Barb T.

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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

Sat, Oct 30, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
3.36	0.00	4.00	1.00	8.36

Well, had a tough work out today. w.u for 1.52 miles then did 5 laps of 1 mile hard and 5 minutes of walking then a w.d. .83 miles.

mile 1: 8:41, mile 2: 7:43, mile 3: 8:13, mile 4: 8:23, mile 5: 8:15

Boy, I was pretty tired after this work out. I need to do more fast work outs. According to Jeff Galloway's prediction of marathon fitness, the 7:43 mile says that I could do a 4:22 marathon at the moment. I suppose that's not so bad, but I'm shooting for a sub-4 hour marathon.

Brooks Adren GTS Summer 2010 Miles: 8.36

Comments

From Snoqualmie on Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 14:31:20 from 24.18.192.33

I think if you were in an actual race, you'd see a huge drop in pace and that's what you should go by. Training is training. We'll seldom feel our real power on a training run. (BTW, I give myself this speech on a regular basis. lol I do believe it and have seen it come true, but it's hard to remember.)

From Barb on Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 07:52:26 from 81.85.252.242

Hey Sno...I hear ya. Though, my fastest mile last spring was around 7:15 and that says I could run around a 4:06 marathon and that's about where I was at. I've noticed that training here in Guinea is definitely different than Mali. It's so much more humid and tropical here. The minimum temp I run in is 70 degrees and the min humidity is probably around 50%. So, maybe that slows me down. But no excuses! I'm still working on trimming down a bit and building some muscle strength AND working on form to avoid injuries. FYI heel is much better!

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