| 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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GREAT run with Ashley this morning! Not as hot as it's been, about 77 when we started. I biked from home to Roosevelt Island (6 miles) to meet with Ashley, and we ran on the island, then the Mt. Vernon trail, across the Memorial Bridge, down to Haines Point and back around, back to Roosevelt Island - got some gu and went back out to the Key Bridge, down the Rock Creek Parkway, across the Memorial Bridge and back to the island again. First loop was 11 miles, second loop was 4, then I did 2 more after Ash was gone. I think it was a good run for many reasons: first, it wasn't as hot; second, I had my Nathan pack with water and 3 tablets of Nuun (electrolytes), and I was drinking the entire way. Third, Ashley is a lot slower than me so I had to slow down for her which was good. Fourth, I had some shot blocks around 1 hour after the start, and some jelly beans after another hour. It seemed like the perfect combination. The only thing that didn't go as well was my need to use the bathroom 2 times during the run. I need to figure out what to eat the night before to make sure that doesn't happen during the race...
After the run, I biked 6 miles home. Total for the weekend: 26 miles of running and 37 miles of biking.
I forgot to mention my morning weight today: 138 lbs! Three more and I'll feel pretty good already. Then 7 more after that and I'll be at my ideal weight. I can do it! I've been reading Marion's blog and it's really inspiring. The blog helps a lot too! |
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Morning weight: 136 lbs.
A sad, sad, sad, sad day. I had a bone scan done this morning, and the radiologist says I have a stress fracture on my left shin. Surprisingly, he said the right shin, which hurt the most, is only shin splints. I've been reading lots about stress fractures and unlike shin splints, everything I read says there's no way around it: not running is the only option. I made a follow-up appointment w/my orthopaedic surgeon to see how long he suggests I rest it.
So now the question is, what do I do? I know I can do pool running, maybe biking, and keep my cardio rate up. Can I still run a BQ marathon before the deadline? All answers that I'll need to figure out soon.
Thanks for reading, and I'll run vicariously through you all.
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Biked to bicycle maintenance class, 14 miles, then to the metro, 2, then home, 2 = 18 miles. |
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Biked to work = 5
Will probably do yoga this evening, or another long bike ride. |
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| Biked home from work, then went to the swimming pool for 1 hour of attempted aqua jogging... It's a lot harder than it seems. Thank goodness for DC's public pools that are free to DC residents!!! Tomorrow I have my docs appointment, we'll see what he says. I got some great tips from all of you bloggers so I need to start reading and finding more about all your suggestions to aqua jog and cross train, etc. |
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Not good news from the doc. The bone scan shows shin splints on both legs, and a stress fracture on the left lower tibia. No running for 8 weeks, then I have a follow-up appointment October 6 and he seems confident that I should be able to start running again after that.
Thanks everyone for your advice on aqua jogging, I'll be doing lots of that, biking, and learning to swim! And volunteering for you runners.
Enjoy your runs!
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1 hour aqua jogging after work |
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| 1 hour aqua jogging before work. SOOOO boring! |
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A gorgeous day here in DC - perfect for running :(
Biked 5 miles to the office to meet up with my friend and co-worker Diego, Venezuelan guy who has become one of my best friends in the area and I love him like a brother. He was having trouble with his bike, so I took it to my bicycle maintenance class last week and fixed it myself! Changed a derrailour cable and moved a few things around that were misplaced and put some lube on his chain. We biked 10 miles to Carderock on the C&O Canal and 10 miles back. We were going SUPER slow but he's not in good shape, so as I was cruising about he was huffing and puffing and sweating behind... but we had a good time, talked a lot mainly about relationships (he recently broke up with his girlfriend so I'm acting as his therapist) and his best friend has a big crush on me so he was telling me how to handle it since I'm not interested in him... Aaaanyway, we biked back to the office, got some food, and I biked back home for 30 nice miles for the day. At least I managed to get outside on such a nice day.
I'll be taking the day completely off tomorrow and back to aqua jogging and biking during the week, and hopefully will find a coach to learn to swim freestyle, since I got some referrals.
Happy running! |
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