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Richmond Marathon

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Location:

Hope Mills,NC,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

78.6 miles at Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra 2013

Short-Term Running Goals:

Mike to Mike Marathon- May 2014

Hinson Lake 24 hour ultra -Fall 2014

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run till the day I die and still enjoy it

Comrades---long, long, long term

Personal:

Married

2 children

2 chickens

cat

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Mizuno Lifetime Miles: 508.40
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Pinky Gladys Gutzman Lifetime Miles: 502.11
Brooks Lifetime Miles: 517.83
New Brooks Lifetime Miles: 507.28
New Minuno Pink Lifetime Miles: 519.24
MiZuni FLAMES Lifetime Miles: 470.24
Merrell Vibrams Lifetime Miles: 20.86
Mizuno Alchemy 8 Lifetime Miles: 586.59
MIzuno Alchemy 12 Lifetime Miles: 497.80
Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 577.62
Brooks 12 Lifetime Miles: 410.66
Brooks 13 New Green Lifetime Miles: 440.91
Brooks 13 New Blue Lifetime Miles: 445.67
Green Machine Brooks 13 Lifetime Miles: 560.25
Shiny Blue Asics Lifetime Miles: 164.85
Dreamy New Balance Lifetime Miles: 402.57
Race: Richmond Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:08:15
Total Distance
26.37

Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day.  I've got a beautiful feeling- everything's going my way. .....  and it did!

Awesome things about this run:

1- it didn't start till 8 am.  Nice to sleep in a little, and nice to not start at 31degrees. 

2- the 1/2 and 8k started before the full.  So when it was time for us to check our warm clothes, there were plenty of "left overs" from the other runners we could "borrow" and wear to stay warm with.  I found a pair of pull away pants that functioned well as leg-warming chaps for 6 miles.  Good stuff.

3- the river.  I always love running along rivers.

4-the fall leaves.  Beautiful Autumnal show!

5-the company.  RAD, Terri, and RAD's B-I-L. 

6-the wicked downhill at the end.  I've never run a 4:30 pace (even if it was for 3 seconds) before in my life.  The poor little girl who walked out right in front of me will forever be traumatized, but there's a reason they announced 10 times NOT to let your kids, dogs, or cats onto the course at the end.

7- the 6 dollar A1 thickburger I'd been looking forward to for a month or so at the end

8-hot tub times with family & friends.

MiZuni FLAMES Miles: 26.37
Comments
From Chad on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 16:03:13 from 168.177.153.27

WOW! NICE JOB! I'm happy for you and jealous of your success. Congratulations.

From Terri on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 20:16:06 from 72.66.72.85

Don't forget about the ice cream with a view.

From Brent on Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 21:46:20 from 66.7.127.67

QP, 1,000 command points, awesome, stupendus, crazy good, fantastic, great, groovy, sweet, and all with the black eyed peas. Really. hey, time for a new picture.

Stay kool, B of BS Rools out

From Smooth on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 14:40:41 from 174.27.212.137

I'm grinning from ear to ear reading your report! CONGRATZ on the PR and EVERYTHING GOING YOUR WAY!!! LOVE #2 and LOVE LOVE LOVE #5!

Looks like I need to put Richmond on my bucketlist.

From RAD on Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 18:33:47 from 98.202.23.178

why did it take me like 500X longer to say that same thing? :)

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:39:59 from 198.241.174.15

Congratulations on your marathon! You did a great job and it sounds like you had a really fun time. Was this your first marathon?

From Jake K on Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 14:53:09 from 155.100.226.53

Congrats on a nice run! It sounds like Richmond is a great course. That downhill finish sounds nice! :-)

From bye-wing on Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:22:21 from 124.121.39.218

Way to go, you cut nearly 30 minues off your BP. I'm with Brent...where are the pictures?

I always thought I would shy away from marathons, but if I can go find a bunch of free clothes, I might need to rethink. :)

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