ShufflingSista

Spectrum 10K

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Location:

Indian Harbour Beach,FL,

Member Since:

Mar 05, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Half Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

I owe my PRs to the friendship, support and expert tips I've found here on Fast Running Blog!

PRs

5K ~~24:25 ('07 Run for Kids)~~ 24:12 ('08 Spring Into Summer 5K, FL)

10K ~~52:34 ('07 Spectrum~~) 49:30 ('08 Spectrum )

Half Marathon ~~1:59:47 (Hurricane '07)~~ 1:53:42 ('08 Painter's)

20 Miler 3:00:48 (The Trails River Run Sept. '08)

Marathon 4:00:54 (St. George Marathon '07, 1st marathon- yah!)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Following Hal Higdon's Novice 2 Half Marathon Training Plan for Space Coast Half Marathon Dec.1, 2013

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep it in balance.

Personal:

Blessed to be LDS. Married to world's greatest guy for over 16 yrs w/ 2 amazing kids. Busy being a mom to 2 active teens (a very equestrian minded daughter & a soccer obsessed son). Mental Health Counselor by training. Loving Life at the Beach. Running to eat & fit in my jeans.

I'm much more active on Facebook- find me there Christi Lovelace Dieckman

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Sat, Mar 15, 2008

Race: Spectrum 10K (6.16 Miles) 00:49:30, Place overall: 38, Place in age division: 12

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
6.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.16

WOW! The day started out rough. I tossed & turned all night- probably from drinking a diet pepsi too close to bedtime (dumb!). Then my stomach felt yucky, could hardly get any breakfast down. So I was kinda nervous how it would all turn out. I AM THRILLED!! I finally got a 10K time in the 40's! That was my ultimate goal that I really did not think would happen today. I started out close to front of pack (6:59 1st mile) I figured I started too fast and would burn out, but I think that fast mile actually helped me make my overall time. From there I slowed down considerably- splits were:

1- 6:59

2-8:03

3-7:36

4-8:09

5-8:18

6-8:16

last .16- 7:26

I knew I had to stay under 8 min. miles to make my goal and thanks to a great downhill course and a good mile 1 & 3, I was able to do it. Weather was perfect. Crowd actually seemed a bit smaller to me than last year? Good bloggie turn out! Great results from many of them: Nick, Clyde, Dave, Steve, Bill, Dustin, Lyndsey, Mike Thomas (who I met today), Mik'L, Bonnie, Ally, Linda and MARCIE took 1st in women overall- she ROCKS! Sorry, I'm sure I'm forgetting some bloggies' names- it was fun to see you all!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bryce on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 14:03:53

YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!

From Jody on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 14:06:11

AWESOME!! That is fantastic! You had a great time! Congratulations!

From MarcieJ on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 14:11:01

So fun to see you today and you ran a great race! What a fantastic time, it always feels good to PR and come in at your goal. Wait to go!

From Brent on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 14:42:58

Hey, no pre-blogging needed for you. 100 commando points for the PR.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Superfly on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 14:52:37

Way to ROCK out a great time! Great PR.

From Ally Holt on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 15:21:40

wow! you are fast! nice job today. It was fun to see you again!

From Christina on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 16:12:18

Way to go!!!! A PR is something to be celebrated!! How exciting!

From MichelleL on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 16:54:57

Congratulations! What a breakthrough race for you! Sometimes running "too fast" at the beginning is just the ticket! Now that I know you have sub -7:00's in you I'm going to start asking for more of them ;)

From dave holt on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 17:15:43

Great job - sub 50!

From Mik'L on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 17:27:46

Way to go Christi! I was so excited to hear your smokin time! I was telling Clyde that I came up on someone in the second mile that looked like you from behind and I totally got a mental block thinking I went out way too fast cuz I shouldn't be anywhere near Christi, so I totally slowed down I think and then I realized it wasn't you! haha Great job again. You always look so cute at races too.

From Kim on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 17:53:57

Great race report! So glad it turned out so good for you!

From Christi on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 19:06:01

You guys are too nice! Thanks for sharing the excitement w/ me and CONGRATS to many of you who ran STRONG races today!

From andee on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 19:58:05

WOW what a great race for you! Congratulations on a PR and feeling great. Keep up the good work!

From Lybi on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 20:40:22

You did it! You did it! Congratulations, Christi!!!, Wow you are running so strong this year. 2 1/2 minutes off your PR. Wooo-Hooo!

Did you know that this time officially takes you off the botushka (meaning talkative female who mainly runs only for fun) list? Sasha says that any girl who can run a 10K in under 50:00 is not a boltushka. So congrats. You're big-time now!

From Bethany on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 20:45:07

Speedy speedy. Way to go on the awesome time. Congrats!

From josse t on Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 22:38:28

Great job on gettin into the 40's that is such an accomplishment. I love the pic. that was my sons favorite ride we probably did it 20 times.

From Christi on Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:42:59

Lybi- really?! I may be taken off the botushka list?! no kidding?! But I meet the definition to a tee! hee hee...! Andee, Bethany & Josse- thanks! Josse, I'm glad you can tell its the Buzz Lightyear ride photo 'cause its so blurry. We were too lazy to carry our camera around DL so those are the only in park photos we have. It was a blast!

From Mike Warren on Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 12:05:56

Awesome PR! That was a really fast 1st mile. Also, after the first mile you stayed very consistent. You ran a very smart race, good job!!!

From laura on Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 22:23:13

What an AWESOME race!!!!!!! What a fantastic PR!!! Even with a rocky morning, you did great!!!

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