Patty's Learning to Run!: Races

First

Just the beginning

Second

Silver Strand Half Marathon 2011

November 13th

My First Half Marathon

Sitting in my Highlander nervous as hell!

Dog's Beach in Coronado, California

I've heard about people wearing trash bags.

Prerace jitters

Yipee! My first bling!

Age Division: 88th

Overall: 1784 over 3,000 runners

Chip time: 2:17:25

Pace: 10:30

Third
Carlsbad Half Marathon 2012
January 22nd

Nervous nelly and headband squishing my forehead.

Loads of runners making it hard to maintain pace.

Thanks guys! I can't even imagine the chafing you experienced.

Love the personal touch on bib.

Bling!

Post runner's high!

Overall: 3885 out of 7290

Women: 1853 out of 4294

F40-44: 292 out of 665

Age/Grade: 51:50% Place: 3196

Finish/Tag time: 2:14:53 Pace: 10:18

Split Time 7mile: 1:11:50 Pace: 10:16

Fourth

March 11, 2012 Inaugural San Diego Half Marathon @PetCo Park

Nice Gear!

Cheese!

About 2 miles into race.

That's me on the right very sweaty!

Nice Bling a ling!

Overall: 3133 out of 5436

Women: 1460 out of 3091

F 40-44: 208 out of 418

Age/Grade 51.92% Pace: 2384

Finish: 2:14:52 Pace: 10:18

Tag Time: 2:14:52

Gun Time 2:24:04

Split Times: 5 Km: 30:36 Pace: 9:55

3.7 mi: 37.01 Pace: 10:01

10 Km: 1:02:14 Pace: 10:01

15 Km: 1:36:28 Pace: 10:21

Fifth

Hot Chocolate 15k San Diego

March 25th, 2012

Cheese!

Just a jacket & no bling

Nice post race sugar high.

We're still smiling. I'll definately do this race again!

Time: 1:32:07

Pace: 09:53

Overall 1167 out of 2675

Age/Group: 98 out of 278

Sex: 743 out of 2017

Sixth

SoCal Wine Country Women's Half Marathon 2012

Temecula Vail Lake

aka My First TRAIL RUN

June 23, 2012

Generic bib so my daughter decorated it for me!

Nervous Smiles.

She's a very smart trail runner.

The first time I've seen these. I figured out why she was wearing them later on in the race.

This was my first trail run and an ass kicker!

Cute Bling.

Over All: 118

Time: 2:43:34

Pace: 12:30

Seventh

Camp Pendleton Heartbreak Ridge Half Marathon

September 8th, 2012
All Fire/Dirt Roads

Prerace photo

My time vs the time posted.

Love the technical shirt.

Really I'm running!

It's was hard!

Hills are killer! Running buddy Ann makes it look easy.

I'm not showing it but I really am happy...to be finish!

It was so hot!

Time: 2:30:01

Overall: 836 out of 1163

Age group: 21 out of 37

Eighth

Malibu International Marathon 2012

November 11th

My First Full Marathon!!!

Gear/bib pick up at Malibu Beach Inn

Very Californian, carefree, and laid back. Nice use of magic marker!

Love the free beer!

Our teeth are chattering. It's 45 degrees. Race had late start.

It's really a talent to run and take pictures of what is behind you!

Mile 5

Finshed and over joyed! Thanks Ann!

Trying to operate my phone. Funny how motor skills don't function well after a marathon.

Recovery then onto the next.

Official Time: 4:56:48

Overall: 467 out of 658

Age group: 28 out 45

Ninth

Temecula Turkey Trot Cougar Winery 2012

November 24th

Cotton T-shirt

Son and Mom!

Son ran 5k. Time: 024:32, 22nd out of 397, 4th place in age group

Mom ran 10k. Time: 1:03:00, 118 out of 201, 6th place in age group

Tenth

Carlsbad Marathon January 27, 2013

Bib pick up was easy & well organized.

Look a running nun!

Cold & raining. I don't want to give up my base layer :(

Feverish and sick, but I finished.

Thanks Ann for all your support!

Bling!

Overall: 1141 out of 1451

Women: 420 out 605

F 40-44: 67 out 100

Age/Grade: 48.49% Place 922

Finish 5:07:47 Pace 11:45

Tag Time: 5:07:47

Gun Time: 5:08:54

Love this race has splits. Wish they were better:

9.4 mi: 1:43:22 Pace: 11:00

13.8 mi: 2:29.37 Pace 10:51

18.0mi: 3:31:19 Pace 11:12

19.9mi: 3:43:34 Pace 11:15

Eleventh

San Dieguito Half Marathon 2013

February 10th

aka My Birthday Race!

Yeah it's got some hills!

Race day prep.

What every crazy runner needs for her birthday!

On the back it reads: If you read the entire front of this shirt before passing me you win a prize!

Hehehe juuuuust kidding!

The heaviest bling yet!

13.2 miles in 2:25:06 pace: 11:11

Age Group: 60 out 80

Overall: 954 out 1118

Twelfth

La Jolla Half Marathon 2013

April 28th

Hill workout for Boston prior to race

Bib Pick up at Road Runner Sports

Stay Strong Boston

Night before prepping gear.

Mac Cheesing before the race. Great shot of my mommy muffin top :)~

La Jolla Half allows monkeys and their banana to run.

Yippee we did it! Thanks La Jolla

Overall: 4153 out of 5392

Women: 1838 out of 2697

F 45-49: 180 out of 276

Age/Grade 47:51% Place 3453

Finish: 2:28:43 Pace 11:21

Gun Time: 2:41:19

Thirteenth

Girls On the Go Half Marathon 2013

May 11th

Had to remind myself on Friday to pick up my bib!

Expo?

Cute tank :)

The flattest course I've ever ran!

Um...stretching and killing time.

About 300 half marathon runners.

Mac Cheeeeeese before race.

And more cheeeeese after race. It was hot :(

It's a small race but good for tempo training!

Bling!

Time: 2:23:00

Pace: 10:55/M

Overall Place: 204/386

Age Group Place: 182/355

Fourteenth

Rock and Roll San Diego Half Marathon 2013

June 2nd

Pink Tutu for Rock & Roll!

Cops on Roof Tops

This by far is the biggest race I've ever ran! The Half Marathon was crowded!

Bling!

Overall: 10814 out of 18072

Division 391 out of 931

Gender: 5579 out of 11042

Pace: 1106

Chip: 2:25:27

Fifteenth

Coronado Independence Day 15k 2013

July 4th

Beautiful Morning

Morning mac cheese!

Waiting for race to start.

over 900 runners!

End of race and still smiling!

Nice Surprise!

Time: 1:41:49

Pace: 10:47

Gender: 51/59

Place: 836 out of 964

Sixteenth

Nike Women's San Francisco Marathon 2013

October 20th

Yippee I'm done!

My name is way up there.

There it is!

Was I really that excited?

Me and my running friend Ann

He can't believe I have bigger arms than him!

It was 56 degrees and my hands were frozen!

My course times played out as:
Over Place: 3745/4364
Chips Time: 5:56:16
Pace 13.36
Women 45-49 place: 271/313
5k: 36:36
10k: 1:15:30
15k: 1:55:55
21k: 2:46:33
25k: 3:17:25
30k: 3:59:10
35k: 4:47:50
40k: 5:37:57

Seventeenth

Colby 1 mile Walk Owasso, Oklahoma 2013

November 2nd

Owasso is beautiful in the fall!

This benefit is about family. My sister and I exchanged ornaments the morning of the race.

My mom, Sue, & sister, Sally!

Sally and I ready to go :)

Eighteenth

Coronado Valentine's Day 10k 2014

February 16th

Bib pick up at Gordon Biersch in Mission Valley

Wish it was a biodegradable or reusable bag

My first time using this type of timing chip.

Check out website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GclTDmP_45M

The Overall time is listed as first to finish regardless of Gun Time.

I don't like this way of Timing.

Tada! Cut off the extra.

Long sleeve technical shirt. I also got $5 Biersch Bucks.

Gear prep. Cute bibs.

Adorable candy hearts are mile markers.

Don't be fooled by the weather.

It's going to get HOT fast!

Pre race mac cheese!

There are 861 runners for 10k.

Post race salty smile!

Happy to be racing. Nice flat course!

Bling!

Gun Time: 1:11:37

Chip Time: 1:10:23

Pace: 11:17

Overall: 606 out of 861 (based on Gun Time)

Gender: 330 (based on Gun Time)

Age: 34 (based on Chip Time)

Nineteenth

Temecula St. Patrick 15k

March 16th, 2014

Run through wine country! Super hilly course

It's almost 80 degrees by the time the race starts.

Race theme was Go Green 2014!

Bring your own shirt for stencil that stopped working.

Post race mac cheese & I found the shade again!

Cute stemless wine glass!

Time: 1:53:15

Overall: 107 of 167

Gender: 65 of 115

Age: 3rd of 5

Twentieth

So Cal Ragnar

April 4th - 5th, 2014

Leg 12

Heading to Irvine in Van 2

Meet the Running Turdles!

Team Captain & Turdles waiting to check in.

Van art!

Waiting for 6th runner to arrive to begin our race!

1st time these guys have met! Thank goodness for the numbers.

Our Leg 7 runner has started. We're waiting for Van 1 to arrive.

Run, Rest, Repeat.

Awesome view heading into our final legs!

Feeling refreshed with new chonies & brushed sweaters off teeth!

I was told it's tradition to get pick of last mile marker.

All the Running Turdles join me for last few yards to finish line!

Such a wonderful experience!

Thanks Turdles for making it an amazing race!

Leg 12: 6.66 Ragnar Miles, 10:41 Ragnar Pace

My Garmin without pausing: 6.73 Miles, 11:14 Pace

Leg 24: 4.89 Ragnar Miles, 10:38 Ragnar Pace
My Garmin without pausing: 4.88 Miles, 10:55 Pace
Leg 36: 5.41 Ragnar Miles, 11: 29 Ragnar Pace
My Garmin without pausing: 5.5 Miles, 11:05 Pace

Twenty First

Avocado Half Marathon

April 12th, 2014