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Amy, Julie and I ran/walked the 2008 San Diego Rock & Roll Marathontoday. This was Julie's first marathon & Amy trained with her one on one for the past several months.  They both came in at 6:52:05.  I trained with my friends at InMotionFit using the 16 week Furman FIRST training program. I trained for a 3:56 time (9 min/mile pace) and was on target until about three weeks before the marathon when I threw my back out. I also caught a cold a few days before the race, so I wasn't in the best shape on race day & came in at 4:29:26. The race started from Balboa Park at 6:30 and it was cool & overcast. Me and a group of fellow runers started out with the 4:00 pace group leader & we were very dissapointed when at mile 5 the guy threw away the pace stick and disappeared entirely from the marathon. Something didn't seem right when he showed up in our corral wearing a cotton T-shirt & regular street shorts.

I started training for the 2008 Carlsbad Marathon in June of 2007 with two goals.  First, I wanted to run the entire 26.2 miles without having to stop and walk.  My second goal was to complete the marathon in 4 hours or less. 

I ran the Nike Women's Half Marathon in San Francisco with Amanda on Sunday October 22nd 2006. At 2:14 my time wasn't great, but the course sure was!

Amy was signed up to go before she got pregnant, but then wasn't able to train for the event. Since her and Amanda already had a hotel, I decided to go up and run with Amy's bib.