Barb T.

January 2009

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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hoka 1 Lifetime Miles: 16.47
Brooks Ghost Lifetime Miles: 35.21
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
223.700.000.000.00223.70
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 223.70
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.080.000.000.004.08

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.08
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.000.000.000.008.00

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 8.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.470.000.000.003.47

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.47
Comments
From Burt on Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 15:12:06 from 68.76.197.194

Welcome to the blog. Happy running!

From Snoqualmie on Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:19:45 from 24.18.192.33

Welcome to the blog! You and I have the same BQ goal time, 4:05 so I guess you are in my age group too. How interesting that you live in Africa! Best wishes with your running! :)

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.080.000.000.004.08

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.08
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

course(Bridge Route)

time:  38:14.37

per mile: 8:41.45

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
6.120.000.000.006.12

time: 1:01:02

mile:  9:58.37


Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 6.12
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

nice and easy this morning with my running partner.  Walked to cool down about the last 10 minutes.  Tomorrow 4-6 miles on my own.

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Comments
From Kelli on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 13:46:16 from 71.219.97.167

Very nice job!!!

So, what do you do for work in West Africa? That is very FAR away? Do you just come to visit once a year and that is hwy you are able to do the marathon? I bet you have a great story!!!

From Barb on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 23:48:55 from 196.200.53.70

yes, Bamako, Mali is way far away from UT! My husband and I are missionaries. I'm orginally from AZ but have been in West Africa for about 20 years. We come stateside for 5 to 8 weeks every summer and I usually squeeze in the San Francisco Marathon. Running keeps me sane!

Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.080.000.000.005.08

time: 49.14

distance: 5.08 miles

mile avg:  9:41.50

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 5.08
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
5.200.000.000.005.20

Bridge Route +(Bridge Route +)

distance 5.2 miles

time: 49:54

avg. mile:  9:35.77

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 5.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.060.000.000.003.06

course(University Hill)

distance: 3.06

time: 30:13.61

avg. mile:  9:52.68

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
9.360.000.000.009.36

Liberte Course

Distance: 9.36

Time:  1:32:53

avg. mile: 9:55.41

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 9.36
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

course(Bridge Route) 4.4 miles

time:  38:24.15

mile avg:  8:43.67

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.920.000.000.004.92

distance:

(AZAR Loop) 2.88

(Outside SIL) 2.04

Total 4.92

Azar time 29:06    avg mile:  10:06.25

SIL time 19:45    avg mile:  9:40.88

overall avg:  9:55.93

I was very tired this morning.

 


Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.92
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.850.000.000.003.85

Bridge Route

distance: 3.85

time:  35:40.22

avg mile:  9:15.90

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.85
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.790.000.000.003.79

did some hill repeats today

time: 41:38.40

avg. mile:  10:59.21

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.79
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
12.000.000.000.0012.00

Did a new route this morning.  Lots of people out at 5am because of Tabaski.  Got a little lost but went out by the Musée National and the Bamako Zoo.  Saw a huge statue of a dinosaur.  It was out of place and just there.  We have to take the kids to see it.

Distance:  12.0 miles

Time:  1:56:19

Mile Avg:  9:42

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 12.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

bridge route

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
8.800.000.000.008.80

2 laps around the bridge route.  First lap with walk breaks.  Second lap without walk breaks.

lap 1 time:  41:20

mile avg: 9:23.64

 lap 2 time:  34:23

mile avg: 7:48.86


Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 8.80
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.060.000.000.003.06

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.060.000.000.003.06

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
13.000.000.000.0013.00

Got lost.  This is a guess.

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 13.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.060.000.000.003.06

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.060.000.000.003.06

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
11.800.000.000.0011.80

Route to Guinea

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 11.80
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.060.000.000.003.06

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
10.730.000.000.0010.73

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 10.73
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
3.060.000.000.003.06

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 3.06
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
4.400.000.000.004.40

Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 4.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
223.700.000.000.00223.70
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 9 Miles: 223.70
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