tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70807849065709446822024-02-18T21:55:12.331-08:00TurtleLisa is...TurboTurtlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300794888806456117noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080784906570944682.post-55023850806256157002013-04-05T18:04:00.001-07:002013-04-05T18:04:07.756-07:00Hey! I have a new blog!I have started a new blog! All about fitness (with a little running thrown in) ...<br />
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Come see!TurboTurtlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300794888806456117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080784906570944682.post-44314805802911738752012-04-09T11:03:00.000-07:002012-04-09T11:03:42.928-07:00Where am I??<div style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: large;">My emotions have run amok since the 10-Miler. I'm happy that I ran it. I'm not particularly happy with my time. I'm frustrated that I had some bronchial issues that kept me from running the race I wanted to run. I'm glad that running has become part of my life. Wondering if racing is my thing. Wondering if I'll be disappointed in myself if I don't put another race on the schedule. Hoping that I can get my fanny in gear, get back into some strength training and be the best ME I can be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, you get the idea, right? It has been a tumultuous time. What I DON'T need right now is to spend a lot of time putting all this junk out there for the world to see. Soooo ... I'm going to take a break from blogging. Maybe not from the blogosphere in general, as I really do enjoy reading other runners' blogs, but perhaps a break from that would be helpful, too, since some of my self-criticism comes from comparing myself to others, something I promised myself I wouldn't do. So if I don't log on and see how fast everyone else is, I can't compare, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, I wish all of you runners much happiness and satisfaction in your running until I decide to plug back in to check on you! Thanks for all of the support during my training and after the race. While I've had lots of support, thanks especially to all the Jennifers who have been with me, as well as Sara, Erica, and of course, GrazMan (who supports me every day--if I were half the woman he thinks I am, I'd be pretty amazing!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So the race began with 2300 runners on a glorious spring day. We found a spot near the back, since we knew we wanted to start slowly and pace ourselves. We'd run the course a few times before, so we knew where the hills were, with a number of them occurring in the first two miles. I felt good, Robin felt good, Roger--well, Roger is super athletic and has probably never <i>not</i> felt like running. Go figure. Anyway, we were looking forward to a nice run.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things went well until mile 6, when there is a slow, steady incline past a cemetery on the heels of two shorter, steeper hills. This particular stretch has never been my favorite (despite RBR1's great jokes about our whoopin' and hollerin' waking the dead as we celebrate making it up the hill). During the race, however, my body was sending me very strong "You need to walk now" messages. I haven't heard that in a long time, even during my 12 mile run 2 weeks ago, so what did I do? I ignored it. Probably not the best move. About 1/2 mile later, I started coughing hard, remnants of last week's bronchitis. I kept plugging away, but I didn't feel like I normally feel, and I knew I was slowing down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We got on a great straight stretch and I figured I would be able to pick up the pace. It didn't happen. RBR1 said she was getting her second wind (her 8-mile wind, as she likes to call it). I've seen this with her on our training runs--sometimes I can hang in there with her, sometimes I can't. Yesterday I definitely couldn't, but we'd often discussed this possibility, and we both agreed that if one of us was feeling the groove, then go with it. So when RBR1 asked, "Lisa, is it okay?" I replied without hesitation for her to go for it. We train together, but as Coach Lorenzoni says, your race is your own. I was SO PROUD of her--she caught up to RBR2 and let it fly, fully a minute faster than had she hung back with me. She has been an awesome running buddy--always very supportive, with the most upbeat attitude you can find. I look forward to running alongside her for many years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last two miles were pure torture. I finally ended up walking for two separate 15 or 20 second stints up the hill during mile 9. I knew that the finish line and my family were waiting, so I kept trudging along, but I was feeling the pain. I think this picture tells the story better than I ever could. I'm embarrassed by it (I look old, tired and defeated), but I did, in fact, cross the finish line, so I'm trying hard to remember that gift I promised myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">The lovely lady clapping for me on the right is Betsy, one of our training program captains. Betsy is due a great deal of credit for her unwavering support of us new runners. She ROCKS!! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">The girl in the foreground in the pink jacket and knit hat is eldest daughter Olivia. She rocks, too! </span><div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is another shot as I was about to cross the finish line, holding dear Anna's hand. It is the only shot of my legs that I have ever liked--despite how tired I may have looked from the neck up, these are STRONG legs that carried me through a tough race. I LOVE my legs! (However, if any plastic surgeons out there would like to contribute their services to my "End Cottage Cheese Thighs" campaign, give me a call.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then there was the technical difficulty. My iSmoothRun app (the only app for which I have shelled out actual dinero, $4.99 in this case), gave me a false reading of 10:37/mile. I knew it was too good to be true, considering my 8K time was 10:38/mile, but I accepted it and shared it on FB. The actual race results came out later in the day and my time was 11:20/mile. Big difference, and quite a letdown after thinking I was faster, but hey, when I started the training I was just hoping for 11:30, so I should be quite satisfied, right?? My final time was 1:51.</span></div>
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<div class="greydient tl" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://d2b4ufapzmnxpw.cloudfront.net/build/3317/static/kronos/images/greydient-tl.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 8px; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 8px; z-index: 10;">
</div>
<div class="greydient t" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://d2b4ufapzmnxpw.cloudfront.net/build/3317/static/kronos/images/greydient-t.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 270px; z-index: 9;">
</div>
<div class="greydient tr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://d2b4ufapzmnxpw.cloudfront.net/build/3317/static/kronos/images/greydient-tr.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: center; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 8px; z-index: 10;">
</div>
<div class="greydient r" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://d2b4ufapzmnxpw.cloudfront.net/build/3317/static/kronos/images/greydient-r.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 274px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: center; top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2px; z-index: 10;">
</div>
<div class="greydient br" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://d2b4ufapzmnxpw.cloudfront.net/build/3317/static/kronos/images/greydient-br.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 8px; z-index: 10;">
</div>
<div class="greydient b" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://d2b4ufapzmnxpw.cloudfront.net/build/3317/static/kronos/images/greydient-b.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 2px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 270px; z-index: 9;">
</div>
<div class="greydient bl" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://d2b4ufapzmnxpw.cloudfront.net/build/3317/static/kronos/images/greydient-bl.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 8px; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 8px; z-index: 10;">
</div>
<div class="greydient l" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(http://d2b4ufapzmnxpw.cloudfront.net/build/3317/static/kronos/images/greydient-l.png); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; height: 274px; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; top: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 2px; z-index: 10;">
</div>
<img border="0" class="greydient-bg" height="290" src="http://d2b4ufapzmnxpw.cloudfront.net/build/3317/static/kronos/images/greydient.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 0;" width="270" /></div>
<div class="greydient-content" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 20;">
<div id="splitsTableBox" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div class="clear" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
</div>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="distanceSplits" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><tbody style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<tr style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td class="tableHeader" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: white; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mi</span></td><td class="tableHeader" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: white; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pace <span class="details" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #dddddd; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(min/mi)</span></span></td><td class="tableHeader" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #999999; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: white; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation <span class="details" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #dddddd; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(ft)</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="odd distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11:25</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">62</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="even distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_2" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #d5d5d5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10:42</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-45</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="odd distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_3" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10:42</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="even distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_4" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #d5d5d5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10:03</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-62</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="odd distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_5" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10:20</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-20</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="even distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_6" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #d5d5d5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10:53</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-4</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="odd distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_7" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10:40</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="even distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_8" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #d5d5d5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11:00</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-9</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="odd distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_9" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11:21</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">92</span></span></td></tr>
<tr class="even distanceSplit" id="distanceSplit_10" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #d5d5d5; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px;" valign="top"><span class="number" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="pace" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11:04</span></span></td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 5px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;" valign="top"><span class="climb" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have given this race a lot of thought, and I say this knowing that most of the folks who read this love to race. But honestly, I think that while I have grown to love running, I really can't say that I enjoy <i>RACING.</i> Part of this may stem from the fact that I have never been intensely competitive--at least not with anyone else. I am hyper-competitive with one person: MYSELF. And when I try to do something that doesn't necessarily come easy, something at which I do not excel, my immediate instinct is to quit. Give up. Leave it for the pros. But deciding that racing isn't my thing still gives me the freedom to <i>RUN</i> all I want. That 12-mile run 2 weeks ago? I LOVED IT! I wasn't worried about my time, and I ran it with RBR1, not a huge crowd of people. It was peaceful, healthy, pleasant. Yesterday was a gorgeous day, and the enthusiasm and encouragement of all the volunteers out there cannot be found outside of a race. I understand that part of racing, believe me. Being part of something that is happening for a good cause (lung cancer research, in this case, or breast cancer research for the Women's Four-Miler, or the Boys and Girls Club, or the food bank), that part of racing is also super. But maybe I volunteer for those events instead of participating. Or I pick a shorter race and approach it with more of a "do it if I feel like it" attitude, so that so much of my life isn't about ONE DAY. This race took on a bigger-than-life aspect. Plans were made around it, training for it became an obsession, and the rest of the family definitely felt--if not suffered--the effects of this one race. I'm just not sure that I, personally, want to add this particular stress to what is already a busy and sometimes overwhelming schedule. So while I fully expected to want to come home from yesterday's race ready to sign up for the Richmond Half-Marathon coming up in November, that's not happening. At least not anytime soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the way, my dear family members were amazing about this entire process and never once begrudged any time or efforts I spent on this race. They cheered me on, told me how proud they were of my having run the race, and lifted my spirits when I was down about my troubles and slow time. However, it is someone else's turn, now, to hog the spotlight. Today, Olivia scored her first lacrosse goal. And soon both Olivia and Elaine will be participating in the Heritage Choir Festival in D.C. Life is busy, life is good. And I will run three or four times a week and enjoy it. And I will re-enter my love-hate relationship with those vicious Jillian Michaels DVDs that I've ignored during my training out of fear of injuring my ankles or knees. And I will still read the blogs of all those great running, racing women who have inspired me, and I will cheer them on before--and vicariously experience after--their races. But for me, for right now, I think I'll jump off the race circuit. Thanks, C10M--it was a challenge, and I'm glad to have that great sticker on my bumper. I earned it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Wednesday, there was a great FaceBook post on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/messages/?action=read&tid=b70672fbd8844713b94e5e71f0f8b604#%21/AnotherMotherRunner">Run Like A Mother</a>The question was posed: What treats have you given yourself for getting through training or a race? That got me to thinking, as posts like this often do. Well, money is a bit tight in TurtleLand these days (as it is for a lot of us, I think), so after completing tomorrow's BIG RACE (the Charlottesville 10-Miler, for anyone who might not know what has occupied my every thought and action for the past 24 weeks!), I will not be <i>buying</i> myself anything. However, I am going to give myself TWO very important things.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>FIRST</b>, I am going to GIVE MYSELF A BREAK. Yeah, I really am. No matter how hard it is. I am going to look at my chunky, cottage-cheese thighs and I will LOVE those thighs for having the power to get me through an intensive training program and a hilly, challenging ten mile race. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am going to look at my race time and I will LOVE the fact that I ran faster than I thought I could. I am NOT NOT NOT going to look at anyone else's times, anyone else's blogs, and think, "Gosh, I wish I were that fast." Nope, not gonna do it. I'm going to be absolutely freaking grateful that at age 45 I can run ten miles. And that 24 weeks ago, I was running in the 13:00/mile range, and am now in the 10:30 to 11:30 range. That's great. You run a 7:30 mile? That's fabulous! I don't, but I'm still a runner!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When my dear husband and darling daughters tell me how proud they are of me, I am going to say, "THANKS! I am proud of me, too!" And I'm going to mean it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will post a race recap sometime in the next couple of days, if you would like to see how things go for me tomorrow. In the meantime, happy running!</span></div>
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<br />TurboTurtlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300794888806456117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080784906570944682.post-32534891220146793572012-03-25T17:40:00.001-07:002012-03-25T18:08:29.097-07:00Recovering, preparing to race!<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Went to the doctor Friday after the sleepless, frightening night I had Thursday night. Thankfully it was not pneumonia, just another case of bronchitis. My dear doctor loaded me up with meds--normally I take a very minimalist approach to medication, but she and I discussed my intense desire to be as close to 100% for the Big Race on Saturday as I could possibly be, so we're being a bit more medicinally inclined than usual!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, however, I was not feeling up for it. Youngest daughter was home the entire week last week with a cough and a fever that ranged from bearable to 103, and the dear child seems to have shared it with me. I have coughed myself silly, and in fact it is now 2:45 AM and I have not been able to get to sleep because of all the coughing. I'll also confess that I have had a series of mild panic attacks tonight as I lay in bed trying without success to fall asleep. Seems I have coughed so much this week that my muscles are worn out and I can't even make myself clear out the phlegm that has accumulated, so I feel panicky that I can't breath. I know in some portion of my brain that I am not going to suffocate, but it is still scary. It is highly likely that I will be up the entire night. That does not bode well for work tomorrow (or getting the girls safely to and from school!), or for my 7 mile run scheduled for Saturday morning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While I am in the midst of middle of the night gut-spilling, I'm going to venture away from running for a minute to express the complete and utter SHOCK that GrazMan and I got on Tuesday when we met with the orthodontist and learned just how much braces for two children are going to cost us. FIVE figures, people. Five. Thank goodness they have an interest-free payment plan, but really, five figures?!? If you've been through this particular pain, give me a shout! Misery does, after all, love company. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It seems hard to believe, but the training program for the upcoming 10-Miler began 22 weeks ago! It seems that my life has changed in so many ways because of the program. Running has become an integral part of my life, something my family and friends now accept as part of me. This is definitely a good thing, and while my weight has not dropped, I feel healthier, more willing to accept who I am at this moment, rather than waiting "until I lose 5 more pounds".</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The idea of a half marathon has been swirling around in my head for weeks now, and I know that I could tackle one (tomorrow's long run is 12 miles, so the distance isn't an issue). But rather than jumping in and entering one of the many 1/2s that are coming up reasonably near our area (the Run for the Dream in Williamsburg, the Rock-n-Roll in Va. Beach, the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Maryland), I am going to give myself a break and just enjoy RUNNING for the sake of running. I'm promising myself that I won't even think about entering another race until May 1. Sound reasonable? </span></div>
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Well, my new M.O. lately when things get tough is to run it out.
Running, even on the 'mill, will most likely get my mind off of my
problems long enough to start feeling that great flow of endorphins. So tonight I
got home from work (after listening to elder two squabbling on the ride
from school, not pleasant!), changed into my running clothes and
noticed a MASSIVE bruise on the back of my left leg. OK, here's the
scary, "Am I really getting that old?" part. I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA
how or when I got the bruise. You would think a bruise that big would
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I got on the treadmill for tonight's scheduled 5 miles (not running outside today--80 degrees when I got home and I have not re-adjusted to warm weather running yet), and the first 2 miles went by okay. Not great, but okay. Somewhere during the third mile my leg (yes, that beautiful gam pictured above!) started hurting, with lines of pain running from my glutes down to my heel. How weird is THAT?!? I made it four miles and decided that running through the pain was not smart.</div>
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But seriously, folks, who gets a bruise this size, on the back of the thigh, without knowing how it got there? And why would it hurt while running, when I didn't even know about it until this evening? Is it pschyosomatic? Is it something serious? Or am I just becoming that old fart my kids already suspect me of being (I am, after all, a Methuselah-ish 45, you know)??? Well, that's life. I'll either make up the extra mile or I won't, but come Saturday I need to be back up to speed because we're scheduled for TWELVE MILES, and I know RBR will not let me wimp out!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tomorrow is the 8K, and the weather forecast has changed a bit for the better--now they are calling for upper 30s during race time, which is the temperature range in which we have been training. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm going to pick up my race packet after work, and now my stomach is starting to churn. Why is that??? I'm only racing against myself, my expectations, my past times. If it takes me an hour, it isn't the end of the world (although I would love to see a sub-55:00 time)! Deep breath in, deep breath out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is important to focus on the important stuff, like the fact that the fam and I went to see the Harlem Globetrotters last night (thanks to the wonderful radio station that gave me tickets!). What a fantastic evening! Those young men sure know how to put on a good show! We got to go backstage before the festivities to meet with a couple of them, which thrilled the girls to no end. It is these events which make such wonderful memories--not the time in which I run a race!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The good news? I'm looking forward to a break in our usual routine--and maybe a little extra pasta Thursday night! (I know, I know, an 8K doesn't really call for much carb-loading, but I'm using this as a dry run for the Big Race--less than 24 days away now, so I'm giving myself permission!). Even better news? The remaining 4 members of my family will be volunteering at the 8K--Tony & youngest will be cheering from the sidelines, while Thing 1 and Thing 2 will be manning a water station. They are all quite psyched about this, and I can't wait to run by them! :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3; color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Timing-wise, I had wanted to run first thing Saturday morning, as I usually do. It was pouring when I got up, though, and the weather forecast called for 60 degrees and sunny by afternoon, so I figured I would wait. Good idea in theory, but the reality is that 3 p.m. is NOT my ideal time for running. Maybe other people can run at any time of the day (or night!) and be fine, but my energy level is definitely not at a high point right then. Add to that the killer hills in my mom's neighborhood and let me tell you, I struggled. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, after that 5th interval I walked for 30 seconds during each rest break between intervals, and I not only finished all 10 intervals, I even picked up my speed a little during the final interval. This makes me wonder if the Galloway walking break theory might be a better idea than I had originally thought. Was it just a mental trick, or was I really more rested after those brief 30 seconds of walking? And can I get over the feeling that walk breaks are somehow "cheating"??</span></div>
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Looks like GrazMan may have to work out of town later this week. He has had to do this more often lately, leaving me to juggle three children, their activities, a full time job, and the usual household tasks. So this time I thought some positive visualization of the week might help me. Maybe. </div>
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<li>I stay on track with my running and actually DO all the cross-training I should be doing, or at a bare minimum the sit-ups and push-ups Coach wants us to be doing each day.</li>
<li>Our mornings go smoothly, no sibling squabbles, everything packed the night before, and we arrive at each child's school on time.</li>
<li>Our evenings are equally smooth. When faced with a challenging parenting moment, I search for and find the appropriate Scripture, the daughter in question reads it, understands it, and immediately applies it to the situation. Said daughter hugs me and thanks me for helping her be the best person she can be.</li>
<li>Dinner is served before anyone reaches starvation point. Each meal is nutritionally balanced and delicious.</li>
<li>GrazMan returns home, weary from his hard work and travels, and finds the house immaculate, children scrubbed and quietly waiting to greet him, a warm meal on the table, and a calm wife standing by ready to attack his laundry. We're a scene right out of Leave it to Beaver.</li>
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<li>I will get in my runs, because that is the only thing standing between me and total insanity. Cross-training?? Who are you kidding?? Just breathing is cross-training enough this week!</li>
<li>We will make it to school. Barely. Each child will have forgotten something important, requiring me to return home to fetch the forgotten items, only to realize they were in the back of the van. Or non-existent. I'll arrive to work an hour late with a run in my hose, mascara smeared from crying over all the fussing between the kids, and will have forgotten my lunch.</li>
<li>The girls will fight all the way home each evening, giving me a massive headache requiring immediate ingestion of copious amounts of Advil and chocolate. When pushed to the brink, I will send the older two to their rooms, and will lock youngest in the laundry room, where she will proceed to dismantle the washing machine with the tools she finds while emptying everything out of the storage closet.</li>
<li>Dinner will be from whichever fast food drive-thru we can get to the fastest, because I was running late and everyone is starving. </li>
<li>GrazMan will return to find the children swinging from the light fixtures, having pulled all of the stuffing out of the sofa. Social services will be there doing an emergency inspection after finding McFries entwined in middle daughter's hair. I will be curled in fetal position in a corner with an almost empty bag of Fritos (dip size), an almost empty can of nacho cheese dip (you know, the gross kind they sell at 7-11 that somehow goes perfectly with the Fritos), and a completely empty bottle of cheap merlot with an extra long straw sticking out of it. He takes one look at the scene before him, including the cannibalized washing machine, takes his dirty laundry and heads immediately out the door in search of any possible out of town work he can find.</li>
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<span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today's
training program called for 7 miles with 10x4 intervals (at 10-Miler
pace). As a self-proclaimed turtle, let me state for the record that I
DETEST intervals. They make me realize that I actually have only two
speeds in my repertoire at this point: stop and go. So I was not
looking forward to the run, and add to that the fact that RBR (Running
buddy Robin) is soaking up some rays in a sunny, warm locale, and I was
not mentally prepared for the run. GrazMan did his best to
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arrived at the group meeting spot and was happy to learn that another
running buddy, Dave, would be our team captain. Then I heard him
describe our 7 mile loop--a LOT of uphills. And the winds this morning
were gusting at 20-30 miles an hour. OK, tell me again why I'm doing
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of the other captains, an incredibly sweet and encouraging woman named
Betsy who has run with us over the course of the past 4 months was kind
enough to run with me, but I know from past experience that she is
faster than I am (who am I kidding? EVERYONE in Group 4 is faster than I
am!) I assured her she didn't need to stick with me, but when I saw
that she was going to stay by me anyway, I decided I better pick up the pace. We
did our first interval and I had a feeling I was pushing past my safe
zone, but I really didn't want to let her down. However, by the time we
hit mile 3 and the Really Big Hill (the first of three!), I was slowing
down quite a bit. Somehow
we slogged through the next two hills and made it back to the starting
point. While I felt incredibly slow for the last half of the run, it turned out
to be my fastest long run time yet. Wow! I'm happy now that it is
over, but since we gave up on any real interval training, I know I'll
have to do that this week. I figure I can work that into Wednesday's 5
miles on the 'mill.</span></span></span></div>
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yeah, the toenail. I'm officially a REAL runner now, since I killed
one of my toenails and had to have most of it removed yesterday by the
podiatrist. It feels SO MUCH BETTER, but it is not going to win any
toenail beauty contests. In fact, GrazMan made quite a face when I
unwrapped it this morning after my run, so I won't be posting any photos
of it. Too bad, as I'm kinda proud of it!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With 3 miles scheduled on the program for today, I figured I would hit the 'mill for a fast 3, then get dinner thrown together--oh, wait, I'm Super Mom--I meant to say that I would create a culinary masterpiece to present in a creative and enticing style for the gastronomical pleasure of my family. (Yeah, right, not in this lifetime, baby!) Before I left work GrazMan sent me a message asking if he could join me for part of my run. That was a first, and I wasn't about to miss an opportunity to spend a little quality time with him, so I quickly changed into my running duds and headed out the door with him, leaving eldest daughter in charge of the younger two (and praying about that the whole time!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He made it almost a mile with me before I needed to put the pedal down a bit, so he circled around the local high school parking lot while I got in the next 1.5 miles, then I came back and found him waiting for me, so we cruised back home together. Quite nice, and since it was getting fairly dark by the time we finished, I was glad he was along. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Made it back, the girls hadn't strung each other up, managed to finish dinner prep and get it on the table before 7 p.m. Whew! Successful evening!</span></div>
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If you read Monday's post, you know that Monday's run was really bad. I made up for it today, thankfully! The temperature at the end of my work day was 60 degrees with some mild wind gusts. Thanks to dear hubby (Grazman), I had my Nathan hand-held water bottle and a pre-run energy bar (which I had inadvertently left at home this morning), so I donned my running duds and headed out. Because of where my office is, I was able to run almost entirely on the 10-Miler route, covering just about half of it, including some of the tougher hills. Getting those hill workouts in is really important, since so much of my training is on the treadmill.</div>
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My gear for today's run included my <a href="http://www.bondiband.com/">Bondi Band</a> (this particular one says "Slow ... It's the new fast!"), my brand spankin' new AWESOME wicking top from <a href="http://www.wetrisports.com/">weTRIsports</a> (thanks for all your help with my selection, Sharon--the fit is PERFECT!), and of course my <a href="http://oeshshoes.com/">OESH</a> shoes!</div>
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As an aside, Old Man Winter finally showed himself yesterday. It snowed non-stop from 3 p.m. until late in the evening (it was still coming down at 10 when I conked out). The girls had a blast in it, and now the sun is shining down bright and warm, so the roads have not been greatly affected. Now that's my idea of a good snow!<br />
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Youngest daughter, age 5, was playing a game on her sister's iPod. I could tell from her groan that she had not done well, and she said to me, "It's hard to run without a head." The next day I asked her sister about this, and she confirmed that yes, indeed, it is hard to run in that game once you no longer have a head. So that got me thinking about running (and you know, if you run, that your thoughts are never very far from running), and how virtually IMPOSSIBLE it is to "run without a head". Or more accurately, run without having your head in the run. I saw a great post on someone's FB page this week that said, "When your legs can't run any longer, run with your heart", and I definitely think that's true. But for me, anyway, a very large portion of the battle is mental. I can talk myself into or out of a good or bad run, at least most of the time. If I am rushed and Life (you know, the capital "L" stuff that we all have to juggle) crowds the precious time I have set aside for my run, I tend to get anxious and as often as not, the run will come out the loser. However, even on those not-so-great days, if I can jump the sometimes Everest-like hurdle in my head about my run, I'll enjoy it, feel better during and after it, and Life will become ... life again.</div>
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So my goal for the next [insert reasonable time period here, if that can ever be determined--week? month? year?] is to stay on top of my mental game, regardless of Life--or life, for that matter. I need to make sure that I approach every run with an attitude of "Oh, yeah, this is MY TIME and I'm going to run like the wind!". NOT, "Oh, great, I've only got x minutes of time, there is no way I can get a decent run in, why am I even bothering with this, I should just go polish off a box of Thin Mints." I'm going to try REALLY hard to run WITH my head (and screwed on properly, too, perhaps!).</div>
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Happy running!</div>TurboTurtlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300794888806456117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080784906570944682.post-87142723990016017602012-02-10T11:06:00.000-08:002012-02-10T13:18:39.163-08:00Ranting a bit today.<div style="background-color: #fff2cc;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I started blogging this past December, I have tried to keep my posts primarily about running and upbeat (ok, except for this week's blog about my stomach bug). After all, there is enough negativity in the world. However, I have been getting really angry lately about something, and I know that this probably has a similar impact on others of you out there, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So many of us began running to lose weight (and hopefully to maintain it once we reach our goals). I am always inspired by the blogs of those amazing women who have lost a considerable amount of weight this way and are now running through life. As only a couple of examples out of many, read about Erin at <a href="http://seemomrunfar.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html" style="color: red;">See Mom Run Far</a>, Jen at From <a href="http://seejenroerun.blogspot.com/p/my-story.html" style="color: red;">From FAT to FINISH LINE</a>, and Katie at <a href="http://www.runsforcookies.com/p/non-scale-victories.html" style="color: red;">Runs for Cookies</a>. These women have made incredible changes in their bodies and their lives by running and they serve as a great source of inspiration to the rest of us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of the rest of us, I am right there in the mix. I have struggled since my adolescence with my weight, gaining and losing the same 35 (ish) pounds over and over. My fifth (yes, <i>fifth</i>!) attempt at Weight Watchers back in 2005 finally "took" and I reached my goal weight and have managed (mostly) to maintain it even while having dear daughter #3 in late 2006. However, it is still a struggle--three years ago I hit a number that, while nowhere near my highest, was definitely not one I had ever wanted to see again. I finally started running about 18 months ago, not very seriously until this past fall, and I manage to stay at an acceptable weight, although I would love to get rid of another 5-8 pounds (AND KEEP THEM OFF!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is always helpful to read of other people struggling, and a couple of posts in the past couple of weeks have helped me feel less alone. Jess at <a href="http://www.runwithjess.com/2012/02/weight-for-me.html" style="color: red;">Run with Jess</a> had a great post about weight loss, and Jennifer's post at <a href="http://www.runnermaybe.com/2012/02/emotions-and-moving-forward.html" style="color: red;">runner ... maybe</a> was incredibly moving to me. So many of us struggle, which is what is leading (at long last, I know) to my rant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">HEY, DIET INDUSTRY PEOPLE, STOP PREYING ON US!!!!</span></b> I am SICK of hearing about products that make crazy, unsubstantiated claims, directed right at those of us who might, in a moment of weakness and self-loathing, buy <b>anything </b>at <b>any </b>price that might help us finally see the "right" number on the scale, or lose that unwanted belly fat, or get us down two dress sizes. Now, I am not talking about all weight loss companies out there--after all, I have tried many of them, with varying degrees of success (WW, Jenny Craig, Diet Center, Beverly Hills Weight Loss, Atkins, etc.). This particular complaint is directed at those companies selling some great new <b>***product***</b> that will, if taken as directed, help your body burn unwanted fat without any need for diet or exercise. Really?!? You mean all I have to do is take a tablespoon of your magic protein formula and I'll lose weight while I sleep? And I can still eat all the junk food I want and I don't have to exercise? Or I just have to take your herbal supplements and suddenly my body will just ignore the fat grams I'm stuffing into it? There are two companies in particular advertising on our local radio stations, and they say that I don't have to do anything other than consume their product to lose weight. One of the ads throws in these great phrases like </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">"carbo block"</span><span style="font-size: large;"> and </span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">"fat absorber</span><span style="font-size: large;">". I am saddened to think of all the desperate, overweight people out there who are going to throw away their hard-earned money on products that can't possibly deliver the promises made on these ads. If you really do lose the weight, how long is it going to stay off once you stop taking this stuff?? And what about the side effects? If you read some of the information out there on these products, you'll see that at least one of them is little more than a laxative. Well, yeah, I'm going to lose weight if I get up every morning with diarrhea! Please, leave us <strike>fat</strike> thin-challenged folks alone, unless and until you really DO come up with a formula that will turn me into Gwyneth Paltrow overnight. (Yeah, I'd pay $40/month for that kind of thin!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And fellow fluffy people, yes, I realize that there is blame on our side, too. After all, if we wouldn't buy it, they wouldn't make it. In addition to all of the various weight-loss systems that I listed in the previous paragraph, I've ordered my share of shady ones, too. The weight loss patch (okay, that was REALLY a moment of weakness on my part). The metabolism booster from a nationally known nutrition retailer that cost a fortune and made me feel like I was crawling out of my own skin (yes, I lost weight, but I could not sleep a wink!). The liquid-meal replacement diet that did, in fact, help me lose 6 pounds in a week--which I gained back in 3 days. So I know the mental state of anyone who buys into this concept of a lose-weight-quick-and-easy scheme, I know the heartache, desperation, and irrational hope that goes into calling that toll free number for this wonder product. What I also know from years and years of experience is that weight loss requires changes in diet and some form of exercise. Plain and simple. (And I'm 7 chapters into writing a book on this very subject, but gaining 10-ish pounds made me put down my self-righteous pen!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Happy running (healthy eating!).</span></div>TurboTurtlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300794888806456117noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080784906570944682.post-63225621757999256982012-02-07T05:50:00.000-08:002012-02-07T05:50:41.584-08:00Feeling lucky!As a relative newbie to both the running and blogging worlds, I was happy to stumble across a number of terrific giveaways, and of course I HAD to enter to win some of these marvelous prizes. How lucky I was, then, to win TWO of the first few that I entered!! Many thanks to all of the bloggers out there who take the time and energy to review products, conduct the drawings and mail out the goodies! When my blog grows up, it wants to do this, too!!<br />
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So check out my first win, these awesome running socks from WrightSocks, thanks to a great drawing from Jen at <a href="http://www.runningwiththegirls.com/">Running With The Girls</a>:<br />
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And then I won these cool notebooks from Jamie, a/k/a <a href="http://www.runningdivamom.blogspot.com/">Running Diva Mom</a>! My three daughters were fighting over them--I finally convinced them (I think) that maybe Mom deserves them for all my hard work training for the 10-Miler! <br />
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Seriously, while winning stuff like this is incredible, what is even better about all the blogs I've been following is the advice, support, and fellowship that experienced runners share. For a beginner runner, this is so, so helpful. Thanks to all!!!!<br />
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Happy running!TurboTurtlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300794888806456117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080784906570944682.post-60341546664507965662012-02-05T13:53:00.001-08:002012-02-05T13:53:16.196-08:00UGH!<br />
I had a great run yesterday--9 miles, the longest I've ever run--and I
know beyond any doubt that I can complete the 10-Miler. Robin and I
both feel that our race time will be decent (for us, of course, not for
speedy runners!), and it was a good feeling to run the actual race
course. We cut off a one-mile loop yesterday to keep it to nine miles,
but since we have also run that loop before, we have a new-found
confidence since we have now run the course we'll be running on March
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Unfortunately, within 30 minutes of getting home I
started cramping up. I thought this might be some sort of "runner's
trots" that I'd heard about (but had never experienced). In a few more
minutes, it moved from an abdominal cramping to full-out nausea. I was
trying to get tacos ready for the family, but that had to stop--and
FAST! After spending some face-to-face time with the porcelain god, I
crawled into bed and stayed there for over 10 hours. Feeling some
better today, but still not 100%. I'm guessing that the fast-moving
tummy bug that sent my 5 year old home from school Friday morning must
have hit me. Otherwise, I can't imagine how yesterday's run would have
had that kind of effect on me. <br />
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Hope you all had wonderful long runs! Happy running!<br />TurboTurtlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300794888806456117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7080784906570944682.post-33998937702030782462012-02-02T09:59:00.000-08:002012-02-02T09:59:36.468-08:00In the spotlight ...This week it is my turn to be "in the spotlight" in the weekly newsletter from our wonderful 10-Miler Training Program coach, Mark Lorenzoni. Definitely makes the whole experience more real--it's set in stone now that I'm a runner. Interesting.<br />
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<strong><img align="right" border="0" height="151" hspace="10" src="http://www.charlottesvilletrackclub.org/c10tp-lisa.jpg" vspace="10" width="175" />How many years have you been in the C10TP?</strong> </div>
This is my first year in the C10TP. I have run the 4-Miler 4 times
(last in 2008), but have never kept up the running--it was never part
of my lifestyle. I actually ENJOY it this time around! partly due to
the group. <strong></strong><br />
<strong><br /></strong><strong>What do you do when you're not running? </strong> I
am a staff attorney at a local title insurance company, wife to Tony
(15.5 years), mother to 3 girls (13, 10 & 5). Reading and
crocheting fill the few minutes of spare time I manage to find. <br /><br /><strong>What's your favorite music? </strong>I
have the most bizarre playlist EVER. Lots of DISCO (gotta have that
beat), Steppenwolf ("Born to be Wild" is a great foot-mover!),
Tempations ("Get Ready"), some U2 and other miscellaneous rock
tunes. Here's my craziest song: "Born to be Alive" by Patrick
Hernandez. If I'm feeling sluggish, that one does the trick! <br /><br /><strong>What I would like people to know about me: </strong><br /> I
grew up here in Hooville, went to UVa for undergrad, W & L for
law school. I definitely work to live, not the other way around--my
family is my life! By incorporating fitness as an integral part of my
life, rather than as an option, I hope to instill this into my
daughters so that they can be healthy, fit women who do not struggle
as I have. <br /><br /><strong>The best running advice I could give would be: </strong>FIND
A GROUP!! During the week I have to run on the treadmill due to
time and safety constraints, but having a wonderful group of folks
with whom to run on Saturday mornings during the C10TP has been
amazing! Many thanks to Trish, Janet, Maggie, Betsy, Robin, Lisa, et
al. for doling out advice and keeping my spirits up on those hills!<strong><br /></strong>TurboTurtlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300794888806456117noreply@blogger.com4