Go Becky Go
This is not a weight loss blog, it's my blog and I talk about whatever I want including weight loss and food and boys and running and drinking and lots of pictures of myself. I have little to no filter when it comes to the things I say, I am kinda opinionated, so sometimes I'm awkward, but I'm pretty awesome.
Height: 5'1"
HW: 174 lbs
LW: 142 lbs (Sept/2011)
CW: 172.4 lbs (3/11/13)
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I got a boy in the same state as me!!!!
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Little late since my phone died right after I took this, but HE’S AN IRONMAN!!
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Sweet ending to a very excellent day…
Chocolate maple bacon cupcake.
Just one.
From Adonna’s bakery.
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Phone died!
Right after he finished. He did it!! Finished right around 12:40. He’s happy but hurting and dizzy and dry heaving :-/
but…
HES AN...
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Triathlete Tip:
Two summer shandy fit perfectly in here and no one is the wiser and its kept at a perfect temperature.
The more you know…
AHHH HAL HIGDON RESPONDED TO MY QUESTION.
Fangirling over here.
“I actually set the race’s masters record…” Oh Hal Higdon, you…
(Apparently, marathon training it is.)
From this morning.
Some things:
I’m on my 8th week of committing to my running schedule. 8th week! What!? I’ve literally never stuck so closely to my running plans before. I haven’t been perfect by any means, but I have still been running 6 times a week! I have yet to stick to the cycling that I’m supposed to do on rest days because I like actual rest, but maybe I’ll do it this week. Who knows.
I’m feeling much better today from yesterday. Not the happiest still but I talked to my non awful sister and after posting on here it felt good to at least let it out.
I ran this morning with my training group. And almost kept up with them! It was exciting.
This weekend, I have a big running weekend. I want to keep it a surprise until I actually do it. It’s not a big deal, but it’s like.. Hard.
I need to start figuring out my training schedule for the Ascent, because that beast of a race is gonna require a lot. Plus I’m running a marathon like two weeks after I do it (part of the Ascent training was gonna be just longer marathon training anyway to prepare for time I’ll be on my feet, but the marathon I’ll be doing is wayyyy flat and the Ascent is well, up a mountain).
So… Yeah.
This is a great opinion piece published in The Boston Globe that gets to the heart of what matters about the Marathon.
(via shortmom)
Explosions went off 30 seconds after Chris Rupe, M.D., finished his first Boston.
As Chris Rupe was reveling in having finished his first Boston Marathon in 4:09, a loud blast roared behind him.
“The explosion happened about 30 seconds after I crossed the finish line,” says the 35-year-old physician who was entered as a charity runner. “My first thought was that maybe there was structural damage, and that as a doctor, I could help.”
With his ears still ringing, Rupe, a surgeon with the Mowery Clinic in Salina, Kansas, made his way back onto the course toward the smoke.
It was a scene of shock, panic and devastation, he says. People were running in different directions, unsure of what to do, where to go.
Rupe scanned the street for injured runners.
A second blast went off.
He watched a group of marathoners sprint away from the scene, seeking safety. He hung back for a second, then continued moving into the crowd.
“I was thinking that something awful was happening,” Rupe says. “There were a ton of people, but it was also well controlled. First responders and Boston staff were already there clearing the area, trying to keep the calm.”
With Rupe looking for a way to help, an EMT directed him to the medical tent away from the finish line at the family meeting area.
Inside, he says, everyone seemed shocked. About 20 to 25 runners were being treated for dehydration and other running-related issues. Shrapnel from the blast had lodged into the arms and legs of a few runners. Rupe worked with the medical team to treat those injuries and prepare the patients for hospital transfer.Most people injured in the blasts were taken directly to hospitals rather than the medical tent, he says.
Runners and medical staff kept their eyes on the television screen inside the tent that just a half hour ealier had shown images of exhausted but exuberant marathon finishers. As they waited for news, the mood was tense, Rupe says, but there was also a spirit of cooperation.
“In terms of a tragedy, this is horrendous,” say Rupe. “But there was a lot people who helped and worked really hard to make sure that everybody that could be okay was going to be okay. I’m praying for those people who were horribly injured and hopefully they can make it through.”
At a time like this I really like reading stories like this about today.
Things that I think are cool: Shalane Flanagan, Kara Goucher, and Rick and Dick Hoyt are running (Dick Hoyt is 72!) today. That’s lots of cool people besides the people I know personally doing the race!
To my fellow Garmin users: Have you guys seen this?
Garmin Connect offers training programs. Fo’ free. Just go to plans and you just hit add to calendar once you select your goal race date and it can send the workouts you have to do to your garmin when you connect it and it tells you what to do. Whaaaaa.
Considering taking advantage of this.
Hey look there I am!
I feel like I made history by having my name in the book.
Yeah this is from the Chicago marathon. Whatever. Until I do my next race I’ll still be talking about this.
done.
way too exhausted to come up with anything more deep and meaningful than that.
39.3 miles. two days.
never been happier to finish a race in my life.
Bailee you’re fantastic!!
Woooooo!
I really want to do the WDW marathon/Goofy challenge.. Eventually.
Remember how I had that super attractive black toenail after the Chicago marathon?
Well, now, two months later, it finally (sort of)has come off!
Pictures below the cut because I’m an oversharer.
I apologize if for some reason there is no cut. Which if I go by my phone app, means hey everyone using the app will see the picture regardless woooo
Sorry about my gross foot on your dash, but I just removed the nail polish I had on my toes only to discover that my second toe is discolored? Is this what we runners call black toenails? Serious question. I hadn’t removed the nail polish since pre-Chicago so I’m thinking this may have been caused by the race.
So I finally uploaded my Chicago marathon splits. It’s obviously a bit off on the mileage but a 10:55 split on mile 14? Unheard of for me.
It’s really obvious though in my times when it was that I dropped off the 5:25 pace group after mile 17.
I’m still proud of myself for staying that long with the group, especially with my lack of training.
The timing numbers (more or less, the signal was off during the race):
Time:6:03:49
Moving Time:5:41:13
Avg Pace:13:25 min/mi
Avg Moving Pace:12:35 min/mi
My results for the race. I wanted sub-6 hours at least, but it just wasn’t in me. I was pretty proud of myself for staying with the 5:25 pace group for the first 17 miles though.
This makes me want to run another marathon, but train for it right.
But before I make that great decision mistake again, I’m going to work on some other stuff. Will specify later.
People at work keep asking me what “place” I got. When I say 34,971, they flip out. Hilarious.
