Dasha Runs Austin

May 17, 2024

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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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Had to skip long run today and rest my legs.  Hammie is still pretty sore and walking with a bit of sad limp. I don't do well in the cold, so if you are going to miss a workout today was a good one to miss!  

Met the group for breakfast after - which is my favorite part anyways.  My friend Craig put the idea of doing Cozumel Ironman 2013 into my head.  A couple of my friends are thinking of doing it...so I think I am in.  Oh my.  

Comments
From I Just Run on Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:28:39 from 166.147.76.195

Sorry about the sore hammie. A day or two of rest should do it good!

So are you a biker and swimmer too?

From Dasha on Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 12:32:52 from 24.206.78.53

Swimmer, yes. Biker, no. That's going to be the hard part. It will be fun to learn something new though!

From SlowJoe on Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 19:59:40 from 74.195.79.58

Hey you got a year to train, right?

I am the same way, I can swim but have not been on a bike since I was 10. One of these days...

From I Just Run on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:05:00 from 67.79.11.242

Dasha,

Do you have a road bike?

From Dasha on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 17:20:37 from 209.163.133.194

Not yet!!

From I Just Run on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 17:46:56 from 67.79.11.242

If you are going to buy a new bike you may want to look at:

http://bikeshopwarehouse.com/

I did a lot of research and found this company to be the best value. I bought a Condor (all carbon wiht shimano ultegra hardware) for about $ 1,250. All my "real" biker friends were amazed at the low cost. I've had it a year and it's been great. They also have a lot of lower cost bikes as low as 3-400. I don't think you can go wrong buying from this company. BTW...I don't get a commission or anything, I'm just really pleased with what I bought :-)

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