marathon in Houston (Aramco half). Run at the same time as the Chevron marathon. Great race this year.
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Suwanee Gateway Half-Marathon, finished 14 of 250 runners, 35-39yo male AG winner @ 1:36:10. Was on pace for sub 1:35:00 (my goal) until I hit the hills at mile 8.
Good swag from this race - long sleeve tech shirt, finisher's medal, finisher's fleece blanket, AG top 3 received an engraved medal with name and race time, AG winner received a runner's jacket by Schuma.
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Orcas Island 50k. No bling, just a really great weekend with good friends and a challenging but rewarding run on a beautiful course.
My race report: http://coffeemoney.com/blog/2016/02/orcas-island-50k-race-report/
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Orcas Island 50k. No bling, just a really great weekend with good friends and a challenging but rewarding run on a beautiful course.
My race report: http://coffeemoney.com/blog/2016/02/orcas-island-50k-race-report/
Wow, that's a stunner of a course!0 -
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