Santa Clarita Marathon Race Recap

WORKOUT -

Surfing – that counts as a workout, right?

Errr, I meant surfing the web

Walked dog -

2 miles

I didn’t bring my camera with me while running yesterday so I don’t have many pictures which means this might be short. 

I woke up 4am to hit the road for the 90 minute drive to Santa Clarita for the marathon, right by Magic Mountain.  The extra hour of sleep in the morning was nice, but it also meant an hour later of warmer weather while running.

{Wore my brand new 26.2 tie dye tank that is on sale for only $15 and free shipping and you get a free tote with purchase. insane.}

Before the race I met reader Jen who was as nice as nice can be and then met up with Eric, Matt and Andrew.

Matt and I planned on running together for awhile since we were both shooting for 3:15ish.  It was a little crowded at the start (there weren’t corrals since it’s a smaller race) and we ran the first mile in 8:08, definitely slow for the time we were aiming for.

Then we went 7:28 and 7:17, nice even pacing. ha.

We ran together for the first 12.5 miles which was great for me because the miles flew by, and I passed the halfway point right under 1:40.  Matt was feeling good and took off while I struggled a little in miles 14-15 (7:44, 7:43 min/miles).

I think I was bored and readjusting to not having that built-in pacer for the past hour and a half.  But I picked it back up at mile 16 with a 7:27 mile.  I felt AMAZING during miles 16-18, like I had won the running lottery.

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{When I Googled “Happiest, luckiest guy in the world” this pic kept coming up}

The last 6-7 miles were hard: it was warm out, I didn’t have any music, and oh yeah, it was last 6-7 miles of a marathon.   Of course it was hard.

I finished in 3:17:41, average pace of 7:33.  I came in second female, but it was a smaller race, like I said.  There were only 104 women and 379 total marathoners.

Eric’s like, Get away from me and wipe that dumb smile off your face.  I get that a lot.

Overall the course was easier and flatter than last week’s marathon where I ran about 35 seconds faster, but I think it was warmer yesterday.  It was 83 degrees when I got in my car and 92 in Calabasas.

I felt like I had to work harder yesterday to run a similar time to last week.  This is my 3rd marathon in four weeks so I’m sure my body’s tired, but I think a big factor is the weather and the heat.  I’m pretty sure I need to run a marathon in an igloo… or here:

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Ahh my homeland. 

And only $17,000 to go run it.

FUN WAYS TO HELP OUT

The new BIC bands set that is on sale and supports hurricane relief sold out already! 

But Sandy is fast and furiously making a few more so you can get them HERE while they’re available, but you get to choose a different sparkle color since fuchsia is sold out.  thanks!

  But if you haven’t picked up any, my friend Jacqueline has offered to buy a set and give it away to one reader on her blog.  $3 from each set are donated to hurricane relief so you could win big and help out.  double whammy time.  Thank you, Jacqueline!

Also, my friend NYC Catie told me about her friend who designs shirts and is donating 100% of the profits to victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Check the shirts out here.

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