Barb T.

San Francisco Marathon

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Location:

Dallas,Tx,USA

Member Since:

Nov 09, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

San Diego Marathon finisher 2004, 2005

San Francisco Marathon finisher 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Santa Rosa Marathon 2013, 2015

PR Santa Rosa Marathon 2013  4:01:13

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

2010 San Francisco Marathon  DONE  4:05:36

2011 Boston Marathon DONE 4:21

2011 San Francisco Marathon DONE

2012 San Francisco Marathon BREAK 4 hour barrier...not quite 4:02:35

2014 Santa Rosa Marathon 4:01:13

2014 Break 4 hour barrier in the Boston Marathon 2014!

Long-Term Running Goals:

Qualify for the Boston Marathon

DONE 4:05:36 San Francisco Marathon 2010

Qualify for Boston again (now need 4:10:00) DONE!!!  Ran a 4:01:13 in the Santa Rosa Marathon August 25, 2013!

Break 4 hour barrier... 2015???

Personal:

I'm married to a wonderful Dutch husband and have 2 girls.  I live and work in West Africa and am home in the states every summer and run the San Francisco Marathon.

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Hoka 1 Lifetime Miles: 16.47
Brooks Ghost Lifetime Miles: 35.21
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
128.8840.920.000.72170.52
BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 170.52
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.020.000.000.005.02

today I was still quite tired from Saturday's 22.5 run.  My a/p was slow: 10:34

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 5.02
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.374.000.000.727.09

Good work out.  Lets feel a bit heavy still, but my 4 one mile repeats went well. 

4x100 hard + 4x100 walk

4x200 hard + 4x200 job

4 x 1 mile repeats standing rest in between

pace target 8:55

mile times:  8:51, 8:43, 8:46, 8:39

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 7.09
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.270.000.000.005.27

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 5.27
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.170.000.000.0010.17

Nice run. a/p 10:09

11:25, 10:37, 10:22, 9:35, 9:55, 10:09, 11:03, 9:59, 9:36, 9:06

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 10.17
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.560.000.000.003.56

Nice and very easy run with my 2 girls!

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 3.56
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
20.010.000.000.0020.01

Much better run this weekend.  Cooler which made a big difference.  a/p 10:24

11:02, 10:32, 10:31, 10:56, 10:26, 10:19, 10:16, 10:07, 10:36, 10:41, 10:35, 10:24, 10:19, 10:10, 10:30, 10:16, 11:10, 9:38, 9:58, 9:42

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 20.01
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
7.830.000.000.007.83

Had a nice an easy run with my daughter Jennifer.  Really special.

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 7.83
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.134.720.000.006.85

Track workout.

3x100 -  8:55, 8:31, 8:21 (.24)

3x200 - 8:39, 8:10, 8:46, 8:42 (.48)

4 miles marathon pace (target 8:55) 8:49, 8:50, 8:48, 8:46

cool down

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 6.85
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.010.000.000.0010.01

11:00, 10:25, 10:12, 9:18, 9:45, 9:50, 10:00, 9:14, 9:38, 9:35

a/p 9:54

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 10.01
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.770.000.000.004.77

In Flagstaff, AZ!!!  Nice and cool and 7000 feet!  Not used to the altitude but it sure is nice to feel cool.  Nice run this morning.

11:33, 11:42, 12:13, 10:57, 10:45

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 4.77
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
14.010.000.000.0014.01

Ran Lake Mary Road in Flagstaff.  Awesome run.  Ran with a guy who run with the Flagstaff track club and boy was I pushed!  Don't know if it was pushing too hard before my marathon race in 2 weeks, but I just felt good and pushed a bit on this relatively flat run but at 7000 feet.  Was scheduled for 16 miles, but I settled for 14 as I was pushing a bit and I'm not used to running at 7000 feet.

9:47, 9:26, 9:26, 9:16, 9:28, 10:03, 9:32, 9:40, 9:29, 9:09, 9:19, 9:03, 9:15, 8:56

a/p 9:25

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 14.01
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.200.000.000.005.20

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 5.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.444.000.000.007.44

4x100

4x200

m/p miles: 9:01, 8:49, 8:54, 8:52

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 7.44
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.010.000.000.008.01

very easy run with my 12 year old daughter.  She did great!

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 8.01
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.110.000.000.005.11

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 5.11
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.000.000.000.000.00

nice and easy run with my daughter....I rode a bike along side her!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.010.000.000.008.01

last long run before the marathon next week Sunday

11:06, 10:07, 10:11, 9:56, 10:21, 9:53, 10:06, 9:35

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 8.01
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.010.000.000.005.01

Left Tucson on Saturday, stayed the night in Parker, Arizona then another night in Henderson, NV, then arrived in San Ramon, CA which is just east of San Francisco.  Today was my first nice a very cool run in CA!  Going to take it easy this week and carbo load and drink lots!

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 5.01
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.652.000.000.004.65

2 miles at marathon pace: 8:42, 8:29

 guess the cooler weather made me run faster!

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 4.65
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.300.000.000.004.30

Had a nice walk with my brother and sister-in-law

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 4.30
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
2.000.000.000.002.00

did a nice and easy job with my daughter this morning.  I'll be doing the full marathon on Sunday and she'll be doing her first ever half marathon!

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 2.00
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Race: San Francisco Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:02:35, Place overall: 1944, Place in age division: 18
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
0.0026.200.000.0026.20

Well, my goal was to break the 4 hour barrier and as you can see I didn't do it.  BUT, I'm not disappointed.  First, it was a PR for me and second, I ran a good race.  I had a plan and I stuck to it.  The last 2 miles played a toll on me and about 500 yards from the finish line I was brushed from behind by a passing runner and I lost my balance and fell.  My legs were so toasty that I tried 4 times to get up and couldn't do it!  I was so close to the end that the barriers were up so no one came to my rescue until 3 guys runners stopped and pulled me up.  I finished after that.  Of course my Garmin had me going the distance of 26.5 miles.  I even did my best to take the shortest cuts along the route.  Half Marathon time was:  1:56:55 (my goal was a 1:56!)

For the curious, here are my splits:

8:55, 8:35, 9:00, 8:39, 8:47, 9:50 (HILL!!!), 8:41, 9:00, 8:48, 8:49, 7:59, 9:08, 9:00, 8:14, 9:05, 9:18, 9:31, 8:52, 9:07, 9:17, 8:31, 9:03, 9:34, 9:50, 9:46, 10:37, (.5 miles 13:15 including fall :-(

So, I have yet to break the 4 hour barrier...NEXT YEAR!!!!

BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 26.20
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
128.8840.920.000.72170.52
BA Spring 2012 Sz 10 Miles: 170.52
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