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Chesterton 5K

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Location:

schererville,IN,

Member Since:

Mar 02, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Madison Inaugural 1/2 Marathon August 2009 2:02:48--yippee PR!

Fall Frolic 4 miler Nov 09PR 33:27 AG 4th place

Race to Wrigley 5K April 2010 PR 24:54

Short-Term Running Goals:

PR my 5k time. But maybe for now I should shoot for under 30 minutes.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay injury free and see where that takes me.

Personal:

I have a husband who is wonderful, three beautiful dogs, I'm a teacher, and I'm a runner. Life is good.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Mizuno Rider 12 #2 Lifetime Miles:						327.30
Mizuno Rider 12 # 3 Lifetime Miles:						384.86
Turquoise Riders Lifetime Miles:						53.25

Sat, May 30, 2009

Race: Chesterton 5K (3 Miles) 00:28:05

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.00

Great race with my brother....pictures to follow. I felt super strong (I didn't really drink last night just probably ate too much barb-b-que...I love it!

The food spread after was awesome! I love small races (only about 300 people). My garmin had us at 2.92 miles...so I dunno...but my overal pace was a 9:32. Running with my bro was motivating b/c he is so much faster! (he slowed to let me catch up). I think i'm gonna start pushing myself harder.

Brooks Miles: 3.00

Comments

From nicole on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 12:59:12 from 72.57.57.27

congrats on your first 5k!!!! way to go!!!

From Snoqualmie on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 13:47:21 from 67.171.56.164

Congratulations, April! Was that your first 5K? I am so glad you had fun! That's what we're doing here, right? :) Nice running!

From seeaprilrun on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 15:00:02 from 68.102.144.140

Awesome job!

From rattletrap on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 15:14:40 from 24.19.93.139

Good job! That 9 minute pace is right around the corner. That's really cool that your brother ran with you.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, May 30, 2009 at 15:37:13 from 71.229.164.25

Great job on your first 5K! I'm so glad that you had fun and that it has motivated you to push yourself a little harder. That's how we improve.

From april27 on Sun, May 31, 2009 at 01:28:43 from 99.188.251.180

How do I post pictures here? Maybe I will just change my avatar.

Any who, Sno--yes my first and my knees felt really great...No swelling or touch tenderness when they do hurt though.

It felt so good to keep that pace...now if only I could do it for 13 miles!

From rattletrap on Sun, May 31, 2009 at 03:04:20 from 24.19.93.139

To post pictures in your blog you need to upload them to flikr or smugmug or some other photo hosting site. Then you can link to them in your blog entries.

From Snoqualmie on Sun, May 31, 2009 at 17:53:19 from 67.171.56.164

Posting pix - just like Rattletrap said, and just like we do in ravelry.com.

From Tracy17 on Sun, May 31, 2009 at 19:57:49 from 173.24.32.153

Awesome! It's great that you felt strong and ready to race! Just keep logging miles and your times will drop!

When's the next one?

From april27 on Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 00:16:01 from 99.188.251.180

Tracy--Well there are a couple 5ks...there is one in June that involves wearing a necktie for fathers day...and then there is one in July that allows you to run with your dogs....I'm thinking about the latter one. I'm trying to stay motivated to run the 1/2 in August in Madison. I'm trying to find a longer race but I'm not having much luck--lots of 5k's this summer!

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