Just a quick check-in before I get to work packing for Boise. The Whidbey Half Marathon came and went successfully, and my cold abated enough that it was not a major factor. The course was, however, considerably harder (more and steeper hills) than last year! My time reflected that. I am waiting for the chip times to be posted in hopes that I might squeak under two hours... but as of now my finish time on the clock was 2:02:22. No point in complaining, "it is what it is," as they say.
I do want to spend a lot more time writing about the Whidbey experience, but I'll wait until I get my pictures up and have a little more free time on my hands. That will probably be in Boise, because what am I going to do for almost three days waiting for the race on Saturday? I plan to go for a run tomorrow morning before I leave (assuming I get up early enough), and maybe another light run in Boise on Thursday, but obviously I can't be wearing myself out. And I don't want to spend a lot of money shopping... so that leaves reading and writing for me!
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I can fly, or I can run
Halfway on Whidbey (the first half of my first half) - a glorious run, and my half marathon PR (1:54:30) until the Anacortes Art Dash on 8/1/09!
Random ramblings about running and life....
Runner Girl
I can fly, or I can run
I Am a Runner Girl
But now my task is smoothly done,
I can fly, or I can run
Quickly to the green earth’s end,
. . .
And from thence can soar as soon
To the corners of the moon.
Mortals that would follow me,
Love virtue, she alone is free.
John Milton
I can fly, or I can run
Quickly to the green earth’s end,
. . .
And from thence can soar as soon
To the corners of the moon.
Mortals that would follow me,
Love virtue, she alone is free.
John Milton
About Me
- Kristin
- Avid antique shopper and garden lover, runner, walker, skier, and yoga & pilates devotee. Frequent traveller to England. Voracious reader of literary fiction, travel memoirs, self-help books, mysteries, garden & decorating books, and a wide variety of magazines (Runner's World, Oprah, Prevention, More, Glamour, as well as stacks of gossip mags while at the Y). I also have a weakness for contemporary Brit-lit (Bridget Jones and sistren) and sweeping English sagas (e.g. Rosamunde Pilcher novels). English major in my former life. I love sweet peas, David Austin English roses, old houses, antique silver, china and glassware, the Cotswolds, chocolate, scones with jam & clotted cream, and Jane Austen novels. When I grow up (or in my next life) I would like to own a tea room and antiques shop, but for now I just visit as many as I can.
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- Sun Mountain Lodge to Winthrop
- Boston
- The next time
- Race to Robie Creek—April 19, 2008
- Whidbey Island Half Marathon—April 13, 2008
- Halfway there
- Marathon week begins
- Big runs coming up
- Running and weight
- Tulip Run 2008
- Watch this!
- Shamrock Run pictures (I really was there)
- Run Fatboy Run!
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Kristin's 2012 Races
- 12/1/12, Jingle Bell Run 5K (almost), Mount Vernon, WA, 25:xx
- 11/25/12, Seattle Half Marathon, 2:10:52
- 11/18/12, Green Lake Gobble 5K, Seattle, WA, 26:31
- 11/10/12, Fowl Fun Run 10K, Mount Vernon, WA, 54:10
- 11/04/12, Get Your Rear in Gear for Colon Cancer 5K, Redmond, WA, 26:31
- 10/28/12, YMCA Fall Fun Run 5K, Monroe, WA, 26:22
- 10/22/12, Goblin Gallop 5K, Redmond, WA, 26:45
- 10/14/12, Poulsbo Half Marathon, 2:12:57
- 10/7/12, Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN, 4:59:21
- 9/30/12, Bellingham Bay Half Marathon, 2:06:59
- 9/8/12, McKenzie River Trail Run, 50K, Blue River, OR, 8:13:11
- 8/19/12, Mud and Chocolate Summer Trail Run, Half Marathon, Samammish, WA, 2:45:08
- 8/4/12, Grand Ridge Trail Half Marathon, Issaquah, WA, 3:16:49
- 7/28/12, Anacortes Art Dash Half Marathon, 2:05:23
- 7/15/12, Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon, North Bend, WA, 4:49:24
- 7/7/12, Lord Hill Trail Run, 20-mile, Snohomish, WA, 5:15:32
- 7/4/12, Yankee Doodle Dash 10K, 52:17
- 7/1/12, Start of Summer Trail Half Marathon, Rattlesnake Ridge, Snoqualmie, WA, 2:53:58
- 6/24/12, Scotiabank Vancouver Half Marathon, Vancouver, BC, 2:03:32
- 6/23/12, Seattle R 'n' R Half Marathon, Seattle, WA, 2:00:23
- 6/16/12, Berry Dairy Days Half Marathon, Burlington, WA, 2:03:59
- 6/9/12, Berry Run 5K, Marysville, WA, 24:35
- 6/5/12, Grand Ridge Trail Run, 5.3 miles, Issaquah, WA, 1:02:23
- 6/2/12, Xterra Lord Hill Trail Half Marathon, Snohomish, WA, 2:41:41
- 5/20/12, Portland Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon, Portland, OR, 1:59:18
- 5/12/12, Inspiring Hope 10K, Mukilteo, WA, 52:45
- 5/6/12, Bloomsday 12K, Spokane, WA, 1:06:01
- 4/29/12, Eugene Marathon, Eugene, OR, 4:21:09
- 4/21/12, Magnuson Runs Earth Day 5K, Seattle, WA, 24:40
- 4/15/12, Whidbey Island Half Marathon, Oak Harbor, WA, 1:59:19
- 4/7/12, Tulip Run 5-mile, Burlington, WA, 42:00
- 3/31/12, Birch Bay 30K, Birch Bay, WA, 3:05:08
- 3/25/12, Mercer Island Half Marathon, Mercer Island, WA, 1:59:44
- 3/18/12, Shamrock Run 15K, Portland, WA, 1:23:59
- 3/10/12, Lake Sammamish Half Marathon, Issaquah & Redmond, WA, 2:03:35
- 2/25/12, Smelt Run 10K, LaConner, WA, 52:42
- 2/19/12, Birch Bay Half Marathon, Birch Bay, WA, 2:03:54
- 2/11/12, Valentine's Day Dash 5K, Seattle, WA, 25:55
- 1/14/12, Nookachamps Half Marathon, Burlington, WA, 2:14:55
- 1/8/12, Lake Samish Half Marathon, Bellingham, WA, 2:08:20
Kristin's 2011 Races
- 12/11/11, Tucson Marathon, Tucson, AZ, 4:24:32
- 12/4/11, Rock 'n' Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon, Las Vegas, NV, 2:07:20
- 10/30/11, Fall Classic 5K, Monroe, WA, 25:52
- 10/16/11, Poulsbo Half Marathon, Poulsbo, WA, 2:09:56
- 10/9/11, Portland Marathon, Portland, OR, 4:15:33
- 9/25/11, Bellingham Bay Half Marathon, Bellingham, WA, 1:58:02
- 9/10/11, Fairhaven Waterfront 15K, Bellingham, WA, 1:20:18
- 8/21/11, Mud and Chocolate Trail Half Marathon, Redmond, WA, 2:35:xx
- 8/20/11, Ann Jackson Memorial 5K, Burlington, WA, 25:02
- 8/6/11, River & Rails 10K, Arlington, WA, 50:48
- 7/30/11, Anacortes Art Dash Half Marathon, Anacortes, WA, 1:55:04
- 7/23/11, River Run 8K, Snohomish, WA, 39:31, PR
- 7/10/11, Langley Half Marathon, Langley, WA, 1:59:08
- 7/4/11, Yankee Doodle Dash 10K, Everett, WA, 51:13
- 6/25/11, Seattle Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon, Seattle, WA, 1:55:02
- 6/18/11, Scott Skiles Memorial 5K, Lakewood, WA, 26:59
- 5/21/11, Seattle's Best 15K, Seattle, WA, 1:21:20
- 5/14/11, Have a Heart 10K, Mount Vernon, WA, 52:51
- 5/8/11, Heroes Half Marathon, Everett, WA, 1:55:10
- 5/1/11, Lilac Bloomsday 12K, Spokane, WA, 1:04:55, PR
- 4/18/11, Boston Marathon, Boston, MA, 4:34:08
- 4/10/11, Whidbey Island Half Marathon, Oak Harbor, WA, 2:00:10
- 4/2/11, Race Judicata 5K, Seattle, WA, 24:47
- 3/26/11, Birch Bay 30K, Blaine, WA, 2:56:23
- 3/13/11, Shamrock Run 15K, Portland, OR, 1:23:42
- 2/12/11, Valentine's Day Dash 5K, Seattle, WA, 25:26
- 1/23/11, Maui Waterfront Half Marathon, Lahaina, HI, 2:06:32
- 1/15/11, Nookachamps Half Marathon, Mount Vernon, WA, 2:11:28
- 1/8/11, Lake Samish Half Marathon, Bellingham, WA, 2:06:40
- 1/1/11, First Call Half Marathon, Bothell, WA, 2:03:50
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Recipes and Food Stuff
- Beet Chips
- Berry Smoothie
- Chocolate Pumpkin Loaf
- Couscous with Saffron and Zucchini (Barefoot Contessa)
- Cucumber and Black Pea Salad
- Curried Vegetable Stew
- Delicata Rings
- Delicata Squash Oven Fries
- Eggplant Delight
- Eggplant Spread and Dip
- For love of bread
- Fresh Pear Cake
- Funfetti Cookies
- Grilled Marinated Eggplant
- Harvest Pear Crisp
- How to peel squash
- Kabocha Squash Pasta
- Kabocha Squash Soup
- Mustard Roasted Fish
- Oat Pancakes (Brancakes)
- Oven Roasted Broccoli
- Raspberry Applesauce Jello (sugarfree)
- Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Rosemary
- Sandwich Thins
- Smitten Kitchen's Spaghetti with Chickpeas
- Spinach Cherry Salad with Cherry Vinaigrette
- Summer Squash Stuffed with Rice and Sausage
- Summer Tomato Cocktail Sauce
- Sweet Potato Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
- Tomato Sauce Palomino Style
- Two Ingredient Pumpkin Cake
- Upside-down Pear Cake
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Whidbey Island Half Marathon 2007
Halfway on Whidbey (the first half of my first half) - a glorious run, and my half marathon PR (1:54:30) until the Anacortes Art Dash on 8/1/09!
2 comments:
Hey Runner Girl,
I found your site a few months ago whilst randomly googling for information on the Whidbey half. Until Sunday I hadn't run a competitive race since the 8th grade (and I was a very mediocre 400m runner at that), but I'd been running more recreationally, and I thought I was ready for a new challenge.
My primary goal was just to finish and thanks to some good hill training, I was able beat my time goal too. Anyway, I just wanted to thank you for blogging about your running and training experiences. I'll definitely keep reading too as I begin to think about training for a full marathon in the fall.
Hi Laxtosnoco,
Thanks for reading! I'm glad you had a good time at Whidbey. I admire your determination at planning a full marathon! (I don't think I will ever be doing that.) I hope you got some good photos to commemorate your Whidbey run - I thought the race photographer did a really nice job and I'm quite pleased with mine. Do keep in touch. (I hope my long posts don't drive you crazy!)
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