Running For Sanity

Long Beach International marathon

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Location:

Nipomo,CA,USA

Member Since:

Jul 31, 2008

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

Some recent PR's: 5k = 20:36 (2007), 10k = 43:00 (2008), 1/2 Marathon = 1:36:59 (2008).

First and only marathon: Long Beach Marathon, Oct. 12, 2008. Finish time= 3:33:23. BQ!

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run in the 2009 Boston Marathon with a finish time of 3:28:**.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep running 5-6 days per week; helping me stay healthy and fit.

Specific running goals:

10k in 42:** or less.

And a half marathon in 1:35:00.

Run One marathon per year.

Personal:

I have been running approx. 10 years. I started running in HS for X-Country and track. After high school, I took 1 year completely off and several were just leisurely runs a few times per week. The past two years, I became pretty serious about competeting. I am 24 years old. I am student in a doctoral program in Clinical Psychology. I hope to incorporate mental and physical health as a psychologist (when I finally finish school).

I Love Running, it keeps me sane!

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Sun, Oct 12, 2008

Race: Long Beach International marathon (26.2 Miles) 03:33:23, Place overall: 36, Place in age division: 1

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
0.00	26.20	0.00	0.00	26.20

I ran my first full marathon this morning at the Long Beach Marathon. I went out kinda hard because I was worried my legs would peter out in the end. Which my legs did, after mile 21, my goal was just to finish. My legs and feet hurt so bad, I can barely walk right now. But it was all worth it...I feel so accomplished!

I placed first in my division, females 20-24. 36th female overall and 264th with both males and females. My finish time was 3:33:23 (8:09 pace). I qualified for Boston Marathon! There were about 3000 runners in the marathon.

Comments

From jtshad on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 07:29:30

Congratluations on a fine finish at your first marathon! 1st in your division at your first marathon...wow! Great job on the BQ as well. Just a stellar race overall.

From rocknesss18 on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 09:29:26

Impressive!

From Megan on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:15:20

Thanks!!! I'm pretty excited about the race:)

From Mark on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 11:29:23

Awesome debut marathon! PR, first in division and BQ!

From marion on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 15:39:23

WHOOO HOO!!! Megan you ROCK!! That is an amazing time!! You did SO great! I am so proud of you! I hope you are feeling ok this morning :) Take it easy :) Let me know how yoga feels on beat leggs :D

From josse on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 16:32:00

Great job on fishing your first!! And in great time as well.

From Megan on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 18:59:16

Thanks again everyone for all the postive comments!:)

Marion: I teach yoga tomorrow morning, I think it's going to be kinda tough I'll let you know how it goes!

From marion on Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 19:01:32

Good luck! Can it be a meditation class? ;)

From Jody on Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 15:56:40

Congratulations! That is an awesome time! Time to register for Boston!

From Megan on Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 15:59:00

Thanks Jodi... yeah I'm looking in to planning my trip to Boston:) My mom is going to with me.

From kelsey on Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 20:42:51

Congratulations!!! What an impressive first marathon! And to win your division, that's just awesome!

From MichelleL on Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 18:26:40

Congrats on a great first marathon! I would think you might want to put a little more in your race report like what you've learned so you can reread it before your next marathon. I predict even faster marathons in your future :)

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