Marathon Women 30-34
Total Overall Overall State/
Place Name Bib Lap 1 Lap 2 Run Time Pace Place by Sex City Country
1 Edmondson,Kelly 401 3:29:05.7 7:59 26 4 Cincinnati OH
2 Alzaga,Lucia 303 3:50:45.7 8:48 62 20 Urbana IL
3 Rutherford,Elizabeth 619 4:16:23.1 9:47 88 30 Ferndale MI
4 Rosso,Erin 612 4:17:15.3 9:49 90 31 Stanwood MI
5 Adams,Jill 300 4:17:23.0 9:49 91 32 Pinckney MI
6 Weghorst,Rebecca 700 4:18:11.7 9:51 92 33 Waterville OH
7 Plumstead,Cile 595 4:30:41.1 10:20 112 39 Empire MI
8 Johnson,Amy 481 4:34:54.5 10:30 118 41 Webberville MI
9 Mlotha,Brenda 557 4:39:43.8 10:41 122 44 Ann Arbor MH
10 Deschoff,Jennifer 388 4:43:45.6 10:50 127 46 Grand Rapids MI
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
What Paula Radcliffe and I have in common
Dear Running Friends,
I'm officially making like Paula Radcliffe and taking the month of July off from running. Paula doesn't exactly take July off each year, but she does take a month off to recover from a marathon. No running, not one step for 30 days. Oh, and I'm taking June 29 and 30th off too.
I ran the Charlevoix Marathon today. Before I stood at the starting line, I thought of three goals for the race:
1) Just finish and have fun with it
2) Beat my PR of 3:54
3) Qualify for Boston (requiring a 3:40)
To my chagrin, I wasn't able to achieve any of these, at least not completely. Even though I did finish the race, I was not able to have fun despite trying to keep a positive attitude. Chris commented that he could tell I was "trying" each time he saw me. Every time I started to get going on pace my body refused. It even refused to run at some points. I had plenty of time to do some thinking throughout the race (it took me 4:16), and I came up with the idea that I might just be completely exhausted. The St. Louis Marathon, Race Under the Sun 10K, Dances with Dirt 50K Ultramarathon, the Dexter-Ann Arbor Half Marathon and the Charlevoix Marathon all occurred in a three month period (of couse, I chose to run all them hard).
Here are the highlights and lowlights of the Charlevoix Marathon:
Highlights:
1) Organized and easy-to-find packet pick up
2) A+ volunteers
3) No rain (it was pouring cats and dogs until 6:30 AM -the race began at 7AM)
4) Cool race long sleeved t-shirt
5) Enthusiastic fans (especially the little girl w/her kazoo)
6) Seeing Chris and Elvis several times because they drove around to see me
7) Red licorice and pretzels on the course, pizza at the finish line
8) Ambulance in plain view that, thankfully, no one had to use
9) Awesome view of the beach that I got to see four times (see below to find out why)
10) Being able to take my ice bath in Lake Charlevoix while giving Elvis swimming lessons
Lowlights:
1) Humid, humid, humid
2) Two out and back "loops" that I thought would be OK, but gave me the worst case of deja vu
3) Sparse water stops (I recommend either carrying your own if you do this race or bringing along your cute water boy/boyfriend/husband, whatever you get your hands on to follow you around the course)
4) No timing mats on the course (not even a starting mat or one at the turn - hmm...did I do one loop or two?)
5) No "hills" per se, as the race director assured me before I signed up, but several mile long or more "inclines" that were worse than the Ambassador Bridge
6) No mile markers or time clocks on the course
7) Course marked by a few cones and running, unmanned (unwomaned?) cop cars - at some points it was unclear about where to go. If I hadn't seen it three times previously I surely wouldn't gotten lost.
8) Dixie cups of water at the finish (I hate this. I've just run a marathon. Do you think I can have more water than I can gargle with?)
9) 20MPH winds on the return portion of the "loop"
10) Having to hobble nearly a quarter of a mile up a hill to return my chip and pick up my medal after I crossed the finish line
During my break, I'm planning to concentrate on other extreme sports like yoga, hanging out with friends, and cheesecake baking. I'm looking forward to seeing what my feet look like without calluses and purple toenails. It also will feel great to sleep in on Saturday and drink my coffee in my pajamas rather than in my car on the way out to Stony Creek. I'll even be able to take a real vacation without trying to figure out when to squeeze my long runs in! This could really last!
I'm officially making like Paula Radcliffe and taking the month of July off from running. Paula doesn't exactly take July off each year, but she does take a month off to recover from a marathon. No running, not one step for 30 days. Oh, and I'm taking June 29 and 30th off too.
I ran the Charlevoix Marathon today. Before I stood at the starting line, I thought of three goals for the race:
1) Just finish and have fun with it
2) Beat my PR of 3:54
3) Qualify for Boston (requiring a 3:40)
To my chagrin, I wasn't able to achieve any of these, at least not completely. Even though I did finish the race, I was not able to have fun despite trying to keep a positive attitude. Chris commented that he could tell I was "trying" each time he saw me. Every time I started to get going on pace my body refused. It even refused to run at some points. I had plenty of time to do some thinking throughout the race (it took me 4:16), and I came up with the idea that I might just be completely exhausted. The St. Louis Marathon, Race Under the Sun 10K, Dances with Dirt 50K Ultramarathon, the Dexter-Ann Arbor Half Marathon and the Charlevoix Marathon all occurred in a three month period (of couse, I chose to run all them hard).
Here are the highlights and lowlights of the Charlevoix Marathon:
Highlights:
1) Organized and easy-to-find packet pick up
2) A+ volunteers
3) No rain (it was pouring cats and dogs until 6:30 AM -the race began at 7AM)
4) Cool race long sleeved t-shirt
5) Enthusiastic fans (especially the little girl w/her kazoo)
6) Seeing Chris and Elvis several times because they drove around to see me
7) Red licorice and pretzels on the course, pizza at the finish line
8) Ambulance in plain view that, thankfully, no one had to use
9) Awesome view of the beach that I got to see four times (see below to find out why)
10) Being able to take my ice bath in Lake Charlevoix while giving Elvis swimming lessons
Lowlights:
1) Humid, humid, humid
2) Two out and back "loops" that I thought would be OK, but gave me the worst case of deja vu
3) Sparse water stops (I recommend either carrying your own if you do this race or bringing along your cute water boy/boyfriend/husband, whatever you get your hands on to follow you around the course)
4) No timing mats on the course (not even a starting mat or one at the turn - hmm...did I do one loop or two?)
5) No "hills" per se, as the race director assured me before I signed up, but several mile long or more "inclines" that were worse than the Ambassador Bridge
6) No mile markers or time clocks on the course
7) Course marked by a few cones and running, unmanned (unwomaned?) cop cars - at some points it was unclear about where to go. If I hadn't seen it three times previously I surely wouldn't gotten lost.
8) Dixie cups of water at the finish (I hate this. I've just run a marathon. Do you think I can have more water than I can gargle with?)
9) 20MPH winds on the return portion of the "loop"
10) Having to hobble nearly a quarter of a mile up a hill to return my chip and pick up my medal after I crossed the finish line
During my break, I'm planning to concentrate on other extreme sports like yoga, hanging out with friends, and cheesecake baking. I'm looking forward to seeing what my feet look like without calluses and purple toenails. It also will feel great to sleep in on Saturday and drink my coffee in my pajamas rather than in my car on the way out to Stony Creek. I'll even be able to take a real vacation without trying to figure out when to squeeze my long runs in! This could really last!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Marathon # 3.75
June 28th you'll find me participating in the second annual Charlevoix Marathon! After a disappointing St. Louis Marathon, I feel like I need a positive marathon experience to regain my focus. This is a small race (less than 400 people participated last year including the 5K, 10K, half and full marathons, runners and walkers) and consists of two out and back loops. Even if I don't love the course (and why wouldn't I love running along the beach in Charlevoix and on wooded bike paths?), the race advertises candy at each aid station. After Dances with Dirt, I discovered that candy if my favorite running treat!
Even better, Chris and Elvis are coming with me. It's the best to see my favorite person with my favorite dog along the course and at the finish line. AND, if my favorite person is carrying a bottle of cold chocolate milk, well hell, I'll need to pinch myself!
Even better, Chris and Elvis are coming with me. It's the best to see my favorite person with my favorite dog along the course and at the finish line. AND, if my favorite person is carrying a bottle of cold chocolate milk, well hell, I'll need to pinch myself!
Monday, June 2, 2008
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