Sunday, January 15, 2012

Houston Marathon: Quick Recap

I will write a real blog post later--I'm about to go eat some serious Mexican food with John and Rosann, some of my best friends from college/Houston days.

I'm still on my journey to a Boston Qualifying time, but the Houston Marathon was another step in the right direction: a six-minute PR, lowering my best marathon time to 3:53:28. When the sun rose this morning, I thought I would weep at the finish with anything less than a BQ by 39 (my 39th birthday is this coming Saturday). But there's a reason I gave myself two years for this goal. I look at where I was one year ago and feel proud and grateful. The BQ will come, perhaps this fall.

Race recap to come! Thank you to everyone who supported me in person and virtually for this race. I thought of all of you by name as I ran. I did not walk. I did not bonk. I ran strong. Thank you again. And I'm looking forward to planning my Spring of Speed--more on that to come, too.

24 comments:

  1. Woohoo! Fantastic job Terzah! I was thinking of you today. Be proud of that fabulous performance!!

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  2. What an awesome perspective, and an amazing race! No walking, no bonking, and well on your way to that bq. I saw you go by at mile 26 and looking strong! I yelled as loud as I could, but unfortunately, that's not very loud. :) Loved meeting you and Kathy!! Safe travels home tomorrow!

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  3. YAYYY congrats on a fabulous PR! I thought about you today and I am so proud of you for your success!!

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  4. So proud of you! What a wonderful long weekend! Some girls go to Vegas to party, we go to Houston to gape and run! Wouldn't have it any other way!!!

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  5. Great job on your PR and not bonking! So happy for you! I can't wait to hear about your spring of speed!

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  6. Fantastic! You will BQ in the fall! Last spring I ran a 3:52 and then went on to run a 3:43 in the fall and BQ. You can absolutely do it!!!!

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  7. That is awesome! Congrats on your new PR! Sounds like you had a great race and I'm looking forward to hearing about it!

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  8. A 6 minPR is huge! You're so moving in the right direction...and when you get to the top of that mountain, what a glorious thing it'll be. :)

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  9. Wow, that's a great PR! You are now officially faster than me at 26.2 :)

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  10. Great job, Terzah! A 6 minute PR is quite an accomplishment! That BQ will be yours soon! You can - and will - do it!!!!!!

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  11. Swwwweeeet!!! I knew the PR was in you and you had the right confidence to get it! Thanks for all the text updates, I was so excited to hear the news! Enjoy your victory, can't wait for all the details (hope we can get together soon and hear them all in person :)). YOU ROCK!!!!!!

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  12. Yipee! I was tracking you and was so happy to see such a HUGE PR! Congrats, girlfriend. Now go celebrate!!

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  13. Amazing job! I have no doubt you'll bq this year....no doubts at all!

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  14. Woohoo! Awesome! I was thinking of you when I was running. New you would do great!

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  15. Fantastic job on the 6 min PR. That is really good. Sounds like the falls is yours!

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  16. I'm so, so proud of you for runnng strong and not giving up. Congrats again, cannot wait for the full report. Rest up and recover well.

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  17. you were the first thing I thought of this morning - awesome job on the PR! you are heading in the right direction...love your upbeat attitude and perseverance! glad to hear you ran strong! :)

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  18. Even w/ the craziness of my son's birthday events today, I thought of you several times this morning! Ironically, we also celebrated w/ some "serious Mexican food"! I'm thrilled for your victory & looking forward to details. Now, get some "Serious" well-deserved R&R!

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  19. This is so awesome! You are almost there! Fantastic job...congratulations!

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  20. Congrats on a great race! Looking forward to reading your recap and perspective on the race!

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  21. Congratulations Terzah, and onward! Glad you had a good race, that's awesome!

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  22. Awesome job on the PR!! Great steady progress; you absolutely will get your BQ in the future. Of this I am certain. :-)

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  23. So excited for you and your new PR! It was great to meet you this weekend- glad you were able to use that press pass and hear some really inspirational words. The story of Dathan's wife and family brought tears to my eyes. I don't think I would have been as patient as she was- I think I would have shoved the stroller into the guard and found my husband! (He was indeed crying- it was on the broadcast later that afternoon- felt terrible for him.)
    I'm looking for a "next BQ race" myself...win some, lose some...

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