| 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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| Ran to the office to pick up my bike. A beautiful day!!! Soooo sunny! A friend picked me up from there and we drove to Leesburg to bike the last 15 miles of the W&OD trail. Sooooo pretty out there, I loved it! We were going very fast which I love, and I got to show off how strong of a biker I am. I really want to do a mountain bike race soon to test myself against other strong chicks. We biked 30 miles total, and I ran 4.5. Not a bad day! |
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Biked to work and will bike back home after work. Ran about 4.5 miles during lunchtime with Frank, a fast boy who just ran 3:13 at the San Antonio marathon and was kind enough to run with me to give me some advice. He agreed that I don't need to run 50-60 miles a week, so I think, provided my shin allows it, I'm going to attempt a 40-45 mile week, do some interval and hill training, and focus on having a good long run every weekend. Between that and some good cross-training, and after running a decently good time at my last 10k, I should be good to go. I'm planning on running a hilly 1/2 marathon December 6, and if my shin feels alright then, I'll be full speed with the training and sign up for Myrtle Beach.
Keep your fingers crossed for my shin!!! happy running my friends! |
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Happy running my friends! Watch this, laugh, and pass it on!
http://thescenebegins.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/brooks-dream-video/
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PM, did a spin class. This instructor had much better taste on music, and it was a hard class, but I didn't like it. She didn't mix things up enough for my taste. I liked the very first instructure I took a class with, because she told us at the beginning of every interval how long we'd stay there, and how hard she wanted us to go, like "3 minutes at 70%, then we increase resistance", so I know what's coming. The other two girls I've had as instructors would just spin around and yell "come on" "keep it up" "just a little more" and that's about it...
Biked home in the cold afterwards. Whenever I start feeling so special and cool for biking in the cold, I see another biker chick that looks cooler than me. But I'm faster. And oh well, there are a few more cool people like me in DC, big deal. I bet they didn't break their jaws and biked themselves to the hospital afterwards, right??? |
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Office closed early today! Hooray! A gorgeous day in DC - about 40 degrees outside, perfect for shorts and a long-sleeve shirt. I ran 1 mile to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce building where I used to work to meet with my friend Greg - gosh I am SO happy I don't work there anymore! Greg and I ran 4 miles around the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, then I dropped him off and ran 1 mile back to the office. Felt pretty good throughout but my shin is definitely hurting a bit.
I'm off to Shenandoah tomorrow to hike Old Rag mountain, one of the most popular hikes in the area that I never do except on Christmas or Thanksgiving cause it's so crowded. I'm taking my friend Roberto who isn't in very good shape, so it'll be a slow 8 mile hike, but fun and full of great views.
It's a very special Thanksgiving day for me - it's been a tough year in so many ways, but at the same time I feel so strong, and I've grown and learned so much about myself... and the people around me. I didn't achieve my goal of qualifying for Boston but that's going to make it a lot more special when I do. Sometimes it's the things that get away that help us most in life. And living the dream of qualifying for Boston through so many bloggers in here was so exciting, it made me realize how much I really want it.
Alright, enough blah-blah-blah. Happy Thanksgiving! |
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Happy Turkey Day!
A fabulous (if slow) 8 mile hike with my friend The Razor, followed by a 2 mile brisk walk to catsit for my friend Marcella (mace in hand, the sad reality of our unsafe neighborhood, only a mile away from Congress).
Ohhh what a perfect day. Now I'm heading back home to eat all the leftover food my roommate made! Hooray! The photo below is from my run with Greg yesterday. Rocky pose, ha!
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BEAUTIFUL day. 50 degrees outside. Put on my running shorts and biked over to the office - left bike there and hit the trails of Rock Creek Park. Sadly, there was a police note everywhere warning people about an attack that occurred November 27, a guy sexually attacked a girl runner... yikes... mace on-hand, no music, and all ears, I hit the trails. About 2 miles into it my right shin was hurting - but this felt definitely like shin splints. I got so mad and sad and disappointed and everything... I stopped, stretched, walked, ran, walked... and it was gone! So I kept on running.... ehem.... to this store that has some Argentine chocolates... I of course didn't get anything... ehem.... of course not.... and did NOT run back to the office with a bag full of chocolates.
Biked back home and went to a friend's get together where I ate leftover Thanksgiving food - too much of it... |
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WOW what a day! Another beautiful day, a bit chilly but sunny and so nice. Biked 5 miles to the office, where I met up with a friend and we biked 50 - that's right, 50 miles up to a lake in Rockville and back. It's my longest bike ride to date - 55 big miles in a day. Not too shabby for a mountain bike with hybrid tires, running shoes (no clipless pedals or bike shoes), and no seat padding or bike shorts padding at all - all natural Latino padding baby! We kept just blazing down the trail passing people, up and down the hilly trail. I really need to get clipless pedals or a road bike to see what those legs of mine can do... I'm thinking I may be a better bike rider than runner - Jillzo I need your help!
The coolest thing was when we arrived to the lake, we went up this long hill, and came up to this big field where some geeks were having some sort of battle re-enactment! It was like Lord of the Rings meets Braveheart. Definitely the most bizarre thing I've ever seen, and we arrived JUST as they were getting ready to start fighting - they had fake swords and stuff, but they took their fight seriously. I doubt many people with those interests live in the DC area, they probably came from pretty far away for this games.
Biked back home and my feet were FREEZING - I'm going to need to do something about that, cause I thought I was going to lose my toes to frostbite... But nothing that some hot chocolate and a nice fire couldn't fix. A great day overall. |
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