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Fire & Ice Half Marathon

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Location:

Glen Rose,TX,USA

Member Since:

Nov 26, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

SGM 2009 3:29:18

HobbleCreek 2009  1:39:23

FWRC 15 K 2011 1:15:32

DesNews 10K 2009 44:19

Fireman's Fund 5K 2012  21:41

5 Marathons, including Boston 2009

Short-Term Running Goals:

Have fun and enjoy running.  Work on my fear of racing and learn to enjoy this "season of chaos" that is currently my life.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Continue running and living an active life

Personal:

 

"If you take care of the little things, the big things take care of themselves." - Bill Jacobsen

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Purple Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 315.03
Raspberry Mizuno 18 Lifetime Miles: 105.90
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29.2220.8850.10
Wave Precision Miles: 13.22Wave Precision 12 Miles: 30.10
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8.000.008.00

Extremely humid this morning, but I am not complaining.   It rained Saturday night in to Sunday and I wish we had a few more days of it.    Slept in 30 min and ran 1.8 to meet the group, 3.5 with the group and another 3 home.   My calves are extremely tight as well as my hips, so lots of stretching today.  

I am taking the day off of work to hang out with my kids, we will see how it goes.   We are doing nothing fun.... grocery shopping, cleaning the house, homework.....

Avg Pace 9:11

Wave Precision Miles: 8.00
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AM:  Easy run with Saskia this morning.   We did a repeat of Saturday's mess and I felt much better, though I do think it is down hill heading out and up hill heading back.  Avg Pace 8:51.

PM:  Met the group at the store for some tempo miles.....not sure we did a true tempo but we did  some fast paced miles.   We did a 3 mile warm up - 8:20, 8:00, 7:55 and then did the same loop as the fast paced miles - 7:22, 7:30, 7:33.  Pretty disappointed with the fast paced miles, the effort was hard and I never felt like I was in a rhythm, just pushing.   I am going to have to figure out how to run in the evening, it is a little different the early morning runs.   I was pretty miserable the second loop, but if I want to run faster, I have to run faster.  The key will be sticking with these workouts and then trying to pick up the Thursday workout as well.   Avg Pace 7:47.

Wave Precision 12 Miles: 7.00
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6.004.0010.00

Missed Wednesday due to thunder storms, but back at it today.  I was on my own for what was to be marathon pace miles.    I did a 3 mile warm up and then 4 MP and 3 mile cool down.   I am horrible with pacing and the MP miles ended up being more 10K miles but that is okay.   

MP splits:  7:37, 7:36, 7:22, 7:23

Avg Pace 8:11

Wave Precision 12 Miles: 10.00
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5.220.005.22

Got up and going and felt horrible, I have a toothache and did not sleep well but it was too late to cancel.   Took it super easy and enjoyed the run.  Now I am going to the dentist......I hate the dentist and I put it off far to long.

 

Wave Precision Miles: 5.22
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Race: Fire & Ice Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:43:14
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1.0013.1014.10

This will be long, but I need to document and maybe somebody has some insight.

Yesterday after the dentist I didn't feel well but headed into work.  Tried to eat a granola crisp and then some chex mix.  Still not feeling well, one of my employees had Chineese and it looked really good.   Ordered Pei Wei and went to eat and one bite and I knew I was in trouble.   I left early and went home.   Slept for 2 hours and then spent the next 2 laying on the floor wishing I would just throw up and feel better.  Took a while, but done and over the course of the evening, I started feeling pretty good and had some dinner around 8:30.  At this point I was still not sure what my plan was for in the morning but decided I would see how the night went.   I chalked the nausea up to too much tylenol.

Woke up this morning, tired but feeling okay.   Got dressed and headed to the race.   I decided to run the first half at 8 min pace and then pick it up at the turn around.  Warmed up for a mile with Lindsey and felt good.   Lined up and the lead group took off.   I am usually pretty comfortable running my own race but today I was on my own the entire time and there was no one even close until the last mile.   Had water at mile 2 and then NUUN at 3.5 (my one complaint about the race is the water stops - none at the turn around!).   Was feeling okay but not great but this is normal for me, I usually feel better the second half.  Avoided getting sprayed by a skunk at 2.5.   Got to the turn around and  no water - took the GU with out water and was surprisingly okay.  I started to pick it up a little, but never really got to where I wanted to be.  I was not feeling good at all, the breathing was off, the legs were tired and I was on count down to the end.   GU & Water at 9.5 and the water again at 11.   I actually started to feel somewhat better the last two and ended up picking off a guy.   Finished with  1:43:14 which is a honest course PR, the only faster half's I have are at Hobble Creek.    Hung out with everyone for a while and then went to head home.  My stomach started feeling a little rumbly the last 15 min I was there.  

Got in the car and went to call my husband who is on a college visit with my son and he couldn't believe I ran after yesterday's mess.   I told him I missed last week's long run and I needed to get it done.  Started not feeling well here, and it was down hill home.  The 30 min drive was horrible.   The nausuea was back and my stomach was a mess and all I wanted to do was get home.   I made it within 10 min of my house and had to pull over and throw up.   10 min later I pulled in and still do not feel good at all.  Fever, nausea and an entire day that I get to spend chasing my girls to volleyball.

After the race I was convince that I am not in the shape I thought I was and that I really need to get my act together.  Now I am not so sure.... My Saturday runs have been at a faster pace over a longer distance but today was hard.  So the question is how much of today's race was off due to being sick or out of shape?

Splits: 7:48, 7:58, 7:46, 8:06 - water, 7:59, 8:00, 7:52, 7:53, 7:48, 8:04 - water and almost hit by a car crossing a street, 8:03 -water, 7:56, 7:49, 6:28 for the last .1

Wave Precision 12 Miles: 13.10
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Wave Precision Miles: 13.22Wave Precision 12 Miles: 30.10
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