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Comment on Feeling Pretty by Kelocity

Kelocity — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:32:45 +0000

Congrats on Pasadena! I ran that one a few years ago and loved it! Those are super cute race photos. =) Congratulations!

Comment on Feeling Pretty by leftcoastcontessa

leftcoastcontessa — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:38:27 +0000

Thanks for the input. I used to live in westwood and I loved running the hills around campus. I’m planning on my hill run to be around campus. I actually read your race recap yesterday and looked at the map online. I think it is downhill, it seems to be along part of the route from last Sunday. I just hope it doesn’t rain!

Comment on Feeling Pretty by cindylu

cindylu — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:59:51 +0000

I ran my 2nd half at Pasadena last year and PR’d by 5 minutes. It’s a nice course. If it’s the same course, the first 4-5 miles are all on a slight downhill. It’s really easy to start out too fast. My informal strategy was to bank time at the beginning. I wasn’t concerned about running even splits. I knew I’d had to make up the time I’d lose lose on the hills later in the course. There were some tough hills after mile 9ish.

Definitely do some hill training. Run the hills around UCLA! Run hard up them (maybe not the entire hill because they’re pretty long, but for 100 meters or so and then build up). Recover on the downhills. Also do some tempo runs. You really do need to get your legs used to pushing the pace.

I’m new to cross training and strength training. These are definitely helping me out on the run and with recovery, but we’ll see what happens on race day.

Comment on Feeling Pretty by gillian

gillian — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:37:11 +0000

Awesome race pics and congrats on your race!

I got my PR in the half-marathon in Madrid where they have km markers instead of mile markers. I didn’t have my Garmin then, but I checked my pace every kilometer. When I realized I was hitting them in about 5 minutes, I knew that would be a PR for me so I just held that pace. The key for me was not going out too fast and just maintaing a consistent pace. I was surprised with my time – I hadn’t done a half in 2.5 years and was just hoping to break 2 hours, but I ended up running a 1:44, shaving 3 minutes off my previous personal best.

Comment on Pasadena Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon Recap by leftcoastcontessa

leftcoastcontessa — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:20:46 +0000

I will redact “can’t win any” when they win one. I would LOVE to redact it.

Comment on Pasadena Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon Recap by leftcoastcontessa

leftcoastcontessa — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:20:17 +0000

Go cats! Also, just checked out your blog. I’ll def start following!

Comment on Pasadena Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon Recap by herrsolera

herrsolera — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:32:47 +0000

It’s nice to know that once you’ve developed a base fitness level, you can draw on it with little training later on. Welcome back to the crazy club!

Much love from a fellow Wildcat (’06).

Comment on Pasadena Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon Recap by LCCPops

LCCPops — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:47:21 +0000

Hey, watch that “can’t win any” thing. Congratulations on holding pace and pushing through.

Comment on Pasadena Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon Recap by gillian

gillian — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:23:49 +0000

Sounds like a great race! Congrats! And that’s awesome you made a friend DURING the race!

Comment on 11 things about me by Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday

Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:07:58 +0000

Gah, I feel the same way about Twilight. I truly have strong feelings against that book. I think it sends a terrible message about love to teenagers. The Hunger Games was awesome though.