5 minutes is roughly the amount of time I seem to shave off of each marathon I run. I just finished running my 4th marathon on Saturday! I keep signing up for them hoping I will *one day* break 3 hours. If my current trend continues, I only need to run 2 more before I do it!
St. George - 3:18
Washington D.C. - 3:12
Utah Valley - 3:07.27
(I like to think Boston was a bit of an outlier at 3:20...let's just forget that one...)
My stats for the Utah Valley Marathon:
Time - 3:07.27
Average Minute/Mile - 7:09
Place - 60th out of 1635
Female Place - 6th out of 757 (And...Kassi Harmon was the first female finisher with a 2:49.17! Nice work!)
I really felt great during this race! I didn't notice any serious pain until about mile 16. Then, I remember thinking "Ugh...10 more miles?!" When you are facing 10 more long miles, that negative little thought becomes hard to ignore. I replaced it with "Quebe, you are the Energizer Bunny! YOU CAN'T STOP!"
(And yes. To all my former teammates, I did say this phrase out loud and on repeat. Absolutely I did.)
The problems for me came at mile 22, where my stomach decided not to cooperate. At all. Thank goodness I completed the race with no scary details that need sparing on the public blog-o-sphere. I did, however, have to stop 3 times in the last 2 miles just to keep myself...intact.
At the end of the race, a former teammate swiftly taught me a much needed marathon lesson when she said, "Wait, you didn't take an Imodium before the race?! You always take an imodium!"
Lesson learned.
Don had to work during the race :( , but he did take these lovely reenactment photos of me once he got home.
Boston, I will conquer 3 hours when I arrive.
14 comments:
You are seriously awesome. I am in awe!! I've always wanted to be a runner, but 2-3 miles is all I can ever get myself up to. My aunt just ran her first marathon in her 50's! It was an exciting journey to watch.
Sad you're moving...we will miss you!
Congrats!!!! I am running my first marathon ever this weekend! Eeeek! Any last minute tips?!?
Wow! Nice work! I don't know if I will ever run one...my shines don't do very well after having stress fractures in them in high school. I would probably fall apart. I am way impressed! Good luck with the 3 hour mark!!
That is a new phrase. Glad it worked! :)
LADY!!!!! Do you want to run the wasatch back this weekend????? Your legs would be 6.1, 8.1 and 3.1. I would do it, but I am moving this weekend. If so, let me know. You have my number, but here it is just in case 503-779-3498. Maybe you can't, but I know my friend's team would sure appreciate it.
I can't believe I forgot to text you a "good luck" on Saturday! I was thinking about it all day Friday. Glad to hear it went so well. Next time you run in Boston, I will for sure be there!
THAT'S AMAZING! congrats quebes! So fast! And I love love love the positive self talk. I will NEVER forget "Go Quebe, Go Quebe, Go Quebe, Go Quebe, Go Quebe" during workouts.
wow, you are amazing! congrats!!
Awesome! =)
Yay! Great job Quebes! That's so awesome. What's the next marathon? That 3-hour mark is killer. Once I did a marathon in 3 hours, 30 seconds. I'm still having a hard time getting over that. I'll do another someday when I can get in sub-3hr shape again. I've heard you take your half-marathon time, double it, and add ten minutes.
Oh yeah - and the immodium - I take one even before half marathons! And carb-load on white bread and other fiber-less food. Coach Shane told me a story about helping an athlete wrap herself up in a towel after winning a marathon...which she chose to do, instead of stopping to take care of business...and won $15,000.
Anyways, I'll stop leaving a marathon-length comment :)
I am so proud of you!! 3 hours for sure next time....AND I literally laugh out loud when I read this because I was thinking..I bet she really said that out loud...cue next paragraph and you really did chant to yourself...glad to hear some things never change!!
Dang Quebe. You are insanely fast. I can't imagine...maybe some day I will break 3:20 :) I will come cheer for you at Boston and watch you go under 3 :)
Also, ummmm that is an AMAZING tip on the Imodium. I spent several minutes of Boston in the portapotty and I never even thought that there's a way to avoid all that business :)
youre my hero, runner buddy! miss you xo
Great job Quebe! I saw you running!! And you looked pretty darn stellar. I am so proud. :)
I love this! Congrats! I also love that you totally stayed in your spandex post race just for good measure - now that's the Quebes I know. Good work on the latest marathon and the PR! I'm so excited for you to break 3 and to celebrate with you the next time you are on the East Coast.
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