Well 2014 is already heading to a good start. 12 days in and life is pretty good. I've been doing all my runs that I'm scheduled :) I have been attending the gym more often and taking more naps. Seahawks win and they are now playing next week against 49s. Go hawks.
Today: soccer played! Had some good shots, scored a goal, and even played keeper which a ball hit. My face and I think I might have a black eye tomorrow.. Anyways. Nothing else to report.
Still have 2-3 weeks to decide on a couple New Years goals.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
2013 will soon be heading out the door.
It's been a crazy busy year! Recap:
I changed locations of work
I traveled to Cali 2x and to New York/ east haven.
I was a moh in my friend wedding
I ran 6 or 7? half this year
Boyfriend bought a house
I met some awesome people
I signed up for a full marathon:
As 2013 is closing. Here's my 2014 goals:
Run 1-2 full (26.2) marathons.
Run a few halves again.
Maybe do rainier to Ruston race again
Workout at the gym to get a toner body
Travel to new places.
Look into schools.
Get another tattoo.
Run 800 miles.
Happy new year friends! Maybe 2014 I will blog more.
It's been a crazy busy year! Recap:
I changed locations of work
I traveled to Cali 2x and to New York/ east haven.
I was a moh in my friend wedding
I ran 6 or 7? half this year
Boyfriend bought a house
I met some awesome people
I signed up for a full marathon:
As 2013 is closing. Here's my 2014 goals:
Run 1-2 full (26.2) marathons.
Run a few halves again.
Maybe do rainier to Ruston race again
Workout at the gym to get a toner body
Travel to new places.
Look into schools.
Get another tattoo.
Run 800 miles.
Happy new year friends! Maybe 2014 I will blog more.
Sunday, September 22, 2013
DisneyLand half marathon!
After running these last couple of years I really wanted to run a RunDisney race. I kept my eye on it over a year and a half but it was always full when i noticed it. So I made sure to sign up for an update to let me know when registration is opened. The day came, I think sometime in Jan? or Feb about it being able to sign up. I instantly signed up Paul and myself. It was already 75% full when I got to the website. So i made it official, I signed up for a Disneyland Half!! Labor day weekend finally came and we headed off to Cali.
We left Seattle Wednesday morning to get there a few days before the race. The flight there got delayed but we finally made it to Cali. rented our car and headed to the hotel which was close to Disney, we stayed at knotts berry farm?
Thursday we went to Disneyland and played. perfect timing hardly anyone there. !
Friday we went to the Disney expo. Oh my goodness, that was so unorganized! It finally got semi organized outside that when we got our packets and stuff it was easy. then it was time to walk around the expo. I got a few new items there. I really wanted a shirt from the expo but it was so crazy in there that i didn't want to wait for ever in line to buy it. plus Paul wasn't feeling great in there. probably the stress of being in there! then we went to Knotts berry farm. Once again perfect timing for rides because no one was there so we hopped on and off rides very fast!
Saturday: we went to the beach. it was crazy there
Sunday was race day! We didn't sleep that well the night before but we were so close to the race it was perfect. i think we were 5 min walking away which was perfect! We left the hotel room by 4:30A and lined up in the corral C and the race started at 5:30a. We didn't start until 5:45a. And off we went.Ran through California Adventure seeing things you normally wouldn't see in the park. Seeing Characters along the way and running in the dark was so much fun. I wanted my picture taken with Monsters Inc people but we didn't stop :( Then we ran into Disneyland down main town and around ran through the castle and out through toon town to the streets of Anaheim. We ran thru the Honda center seeing some pretty cool old cars- fords, mustangs, corvettes. then we ran thru the Angels stadium. that was pretty cool considering we ran around the bases, and then saw our faces on the big camera. Then we ran back to Disney and finished at the Disney land hotel. There were so many supporters on the course, along the way, all the road, in the stadium. It was never a dull moment!
Paul and I finished the race together. I loved this race and would to run another rundisney race again!!
We left Seattle Wednesday morning to get there a few days before the race. The flight there got delayed but we finally made it to Cali. rented our car and headed to the hotel which was close to Disney, we stayed at knotts berry farm?
Thursday we went to Disneyland and played. perfect timing hardly anyone there. !
Friday we went to the Disney expo. Oh my goodness, that was so unorganized! It finally got semi organized outside that when we got our packets and stuff it was easy. then it was time to walk around the expo. I got a few new items there. I really wanted a shirt from the expo but it was so crazy in there that i didn't want to wait for ever in line to buy it. plus Paul wasn't feeling great in there. probably the stress of being in there! then we went to Knotts berry farm. Once again perfect timing for rides because no one was there so we hopped on and off rides very fast!
Saturday: we went to the beach. it was crazy there
Sunday was race day! We didn't sleep that well the night before but we were so close to the race it was perfect. i think we were 5 min walking away which was perfect! We left the hotel room by 4:30A and lined up in the corral C and the race started at 5:30a. We didn't start until 5:45a. And off we went.Ran through California Adventure seeing things you normally wouldn't see in the park. Seeing Characters along the way and running in the dark was so much fun. I wanted my picture taken with Monsters Inc people but we didn't stop :( Then we ran into Disneyland down main town and around ran through the castle and out through toon town to the streets of Anaheim. We ran thru the Honda center seeing some pretty cool old cars- fords, mustangs, corvettes. then we ran thru the Angels stadium. that was pretty cool considering we ran around the bases, and then saw our faces on the big camera. Then we ran back to Disney and finished at the Disney land hotel. There were so many supporters on the course, along the way, all the road, in the stadium. It was never a dull moment!
Paul and I finished the race together. I loved this race and would to run another rundisney race again!!
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| Toy story army men! |
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| Loved his shirt |
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| sweet old cars |
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| sweet medal |
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| One happy girl finished her number 10 half in Disneyland |
Friday, June 28, 2013
Oh wow it's june almost july
Hey everyone I can't believe it's almost July, I guess blogging hasn't been on my top too list! :( sorry! Life has in fact been busy!
A little catch up from the last post:
Feb: I turned 25 this past year. Went to Disneyland and Huntington beach for my birthday with my BF. It was wonderful being able to get away for a while and be that kid again in Disney! I was able to see some friends as well.
Also in Feb I changed stores. After being at one store for 6 years it was time to get another store experience so I can hopefully move up as a shift manager. I moved to GH north Starbucks. I still miss my old store a lot. But i guess I'm not missing the lack of manager there. I had my ups and downs with this new store.
Mar: I ran the Tacoma st patty day half with Tiffany. It went from downtown Tacoma to ruston way and back
April: I ran the seahawks 12k again with the BF. Saw Tall mom there as well with her little Baby belly!
My friend Nicole asked me to be her MOH in her wedding.
May: BF and I moved to a house. He bought a house and we moved up the street like a quarter of a mile. My brother and the cats moved in as well. It feels good being in a quiet house without loud neighbors and noisy street out front.
I also ran the Tacoma city half marathon. That was a hot day to run. I liked the course and actually got a new PR for myself. 1:54 for a half!! :)
June: I was invited to run with Tiffany, Kerrie, and Zoe to take Mels place in the Rainier to Ruston relay. Im glad I was asked to join their team. I had a blast running my first relay.(**recap to come still...**)
I just ran the Seattle rock and roll half marathon this past weekend. Another perfect weather running day! it was warm! I ran with Tiffany and Cynthia for 7 miles and off i went on my own to finish that race trying to beat last years time but didn't happen. I had more fun running with friends for the first half then killing my self and feeling sick the rest of the day. (**full recap will be up soon...**)
And now I feel like you are all caught up on my life over the last few months. I want to try and blog more again!
A little catch up from the last post:
Feb: I turned 25 this past year. Went to Disneyland and Huntington beach for my birthday with my BF. It was wonderful being able to get away for a while and be that kid again in Disney! I was able to see some friends as well.
Also in Feb I changed stores. After being at one store for 6 years it was time to get another store experience so I can hopefully move up as a shift manager. I moved to GH north Starbucks. I still miss my old store a lot. But i guess I'm not missing the lack of manager there. I had my ups and downs with this new store.
Mar: I ran the Tacoma st patty day half with Tiffany. It went from downtown Tacoma to ruston way and back
April: I ran the seahawks 12k again with the BF. Saw Tall mom there as well with her little Baby belly!
My friend Nicole asked me to be her MOH in her wedding.
May: BF and I moved to a house. He bought a house and we moved up the street like a quarter of a mile. My brother and the cats moved in as well. It feels good being in a quiet house without loud neighbors and noisy street out front.
I also ran the Tacoma city half marathon. That was a hot day to run. I liked the course and actually got a new PR for myself. 1:54 for a half!! :)
June: I was invited to run with Tiffany, Kerrie, and Zoe to take Mels place in the Rainier to Ruston relay. Im glad I was asked to join their team. I had a blast running my first relay.(**recap to come still...**)
I just ran the Seattle rock and roll half marathon this past weekend. Another perfect weather running day! it was warm! I ran with Tiffany and Cynthia for 7 miles and off i went on my own to finish that race trying to beat last years time but didn't happen. I had more fun running with friends for the first half then killing my self and feeling sick the rest of the day. (**full recap will be up soon...**)
And now I feel like you are all caught up on my life over the last few months. I want to try and blog more again!
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
Running pictures of 2012
These are pictures from my past year races.
1) feb 18 on my birthday "knock your socks off"5k
2) march "st patty day" 5k
3) April "Seahawks" 12k
4) may 5 "cinco de mayo half"
5) June NODM half
7) June "Seattle Rock n roll
8) sept "over the narrows " 10 miler
9) sept "you go girl " half
10) oct "zombie dash" 5k
11) nov "Seattle half"
12) dec "Santa run" 5k
2013 already.
Hello blogging world, I haven't been blogging since september. I think the last post was a recap of you go girl. Yikes!!! So here's a little recap of what I've done since then..
October race: I found a 5k timed zombie run down in Olympia. So Paul and I drove down there met my mom and my friend sue in the pouring rain and ran a zombie run. This was pretty cool. There were runners, zombies and zombie hunters. So Paul and I were humans and they let us go 2 min before the zombies were let loose and then the hunters 2 min after that. Boy we were speedy, plus it was raining so I wanted to just be done. We ran around a lake in Olympia and near the Capitol. It was pretty fall colors and such. A zombie grabbed my flag or it feel off not sure but it was the fast 5k ever! Not sure if I wall run it again but I needed a race for my 2012 goal. But it was fun having my mom there for once watching me run.
November race: like many other runners I signed up for the Seattle half the Sunday after thanksgiving. I stayed in the same hotel as Tiffany and her family which was nice being so close to the start line!! Paul and I got there Saturday, picked my packet up and met up with the group for dinner. There was a few of us there: Zach was running the half, kate from work was running her first half then there were tiffany and I. I found out that if I'm running with friends I'm not nervous at a race. Anyone of you still get nervous before a race? The morning of, I got into my running outfit- purple/orange crazy Nike pants, purple sparkle skirt, black shirt, purple sleeves, hat?, and a vest. Tiffany and I sort of had matching outfits. :) I like to try and match with others!! We met in the lobby and off we went to meet kerrie and Kate and Zoe. I started with tiffany and Kate. It's also fun starting a race together. It was Kate's first half. She was pretty nervous. So it was fun seeing her deal with it about to start. We couldn't move at the start. It was so packed that there was no way we could move up anymore. It was nice staying warm tho. And we were off, more like walking. We didn't get to a good pace until mile 1.5. Around mile 3 Kate slowed down and I saw a tunnel approaching. I hate tunnels. So I said my goodbye and off I went running the course wasn't bad at all. It was different then the Seattle rock and roll course. I kept hearing there was a "oh shit" hill. Well I turned that corner and yes that's what I said but I'm good at hill. Thanks gh! So honestly it wasn't that bad! I don't remember what mile that was but I think it was right before running in the "woods" the course had so much trees,I loved it!! I was feeling pretty good on this course. I still struggle once in a while but I'm pushing through it. But boy near the end last mile or so I was looking for that stupid space needle. Finally the end was near, I saw the finish line!! My time was 2:09? It wasn't bad for not training and starting with Tiffany and Kate! I felt great too, usually I feel like crap. It must have been running those 3 firstMiles at a slower pace. :) I found Paul and will and waited for Kate and Tiffany to finish. It was a fun race. Most likely will do it again next year.
December race: Tacoma santa5k. Paul and I ran this together. We met up with Tiffany and her family and Meredith. Paul and I said this is for fun not kill your self. Run together. So we did. We ran ahead of the clan and just ran. But of course at the end we had to race each other! I think we came in at 26-29 min. I forgot the time since its been a few weeks! We watched Tiffany and her daughter run in and said bye and headed to the car. It was started to rain and it was freezing! Over all another fun race.
So I finished my 2012 goal: to run a race each month! I ran 5 half marathons,goal was 3 and I finished the year with 540miles- last year was 250. So not bad 2012 running!!
2013 will be a fun year:
Running the st party's day hhalfwith Tiffany and will. Running Seattle rock n roll again And running a Disney half in Disney land!! I know there's more races I want to do but I haven't signed up yet!!
October race: I found a 5k timed zombie run down in Olympia. So Paul and I drove down there met my mom and my friend sue in the pouring rain and ran a zombie run. This was pretty cool. There were runners, zombies and zombie hunters. So Paul and I were humans and they let us go 2 min before the zombies were let loose and then the hunters 2 min after that. Boy we were speedy, plus it was raining so I wanted to just be done. We ran around a lake in Olympia and near the Capitol. It was pretty fall colors and such. A zombie grabbed my flag or it feel off not sure but it was the fast 5k ever! Not sure if I wall run it again but I needed a race for my 2012 goal. But it was fun having my mom there for once watching me run.
November race: like many other runners I signed up for the Seattle half the Sunday after thanksgiving. I stayed in the same hotel as Tiffany and her family which was nice being so close to the start line!! Paul and I got there Saturday, picked my packet up and met up with the group for dinner. There was a few of us there: Zach was running the half, kate from work was running her first half then there were tiffany and I. I found out that if I'm running with friends I'm not nervous at a race. Anyone of you still get nervous before a race? The morning of, I got into my running outfit- purple/orange crazy Nike pants, purple sparkle skirt, black shirt, purple sleeves, hat?, and a vest. Tiffany and I sort of had matching outfits. :) I like to try and match with others!! We met in the lobby and off we went to meet kerrie and Kate and Zoe. I started with tiffany and Kate. It's also fun starting a race together. It was Kate's first half. She was pretty nervous. So it was fun seeing her deal with it about to start. We couldn't move at the start. It was so packed that there was no way we could move up anymore. It was nice staying warm tho. And we were off, more like walking. We didn't get to a good pace until mile 1.5. Around mile 3 Kate slowed down and I saw a tunnel approaching. I hate tunnels. So I said my goodbye and off I went running the course wasn't bad at all. It was different then the Seattle rock and roll course. I kept hearing there was a "oh shit" hill. Well I turned that corner and yes that's what I said but I'm good at hill. Thanks gh! So honestly it wasn't that bad! I don't remember what mile that was but I think it was right before running in the "woods" the course had so much trees,I loved it!! I was feeling pretty good on this course. I still struggle once in a while but I'm pushing through it. But boy near the end last mile or so I was looking for that stupid space needle. Finally the end was near, I saw the finish line!! My time was 2:09? It wasn't bad for not training and starting with Tiffany and Kate! I felt great too, usually I feel like crap. It must have been running those 3 firstMiles at a slower pace. :) I found Paul and will and waited for Kate and Tiffany to finish. It was a fun race. Most likely will do it again next year.
December race: Tacoma santa5k. Paul and I ran this together. We met up with Tiffany and her family and Meredith. Paul and I said this is for fun not kill your self. Run together. So we did. We ran ahead of the clan and just ran. But of course at the end we had to race each other! I think we came in at 26-29 min. I forgot the time since its been a few weeks! We watched Tiffany and her daughter run in and said bye and headed to the car. It was started to rain and it was freezing! Over all another fun race.
So I finished my 2012 goal: to run a race each month! I ran 5 half marathons,goal was 3 and I finished the year with 540miles- last year was 250. So not bad 2012 running!!
2013 will be a fun year:
Running the st party's day hhalfwith Tiffany and will. Running Seattle rock n roll again And running a Disney half in Disney land!! I know there's more races I want to do but I haven't signed up yet!!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
A little late but better then nothing- YOU go GIRL half recap
I finally had some time today to rethink about this half marathon I did back on September 16. This was my second year doing this run, and my 4th half of the year. So last year I ran this race at 1:59:58 and placed 3rd in my age divison. :) So this year I had a goal to beat: I must beat 1:59:58, so anything before that would be awesome!! The last long run I had done was the 10miler 2 weeks before this, so i knew I was going to struggle at mile 10+ I always do I guess I need to run more long runs or something to get my mind pass that struggle.
So the morning of the race I had my outfit all picked out, black sparkle skirt, green top and cute socks. It actually got warm wearing those socks but it was cold at the start. This was the first time I didn't really know anyone running this race. Tall Mom Mel was running, Meredith and kali.
Alright race mile recap!
Mile1- I lined up infront of the 2:00 pacers knowing I had to keep ahead of them to beat my goal. And we were off, the first mile was a slight downhill, I always enjoy it because its a road I dont run at all so everything is so new and exciting. I kept passing people which means I should probably start closer up next time. my miles were a little off but it balanced out in the end.
Mile2- this was still a slight down hill running. I kept my pace , and noticed a lot of homeless men standing on the streets watching us run past. Im not going to lie it was a little strange having them watch us run. Im glad cops were standing around. Knowing the turn around point was coming, I started seeing people running the other direction, saw Mel but she didn't see me.
Mile3- going up the slight hill now, I grabbed some water and slowed down a bit because I knew the wright park hill was coming and I wanted to run up it.
Mile4- the first runner was coming down the hill as I was coming to it. I thought wow she's fast!! I kept trucking along that hill to the park. Im glad this year that wright park wasn't muddy like last year. It was nice seeing things I dont run around often. I saw a customer perry in the park and we gave eachother a high five. that helped me keep going. :) Finally done with the park and knew it was some down hills for a while!
Mile5- down hill, and off of a sudden this guy started to talk to me, "did you run last week at the over the narrows race?" yes I did, "i thought you look familiar what was your time?" Uh around 1:30 " mine too we must have ran the same the whole time. Well turns out this guy and I kept passing eachother and i passed him when 2:00 pacers past me and I never saw him again until i was heading to the finish and he was still going towards the turn around point.
mile 6- this is where the course splits for the 10k finish. I kept thinkning should i stop to pee? but i knew if i did my goal would be out of sight. I saw Tony and kept going up the hill.
mile 7- hilly mile. i believe this is where I took a chump here and noticed the 2:00 were passing me and off i went passing them again.
mile 8- i was still ahead of the pacers and kept going.
mile9- flat on ruston way. I kept looking for that turn around point! I knew it had to be soon. But i hadn't really seen anyone coming the other direction yet. and finally i saw a few people coming i knew it was coming closer. I did pass Mel here she was on her way back and she looked in pain.
mile 10- this is where i start to struggle. i started to slow down and ran with the 2 paces because i knew a lady there. we talked for a bit and then i just kept going. but she told me that the 2 were going faster then expected. so then i knew if i could keep ahead of them I would be golden!
Mile 11- I seriouly start to struggle more here I need to do more long runs to get past this hurdle! I kept looking back and the 2 got to me. I started to talk to them and they said this was a great race and i said i ran this last year and they were 3 min ahead of 2hrs so i knew i had this! I then took off from them and off I went.
mile12- why does the last mile feel so long?! I started to slow down due to that over pass hill. A girl came to my left and started to push me saying I have good speed and keep going you got this. i think this helped alot! Im not going to lie i think she was pushing my limits! NO walking at this point! Thank you girl for your pushing! I told a girl on my right to keep going she looked like she was dieing too.
Mile13- finally got to the top of the hill and the girl was like GO sprint to the end you got this. so off i went running down that hill to the finish line. I turned the corner and off i went sprinting. I saw the time clock at 1:57:23 I knew i had just PR , i just kept sprinting maybe I had 1:56 because of when I started the race. So i kept going and i was happy no matter what my time was! I thanked the girl that pushed me and paul was there waiting for me. I checked my time and it was 1:57:03!! :) and I placed 6th in my age group. I almost got another award because it was the top 5. Oh well!
I was glad to be done!!
mile1-9:02
mile2-8:17
mile3-9:04
mile4-8:56
mile5-8:49
mile6-8:38
mile7-8:45
mile8-8:43
mile9-8:48
mile10-8:38
mile11-8:52
mile12-8:55
mile13- 8:55
So the morning of the race I had my outfit all picked out, black sparkle skirt, green top and cute socks. It actually got warm wearing those socks but it was cold at the start. This was the first time I didn't really know anyone running this race. Tall Mom Mel was running, Meredith and kali.
Alright race mile recap!
Mile1- I lined up infront of the 2:00 pacers knowing I had to keep ahead of them to beat my goal. And we were off, the first mile was a slight downhill, I always enjoy it because its a road I dont run at all so everything is so new and exciting. I kept passing people which means I should probably start closer up next time. my miles were a little off but it balanced out in the end.
Mile2- this was still a slight down hill running. I kept my pace , and noticed a lot of homeless men standing on the streets watching us run past. Im not going to lie it was a little strange having them watch us run. Im glad cops were standing around. Knowing the turn around point was coming, I started seeing people running the other direction, saw Mel but she didn't see me.
Mile3- going up the slight hill now, I grabbed some water and slowed down a bit because I knew the wright park hill was coming and I wanted to run up it.
Mile4- the first runner was coming down the hill as I was coming to it. I thought wow she's fast!! I kept trucking along that hill to the park. Im glad this year that wright park wasn't muddy like last year. It was nice seeing things I dont run around often. I saw a customer perry in the park and we gave eachother a high five. that helped me keep going. :) Finally done with the park and knew it was some down hills for a while!
Mile5- down hill, and off of a sudden this guy started to talk to me, "did you run last week at the over the narrows race?" yes I did, "i thought you look familiar what was your time?" Uh around 1:30 " mine too we must have ran the same the whole time. Well turns out this guy and I kept passing eachother and i passed him when 2:00 pacers past me and I never saw him again until i was heading to the finish and he was still going towards the turn around point.
mile 6- this is where the course splits for the 10k finish. I kept thinkning should i stop to pee? but i knew if i did my goal would be out of sight. I saw Tony and kept going up the hill.
mile 7- hilly mile. i believe this is where I took a chump here and noticed the 2:00 were passing me and off i went passing them again.
mile 8- i was still ahead of the pacers and kept going.
mile9- flat on ruston way. I kept looking for that turn around point! I knew it had to be soon. But i hadn't really seen anyone coming the other direction yet. and finally i saw a few people coming i knew it was coming closer. I did pass Mel here she was on her way back and she looked in pain.
mile 10- this is where i start to struggle. i started to slow down and ran with the 2 paces because i knew a lady there. we talked for a bit and then i just kept going. but she told me that the 2 were going faster then expected. so then i knew if i could keep ahead of them I would be golden!
Mile 11- I seriouly start to struggle more here I need to do more long runs to get past this hurdle! I kept looking back and the 2 got to me. I started to talk to them and they said this was a great race and i said i ran this last year and they were 3 min ahead of 2hrs so i knew i had this! I then took off from them and off I went.
mile12- why does the last mile feel so long?! I started to slow down due to that over pass hill. A girl came to my left and started to push me saying I have good speed and keep going you got this. i think this helped alot! Im not going to lie i think she was pushing my limits! NO walking at this point! Thank you girl for your pushing! I told a girl on my right to keep going she looked like she was dieing too.
Mile13- finally got to the top of the hill and the girl was like GO sprint to the end you got this. so off i went running down that hill to the finish line. I turned the corner and off i went sprinting. I saw the time clock at 1:57:23 I knew i had just PR , i just kept sprinting maybe I had 1:56 because of when I started the race. So i kept going and i was happy no matter what my time was! I thanked the girl that pushed me and paul was there waiting for me. I checked my time and it was 1:57:03!! :) and I placed 6th in my age group. I almost got another award because it was the top 5. Oh well!
I was glad to be done!!
mile1-9:02
mile2-8:17
mile3-9:04
mile4-8:56
mile5-8:49
mile6-8:38
mile7-8:45
mile8-8:43
mile9-8:48
mile10-8:38
mile11-8:52
mile12-8:55
mile13- 8:55
Time: 1:57:03
Total over all finishers: 88/487
age division : 6/26
female finishers: 80/468
pace: 8:56
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
10 mile run "Over the Narrows"
I just love this 10 miler "over the narrows'' run, 3rd year in a row running this! This race always prepares me for the "You GO Girl" in mid september since I suck at long runs. So for this race I wasn't that prepared since I had just got back from my NYC trip a few days before. I picked up my packet, and was super excited for this race. I knew a few people running it which was pretty cool, Mel, Tiana, Jessica and Paul.
Race day morning, of course I had my outfit all picked out (green sparkle, and my white seattle RnR shirt) That morning was freezing!! But I knew I would warm up as soon as I got going. 9am and off we were running. Paul and I started together and then I passed him. I was going so strong at the start that I knew that was a bad idea for me to do that.All I knew was I wanted to PR this race because I did last year so I wanted a new PR. I knew I needed to beat 1:32. So the first 2 miles I was flying. Then it was a hill over by the airport, I wanted to walk because I hate hills, and my side was hurting me because I think I started to fast. So as soon as I knew it Paul was passing me and told me that I was hauling. The whole time i was thinking if he passed me and finish before me I would be super angry! So I had to stop walking and started running again. I was still ahead of Jessica and Mel, but all i could think of was " I gotta pass paul" As we were going thru the tunnel I kept thinking you must pass paul.. I saw my uncle on his bike so it was good encouragement seeing him and having him cheer me on. We got to the bridge and I swear to God, why do mean wear strong smelly things on a race? I know it's better then BO but i was stuck running this pace with this guy with strong perfume smell which was giving me a head ache.
I still had paul in my view, he was seriously hauling butt. No matter how fast I was going he was still a head of me. I knew he was going to take a gel around the turn around point and knew if i could pass him there and haul he would have to catch me. So after the bridge theres that long hill, usually I can do hills pretty well, but I just wasn't feeling it. So i took a gel and thats when Jessica came up to me and we started running together until I couldn't keep up. But still in my mind I needed to pass Paul. I finally got to the top where the turn around point was and saw paul and his words were "are you going to catch me?" rude i thought which made me more motivated to pass his butt! I got back on the bridge he was still ahead of me and then all of sudden Mel and her hubby was next to me running. I ran with Mel for a bit and off she went. I kept thinking i know Paul will slow down soon (well at least i hoped) So still the hill by the airport i walked a few times because I really wanted a strong finish. I could see paul walking, I knew he was having a hard time (well thats what he told me at the end) Finally at mile 9 i caught up to him. He started running ahead and then I got a head. We started walking/jogging. We were both tired! Finally almost to the finish line he started running and almost ran me over turning a corner which made me angry! So at this point the angry got me and i wanted to just finish strong. At one point he was slowing down, and I took the corner and off I went. He noticed and started sprinting as well but as I saw the clock I pushed myself even more since I saw 1:29:xx and knew I would totally beat my last years time. in the end I finished before Paul by one second while he was a head of me the whole time! I got a new PR
So paul mentioned that Im still a better runner for long distance but for speed on shorter runs he has me beat. But Im up for the challenge...
Race day morning, of course I had my outfit all picked out (green sparkle, and my white seattle RnR shirt) That morning was freezing!! But I knew I would warm up as soon as I got going. 9am and off we were running. Paul and I started together and then I passed him. I was going so strong at the start that I knew that was a bad idea for me to do that.All I knew was I wanted to PR this race because I did last year so I wanted a new PR. I knew I needed to beat 1:32. So the first 2 miles I was flying. Then it was a hill over by the airport, I wanted to walk because I hate hills, and my side was hurting me because I think I started to fast. So as soon as I knew it Paul was passing me and told me that I was hauling. The whole time i was thinking if he passed me and finish before me I would be super angry! So I had to stop walking and started running again. I was still ahead of Jessica and Mel, but all i could think of was " I gotta pass paul" As we were going thru the tunnel I kept thinking you must pass paul.. I saw my uncle on his bike so it was good encouragement seeing him and having him cheer me on. We got to the bridge and I swear to God, why do mean wear strong smelly things on a race? I know it's better then BO but i was stuck running this pace with this guy with strong perfume smell which was giving me a head ache.
I still had paul in my view, he was seriously hauling butt. No matter how fast I was going he was still a head of me. I knew he was going to take a gel around the turn around point and knew if i could pass him there and haul he would have to catch me. So after the bridge theres that long hill, usually I can do hills pretty well, but I just wasn't feeling it. So i took a gel and thats when Jessica came up to me and we started running together until I couldn't keep up. But still in my mind I needed to pass Paul. I finally got to the top where the turn around point was and saw paul and his words were "are you going to catch me?" rude i thought which made me more motivated to pass his butt! I got back on the bridge he was still ahead of me and then all of sudden Mel and her hubby was next to me running. I ran with Mel for a bit and off she went. I kept thinking i know Paul will slow down soon (well at least i hoped) So still the hill by the airport i walked a few times because I really wanted a strong finish. I could see paul walking, I knew he was having a hard time (well thats what he told me at the end) Finally at mile 9 i caught up to him. He started running ahead and then I got a head. We started walking/jogging. We were both tired! Finally almost to the finish line he started running and almost ran me over turning a corner which made me angry! So at this point the angry got me and i wanted to just finish strong. At one point he was slowing down, and I took the corner and off I went. He noticed and started sprinting as well but as I saw the clock I pushed myself even more since I saw 1:29:xx and knew I would totally beat my last years time. in the end I finished before Paul by one second while he was a head of me the whole time! I got a new PR
So paul mentioned that Im still a better runner for long distance but for speed on shorter runs he has me beat. But Im up for the challenge...
race results:
overall : 141/384
51/216 females
age (20-29) 14/42
finish time : 1:30:16
pace: 9:02 per mile
Monday, August 27, 2012
Day 4 (china town, grand central, photography, diner, slice)
Day 4
Today we went to check out china town. This is where you find gifts for cheap. I was able to find a shirt for cheryl and few shot glasses at a reasonable price! Then we kept walking to 5th ave where all the shops start. Went into sport stores, I actually was able to find some shin guards :) which was nice considering mine are so smelly! I needed new ones! :p
We walked to see little Italy and then off we went to the grand central. The grand central was so cool. The building is so detailed! Very roman style. There is a whispering wall area where it's 4 corners and you stand on one end and you can hear people talking across from
You. But it didn't work for us because they were doing construction on that part of the grand central. The ceiling has a night sky and shops in between. It was so pretty!
After we toured the grand central for a bit we found this cupcake place called "crumbs". This place has tons of cupcakes. We deiced to get a pack of 6 so we could try 2 kinds each. I picked cookie crumble, and apple one. The cookie one was dry. I wasn't happy with that one because it was dry. I hate dry cupcakes. Then the apple one- yummy!! It tasted like a apple muffin it was so moist and after that bite I wanted another one! Amy couldn't eat her pb one, so I finished it for her. That was awesome yummy! Not dry and it was pretty rich! Over all this crumb place gets a 4 star rating! ( only 4 because the first cake was dry!)
Then we headed toward the intrepid space museum. But on our way there I happened to look over at my right and saw this photography museum thing. So I wanted to check it out. It was pretty cool. Had black and white photos from the 1930 and such. I liked it! We were probably there for a good 45 min? Right before we left there was a gift shop with photography things. So of course we had to go in there. I knew I wanted something back from NYC that said NYC on it. But I didn't know if I wanted the plain "I love NYC " shirt. So while in this store I found this really cool shoulder bag with a zipper and such, it was printed with old cameras. I Thought very hard about the bag until I went around a corner and saw a shirt I absolutely loved. "I photography NYC" yup this was the shirt for me! And it was the same price as the bag. So of course I picked the shirt! Not sure if I will wear the shirt often like I would use the bag but we shall see! :)
Then we took a taxi to be closer to the intrepid but when we got there there was a line to get wait in. Not only one line outside. But another line to buy tickets. And then there's 2 more
Lines inside. And this place closed at 6. So we deiced to come back tomorrow with Pre order tickets. So by this point we were hungry and wanted some
Food. Amy wanted us to try a diner so that's what we did. Amy and Paul had burgers and they liked theres. I had chicken fingers. I wasn't that happy with my choice oh we'll lesson learned. But I did have some fries from each of there plate and those were pretty yummy! Then Amy was tired sober headed back to her place. Ate a drumstick ice cream on her roof top. We then went out to get a red box movie and a slice (pizza). This slice was pretty good. It was the size of Costco pizza. But way better. It was so greasy tho. But I thought it was pretty good ! Then i tried a garlic knot. Which was a bread stick in a ball form. It was actually really good. It tasted like a bread stick. But man it had a lot of garlic on it.
Then we watched salt the movie and went to bed early. When I say early it was 7 Washington time. And well I didn't sleep well last night kept tossing and turning. And has been up since 7 here so 4 Washington time.
I'm looking forward to seeing what will happen today. And I'm a little sad that my vacation ends tomorrow as well :(
Today we went to check out china town. This is where you find gifts for cheap. I was able to find a shirt for cheryl and few shot glasses at a reasonable price! Then we kept walking to 5th ave where all the shops start. Went into sport stores, I actually was able to find some shin guards :) which was nice considering mine are so smelly! I needed new ones! :p
We walked to see little Italy and then off we went to the grand central. The grand central was so cool. The building is so detailed! Very roman style. There is a whispering wall area where it's 4 corners and you stand on one end and you can hear people talking across from
You. But it didn't work for us because they were doing construction on that part of the grand central. The ceiling has a night sky and shops in between. It was so pretty!
After we toured the grand central for a bit we found this cupcake place called "crumbs". This place has tons of cupcakes. We deiced to get a pack of 6 so we could try 2 kinds each. I picked cookie crumble, and apple one. The cookie one was dry. I wasn't happy with that one because it was dry. I hate dry cupcakes. Then the apple one- yummy!! It tasted like a apple muffin it was so moist and after that bite I wanted another one! Amy couldn't eat her pb one, so I finished it for her. That was awesome yummy! Not dry and it was pretty rich! Over all this crumb place gets a 4 star rating! ( only 4 because the first cake was dry!)
Then we headed toward the intrepid space museum. But on our way there I happened to look over at my right and saw this photography museum thing. So I wanted to check it out. It was pretty cool. Had black and white photos from the 1930 and such. I liked it! We were probably there for a good 45 min? Right before we left there was a gift shop with photography things. So of course we had to go in there. I knew I wanted something back from NYC that said NYC on it. But I didn't know if I wanted the plain "I love NYC " shirt. So while in this store I found this really cool shoulder bag with a zipper and such, it was printed with old cameras. I Thought very hard about the bag until I went around a corner and saw a shirt I absolutely loved. "I photography NYC" yup this was the shirt for me! And it was the same price as the bag. So of course I picked the shirt! Not sure if I will wear the shirt often like I would use the bag but we shall see! :)
Then we took a taxi to be closer to the intrepid but when we got there there was a line to get wait in. Not only one line outside. But another line to buy tickets. And then there's 2 more
Lines inside. And this place closed at 6. So we deiced to come back tomorrow with Pre order tickets. So by this point we were hungry and wanted some
Food. Amy wanted us to try a diner so that's what we did. Amy and Paul had burgers and they liked theres. I had chicken fingers. I wasn't that happy with my choice oh we'll lesson learned. But I did have some fries from each of there plate and those were pretty yummy! Then Amy was tired sober headed back to her place. Ate a drumstick ice cream on her roof top. We then went out to get a red box movie and a slice (pizza). This slice was pretty good. It was the size of Costco pizza. But way better. It was so greasy tho. But I thought it was pretty good ! Then i tried a garlic knot. Which was a bread stick in a ball form. It was actually really good. It tasted like a bread stick. But man it had a lot of garlic on it.
Then we watched salt the movie and went to bed early. When I say early it was 7 Washington time. And well I didn't sleep well last night kept tossing and turning. And has been up since 7 here so 4 Washington time.
I'm looking forward to seeing what will happen today. And I'm a little sad that my vacation ends tomorrow as well :(
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Day 3( brunch, central park, time square-spiderman, dinner on roof )
Saturday morning we work up and we went to get brunch. They weren't opened yet when we got there due to a water leak in the kitchen. So we found a Starbucks and grabbed coffee and while I was there I happened to find Starbucks gift cards. Btw. I've been looking all over for those stupid things! I finally found it. Which was good considering people wanted some from me. Then it was finally time to sit down and have our brunch. I had a mimosa :) and they brought out deep fried dough with cinnamon sugar like a doughnut. It was soo good!! I ordered the banana pancakes. It was better then the ones I had in Hawaii! Then after brunch we walked to time square. We had a show "spiderman" at 2. So we were a bit early and walked around in time square in the day time which was much different in the night then day. We went to toy r us and walked around. This store was huge!! :) had 2 candy stores in side! We grabbed some candy and we were off on our way to see "spiderman"
This show was awesome! Spiderman flies over the audience! It scared Amy but wow I really like the songs and the whole performance! A well worth it show!! :) then afterwards we went to central park. Paul and I rode a bike that would take you around central park showing you all the movies and who live/d there. Our driver knew a lot about where things were filmed and such. Yes he was hard to understand most of the time but well worth the hour ride. ! But we had an awesome time!
Then for dinner we were invited to Amy friend house for dinner on the roof top. Homemade tacos!! Yummy :) it was good meeting some of Amy friends. But I was soo tired that I could barely stay awake during this time!
Over all a great day! :)
This show was awesome! Spiderman flies over the audience! It scared Amy but wow I really like the songs and the whole performance! A well worth it show!! :) then afterwards we went to central park. Paul and I rode a bike that would take you around central park showing you all the movies and who live/d there. Our driver knew a lot about where things were filmed and such. Yes he was hard to understand most of the time but well worth the hour ride. ! But we had an awesome time!
Then for dinner we were invited to Amy friend house for dinner on the roof top. Homemade tacos!! Yummy :) it was good meeting some of Amy friends. But I was soo tired that I could barely stay awake during this time!
Over all a great day! :)
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