Shape Shifters Team Chat - JANUARY 2024
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Guess what everyone—— I DID IT!!!
My marathon was yesterday and I needed to finish in 4:05 to qualify for Boston. I finished in 4:04:30 !!!
I just can’t believe it. I’ve fantasized about qualifying for Boston since I ran my first marathon 26 years ago. I still can’t quite believe it.
I’m sore today, but not injured. Going to have some pretty low step counts for the next couple days though. I gave it my all yesterday. I didn’t realize how close I was. It took me about 29 minutes to cross the start line- it’s a big race, so it wasn’t until the 40K mark that I had a clue. My daughter was cheering me on at mile 26. She knew how close I was and did not want me to slow down! Miles 23-25 were slower than my goal pace, but I had some seconds in the bank.
Steps
1/13 20,057
1/14. 52,500
Happy MLK Day everyone!14 -
@SavageMrsMoose That is super impressive! Awesome job and big congrats
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Congratulations on finishing the marathon AND qualifying for the Boston marathon! Does that mean you’ll be running again in April this year? Or can you enter any future Boston marathon because your finish time is documented?
Is that a new personal best running time, too? I’m guessing they have qualifying times for different age groups but I don’t know much about competitive running. I’m just glad you were able to finish without any injuries. Great job training and preparing!2 -
JenHul
Monday weigh in day
PW: 139.5
CW: 138.5
Steps:
Jan 11= 6317
Jan 12= 10,781
Jan 13= 5763
Jan 14= 6243
Thank you @pedal__power I was very happy with myself for reaching that goal. Onwards and upwards!
@Cyncia85 & @izzyred9400 & @SavageMrsMoose I live in a small town called "Coaldale" in southern Alberta Canada. ( We are about a 3-hour drive away from Great Falls MT, or 293 km north of there)Today is day three of extreme cold weather. People's car batteries were freezing up, pipes were bursting in some places. A lot of schools are closed and none of the buses are running. Today is -34 with windchills of -43. But hope is on the way tomorrow we are supposed to warm up to -21 LOL
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CONGRATULATIONS @SavageMrsMoose on finishing your race AND on qualifying for the race in Boston! I'm so proud of you!!!! WOOHOOOoooooo!
Jessica5 -
JenHul
Monday weigh in day
PW: 139.5
CW: 138.5
Steps:
Jan 11= 6317
Jan 12= 10,781
Jan 13= 5763
Jan 14= 6243
Thank you @pedal__power I was very happy with myself for reaching that goal. Onwards and upwards!
@Cyncia85 & @izzyred9400 & @SavageMrsMoose I live in a small town called "Coaldale" in southern Alberta Canada. ( We are about a 3-hour drive away from Great Falls MT, or 293 km north of there)Today is day three of extreme cold weather. People's car batteries were freezing up, pipes were bursting in some places. A lot of schools are closed and none of the buses are running. Today is -34 with windchills of -43. But hope is on the way tomorrow we are supposed to warm up to -21 LOL
@JenHul oh wow, that is chilling.
I'm in the Chicagoland area. It's been a cold weekend here. Right now it is 3°F (feel like -17°F). Stay safe and warm.3 -
SavageMrsMoose wrote: »Guess what everyone—— I DID IT!!!
My marathon was yesterday and I needed to finish in 4:05 to qualify for Boston. I finished in 4:04:30 !!!
I just can’t believe it. I’ve fantasized about qualifying for Boston since I ran my first marathon 26 years ago. I still can’t quite believe it.
I’m sore today, but not injured. Going to have some pretty low step counts for the next couple days though. I gave it my all yesterday. I didn’t realize how close I was. It took me about 29 minutes to cross the start line- it’s a big race, so it wasn’t until the 40K mark that I had a clue. My daughter was cheering me on at mile 26. She knew how close I was and did not want me to slow down! Miles 23-25 were slower than my goal pace, but I had some seconds in the bank.
Steps
1/13 20,057
1/14. 52,500
Happy MLK Day everyone!
@SavageMrsMoose I had the biggest smile while I read your post. Absolutely amazing! Congratulations!5 -
Cyncia85
Weigh in for Sun Jan 14th
PW = 205
CW = 2053 -
@SavageMrsMoose -- Right on, right on! *high five* Now, are you going to try to get into Boston (I believe it's lottery right after qualification?) and grab you one of those Unicorn medals?
You must have flown in that race. Qualifying is a heck of a deal. Good job!
@izzyred9400 -- I'll try to pretend that's a normal sky line, but I have a tin foil hat that says wth. :-P4 -
@SavageMrsMoose that's an amazing achievement & a fantastic time.What a great athlete you are !! Congratulations on getting a chance to enter the Boston Marathon.I know it's not an easy task & takes endurance training & a great spirit 👏 you're a star🏆
@Itadakimasu7 lots of my friends posted the same photo on fb you can tell I live near the flight path for the airport.Thanks for the friend request 🙂3 -
JessicaKrall8
Weigh-in
PW: 306.4
CW: 306.46 -
Good morning everyone! Thank you for all the congratulations! I'm still walking on air. My fastest official time before this was 4:17 in 1998 - 26 years ago!
However, my body is still all over the place from the run. I gained 2.5 pounds overnight! Going to just keep drinking water. It will sort itself out eventually.
Here is how you qualify to run in Boston: there are posted qualifying times based on gender and age. You apply in September for the race the following April. So I'll be applying for April 2025- not the race in 2024.
The gift? It is your age on the day of the Boston race, not the day of your qualifying race, so I'll be applying as a 55 year old, which is a 10 minute slower pace than a 54 year old....
The catch? Not everyone who qualifies and applies gets in every year. There is a cap, so if there are too many applicants, the slower times are rejected. So there is a chance I won't actually get to race. This past year, you had to be 7 minutes faster than qualifying time. The year before, they took everyone. So who knows. I've at least got to experience the race by running for a charity in 2022, but I felt a bit like an imposter because I didn't qualify by time. I'd love to go back.
We so lucked out on the weather here. It got awful yesterday. My daughter is still trying to get back to Denver. Her flight got cancelled yesterday. She was re-booked on a flight late last night, but it kept getting delayed. Hopefully she'll get out of here this morning. She's at least safely at the airport and through security. She says its a nuthouse at the airport.
Steps
12/15 8068
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Steps
11/14: 15,555
11/15: 7,2964 -
Congratulations @SavageMrsMoose!! Finishing and nailing the qualifying time is just simply AWESOME!!!3
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Steps
1/14 3,134
1/15 7,7764 -
Congratulations @SavageMrsMoose!!
Let me join everyone in congratulating you on not only completing your marathon, but doing so in only slightly over four hours, and qualifying for Boston! That's an under 10 minute/mile pace! Color me impressed! I run about ¼ the distance at twice the pace! 😂
I hope you do get into Boston 2025!
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Daily step goal: 10,000
Sun 1/14: 12,159
Mon 1/15: 14,9355 -
Hello Shape Shifters. I got picked up this morning by my mom and her partner. They are still on vacation nearby. We got snow overnight and it was really pretty here. We walked in an area around 30 minutes away by car, and there was a lot less snow over there. We still had a pretty nice walk with some snow during it. I thought we walked around 6,5 kilometers, but my mom checked when we got home and it was almost 10! It didn't feel like that at all. We were out for 3 hours. I am really tired now so bed early. Pictures under the spoiler. Happy Tuesday everyone
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First snow of the year ❄️☃️
Walk in the park this morning with my friend ,wearing in my new walking shoes I got for Christmas.Luckily we didn't fall over.Followed by a mooch around a Vintage Emporium & tea & shared a cake.
My steps
1/13 6,691
1/14 10,260
1/15 13,501
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Steps
Jan 13= 10983
Jan 14= 3410
Jan 15= 2544
Jan 16=4
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