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02/12/2012

Sunday Long Run on Crystal Springs-Portola Trail

Hitting the trail for the first time in a while! Felt amazing!

RUN: Sunday Long Run on Crystal Springs-Portola Trail. 14 miles. 2:34. Avg: 10:44. Gain: 680 ft.

Posted by Fitness Marlene on 02/12/2012 at 10:34 PM in Run, Training | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

02/05/2012

2012 Kaiser Half Marathon: PR on a beautiful day!

It's a great feeling to be able to pull off a PR in a half marathon with less than 6 weeks of training. When I resumed running the week after Christmas, I could barely run a 12 min/mi. Today, I was able to hit my goal of a 2 hour half with an average pace of 9:17min/mi. WOOHOO!

It was a gorgeous day up in San Francisco for the race. Everything was really well organized and all of the volunteers were very helpful. I found that some of the mile markers were considerable off according to my Garmin. But it all equaled out almost by the end... I logged an extra .17 mile somewhere along the way.

My previous time when I did this event back in 2009 was 2:18. So today was a 13% improvement in time! I guess the 38 TRIATHLONS that I have done between then and now have taught me a little about running, just a little tho. :-)

Cheers to setting short term goals and achieving them!

2012 Kaiser Half Marathon: 2:03:37. 13.27 miles (according to Garmin). Ave Pace: 9:17.

THE VIDEO

Complete Photo Album!

Dana & Marlene

Race Expo

Ocean Beach

The Course

Posted by Fitness Marlene on 02/05/2012 at 08:10 PM in Race Results, Run | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Pre-Race Week Workouts!

This week was packed with activites to lead up to the Kaiser Half Marathon.

Monday

BIKE: Spin & Lift class. 60 minutes. Taught class.
RUN: Treadmill Aerobic Run. 57 minutes

Tuesday

SWIM: Master Swim Class. 60 minutes. 3300 yrd. Main Set: 12 x 150 - 4 on pace, 4 +:05, 4 on +:10
SPIN: Spinning Class. 60 minutes.

Wednesday

SWIM: Master Swim Class. 60 minutes. 2800. IM's on 1:40 interval!!!
RUN: Treadmill Zone 3 Run. 1:10.

Thursday

SWIM: Master Swim Class. 60 minutes. 3300 yrd.
RUN:Treadmill Aerobic Run.55 minutes

Friday

REST

Saturday

SWIM: Master Swim Class. 90 minutes. 5300 yrd. Best 200 on 2:47, best 100 on 1:18!
RUN: Pre-Race Day 5K. 30 minutes. 3.1 miles

Posted by Fitness Marlene on 02/05/2012 at 05:53 PM in Cycle, Run, Swim, Training | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

01/29/2012

Awesome Week of Workouts!

Good times this past week!!! And down 4 pounds thanks to Food Awareness Program and tracking with Fitbit!

Monday

LIFT: Spin & Lift class. 60 minutes
RUN: Trail Quarter Mile Intervals. 5 miles. 1:01.

Tuesday

SWIM: Master Swim Class. 3400 yrd. 1 hour
BIKE: Spinning Class

Thursday

SWIM: Master Swim Class. 3400 yrd. 1 hour
RUN: Trial Tempo Run. 5.35 miles. 54:26.

Friday

RUN: Treadmill Long Run. 10.65 miles. 2:05.

Saturday

BIKE: Portola Long Ride: 3:45. 52 miles

Sunday

RUN: Crystal Springs -> Canada Rd Run: 12 miles. 2:10.

Posted by Fitness Marlene on 01/29/2012 at 10:37 PM in Cycle, Run, Swim | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

01/22/2012

Pre-49er's Game Long Run on Sawyer Camp Trail

I really needed a long run and doing more than 9 miles on the treadmill is so freaking boring that I knew I had to go outside. The only issue is that it's been a rainy, windy weekend here in the Bay Area. However, that didn't stop me and a bunch of other runners out of the Sawyer Camp Trail. I love that the trail has a Facebook Page! Yippy!