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2008
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Location:

Washington,DC,USA

Member Since:

May 01, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

One marathon: 4:08; Half marathon PR: 1:48:30; Ten-miler PR: 1:23; 8k PR: 39:00; 10k PR: 46:51

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Lose 10 lbs. to get in shape to run faster and --> Qualify for Boston!

Race calendar:

May 18: Capitol Hill Classic 10k (50:23)

June 14: Lawyers Have Heart 10k (48:20)

July 12: Caribbean Sounds 10k (50:23)

July 14: Bastille Day 4-miler (30:55)

July 27: Riley's Rumble 1/2 Marathon (1:48:30)

(Stress fracture/broken jaw break)

Nov 9: Veteran's day 10k (46:51!!!)

Nov 27: Alexandria Turkey Trot 5-miler

Dec 6: Gar Williams 1/2 marathon

Dec 14: Jingle All the way 10k

February 14, 2009: Myrtle Beach marathon? (goal: 3:40!!!)

Long-Term Running Goals:

Finish a 1/2 Ironman before I'm 40 years old

Finish 10 marathons in 4:00 hrs or less by the time I'm 40 years old.

Run the JFK 50-miler

Personal:

Just another single 30-year old Argentine girl living the American dream in Washington DC and trying to run faster. Graduated from Southern Utah University in 2003, then moved to DC. I have a full-time job as research economist for an association in the transportation industry and I'm attempting to get my Master's degree in Economics from Johns Hopkins, part-time, while keeping my sanity!

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Biked from home to Ballston to pick up my friend Sangeeta and take her on a slow bike ride of her neighborhood - she is scared of biking... it's funny... I biked pretty fast on the Mt. Vernon trail, and tried to keep the momentum on the Custis trail but oh boy is it a hilly trail! I have to give kudos to Aaron for running on that trail so much, it really has some killer hills! After that I biked back to Roosevelt Island to meet a friend, we did some hiking around there and on the Potomac Heritage trail, it was such a beautiful day! Biked home after that - I probably biked about 25 miles and hiked 5 total. My quads were feeling it!

Tonight I'm getting my very first massage ever! The guy is also a coach, so he said he can help me plan my recovery phase. I look forward to it but I'm also scared - I'm not a big fan of strangers touching me, and I'm also very ticklish, which could make things interesting.

14 day people!!! 14 days!!!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From marion on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 09:43:44

Nice ride! Enjoy your massage!! OOooo so nice!

From Metcalf Running on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:06:45

Lucia, that sounds like a great day... way to go with all the miles biking!I get massages from a guy that works up at the human performance lab at a local university. It's great, he knows how to get all the stiffness out. I think it can really help.

14 more days!!!! Yahooo

Lori

From luzylew on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 14:14:28

I hope the massage went, well, not ticklish! I can't live without them and have to have one at least every few months. I hardly ever ride a bike for excersize (sometimes to work), because of how big my quads get. I hope that massage felt great! It will bring good, fresh blood flow to your legs. Good for healing! I hope it was a great!

From Walter on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 18:45:45

Luce, maybe you should take your video of your childhood heartthrob with the mullet hairdoo and play it while you get your massage! lol That way it wont feel like a stranger massaging you! lol Ok Ill quit now. Buh bye!

From Jill on Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 09:04:04

Lucia- I have the FUNNIEST story ever about a massage- and it just happened last week. When we do lunch I will tell you about it.. it was ridiculously funny. Ok, so you are rocking it- and only 14 days to go! Can you believe it? Nice work! I think you are going to be shocked when you see how well trained, and fit you still are when running. Talk soon!

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