Dasha Runs Austin

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Location:

Austin,TX,

Member Since:

Jan 10, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

3:57 at Austin Marathon (Feb. 2010) 

3:34 at California International Marathon (Dec. 4, 2011) 

1:47 Half at Champaign Half Marathon (April 2011)  

1:38 Half at 3M Half Marathon (Jan 29, 2012)

Completed 14 Marathons including Chicago, NYC, San Francisco, Big Sur, Carlsbad, Austin, Champaign and CIM

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub-3:30 at Eugene Marathon (April 29, 2012)

Berlin Marathon - Training run for CIM (September 30, 2012) 

3:20 at California International Marathon (December 2, 2012) 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Sub - 3:15 Marathon

1:30 Half Marathon 

 

 

Personal:

I am a 27 year old girl, from Illinois (via NYC), currently living in Austin, TX.  

I've been running for about 6 years, have completed 14 marathons and recently qualified for the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:34!  This was a 23 minute PR for me!

After years of running very high mileage at pretty slow paces, I decided to get serious and joined Gilbert's Gazelles training group. The BQ came 8 months later.

Hoping this blog will help add some further insight and organization to my running. :) 

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Brooks Adrenaline Lifetime Miles: 288.73
Slow milesFast milesTotal Distance
2.006.008.00

 

The cold front came to Texas overnight and it was cold!  I decided to go to the evening group tonight to do 1000s.  Of course I didn't know what time it started and got there 15 minutes late!  Apparently, the group changes the start time based on daylight savings.  

This was a good excuse to head home. But this Russian girl has only been in the land of y'all for a year and a half and still has some cold tolerance! 

Figured I would do about 8 miles with 6 at pace instead.  It got dark for the last two miles and the 8:09 is hesitation on the downhills... 

Splits: 8:54, 8:34 - MGP: 8:08, 8:05, 7:51, 7:50, 8:09 (and...it got dark), 7:55

 

 

Brooks Adrenaline Miles: 8.00
Comments
From allie on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 21:45:43 from 97.117.82.156

nice mileage! it looks like you are gearing up for eugene? and CIM later this year -- those have been two of my favorite marathons thus far.

best of luck with your training!

From derhammer on Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:58:00 from 192.156.110.40

Oh well, 1000's were just not in the cards for this week. Maybe think about pushing it a bit on Saturday's run. Should be a cold one tomorrow am, too.

From Dasha on Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 14:43:15 from 24.206.78.53

Allie - Thanks. CIM was great and I am looking forward to doing it again this December. Eugene looks like a great one too. The plus side - doing an April and December marathon allows me to drop my mileage a bit during the summer heat!

David - Thanks for idea. I think I'll throw in some fast miles on the second half. It will be a good way to stay warm. Looks like we are running trail + a little add on.

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