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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: Outer Banks Half Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:55:47, Place overall: 629, Place in age division: 32
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.0013.100.000.0013.10

Geesh...I still don't get what Threshold & VO2 Max Miles are? So not quite sure where to log the race miles? Need to so some research on that.

OUTER BANKS HALF MARATHON WAS AWESOME!!!!!!

One of my all time favorite races! Our family went down Friday night and spent 2 nights in a hotel 50 yards from the beach.  Saturday (day before the race) we spent the day playing around a beautiful beach near Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.  We had some good times and good eats! I hope to update the family blog in the next couple days with pics (www.CarpeDiem95.blogspot.com) The weather could not have been more perfect!! 50 degrees, not windy, sunny- gorgeous! The Expo was small (all I have to compare it to is St. George) but they gave out some fun pirate theme bags with our swag.  The shirt was a nice dry release, but unisex cut which never works for my 5' 1" frame- bummer.  Race day worked out great.  Our hotel was 2.5 miles from start so my hubby dropped me off.  Weird to start alone without any friends, but you know us runners are a social bunch.  I ended up chatting with a few nice people at start and never felt lonely.  Luckily all my electronic devices worked well- gosh I'm high maintanence with my Garmin & IPOD, can't race without 'em! I wasn't sure what to expect it had been 9 months since my last half.  I set my goal attainable- just wanted under 1:57 (PR is 1:52 but wasn't shooting for that today). I was stoked to see my Garmin read 1:55:47 at finish.  Not so stoked to see my chip time is a minute slower than that?! Regardless, the miles flew by- what a feeling, that rarely happens to me on race day!! Nice flat, scenic run along interstate, then neighborhoods, by golf course and along coast and marinas.  Lots of change of scenery and a combo of sun, good tunes on the IPOD kept me VERY happy.  I think I was smiling 90% of this race!  Extreme runner's high at end of this race :) Could feel my toes bruising at mile 8, but not too bad.  Took GU every 4 and picked up drinks at most aid stations.  Was very happy that I was staying ahead of my virtual partner.  The finish party was fun- pictures with pirates, great band (with lots of horns), and in addition to our cool pirate medals, they gave nice running visors- love little perks like that! VERY happy with this race, can't wait to post pictures once the Outer Banks website gets them up.  Would do this race again- long drive (5 hrs) but worth it!

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Comments
From Jody on Sun, Nov 08, 2009 at 21:41:02 from 98.202.166.116

Congratulations!! Absolutely awesome! I am so glad you had a great experience. It is weird starting a race alone, but like you said - Runners are a friendly bunch! ENJOY!!!

From jtshad on Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 07:43:33 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on fun and well run race!

From The Quiet Pirate on Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 10:04:54 from 24.199.205.252

Congratulations on your race and running faster than your goal time.

I was hoping I'd get to meet you there, but I got so busy getting ready that I forgot to get a # to contact you, then I didn't have internet access while we were there.

You are 100% right about the weather, the beautiful scenery, the nice visors, etc. I'm looking forward to seeing your photos.

My husband ended up running the 1/2. He ran a 2:05, so he was behind you, but if you saw the big guy with the goofy pirate hat on, that was him.

I was wearing the mickey pirate hat.

Maybe we'll see you next year. Le me know if you hear about any great in-state races. I'd love to meet you.

Again, congratulations! Enjoy your recovery week :-)

From Scott Zincone on Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 22:48:12 from 67.233.81.2

I could not agree more with how great a race the OBX is. I ran the Marathon last year. We vacation there every year. For a race that has only been around for a few years I think it is "run" well. Flat too. The Marathon was won by Ryan Woods, who is on the blog. But he has not blogged for a long time now.

Great job on your race and glad you had fun. Arrrgh !!

From Lybi on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 01:12:45 from 70.190.199.29

Yea! What a fun report to read. There are so many times that weather does not cooperate with runners, or races are disorganized or whatever. You deserve a great race like this! Woo-hoo!

By the way, I asked my hubby about the running categories. "Threshold" miles are apparently where your muscles have to start producing lactic acid. Having no idea what that worked out to speedwise, I pressed him for further info, and he groaned and said "somewhere around 10K pace." VO2 max miles are faster,"maximum oxygen uptake," so you're breathing as hard as you possibly can, think "all-out mile."

From Christi on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 08:03:16 from 174.98.97.173

Thanks guys!! Really- any of you that haven't ventured out to the outer banks, its worth a trip (esp. if you can race while there) I'm still on a high from this race :)

From Brent on Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 21:13:01 from 168.178.30.194

Sole sista, like I said, you are a race day runner, nice effort, not far off the PR. Losing toenails? You get commando points for that. I am convinced you could run 15 minutes faster if you decided to dedicate yourself to training, you have the race day guts.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Christi on Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 00:30:19 from 174.98.97.173

Brent- Thanks for your vote of confidence. I'm thinking about your challenge...I really am

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