9 PRs may sound impressive… so may running my two fastest marathons, ever, within 3 weeks of each other… or maybe the 10th consecutive USATF-NE Ironrunner. But the impressive numbers only tell part of the story.
2009 got me away from MVS stress, club politics, extensive array of meetings, committees, volunteer expectations, pressure regarding my personal choice of crosstraining. We could just run with Goon Squad and GTD... and that is what we did... hard, fast, focused & passionately.
I was secretly attempting to pull off my first sub 3:30 marathon and asked PRof to put together my program. Doc jokes that there is GTD Level 1 and Level 2, but I get "Goat Level" program. In other words, Goatie doesn't time daily runs, tries to tack on extra miles, needs a kick in the a$$ for secondaries, does long runs too close to track workout... did I mention Goaties devise their own secondaries, pick-up sessions and try to run Mt Washington too?
To PRof, it's no problem at all.
With the aggressive marathon goal, PRof began putting the components in place early in the year... then, a whole bunch of PRs started happening. Derry, Amherst, Mt. Washington, Hollis 5K… there were big deal, surprising breakthroughs. Here's a look at some of it:
2009 got me away from MVS stress, club politics, extensive array of meetings, committees, volunteer expectations, pressure regarding my personal choice of crosstraining. We could just run with Goon Squad and GTD... and that is what we did... hard, fast, focused & passionately.
I was secretly attempting to pull off my first sub 3:30 marathon and asked PRof to put together my program. Doc jokes that there is GTD Level 1 and Level 2, but I get "Goat Level" program. In other words, Goatie doesn't time daily runs, tries to tack on extra miles, needs a kick in the a$$ for secondaries, does long runs too close to track workout... did I mention Goaties devise their own secondaries, pick-up sessions and try to run Mt Washington too?
To PRof, it's no problem at all.
With the aggressive marathon goal, PRof began putting the components in place early in the year... then, a whole bunch of PRs started happening. Derry, Amherst, Mt. Washington, Hollis 5K… there were big deal, surprising breakthroughs. Here's a look at some of it:
PR’s
Boston Prep 16 miler, 7:54 pace (10 minutes faster than previous best)
Amherst 10 miler 1:14:53 (previous best 1:15:16)
Bedford 12K 54:10 (previous best 55:10)
Hollis Fast 5K 19:58 (previous best 21:04 at Hollis course)
Mt Washington 1:41:03 (previous best 1:43:28)
Yankee 10 miler 1:14:09 (previous best 1:14:53 Amherst above)
CHaD Half Marathon 1:35:41, 3rd master, 6th woman (previous best 1:40:44)
Lone Gull 10K 43:04 (previous best 47:15)
Clarence Demar Marathon 3:27:32, 3rd master, 7th woman (previous best 3:31:59)
Other Good Races, but not PRs
SEA 5K – 7th woman, 3rd division
Rhody 5K 21:16 (previous best 21:57 non-Hollis 5K)
Baystate Marathon 3:31:35 (second fastest marathon ever)
(Photo from CHaD Half Marathon finish)
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