tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post5839634364576004934..comments2024-02-19T03:40:56.127-08:00Comments on .: Race Report: California International Marathon 2016 (My Race)Angela Knottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01596658700954456205noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-18696428919374230132016-12-15T23:58:17.320-08:002016-12-15T23:58:17.320-08:00Love, love, love this report. Also love that you ...Love, love, love this report. Also love that you love my hometown race. CIM is the best and I'm so glad you got the most out of it. Kick Ass in Boston.Biting Tonguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770918200146334167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-52456494907545453182016-12-15T12:59:46.188-08:002016-12-15T12:59:46.188-08:00Damn, that was a fun read. You really worked for t...Damn, that was a fun read. You really worked for that BQ/PR, and I'm so glad you got it. Congratulations!!!<br /><br />I loved this part, and I think it was a pretty good indication of what was about to happen: "But then, suddenly, at 6:20am, I was ready ready ready. I was awake & alert & twitchy & sweating already and HELL YES bring me that starting line right now because I am ready to DESTROY this thing."Laylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14289344501168317316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-22767076701864539652016-12-09T21:50:03.393-08:002016-12-09T21:50:03.393-08:00You!! Badass!! Bursting with happiness for you. You!! Badass!! Bursting with happiness for you. TeamRamsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03314070412020475864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-34949017978093278942016-12-09T17:06:49.320-08:002016-12-09T17:06:49.320-08:00*holy :D*holy :DMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919448621061241395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-69702547771042685402016-12-09T17:06:19.623-08:002016-12-09T17:06:19.623-08:00Hoky shit, congrats! All your hard work paid off l...Hoky shit, congrats! All your hard work paid off like a mfer! Your LAST 5k beat my 5k pr lol. Also, what kind of a freak am I that I almost wept while reading this?? Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919448621061241395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-13974608659431428602016-12-08T19:47:01.100-08:002016-12-08T19:47:01.100-08:00I stopped reading after your first sentence... so ...I stopped reading after your first sentence... so how'd it go out there on Sunday? ;)<br /><br />CONGRATS! Not that I need to tell you, but this really was a perfectly run marathon on a perfect course for it. And any BQ hopeful who’s on the fence should pay attention to what you did, because negative splits are GOLD. Amazing to run 22 miles and *then* start kicking in the sub-8s. No doubt your positive attitude helped.<br /><br />Now comes the (next) hard part, and that’s staying motivated in the 16 months until Boston 2018. Luckily you’ll have plenty of time to fully & deservedly bask in this accomplishment before you have to think about ramping up for the next one. Because one word of (unsolicited) advice I can give is that it's tough to stay motivated to train hard after a hair-on-fire effort like CIM. But you can cross that bridge when you get to it.<br /><br />And a much more impressive BQ bell than we got in 2014, good to see they’ve upgraded!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760107992875755916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-20733544852271569072016-12-08T17:00:42.391-08:002016-12-08T17:00:42.391-08:00Not silly at all! The shorts have one small zipper...Not silly at all! The shorts have one small zipper pocket in the back (where I put my inhaler). They do have some tiny little non-zipper pockets in the front but I don't find them very usable. I usually wear a flip belt right at the top of my shorts, which holds 8 (that's what I did this time) & then that top has a zipper pocket in the back as well where I stashed a couple extras.Angela Knottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596658700954456205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-37993660519464187212016-12-08T16:58:55.675-08:002016-12-08T16:58:55.675-08:00HmmIm, you know, I didn't really pay attention...HmmIm, you know, I didn't really pay attention to anything it changed. I know that since I base trained so much more this summer, it did definitely up the volume in the weeks leading up to CIM significantly. But then I also have a habit of not logging stuff for 2-3 weeks at a time & then logging it all at once, which is maybe not great. I would say mostly the human element has been most helpful for, "This is what I'm thinking for next year, what do you think?" or "Here's the course map & elevation profile, what do you think my strategy should be?" etc.Angela Knottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596658700954456205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-45039443872713634622016-12-08T14:29:35.665-08:002016-12-08T14:29:35.665-08:00Silly question... Where did you hold all of your g...Silly question... Where did you hold all of your gels? Did your shorts have pockets?Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308365395261709731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-267860407904390422016-12-08T07:18:04.389-08:002016-12-08T07:18:04.389-08:00Congratulations!!!Congratulations!!!Rachel R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02973860244223487025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-26431811867258073122016-12-08T07:14:39.736-08:002016-12-08T07:14:39.736-08:00Comgratulations!!! What a great race you ran! And ...Comgratulations!!! What a great race you ran! And thanks for the awesome recap, I always love reading yours cause they are so thorough. Congrats again. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156000439962449807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-82562050662685153872016-12-07T21:25:51.611-08:002016-12-07T21:25:51.611-08:00Your splits for the last 5K are INSANE. Congrats a...Your splits for the last 5K are INSANE. Congrats again! I'm so glad that you and K had such great races on Sunday; it seriously kept me afloat knowing that my friends crushed it. Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691910446074747797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-39185603947822914722016-12-07T19:10:45.934-08:002016-12-07T19:10:45.934-08:00Sooooooo thrilled for you. After a good 3 years my...Sooooooo thrilled for you. After a good 3 years myself of PR failed attempts in 26.2, I get how discouraging it can be. Everything you said resonates with me. I am SO glad it all came together for you!!!! Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09695890488184466585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-72182799036422403712016-12-07T17:05:17.432-08:002016-12-07T17:05:17.432-08:00Nice work, Lady! So happy for you.Nice work, Lady! So happy for you.RunningChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232877219907546615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-52409894010769273572016-12-07T16:58:07.206-08:002016-12-07T16:58:07.206-08:00Wow just wow!!
So freaking awesome that you smash...Wow just wow!! <br />So freaking awesome that you smashed this race!!! I also ran a negative split (not nearly as fast), but hell yes it is an amazing feeling to charge down the straightaway at the end as opposed to just finishing.<br /><br />Great race report, I'm so glad you captured all of the little details, and wow again 7:40 for the last 5k?! You are a beast!!Dollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04308365395261709731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-13422327005644093292016-12-07T16:15:25.228-08:002016-12-07T16:15:25.228-08:00Fuck yeah! Way to go! Given the amount of work you...Fuck yeah! Way to go! Given the amount of work you put in, you definitely deserve it!Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093299012409826185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-3479510413799670832016-12-07T15:32:20.678-08:002016-12-07T15:32:20.678-08:00This was such an exciting recap to read! Congratul...This was such an exciting recap to read! Congratulations on not just a PR and BQ, but a really, really strong race. Yes - it's totally absurd that you can run such a fast last 5k. Absurdly awesome! You put in a ton of work and miles for this race, and it really paid off: congratulations. Graciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641028266038110278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-38668996380946949572016-12-07T14:26:32.746-08:002016-12-07T14:26:32.746-08:00CONGRATS!!!! I just love reading about hard work p...CONGRATS!!!! I just love reading about hard work paying off so much! You deserved to ring that BQ bell so hard :)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413371644902006675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-82753764476320842882016-12-07T14:19:03.472-08:002016-12-07T14:19:03.472-08:00MASSIVE congratulations!! I'm so glad you had ...MASSIVE congratulations!! I'm so glad you had the race you deserved :) I was tracking you guys and might've let out a little 'yippee' when I got the texts with your last two split times! Those were some terrifying RunCoach workouts, by the way. I hope you're sleeping a lot, and eating all the things, and just generally celebrating as you deserve. Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281336239355942919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-82746173808080320112016-12-07T13:56:17.496-08:002016-12-07T13:56:17.496-08:00Also: I ran too and something about the long porta...Also: I ran too and something about the long porta potty lines and mosh pit gear check crowd was different this year. I normally like the road runner crowd, but on Sunday I experienced way too much of that pushy, entitled asshole business that people is stereo-typically associate with them.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212228308225991239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-9997400635411452192016-12-07T13:53:32.272-08:002016-12-07T13:53:32.272-08:00Longtime lurking, first time commenting. YAAAAAAAA...Longtime lurking, first time commenting. YAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!! I'm so happy you finally had the race you deserved! Way to go on the negative split, that's amazing! I agree on the last part, CIM is such a classic race, it puts all the other west coast marathons to shame.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212228308225991239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-42702037016340349762016-12-07T13:14:38.529-08:002016-12-07T13:14:38.529-08:00YES I've been waiting for your race report. Yo...YES I've been waiting for your race report. You had a killer training cycle and it was a pleasure to read all about it! Can't wait to see what you do next.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684721074419207091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-91469511489072730262016-12-07T11:47:57.068-08:002016-12-07T11:47:57.068-08:00Yay! Congrats! With that negative split, you even ...Yay! Congrats! With that negative split, you even qualify for free shoes from Strava. Ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01558829419549324336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-23152409280692347722016-12-07T11:08:00.388-08:002016-12-07T11:08:00.388-08:00I thought of you and the other runners as I drove ...I thought of you and the other runners as I drove past Sacramento on Sunday afternoon and was looking forward to this report. As one of those who has enjoyed your blog for a number of years...this is just fantastic. Congratulations! Looking forward to the Boston report...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00232754002009402792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8576247921509925121.post-27520148000989127082016-12-07T10:50:51.216-08:002016-12-07T10:50:51.216-08:00Congratulations!!! I knew you were going to do ter...Congratulations!!! I knew you were going to do terrific, but holy moly, that negative split!!!<br /><br />Lady, you earned this. Yes, you didn't hit bad luck and that's great, but do not minimize the amazing work you put into this achievement. CELEBRATE!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785022492469960214noreply@blogger.com