I am running The Long Island Marathon’s 10K on Sunday!!! Last year I ran the 1/2 Marathon and scored my PR 1:54:36!!! Maybe next year I’ll run the Marathon! I am not looking to set a PR in this race but I would like to finish in under an hour!! Wish me luck!!! Are [...]
May 072012
Yesterday I ran the Long Island Marathon 10K with the hopes of finishing in under 1 hour. Guess what?!??! I did it!!! 55:41 officially!!!!
There were 1416 runners total and 883 females. I placed 256th overall, 15th in my age group and was the 87th female to cross the finish line! I am really proud of how well I did and only hope to keep improving my times from here on out!!!
Crystal picked me up for the race at 7am and the weather was perfect!! We made it to the start line with plenty of time to spare but not enough time to use the Porta Potty so Crystal was out of luck in that department.
Long lines!
Me and Crystal
Crystal and I lined up at the 9 minute mile mark and parted ways as soon as the race started. I finished about 30 minutes before Crystal So I had time to walk around and then catch a couple of pics of Crystal crossing the finish line. I also got see the 1st and 2nd place female winners of the Half-Marathon cross the finish line which was awesome!!! Congrats ladies!
Here are my splits for the race:
I am proud of every mile I did in this race. I started to slow in mile 4 but when I hit mile 5 the theme song to Rocky came on my iPod and it just motivated me to push harder!! I had the most amazing runner’s high after I crossed the finish line and I cannot wait for my next race! Next year I am toying with the idea of running the Long Island Marathon because I have completed the half and the 10K so the marathon distance is the last event plus it is a flat course which is perfect for me to achieve my goal of running a marathon in 4 hours. I will let you know what I decide after I run the NYC Marathon in November.
I am loving this medal!!!
Post run bliss!!!
Great race!! I got tons of compliments on my Sparkleskirt and my Team Tough Chik shirt throughout the race!! Sparkleskirts is by far the best running skirt I have ever worn!! The best part of the skirt is that the shorts underneath they do not ride up at all they stay in place during the entire run! If you are in the market for a running skirt then you check them out. (Check out my review here) Team Tough Chik has reopened their registration for the Spring and you can sign up until 5/13 so be sure to check them out!!!
I have been trying out Sharkies and used them during this race at mile 3 to refuel and energize!! I will be posting a full review and giveaway for them later this week!
Did you race this weekend? How did you do?
Sweat to Street Sundays is a fashion link-up hosted by some fabulous fellow FitFluential Ambassadors!!
Stop by and check out the fabulous hosts of this awesome link up:
- Family and Life in Las Vegas (Emily)
- Wild Things RUN Free (Charlotte)
- Running and Cupcakes (Samantha)
- MCM Mama (Erika)
- Boobs, Barbells, and Broccoli (Tenecia)
What is Sweat to Street exactly you ask?? Here is the description:
“Sweat to Street has been created as a place to link up your favorite outfits of the week as a new Sunday blog feature. The idea is to have some fun and change it up! Each week we encourage you to post one workout outfit and one outfit you wore that isn’t fitness related.”
Here is my street outfit:
Head to toe:
Apt 9 Utility Capri from Kohl’s
I decided to attend the Zella Day of Movement event at Nordstrom today for the primary purpose of getting an outfit for the Fitness Magazine Blogger Meet and Tweet I am attending on Wednesday thanks to FitFluential.
In addition to making new friends at this event I also found my official outfit for the Fitness Blogger Meet and Tweet!!! I will save this outfit for next week’s Sweat to Street post!!!
I first met Nicole a yoga instructor from Ajna Om Yoga that gave me some great tips on detoxifying our bodies via yoga!!! More to come on that topic in a future blog. It was nice to watch Nicole during the beginning of the event flowing through all the yoga poses! She moved between each pose with such a gracefulness that I hope to eventually achieve during my yoga practice.
I had the opportunity also to meet and hang out with a fellow FitFluential Ambassador Amanda from Happy Mother Runner. We had a great time trying on a bunch of different workout outfits with her friend as the best judge of what looked good and what didn’t!!!
Me and Amanda
The Zella collection at Nordstrom was awesome!! So awesome in fact I wanted to by absolutely everything!!!!
I ended up up buying a pair of short pants, a sports bra, 2 tops plus I got one top for free…Happy Mother’s Day to me!!!!
Here is one of the outfits I purchased:
Head to toe:
Zella top, sports bra and pants!!!
I loved the Zella active clothing line and will definitely be back to buy more when my budget permits!!!
What are you wearing this week?
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