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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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Race: The Trails 20 Miler (20 Miles) 03:00:48, Place overall: 13, Place in age division: 4
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.005.0015.100.000.0020.10

I wasn't sure what category to log my miles in (threshold, etc) But basically about 5 of the miles were marathon pace and the rest were challenging, but not as fast.

SO- Basically, after running this I feel more prepared for SGM and excited for SGM! I did not make my ambitious goal of keeping 8:35 pace, but the race was much more hilly than I expected so I'm not too disappointed with 9 minute miles.  Last year I ran SGM with 9:11 av. pace and I'm confident that I will keep under 9 minutes miles at SGM this year thanks to all the downhill.  How close I can keep to 8:30s to get a BQ time still remains to be seen.

It was a rushed morning.  Started with my Garmin not working- urggghhh! I charged it yesterday so it would be all ready for this morning.  When I went to take it off the charger it was blank and would not turn on. (Of course after I got home from the race it was working?!) So I printed out a pace band and grabbed a digital watch- not the ideal pacing systerm. I picked up my friend Lenae and I made it on the bus with 5 min. to spare. Started with the Sole Sister gang. We all got spread out with Theresa P. & Tina finishing first for our group, Theresa T. & I finishing next, then Conaday, then Stephanie & Shelly.   I felt really good on the downhills and uphills were a struggle.  Downhills and flats I was between 7:10-8:30, but the uphills squashed my overall pace.  Don't have my splits unfortunately due to the Garmin issue.

The course was beautiful!! Wish I had a little camera in my pocket.  We passed a nice little pond and some horses up on a cliff- both would have made spectacular postcards.

The race was pretty well organized.  My only complaint was that there were only 2 porta potties at the start!! But the aid stations were every 3 miles and were well stocked and I saw at least 3 porta potties along the way.

I feel really good, no injuries as far as I can tell.  Not even too sore- EXCEPT for my toes- darn it!! I have about 5 sore toes, I'll probably lose at least 2 toenails.  Thank goodness for nail polish.

My only other whaaa- beside the garmin & toes is that I'm SICK OF 4TH PLACE!!! At least 3 of my friends who came in AFTER me placed! I wasn't out there to place today, but I was kinda bummed when my friends placed in age groups under & above mine and I didn't.  Those 35-40 yr. olds in my division are unstoppable obviously! Ah well. I really didn't train to deserve a AD award anyway.  A big CONGRATS to our very own bloggies, Marcie & Dustin for their 1st Place Accomplishments- whooo-hoooo!!!

SO- if you're still reading this ramble- mission accomplished.  Didn't hit the wall, feel more prepared for SGM and am encouraged that I can at least PR at SGM this year even if I don't pull off a BQ.

Happy Running & Racing bloggies!

 

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Comments
From MarcieJ on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 14:24:19

Great job today! You are going to smoke SG. It was so good to see you today!

From Kim on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 16:24:31

Way to go! It sounds like a great run! Congrats!

Tom and I are going to be down there in 2 weeks to celebrate our anniversary. Maybe we'll get to run with some of you St. Georgians!

From Brent on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 18:27:20

Christi, your full of surprises, I am going to start calling you money or big time, very, very, nice hard run. Forget the awards, 300 commando points the hard run race.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From linda10k on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 18:46:09

I think it's great that having your watch malfunction didn't throw you off. I think you did fantastic!

From Jody on Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 23:47:20

You did great! What a smart way to prepare for SGM! I know you smash your previous PR!

From MichelleL on Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 00:01:29

Great workout and confidence booster. What's BQ for you (that rhymes - he he!)?

From Lybi on Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 00:17:51

What a run! You sure are in a great place for St. George. I can't wait to see what you can do this year!

Sorry about the 4th! Geez! You'll be cashing in your commando points for hardware soon, though, I am sure.

From Christi on Mon, Sep 08, 2008 at 19:48:17

Thanks guys!

Marcie- It was GREAT to see you as always. You are so cute & so amazingly FAST! Congrats on another victory!

Kim- I hope I can see you when you're in SG. I'll be out of town from the 13-20th, hope I don't miss you!

Brent- I surprise myself sometimes too!

Linda- thanks, the last minute garmin malfunction was a bummer!

Jody- YOU are the PR smasher!

Michelle- I need a 3:45 to BQ this year. I feel close, but not confident I have it in the bag.

Lybi- I just can't wait to see you at the SGM pre-race party! Are you sure you don't want to run it?

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