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Phoenix, Arizona
United States
Elite Racing Inc.
40F / 4C
Sunny
Total Time = 3h 40m 39s
Overall Rank = 1131/8000
Age Group = f30-34
Age Group Rank = 55/585
Pre-race routine:

Get up, freeze my tail off, go to the bus, eat a bagel w/ Peanut Butter and Honey (THANK YOU SHANNON!!!) and a bottle of SE. Get there, wait in line for 30 minutes fo rthe potty, freak out that my HRM had not charged. This is love - my little sis who was running the 1/2 had jsut got a garmin and let me use hers!!!! I LOVE HER!! She ran with her old timex (no GPS) for me :) By that time, they were singing the anthem, so I did a few pick ups and got in my corral just as the gun went off. This actually worked fine!!
Event warmup:

A few pick ups and a dash for my corral
Run
  • 3h 40m 34s
  • 26.2 miles
  • 08m 25s  min/mile
Comments:

Should I start with the good, the bad, or the ugly?! The good - I made my goal, I QUALIFIED FOR BOSTON (OF course I won't run it until 08)!!!!!!!!!! with 35 seconds to spare - whew!!!!
The bad, It was cold - VERY cold. At mile 6 there was a bank with a thermometer - still 33 degrees!!!! My feet were cold and toed numb until mile 5 or 6. My gloves froze after the 2nd water station after spilling water on them they were completely useless. In face, I think they were keeping the fingers on my right hand numb. I finally ditched those. The ugly - I got pushed at the first water station and fell on my face, and kinda got stepped on. Road rash on both quads and my knee was bleeding - that was mile 1... more ugly - my little melt down including a tear or two at mile 25 when I literally had to screama few times to make myself keep running. my legs just wanted to stop and I thought at that point I was going to miss qualifying by just a few seconds. My sister saved the day (for the second time) by finding me at just the right time before I gave up to walk and pushed me to sprint to the finish. I said no twice, but she kept yelling at me and I dug just a little deeper and found enough to get my legs moving at 7' mile pace to the finish. The alternative was walking the last quarter mile. I love my sister!!
The course was great and I had no worries about water with the cold. I took in 900 calories on the course!!! and I took 4 endurolyte caps. My legs started feeling heavy at mile 15 - at that point I was in good shape for the pace, but I was not expecting my legs to hurt in earnest until mile 20. In fact I wasn't sure if they hurt or were just cold. There was just enough of a head breeze to put a nip on the sweat and my legs were cold. In this temp in the future, I will wear tights. I think my top was perfect though. I wore my tri top as an undershirt with a full zip LS shirt on top. The last 1.5 miles turned away from the breeze completely and the sun was finally strong enough to make a difference and I did unzip all the way and expose my shoulders to cool off. This was the start of the melt down I was mentioning...
Anyway, I crossed the finish line and was elated (OK delerious maybe. ) went directly to the med tent to have my quads taped with ice (and my knee neosporined) then I walked for 30 minutes - not necessarily intentionally, but my same loving sister had lost her car... I forgave her inadvance!! She by the way ran a 1:38 so I need to run another 1/2 mary to get my title back.... hmmmm... What's the fastest 1/2 you can think of... Ah nothing like sibling rivalry!!! Seriously though I'm proud of my baby sis!
Ice bath, hot tub, football, (The Pats beat San DIEGO!!!!!!!!) ice bath race report. BED now :)
One of the top 5 days of my life :)
What would you do differently?:

train a little longer. Other than that - I think this was pretty damned good.
Post race
Warm down:

Got patched with ice, and walked to find the car - for 30 minutes!!!

What limited your ability to perform faster:

cold, A few GI issues on the way, but not too bad, my little melt down around 25 mm.

Event comments:

YIPPEEEEE!!!!!




Last updated: 2006-11-10 12:00 AM
Running
03:40:34 | 26.2 miles | 08m 25s  min/mile
Age Group: 94/585
Overall: 0/8000
Performance: Good
Course: Nice course, Stared in Phoenix, slightly up to Scottsdale then slightly down to Tempe. Few little rises, and gradual uphill until 1/2 way point then mostly down with a few bumps.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Good
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 5
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5

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2007-01-14 8:05 PM

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2007-01-14 9:41 PM
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Subject: RE: P.F. Changs Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Marathon
Way to get your BQ.  Looks like you really earned it with the cold and the stumble!  Congrats!!! That's just awesome.
2007-01-15 6:44 AM
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Subject: RE: P.F. Changs Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Marathon
Great job and congratulations on the BQ. Awesome surviving the early race fall and the late race meltdown, good luck beating your sister's 1/2 time and in Boston 2008!
2007-01-15 8:35 AM
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Subject: RE: P.F. Changs Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Marathon
Congrats on qualifying. I promise it is not usually this cold in Phoenix! All the locals are having a hard time. Great job on the race
2007-01-15 8:52 AM
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Subject: RE: P.F. Changs Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Marathon
First of all, thanks again, and thanks to your sis (that stud - 1:38?! - WOW!) for driving me around this weekend.  But maybe more importantly, congrats on the BQ!  I want to BQ, but I'm sure it's even more important to someone who grew up in the area.  Does this mean your whole family will be there at the race?  From what I saw this weekend that will be great for you, because they'll all be talking your ear off so much you won't have time to stress!  I'm kidding, but congrulations.  Maybe I'll still qualify this year and run it with you in '08.
2007-01-15 9:14 AM
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Awesome race Julia!  Way to kick some booty (including your own!)!!!  How did you get in 900 calories?  gels or what?   Congrats on the BQ!


2007-01-15 10:33 AM
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BQ by 35 seconds is incredible   You go girl!!!
2007-01-15 1:36 PM
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Subject: RE: P.F. Changs Rock 'N' Roll Arizona Marathon
A BQ is very cool

Mile 25 is a pretty good place to have a bit of a melt down and glad that your sis found you are just the right time. (Much better than mile 20 or even 15)

Sorry to hear that you got pushed at the water stop in the beginning of a race

I have read a lot of great reports from this race and it seems like the cold was just a minor inconvenience. (38 Degrees is pretty darn cold though)

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2007-01-15 1:38 PM
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Congrats on the BQ!  Great race especially with the fall and the weather.  It's motivating to read about someone pushing through at the end of a race.

Ernie 

2007-01-15 9:24 PM
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Congrats on the BQ!!!!

And you seriously owe your sister a beer...possibly a whole keg.  

2007-01-16 11:28 AM
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So you ran 7' miles for the last two miles after having already run 24? DAMN!!!! Nice job on finishing strong. Does this mean we'll be seeing your sister at all the big races? And will she come to mine?!

Oh, and is Adam implying that your sister talks more than you? Is that possible?!!!!!

Congratulations on Boston!!



2007-01-16 2:39 PM
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Congrats on BQ'ing! Great race report, not everyone can push themselves like you did. Whata great way to start the year.
2007-01-17 7:42 AM
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Congrats on Boston.  I still remember running with you on the Plat last year when you were saying that you couldn't run faster than a 8 1/2 or 9 min mile.  Man what a diference a year makes.  Way to go!!!
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