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OneAmerica Mini-Marathon

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Location:

Crawfordsville,IN,USA

Member Since:

Nov 01, 2007

Gender:

Unknown

Goal Type:

Unknown

Running Accomplishments:

Mile - 6:34
5K - 24:58
10 K - 53:26
1/2 Marathon - 2:06:14

Short-Term Running Goals:

ok, i think i seriously over-estimated myself, at least for now. my new goal is to truly find passion for running and to not feel so overwhelmed by the accomplishments of others. i am who i am, sam i am. lol.

Long-Term Running Goals:

i am confident that i will some day run in the boston marathon at an 8-minute mile pace or less.

Personal:

i am a free spirit, so passion i do not lack, but stability i do.

i am a high school spanish teacher and have been to spain, el salvador, cuba, and ecuador.

i coach girls cross country. we made it to semi-state this year and have our eyes set on state next year!

i love practicing yoga and hope to practice more consistently, especially during these up-coming winter months. my dream job is to be a yoga instructor.

i am obsessed with books, magazines, and online newspapers. i also really love childrens' books in spanish. they are neat!

i am taking voice lessons, ha!

i like art, but am really bad at it. :)

my ex-boyfriend and paul petersen ran cross country and were in a band called "gold bug" together, lol. this is my version of a claim to fame. :-D

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Sat, May 03, 2008

Race: OneAmerica Mini-Marathon (13.1 Miles) 01:52:49, Place overall: 5014, Place in age division: 260

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
13.10	0.00	13.10

i'm so excited! i improved 13 minutes from my time last year. if i do that again in '09, i will meet my goal of 1:40, which was my original goal when i started this blog. so maybe it's a year later, but there's hope for the future! maybe i'll get even faster since training has started to mean so much to me. i've been training hard for the last two and a half months and i'd like to keep going. my fastest 5K went from a 24 something to a 23 something, so that's exciting too.

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, May 05, 2008 at 13:45:42

Nice to see you blogging again, no more a lost sheep :-) Congratulations on a PR. To get further improvement make sure to get out 6 days a week, no skipping, that is the key.

From Cassandra on Mon, May 05, 2008 at 13:55:40

thanks! i am determined to do so. i have a few cross country girls on my team that i'd like to be able to run with as well as one of their moms! the mom (40-44 age group) ran 1:37 for mini this past saturday, so it's go time! lol.

From marion on Fri, Aug 01, 2008 at 16:57:36

Welcome to the blog or back, I guess! I LOVE yoga too! It is really the greatest thing (aside from running ;)

From Megan on Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 19:17:38

Hi...I'm new this blog site. But the site said you were a lost sheep, so I thought I'd pop in and say Hello! Great Job on the 1/2 Marathon...13 minutes improvement, wow!

PS... I teach yoga and it is an awesome cross training exercise for distance running.

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