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Why do you run?
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Health, Happiness, Personal Sanity & for the new experience
that each marathon brings.
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Describe your best
marathon memory.
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Qualifying for Boston in Phoenix, AZ three months after open
heart surgery.
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Why do you pace?
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To help runners meet their goals. I use pacers when I have a personal time
goal and understand how helpful it is when you don’t have to worry about your
splits. Pacers offer a great
distraction and help runners stay motivated.
I LOVE helping other runners achieve their goals – almost as much as
achieving my own.
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Tell us your best
pacing experience.
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Flying Pig Marathon May 2008 – I finished within 30 seconds of
my goal time and had a core group of runners who started and finished with me
and were thrilled they reached their goal.
We had a lot of fun and finished strong!
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Why should someone run
in your pace group?
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It will be fun! I will
talk so you don’t have to. I will
offer tips and advice that you can use on marathon day and beyond. We will be a team and help each other
through when the going gets rough. If
you stay with me, you will finish in your goal time. If you don’t, you will still have completed
a marathon - and your medal will look the same as mine and the same as the
winner’s!
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Any tips for runners
about to join your group?
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Enjoy the experience. All
the hard work has been done in training.
Marathon day is time to reap the rewards!
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Anything else you’d
like to share?
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I didn’t start running until I was in my 40’s and now it’s
something I can’t imagine not doing.
My husband slows down to run with me occasionally, and we enjoy
traveling to marathons together. 2009
was my most rewarding running year. I
ran with my oldest son in his first marathon in January and then again when
he broke the 4 hr. mark in October. I
had my best pacing experience in Cincinnati in May. I also paced a close friend and veteran of
20+ marathons to her first sub 4 hr. marathon in November.
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