RUN!

I don’t call myself hippierunner for nothin’! I have been running since I was 14. My running career began in high school where I participated in track, cross-country and SRLA. It was often tough but rewarding. It’s kinda crazy to think that during the week I would train daily for distances no further than 2 (3200m in track) or 3 miles (5k for cross-country) and then on the weekends race or train at high mileage as part of Students Run LA marathon training. I did races so often that I didn’t even keep track of them, simply because I didn’t think to (uh, bad idea) . But I found some of my race results on Athlinks.com. And soon I will be able to add more to the list, as I’m trying to get back into running races!

Date	Race	Finish Time	Pace
10/30/05	La Puente Main Street Halloween 10K	1:02:36	10:04

This was my first race ever! I remember not breaking into a sweat and realizing that I probably could have been a lot faster. But I hadn’t know what my limits were and I guess I was afraid to try pushing them.

1/08/06

OC Half-Marathon

2:30:28

11:28

I think this is the race I ran after having spent the past month or so not running at all! The doctor had heard something odd when listening to my heart so I had to visit cardiologist, get tests etc and was under order not to run- HATED this! About a week before this race, I learned it was just a heart murmur and I was alright to run. Even though I had missed out on training I couldn’t resist another race as my first had been so fun. Below is a race pic!

2/12/06	Los Angeles Chinatown Firecracker 10K	59:39	9:35
4/29/06	CSUN Run, Walk And Roll 5K	26:08	8:24

12/02/06	Southern California Half Marathon	1:56:04	8:51
6/10/07	Gardena 5000	21:54	7:02
9/30/07	Alive and Running For Suicide Prevention 5K	23:34	7:35
10/28/07	City of La Puente Main Street 10K	47:14	7:36
12/08/07	Southern California Half-Marathon	1:45:41	8:04
1/06/08	OC  Half-Marathon	1:54:56	8:46

OC Half Marathon 2008 race pic!

2/03/08	SRLA 18 Mile Friendship Run	2:39:24	8:51
3/02/08	Los Angeles Marathon	4:06:33	9:24
4/26/08	CSUN 5K	22:30	7:14
10/26/08	Main Street Halloween 10K	51:01	8:12
11/08/08	Running for Life 10K	1:25:16	9:08
12/07/08	City of Angels Half-Marathon	1:53:53	8:41
2/08/09	Los Angeles Chinatown Firecracker 10K	51:56	8:21
3/21/09	Stand For Hope 5K	40:40	13:05
4/19/09	SRLA 18Mile Friendship Run	3:33:41	11:52
5/25/09 3/20/11	Los Angeles Marathon Los Angeles Marathon	5:51:21 4:32:32	13:24 10:23

I’m not crazy, I just run inconsistently? For marathon #2 my longest run was probably 6 miles-not counting the 18miler- and that was a huge mistake but I did what I could. 

Happy Running!