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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Hoka 1 Lifetime Miles: 16.47
Brooks Ghost Lifetime Miles: 35.21
Race: San Francisco Marathon (26.2 Miles) 04:05:36, Place overall: 1941, Place in age division: 20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTotal Distance
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I need to make this brief for the moment as I'm very tired and my stomach is not happy.  But, I'm still in the stage of 'I can't believe it'.  If these race results are official, I qualified for Boston!  I screamed, I laughed, and I cried.  More details later.

OK...here's a bit more info. about the race and experience.  The weather today was perfect for running the marathon.  I started running at 6:52 am and the temp was about 56 outside.  When I finished 4 hours later the temp was about 63.  I ran this marathon taking walk breaks every 4 minutes with the break lasting 45 seconds.  The race had a record number of runners for the event and it was indeed congested.  My target pace was between 9:00 and 9:15 per mile.  The first 7.6 miles my AP was 9:12, next 5.5 miles AP was 8:54, next 6.9 miles AP was 9:14 and the last 6.2 miles my AP was 10:10.  I was pleased with the my pace for warm up at 9:12 and the 8:54 AP dropped as a result of some down hills.  The next 6.9 miles had lots of ups which were followed by downs, but I just seem to remember all the ups!  But, it went well.  During the 3rd part of the marathon, came across an elderly man that was shooting for a sub 4 marathon and he saw that we were taking walk breaks so he hung out with us for a while an actually pushed up our pace a bit.  It helped my to get through all of those hills and he was encouraging me that I was going to reach my goal.  I think he was probably my angel, but because of the push through the hills boy howdy did I feel it the last 3 to 4 miles of the marathon.  You can see that my pace dropped significantly and that probably occurred around mile 23.  Around mile 23 I hit the wall.  My legs didn't cramp, but they were toast.  As I walked through one of the water stations I took some water and thought I'd have some GU to see if that would help me get through the last 3 miles.  I was even starting to see black spots.  I tried to keep moving forward and kept glancing at my watch, calculating if I was really going to be able to do this.  The last mile, once I got back on the Embarcadero road, I just grit my teeth and pressed on.  When I saw the finish line I found some more grit from somewhere and just kept on going.  I stopped my watch after I crossed the timing mechanism, glanced at it and I couldn't believe that it looked like I made it!

In comparison to the other SFMarathons that I've run, I could really tell that I was much better trained.  It really helped my a lot through my training to refer to several of the blogs on this website.  Thanks to Sno, Carolyn and Bonnie.  You probably didn't know that you helped, but you did!  I benefited from your experience, training programs, and encouragement.

Today is the 'day after' and I'm feeling pretty good.  As Sno says, I would say on a scale of 1-10, I have about level 5 monkey legs but the thing that is really bothersome to me right now is my stomach.  I'm eating and drinking to refuel and hydrate my body, but when my food gets to the intestinal level, I'm in trouble.  Don't know if it's because of pushing my body to its' limit or what.  I just do hope it will settle back down soon.

I have a question regarding the Boston Marathon now.  I've been reading their website and gathering some info and I was wondering if with a qualifying time in 2010 I could still use the time to run the Boston in April of 2012 (rather than 2011).  I suppose I could continue to work and train hard (which I will) to qualify again in 2011, but what if I don't make it in 2011?  Can I use my 2010 time?

Well, fellow bloggers, again, thanks for all of your encouraging words!

Oh...wish I could give you mile splits, but I don't have a Garmin...maybe one of these days!


Brooks Adren GTS Summer 2010 Miles: 26.20
Comments
From allie on Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 18:21:03 from 174.23.226.74

congrats on the BQ! that is great. recover well and make sure to celebrate your accomplishment!

From Brent on Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 19:20:09 from 76.8.201.223

Barb, congrads, 1,000 commando points for the BQ.

Stay Kool, B of BS Rools out

From Bonnie on Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 19:26:21 from 70.41.211.48

OH Barb, I am SOOOOO happy for you, congratulations. You trained hard and stayed tough!!! I can't wait to hear all about it!

Dean and I will be going back to Tucson this week - and then be leaving for Vancouver for a conference but we should be back by August 4th. If you are still in Tucson when we get back we need to hook up!!

From Burt on Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 22:29:50 from 68.225.214.248

Way to go Barb!

From AZDesertmonsoon on Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 22:50:41 from 67.40.84.166

Awesome! Way to represent the AZ contigency on the blog.

From jtshad on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 07:50:19 from 69.20.183.178

Congrats on the BQ time!

From Snoqualmie on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:44:59 from 24.18.192.33

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I am so happy for you! You did it! All that great training paid off! It's a wonderful accomplishment that you can be proud of for the rest of your life. Excellent job! You earned it!

From Snoqualmie on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 11:46:52 from 24.18.192.33

ps I believe the BQ is good for 18 months, but perhaps someone else can give you more specific info.

From CookieLegs on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 15:39:18 from 155.101.152.105

WAY TO GO!! That is so AWESOME - you absolutely smashed your previous marathon PR, and earned a BQ!!! I'm so happy for you - all the training and all those long hard runs really paid off!! Hope your tummy feels better soon - rest up and enjoy your victory!!

From AZDesertmonsoon on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 15:40:15 from 67.40.84.166

The start date to begin qualifying for 2011 was Sept 20th, 2009. The website doesn't show the start date for 2012 yet, but it looks like you are a couple months early.

From Barb on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 00:03:34 from 75.40.21.107

Hey Bonnie...I'm back to Tucson on July 31st and will be mostly there until August 27th. Let's definitely hook up!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 14:41:26 from 198.241.174.15

Last Saturday after my run I talked to a woman who ran the SF marathon last year. She told me how tough the course was. So double congratulations to you for qualifying for Boston and for doing it on a really tough course! Great job!

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