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Celebrating Mother’s Day with a PR!

May 9, 2010 by MCM Mama 35 Comments

Of course, never having run a Quarter Marathon before, I was guaranteed a PR today LOL.

After a night of virtually no sleep (thanks to insomnia and Jones), I got up at 4 am to be at the race to volunteer at 6am.  It was about 50 degrees and majorly windy, so I was pretty chilly in my shorts and long sleeve tech shirt with a short sleeve tech shirt over the top.  When I got to the race, I got warmed up by unloading a bunch of the metal barriers to make the finishers’ chute and protect the timing tent.  Unfortunately, I then spent the next hour at the bag drop and was so cold I was having trouble holding the markers to write on the bags.  I nearly decided to run with the long sleeve shirt on, but one of the guys there convinced me that I’d be too warm.  Of course, that meant I had to strip down to my running bra and then just put one shirt back on.  Pretty sure that didn’t help with the being cold issue!

I met up with a bunch of friends and planned to go slowly.  But we all know about the “best laid plans”.  I ended up getting separated from the mom I going to run with and ended up with a different mom, who was running a bit faster.  We did the first mile in 9:14.  Oops.  Hmm, better slow down.  We finished mile 2 in 9:13.  Crap.  Really better slow down (although, honestly, I was feeling awesome and wasn’t working all that hard.)  I let my friend move ahead while I walked through the water stop.  I figured now that I was by myself, I could slow down.  I tried to run easy, but every time I looked at Garmin, it was saying 8 something or 9 something.  I finished mile 3 in 9:15.  At this point, I decided to call it a tempo run and just go with it.  Mile 4 was 8:56.  Mile 5 was 9:04.  Oddly, I didn’t feel like I was working all that hard.   Somewhere in mile 6 I came upon my friend.  This is where I would have normally started really picking it up, but I decided to keep running easy with her and we finished that mile in 9:23.   We took it easy for another quarter mile or so, but then I convinced her to pick up the pace.  Bad friend that I am, I ditched her at the very end to fly across the finish line.  Why?  Because there were two guys running just ahead of me and I couldn’t resist “chicking” them.  Final time: 1:00:##.  It was probably a good thing I never looked at Garmin towards the end or I might have hurt myself trying to break an hour.  Now I just have to hope that my speedier than planned race doesn’t hurt me next weekend.

All in all, it was a great race, despite the wind that we hit on the last mile.  As soon as I was done, I raced home, grabbed a quick shower, and headed to church for Jones’ First Communion.  From runner to mother in no time flat.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the awesome moms I know!

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  1. misszippy says

    May 9, 2010 at 9:55 pm

    Great job! It was SO windy today. Great way to spend your mother's day.

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  2. Jamie says

    May 9, 2010 at 10:08 pm

    Happy mother's day! Great job on the quarter marathon! I think you are going to rock the marathon next week.

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  3. RunningLaur says

    May 9, 2010 at 10:16 pm

    Happy Mother's Day to you! Congrats on the speedy run – sounds like a great boost before the marathon. Can't wait to see you soon!

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  4. Barefoot AngieB says

    May 9, 2010 at 10:21 pm

    Sounds like you have been having a great day!! Happy Mothers day to you!!

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  5. Mel-2nd Chances says

    May 9, 2010 at 10:34 pm

    Happy MOther's day and congrats on the PR!! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  6. Marlene says

    May 9, 2010 at 11:21 pm

    When you're feeling good, somwtimes you just have to go with it! Congrats on a great race!

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  7. Char says

    May 9, 2010 at 11:29 pm

    LOL – love beating the boys. You scrub up pretty well.

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  8. Julie says

    May 10, 2010 at 12:12 am

    You did great! Congrats to you! I love the pictures:) I have a feeling that you are going to do so well next weekend! You are for sure ready for your marathon! Happy Mother's Day!

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  9. Lisa says

    May 10, 2010 at 12:14 am

    Happy Mothers Day!And congratulations on a well done race!

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  10. Lisa says

    May 10, 2010 at 12:14 am

    Happy Mothers Day!And congratulations on a well done race!

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  11. wendy_kresha@charter.net says

    May 10, 2010 at 12:22 am

    OMG!!! What a great race! You'll do awesome next week! Happy Mother's Day : )

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  12. ajh says

    May 10, 2010 at 12:30 am

    A busy mother's day! Good job on the quarter marathon!

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  13. Anne says

    May 10, 2010 at 12:34 am

    Happy Mother's Day and congrats on a great race!!!

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  14. TMB @ RACING WITH BABES says

    May 10, 2010 at 12:54 am

    Great race! Congrats!!

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  15. Heather says

    May 10, 2010 at 1:14 am

    Love the blue race shirts. Congrats on the race – perfect mother's day!

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  16. AM-GoalsfortheWeek! says

    May 10, 2010 at 3:17 am

    love it! from mother to runner in no time flat. now that's a great line;-)

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  17. Sarah says

    May 10, 2010 at 3:44 am

    Wow…you volunteered and then ran it too! happy Mother's Day to you!!!

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  18. Michelle says

    May 10, 2010 at 10:28 am

    Awesome job! Congratulations!Great pictures – you look great!Happy Mother's Day!

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  19. Jamoosh says

    May 10, 2010 at 10:38 am

    Congrats on setting the bar with that first PR!

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  20. Bethany + Ryan says

    May 10, 2010 at 10:54 am

    Happy mothers day! Congrats on ur PR! Everytime u post a picture of urself u r thinner than the one before!! Enjoy ur week of rest! ๐Ÿ™‚

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  21. Laura says

    May 10, 2010 at 12:10 pm

    Great job…quarter marathon? Hmmmm I like the sounds of that.

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  22. Marci says

    May 10, 2010 at 12:16 pm

    I was volunteering at one of the aid stations and thought I saw you but wasn't sure if it was you. Congrats on the race yesterday!

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  23. Xenia says

    May 10, 2010 at 1:08 pm

    Happy mother's day and congrats on a speedy race. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  24. Amy says

    May 10, 2010 at 3:45 pm

    Sounds like a great pre-marathon race! Well done!

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  25. Miriam of Filly Runner says

    May 10, 2010 at 5:55 pm

    I really admire all the moms out there who balance their running with their family. They deserve an extra special mothers day. SuperMoms!

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  26. The Happy Runner says

    May 10, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    "From runner to mother in no time flat." Love it!Great job ๐Ÿ™‚

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  27. Erica says

    May 10, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Great Job!!! and pop on over to my blog you won something!

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  28. Katie A. says

    May 10, 2010 at 6:59 pm

    Love the runner to mother change up ๐Ÿ™‚ Happy First Communion!Nice job on the run – don't freat about it for next week – you're going to do great!

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  29. Jess says

    May 10, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    Awesome job!

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  30. Rad Runner says

    May 10, 2010 at 11:41 pm

    Awesome way to spend a day dedicated to you!

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  31. Tricia says

    May 10, 2010 at 11:56 pm

    Awesome!

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  32. Hannah says

    May 11, 2010 at 12:00 am

    What a perfect way to spend Mother's Day – yahoo for your PR! Glad to hear your day was great – and way to rock that race. Gotta love days when you just feel fabulous. Way to go!

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  33. Jill says

    May 11, 2010 at 12:12 am

    Hey, a PR is a PR, way to go!!! ๐Ÿ™‚ Sounds like the perfect Mother's Day, glad you enjoyed it so!!

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  34. Lindsay says

    May 11, 2010 at 3:34 am

    Congrats on the PR! What a great way to spend mothers day!

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  35. inspiREDtorun13 says

    May 12, 2010 at 4:50 am

    Aww!Just another day in the life I guess ๐Ÿ˜‰ Hope in addition to the great run you had a great Mother's Day!

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