Auntie Em Goes Running

Victoria Marathon plus five

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Member Since:

Jun 03, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs:

MacDash Duathlon, Sept. 10, 2011.  1:29:48.  Second woman overall, third racer overall, and first in AG.  

Mt. Ranier Duathlon, May 1, 2011.  3:05:00, 1st in age group.  5.1 mile run, 28 mile bike ride, 3.78 mile run.

5K:  Fun With the Fuzz, April 23, 2011.  21:59,  1st in age group.

Marathon:  Paris, April 10, 2011.  4:05:24.  

1/2 marathon:  Geoduck Gallop, February 2011.  1:42:23, 1st in age group.

Waterfront 15K (September 2010), 1:14:43.  3rd in AG.

Lake Padden Duathlon (July 2010), 1:36:something.  1st in AG .

10K:  Smelt Run, La Conner (2010)  47:14.  2nd in AG. 

I have fun every time I run, and have recently overcome the "I can't go fast anymore" hurdle.  I'm having fun going faster and working towards becoming even faster.  

I have raised two running children, one competitive and one not.

I have learned to run in ice and snow and I don't complain. 

Short-Term Running Goals:

Work towards a faster marathon by Spring 2012.

Get my 5K down to 21:30. 

Place in my division at duathlon and triathlon.

Train for biathlon.



 




 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Joining Forrest Gump


 

Personal:

I'm a 52 year old mom of two ex homeschooled teenagers. They both think I'm nuts.

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Pearl Izumi Trail Shoe Lifetime Miles: 139.33
Marathon Shoe Lifetime Miles: 244.33
Blue Brooks Launch Lifetime Miles: 223.68
Mean Green Shoe Lifetime Miles: 318.72
Blue Kinvaras Lifetime Miles: 207.12
Brooks Defyance Lifetime Miles: 361.34
New Kinvara Lifetime Miles: 275.90
Hattoris Lifetime Miles: 41.29
Addidas Lifetime Miles: 168.97
Nike Vortex Shoe Lifetime Miles: 64.50
Orange Newton Lifetime Miles: 36.20
Race: Victoria Marathon plus five (31 Miles) 05:41:00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
31.000.000.000.000.0031.00

Victoria Marathon plus five miles done!  Wow, what an interesting experience running it all at "easy" pace.  I figured my 50 mile pace will be about 12 minutes/mile, so I wanted to run this whole practice 50K at that pace.  I started exactly an hour before the marathon start, which was easy, because it didn't start until 8:45, ran for 4.8 miles, and jogged into place in the back of the marathon start corral.  I was carrying my 1.5 liter fluid/nutrition backpack, since that is what I'll carry during the 50 miler.  I wanted to practice with it earlier, but was pool bound, so this was actually the first time I carried the backpack while running.  It is nifty, though, with hydration tube, plus plenty of space on the back to tuck a hat, gloves, or even a jacket.  There are little pockets on the front for snacks and stuff.  I carried some homeopathic electrolyte packets, some acetominiphin in case my ankle hurt, and some sports beans in case I got really bored.  the fluid in the back had 1200 calories in it, so I figured that would be plenty of nutrition.

I jogged along yakking incessently to other people, trying to pass the time.  I just kept thinking "you'll be out here a long time, enjoy it".  It was kind of funny, because I was chattering to people who really couldn't chatter as much in return, because they were working harder to run.  I kept asking if I was bothering them, but they all loved the entertainment!  I found myself getting a little desperate if I felt myself pulling ahead of folks I was getting to know because I didn't want to get bored.  I circled back a few times to relocate my favorites.  By the half point, I did pull ahead, just because some of the ladies I was running with were slowing.  I was at about 11:20 per mile, and was happy with that, so I just went.  Immediately I started picking up the pace, so to stifle that, I caught up with an older man, and ran with him awhile.  He was 74 and doing his 56th marathon!  Wow!  By the time he took a walk break, I was at marathon mile 18 and 50K mile 23, and was going to meet my hubby in 2 miles, so I ran alone.

At marathon mile 20 and 50K mile 25, Greg was there waiting for me, and just fell in beside me, told me I looked great, which I am absolutely sure was true.  I had been sipping at my hydration tube all along, and felt like I was doing well with nutrition/hydration.  So far, no ankle pain!  This was beyond belief to me; I was really afraid, but ready, to have to give this one up if I was injured.  And I really had no idea if I was injured or not, since I hadn't run in almost 4 weeks!  By mile 24, there started to be some tight feeling in the ankle, stiffness really.  By the middle of 24, I took some short walk breaks, stretching out the calf with my stride.  This helped a lot.  I never really hit any sort of wall, probably because of my pace, but I was getting tired, and was really happy to see the finish line.  Sprinted the last 500m as hard as possible, really picking it up the last 100m.  I really couldn't help it.

I guess if I can do 50K, I can do 50 miles.  I am still kind of in disbelief that I could do this at all with just pool running and no tapering, and the ankle.  Grateful is what I am. And, all along I was feeling so good about consuming my nutrition, but when I took it out of the backpack later, I found I had only drunk about 1/4 of it!  Total running time was 5:42 and change.  My goal was 6 hours, so not too bad!


 

Brooks Defyance Miles: 31.00
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
Comments
From allie on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 11:54:05 from 161.38.218.168

way to go! i'm so glad everything went well. congrats on the 50k and meeting your goal with a bunch of time to spare. on to the 50-miler!

From JD on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 14:37:11 from 70.96.78.149

Wow! That's Awesome Auntieem! What a perfectly executed plan. I'm glad it went so well with the ankle, and good news about the hydration/nutrition. Looking good for the 50 miler!

From auntieem on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 16:21:46 from 67.182.149.104

Thanks allie and JD; the excitement is building!

From Andrea on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 22:56:32 from 67.177.21.60

You're looking great for the 50 miler!! This has to get your confidence up.

From Barb on Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 12:51:12 from 41.82.225.149

Most excellent job auntieem! Enjoyed your write up...sounded like a lot of fun!

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