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runaroundsue
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 Posted: 09/22/04 - 10:09 Post subject: something dropped on my head (reflection)
So I'm in my closet (favorite place to play) and I'm grabbing my shoebox off the top shelf that I can barely reach with my tiptoes and a race number floats down to my head. I read it and it's my number from my first half marathon down in Satillo, MX. June 1998. I flip the number over as I sometimes write my times down. Sure enough it's there, 1:38. I mutter to myself "Sue, you've come a long way".
But now as I reflect, I can understand why members of my running club gave me weird looks when I said I was training to run a 3:10 marathon. I was planning to double my distance and take off 6 minutes. Sometimes ignorance can be good, because knowing what I know now--I'd say that I was a dumba$$. Feb 1999: 3:09:34. Ignorance is not always bliss, sometimes it's a rush.
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marathonrnr262
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Posted: 09/22/04 - 11:59 Post subject:
I like your calculator. It works for me.
You poor lost soul, running a 1:38 in your first half. You must be crushed with that time. 
Sheldon
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gretriever
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Posted: 09/22/04 - 20:37 Post subject:
Sue -
What made you choose Satillo for your first half?
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 10:16 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | Sue -
What made you choose Satillo for your first half? |
the running store that I ran with on Thursdays for tempo run +beer sponsored a bus trip. It sounded like fun--and the bus ride down really was (except for being stopped at the border forever---we had alot of non US citizens aboard)
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jrjo
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 10:31 Post subject:
Did you really start running in just '98?
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 14:46 Post subject:
| jrjo wrote: | | Did you really start running in just '98? |
no, I picked it up again in '89 (ran in hs), but pretty much stuck to 5ks, 5 miles....except for that time in '90 with a 20 miler......I don't talk about that much 
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rolling rock
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 14:53 Post subject:
OMG...1:38 for a first half???? born to run or what?????
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Posted: 09/23/04 - 14:58 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | | OMG...1:38 for a first half???? born to run or what????? |
Exactly what I was thinking.... you have come a long ways Sue.
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/25/04 - 04:03 Post subject:
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Exactly what I was thinking.... you have come a long ways Sue. |
Yes she has. Your accomplishments are amazing. I enjoy following your progress
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Posted: 09/25/04 - 09:12 Post subject:
What kind of times did you run in h.s.
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 09/25/04 - 10:37 Post subject:
| rtpd113 wrote: | | What kind of times did you run in h.s. |
I was a mid-distance runner 400/800 62/63 pr of 60.1 for 400
2:30s for 800 with pr of 2:27 (first time I ran it as frosh...wasn't allowed to run again 'til jr year because the ass't coach dated the sr. girl) gained 20 pounds from fr to jr year. I ran the 2 mile a few times my fr/soph year as a pace bunny for sr. girl trying to break conference record. I was to run 2 laps and drop out....I would keep going and piss off the coach and finish around 13 minutes.
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Cappy
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Posted: 09/25/04 - 10:47 Post subject:
| runaroundsue wrote: |
I was a mid-distance runner 400/800 62/63 pr of 60.1 for 400
2:30s for 800 with pr of 2:27 (first time I ran it as frosh...wasn't allowed to run again 'til jr year because the ass't coach dated the sr. girl) gained 20 pounds from fr to jr year. I ran the 2 mile a few times my fr/soph year as a pace bunny for sr. girl trying to break conference record. I was to run 2 laps and drop out....I would keep going and piss off the coach and finish around 13 minutes. |
They are great times. 
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Posted: 09/25/04 - 10:57 Post subject:
very good times.
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Posted: 09/26/04 - 10:35 Post subject:
| Cappy wrote: |
Yes she has. Your accomplishments are amazing. I enjoy following your
progress |
Agreed, amazing. She runs faster than I bike!
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Posted: 09/26/04 - 13:07 Post subject:
| rolling rock wrote: | | OMG...1:38 for a first half???? born to run or what????? |
Wow! Definitely gifted runner! I love reading Sue's race reports too.  
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