Barb T.

May 11, 2024

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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

Mon, Aug 02, 2010

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

Well today is a historical day...I ran my first run with a garmin! I went on line to try to figure out which one to get and I finally clued in that I should check out the blog! Very helpful information on the discussion board. I went for the 205 forerunner. Here are my splits! 10:34, 10:06, 10:04, 10:04, 9:41, 9:53. AP 10:04 Felt good to get out and start again with a routine of running. We're for the most part staying in one place until the end of this month when we return to West Africa.

Brooks Adren 2010 WIDE Miles: 6.00

Comments

From Burt on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 14:20:17 from 206.19.214.144

Cool. You figured it out on the first try? It took me a week to figure mine out.

From Barb on Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 19:25:25 from 68.32.213.30

Burt...I studied the manual the evening before and that seemed to help. I can manage the basic for now.

From CookieLegs on Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 16:31:22 from 155.101.152.105

Hi Barb - I don't have a Garmin, but have been thinking about getting one. Do you notice that it's heavy/bulky to wear, or did you get used to it fairly easily? Also, do you know how well it tracks distance when you're running under trees? (I'd like one mostly to track my distance, but it would also be nice to know my pace, even if my pace is skewed from all the hills I go up/down!). Thanks, Adele

From Barb on Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 18:17:52 from 68.32.213.30

Hey CL (alias Adele :-)...oh and nice name! When I saw the size of the garmin in the window at the store I thought...it's too big! But I tried it on and it is quite light. So, it was no problem getting used to it and I have a pretty petite wrist. I have no idea if it tracks distance when you're running under trees. I'm hoping it will work in West Africa! Don't know how satellites work out there or how well. We shall see. I, too, like to use it for tracking distance and I like knowing what my pace is. I feel like I have some automatic accountability now. I really like it. I also got the watch from REI (recommendation from Sno) as they give a life time guarantee on the watch. I couldn't pass that up. Good luck!

From Barb on Thu, Aug 05, 2010 at 18:20:21 from 68.32.213.30

oh...and one other thing...there's a decent discussion board on the blog regarding Garmins. It was helpful to me and maybe you can find an answer to your question there. Check it out.

From CookieLegs on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 21:23:36 from 71.36.78.174

Barb,

Thanks for the useful information, especially about REI and their guarantees. And, the discussion forum brought out some good points as well. It is good to hear you easily adapted to wearing the garmin as I, too, have fairly small wrists. Hope you feel better soon. - Adele

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