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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 to the office, then met a friend for a 20-mile bike ride on the C&O Canal - we went pretty fast considering he hadn't biked in a long time. Came back to Georgetown and had some pizza... and he talked me into having some ice cream... Who can say no to ice cream? Biked home after that for a total of 30 bike miles for the day.

Now I'm home watching the Olympic marathon runners, man those guys are fast! They just showed the Athens marathon race in which the Brazilian front-runner was attacked by a crazy priest and ended up finishing 3rd. Unbelievable! I had no idea that had happened - I guess four years ago I wasn't as into running as now. Poor guy. He seemed to have a good attitude about it - the Brazilian guy... the crazy Irish guy keeps doing crazy things and apparently they can't imprison him.

The Argentine kids got the soccer gold medal!!! That's the second gold for Argentina in this Olympics; the first one was a cycling event and a very impressive win. We also had a judo and a field hockey bronze, and the Basketball team has a chance to another bronze tomorrow.

WAY TO GO TO ALL THE UTAH RUNNERS on the two halfs you ran this weekend! Big thanks to Wall-e for running a spectacular half even when he was having some aches and pains during the week, and everyone please send good vibes to the great Jillzo who is running the hilly Anapolis 10-miler tomorrow! GOOOO JILL!

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Comments
From marion on Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 10:49:25

Great bike ride!! I now waht you mean about the olympics, I dont think I have ever watched so much running with so much interest. I guess it's be cause I fully understand how AMAZING what they are doing is! OOOoooo, I smell poop, I'd better go find the sorce :( YUCK!!!!

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