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Posts before this one: A Running Engagement / Engagement Pictures / I get married today!!! / A PR Wedding!
Oh, sorry this took a bit. It’s been 3 weeks?!?! Time files! Anyway, I am assuming you’ll think there is a LOT of pictures here but you have no idea how much I (and our AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHER RICHIE HILDEBRAND) struggled to select just a few. Seriously. He’s truly amazing. I have no idea how to get down to 100 or 200 pictures from 4 or 5 hours of pictures, which if you know me, was probably around 3 million pictures… Thanks Richie for the patience… you’re a SAINT.
Anyway, our ceremony would start around 4 pm in the Lake Pond in Central Park, where we’d meet our friends, so we took off around 2:30 for a picture-taking stroll through the park.
At Engineer’s Gate. Ready to roll through the park and take some pictures…!
We met Richie at Engineer’s Gate, and Pablo and Ana came with us. Pablo is Juan’s best friend, the guy who introduced us a long time ago, and our wedding officiant, who had flown in from Buenos Aires for the occasion. Ana, my only sister, also flew in from Buenos Aires, and as her dress was matchy, she was my maid of honor. 😉
First we took some pictures where we got engaged, with Fred Lebow:
Notice how the bouquet and everything matches in a purple kind of way?? Well, Juan got the tie first, because I insisted for weeks: I love purple and he hates it. But still, he made the first move (he’s SUCH a keeper!!!!). Then on Thursday when my sister arrived, I tried it all and she suggested my dress needed to belted. So, my dress thingy matched his purple thing, then I bought him the purple square, and then, that morning, Juan and Ana went to buy flowers and she made me the bouquet. Could we be any more low-key??
More Fred Lebow pictures with the whole gang. Click on the pics to make them bigger.
Don’t my sister and I look alike? huh? We then started walking north, and took some random pictures all over!
how do you pick just one?!??!? Richie!!!
We then went up to the Reservoir, on the north side of course… It was so windy… I sent the boys in for a try out first 😉
I think this is one of the most photogenic areas in the city… you tell me:
We just can’t stop doing stooopid faces…I don’t know what’s wrong with us.
It’s windy!! Then we did some by myself… not sure why, but they are nice!
Before you say anything, I hate those shoes. I hate wedges. HATE them! But… we’d be doing the ceremony and everything else in the grass and I figured a stiletto would get stuck, then dirty. I was wrong, I should have tried it, but oh well.
We then headed to the bridge north of the reservoir, right in front of the Tennis courts… how do I NOT know the name of it?!?!
I am SORRY, I can’t pick just one.. you have no idea how many I decided to put aside for the blog while I cried… but I am sure you haven’t seen wedding pics like these: GOOFBALL!
We can’t seem to be able to walk together without holding hands.
I love this one so much:
Maybe it’s because I tend to fall so much… and he’s good at catching me!
UP THE BRIDGE! (I love these ones too!!!!)
And some more random pictures…
OKAY, ready for this….? We are running…
OF COURSE WE ARE RUNNING!!!!
Then, after everybody was ready to sit down, give up, and/or cry, we headed towards our wedding spot, as per our park permit! The Pool Lawn. The pool lawn is gorgeous, there is a little waterfall, an amazing arch, and a pond with marvelous willows. (Plus a dirt track and the steepest downhill to sprint in the park!)
We then went down to the Arch and Waterfall. Soap-opera face:
I love these!!
By then, we had walked like 2 miles in two hours in the sun, taking pics. So, everyone was tired, hot, hungry, it was 4 pm, so we walked the extra 300 meters to our spot! There was already a lot of people and we had to get the party started!!
Christine, Sarah, and Juan
Pablo, Sole, Katie, Juan, Martina, and.. Daniela!
Sole, Katie, Daniela, and Martina
Caroline, Jeff, and us
well, Pablo is a magician… and we couldn’t stop him! 😉
the family! my aunt in the middle and my cousins, Karina and Carlos!
wait, wrong sister!!!
Time to start the ceremony… we only had a permit for 2 hours! (plus cleaning time of course!).
Pablo was officiating, and he had 4 pages of stories to share… Juan and I had written our own vows, five each, which we read, and it all went very fast. We have it all on video (ask me for the youtube link if you want to see it!!!) and it’s just 10 minutes, but it was fun, funny, and it really meant a lot to us to get to say that out loud, in front of a lot of people, and in the park. We had done our own vows before our City Hall/Sept 3rd wedding too, but it makes the commitment to each other so much more official…
if you know me at all, you know I do this a lot
Done! All SO FAST! Oh well.
I am not sure how this happened… I think this was Richie’s idea… That’s Adam and Michelle who are getting married in a few months too!
Kevin and Jill (plus Ned in blue)
Steph (who also got married the same week as we!), me, Ana, and Lo!
(Sky) Erik, Patricia, and baby! (Tom)
Wedding Cake by Steph!
Christine, Daniela, and Sole
Of course I am eating, and Helen
Sky, Martina, most amazingly creative gift ever, and me. PS: Sky came straight to the park right from her 6 hour race, which she WON. Jeez! Amazing
Patchoux, my friend and training partner, and me! Plus baby Lillie!
Martina being Martina
matchy-matchy? Well, YES
It’s never official until there is a jump shoot!
Or this.
Well, that was it. Soon it started to get dark, and we got cold and REALLY hungry. So we headed to a restaurant for food, and to relax. It was so much much fun. It all went so fast (proposal to this was 1 month exactly) but I am not sure I would have wanted to do anything differently or take more time. We have now the rest of our lives to do stuff (I don’t think I ever would have spent a month or a year planning a party…! EVER), figure stuff out, enjoy each other, get in trouble, and RUN!
Well, so, if you wanted more pictures, yes, there’s more, all in random order, from our guests!!
to all of you who came: thank you guys!!! you made our day so special… we hope you had fun!!
In case you needed more links:
A Running Engagement
I get married today!!!
Engagement Pictures
A PR Wedding!
NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile – the Wedding Version
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They were right: Running IS bad for you!!!
So, This just happened on my long run on the Briddle path…
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- I have no idea how to explain this
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- bye Oakleys that saved my eye or nose
apparently it is really good that I had those Oakleys on.
I was on mile nine of my 18 miler (and I was doing pretty well) and this just happened out of the blue. no reason at all. I then run back home the 1.5 miles as fast as i could. We shall see when this long run thing finally happens… >_<]%]>]+[€]€¥$/(/$-!!!
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My NYC Marathon is Always a MegaMess
Pffff, WHY?
Most of my races last and this year went great, I kept PRing like a maniac. I rocked a happy 3:27 in Berlin in September 2012 and a half PR of 1:37 in the 2013 NYC Half. All was happiness.
Enter a massively stoooooopid idiotic ulcer mid July; it that had me walking like a zombie because it didn’t let me eat anything for weeks. There was no running for weeks, I was so weak, I could barely move or stay awake. Blagh.
So, after some mile repeats on my LAST work-out in July, I closed shop abruptly for the month with 20 runs, and a total of 113 miles.
August was very blah, but I tried, hard: I did a total 11 runs, for a crazy 70 miles, average pace was 10:02 longest was 10 miles. See? Blah.
Mid September, things started to get moving, I ramped up a total of 106 miles, including a 16 and one 18 miler, the longest I had run since last September. Average pace was 9:26. The fastest run I did was some 5 miles at 8:49 average (living on the wild side!!). I was moving. Little and slow, but moving.
October, week 1 was 32 miles and it included a half in 1:44, 7:59 pace. It’s good. Too bad the marathon is in just 3 weeks…
I wish I had a month or two more.
Actually, I wish I could ever give myself the chance to run a proper NYC Marathon*!!!
*2008, was my first, so who knew what I was doing? I positive splitted (first and last time ever I did positive splits!), ITBS started hurting midway (but… I got under my A Goal of sub 4 by 9 minutes!)
*2009, piriformis pain, could barely walk before I even started (but… PRed & BQed!, one step later, I got picked up and carried straight to the medical tent!)
*2010, broke my arm, neck and ribs two weeks before in an ultra (but PRed!…)
*2011, I didn’t train at all as I had a stress fracture in my foot, I also represented Manhattan in the Footlocker 5Boro challenge and we had a slow start (but, I managed to run a marathon on zero training and still subfour!)
*2012, I had done Berlin 3 weeks before so I wasn’t expecting a good race, but we’ll never know, will we?
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Race Report: NYRR Grete’s Great Gallop (13.1)
Any other year, I would have hated this race.
But things change so much…so fast.
There I went, into my race #90, undertrained and not ready for anything. With the NYC Marathon less than a month away, I figured this half marathon could be a great training run. It’s hard, there’s hills, it’s loopy, a tough run on any day. This past Sunday, it was 65 degrees with 94% humidity, though I have to say the weather was fine for me (in my under-preparedness!). My problem was the two months I sat out because of my ulcer, losing all speed and any chance to train for the fast Hudson-Mohawk marathon I was drooling over, and a fun NYCM three weeks after. Instead, I tried to do some catch-up/lame/slow few weeks of training, plus this half, plus one 18 miler. And be happy with that.
So I went in relaxed, looking for a training run, to get in around 1:50 or 1:55, possibly some soreness, and I came back with a lot of happiness. Who knew?
For official pictures and recap: NYRR Grete’s Great Gallop (13.1), official page
THE RACE
Bib Pick Up/Registration. Loved the tech shirt and the race’s motto all over the back “Imagine a world without Cancer”. I do. Getting there. I live super close, so it took me just 1.5 walking miles! Start. Super organized. Lots of security. Just like any other NYRR in Central Park. Safety. There was security all over the place. Baggage was inspected at tons of tables before you could drop it (no lines!).
Race Atmosphere. This is a special race for Central Park/NY runners… we have all met Grete at some point and we know how amazing and inspiring she was. Her husband Jack is always at the race. It’s just sad that she isn’t, but somehow, you feel like she is. ❤
Weather. 65 and really humid (95%!). Luckily there was no sun and a constant drizzle that kept me happy and somehow lowered my core temperature.
The Course. Is… OY. This is Central Park. Twice. Rolling hills 75% of the time. And I think Harlem hill is WORSE in this direction, clockwise. Not a PR-friendly course, barely any flat, but nothing also that you can’t do. Here is the course map.
The Finish Line. Is great to see… because you run past it two times before your finish, eeeek. The second time around I just really thought it was cruel ;-(
The Post Race. OMG, cheering fun and kids races! Really, a great day in the park to celebrate our runners legacy dedicated to Grete and Fred!
MY RACE
Well, I went in thinking, ugh, this is gonna hurt, the park loop gets old soon, expecting the worse. What happened? Well, as I had no pressure or expectations, I run super relaxed and I run a lot better that way… I actually had fun, felt fast and really enjoyed myself.
Weirdest part? I actually enjoyed RACING IN CENTRAL PARK. Seriously. I do this all the time so you’d think I love it. I don’t. It’s hard, it hurts and I always have some goal that will put me through hell. I think having been out of the races for 3 months made me appreciate it and enjoy it. It was amazing.
There were a couple of miles of adaptation though. I went out as relaxed as I could in the narrow and crowded first mile. Mile 1: 744 felt very easy and relaxed but I instantly thought I went out too fast. Or not? Maybe I can do this faster than 8:30 pace?? It was still crowded and I was trying to find my rhythm. I felt a little crowded at times and tried not panic, found some slow song and slowly I started loosening up and feeling chill. Mile 2: 7:51 Really? Still feels easy but looks fast. My left foot (which has never given my trouble!) was hurting like it was gonna snap. I decided that if I saw Juan soon I might drop! Mile 3: 7:43, Okay something is up here, how on earth am I keeping up this speed in Central Park? I had just gone over all the west side hills… Mile 4: 7:53 there’s both climbs in the Harlem hill loop. I started believing a bit. I also told myself who cares I fade out in the second half? At least I got a good 10k workout in!! Low expectations are my thing! Mile 5: 8:36 this is always the fastest one, but I stopped to have a gel because I was completely out of energy. Yes, I do stop to eat. oh well. Mile 6: 7:32, oh hello gel! Mile 7: 7:40 wow, the gel didn’t make sick! Hallelujah! Mile 8: 8:04. Uh, where did my gel go?? I felt like I was empty again and walking. Resorted fast to gel #2. Whatever. Mile 9: 8:25 I felt so slow and tired, and out of energy going up the hills. Mile 10: 7:45, back to gel crack flat zone! Like I could smell the finish line… this is when I started passing every single woman I could spot ahead. Mile 11: 8:14. Not sure, will try to ignore it. Mile 12: 7:42. I latched behind this tall dude who was passing people left and right and ALSO running tangents (it still amazes me how many people do NOT run tangents.. in Central Park!!… in a club points race!!! PEOPLE!). He was pacing perfectly and we were at it together! Mile 13: 7:31. Just passing people left and right. Last bit, at 7:17 pace!
can I point out my beautiful cadence again? ah, I wonder if you can spot the two gels stops in there?
Stats Time!
Finish time: 1:44:33. Average Pace: 7:59
Previous PR: 1:37:35. From: March, 2013
Age Grading: 64.36%
Overall Place: 1006 of 5476
Gender Place: 199 of 2652
Age Place: 24 of 439
– NYRR Grete’s Great Gallop (13.1) race results
It felt easy. It was wonderfully fluid and I never felt like I was working hard (well, maybe I wasn’t!). I wore my Mizuno Wave Sayonara and it seems like I might be wearing them in the marathon next month. I am VERY HAPPY with the run. I never thought I could enjoy a two-loop in Central park marathon, so I guess I had to miss it enough…
Pictures!!!
hello, yes, it’s me, you spotted me!!!
best cheerers get kisses blown to them!
of course you get one too, you just have to be really LOUD
and I still have time to chit chat while I race after I blow kisses!
oh, I will also high five. Gotta cheer the crowds!
Well, if you’re thinking I am not taking this racing thing seriously, well, I was not. But these people topped me:
A couple of cool shots I got… 😉 Thanks Ben Ko, Brian Hsiah, and Juan Becerra, my favorites!
These are from my finish dash… uh, grab yourself (for the speed?!?)
And with my official time of 1:44:33, the WINNER of my Guess My Finish time contest is… RIGHT ON THE BULL’S EYE:
Dave, pick a prize from the list!! And maybe I can take you out for food or a drink when you come for the NYCM next month! ehem… and did you say I get a prize???
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The Way Things Change
I am still amazing and surprised at how my body works…
I did a half marathon yesterday, and even though I wasn’t trained to race it but I figured it’d be a great training run NYCM, I was really not prepared: I stopped running for 6 weeks in the last two months, I hadn’t done any speedwork since early July (all because of a debilitating ulcer), though I felt like I was starting to bounce back. The last two months were a little chaotic to say the least. I could barely walk around the block at times, I had a lot of stress (getting engaged and married in a month!), little sleep, lost some weight, all of it…
With the slow runs I had in the first weeks, I thought my half yesterday would be around 1:50, or 1:55. Really. I ended up with 1:44. How? I had no idea. But my legs and my legs knew exactly what to do. My brain was barely catching up.
It’s amazing how your body evolves and how it really knows what to do. My first half and my first marathon were (2:06 and 3:51 respectively) painful and with a slow recovery. I feel like a fish right back in the water yesterday.
I remember how long it took me to get my time under 1:45: FOUR YEARS. From the 2:06 in 2006, to 1:44 in 2012. I hovered between 1:50 and 1:46 for 4 years… And now I can run a 1:44 very easily. Yes, my PR is far (from this past March of 1:37) so I still have a long way to go to get back to my speed. But I really think it’s remarkable that I can run a 1:44 (in Central Park no less) on any sort of day. I love these looking at these adaptations over time, the only way we can appreciate them.
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13.1 for breakfast (or a long run!)
Greta’s Gallop done! I was expecting to be around 1:50 to 1:55 and I ended up with an unofficial 1:44, so I am very happy!
More soon!!
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Jenny Simpson’s abs
In case you missed this picture in my post NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile – The Pros last week, pay attention:
Why am I posting this AGAIN?? BECAUSE I AM OBSESSED. THIS IMAGE HAS RUINED ME.
I want to look like that, but… you know me. I like food. And I don’t cross train…
So, at least I’ll try to stop ALL the sugar… this pic has been positioned in “key” places (like my office, how appropriate!)
There was a Crumbs cake in the kitchen yesterday. I wanted tea but I was scared of how many servings of cake I would have. Genius Idea, I unpinned Jenny’s picture and brought it with me to the kitchen. It works! Thanks Jenny!
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NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile – the Wedding Version
Posts related to this one: A Running Engagement / Engagement Pictures / I get married today!!! / A PR Wedding! / Our Central Park Wedding Ceremony
Oh, I am warning you… this is CHEESY and ridiculous, and you might even think I am making a ridicule of the sport. You might also think it’s cute and fun… but as we were going for wedding PRs, keep these in mind:
8/21 Running Proposal
9/3 PR Wedding!
9/21 Wedding Ceremony in Central Park
So, a MONTH.
And because the Ceremony was on 9/21 and the mile on 9/22 we figured we could make a wedding weekend out of it… So Juan had the genius (or cheesy!) idea to run the Mile together (he doesn’t run anything that lasts less than 10 hours, ehem, so he would have never raced this…) for fun… In outfits. I said yes. He went online and a few days later we had these:
How did we get matching numbers, you ask?
Well…. we had been so busy we never signed up for the race… Also, we had visitors in town for the ceremony so we weren’t sure we wanted to drag them to the race or leave them to their own destiny… So we only pulled the trigger on Thursday and by then bib pick up is open and numbers are NOT assigned by pace… So, we signed up online at the same time and we got matching numbers. I guess I clicked Submit a second earlier!
Sunday morning, post Saturday ceremony and other stuff , was rough. We were exhausted… My feet were destroyed from wearing heels for like 8 hours all over the park (we must have walked like 2 miles taking pictures, coming soon!), but once you get moving…
We took this picture in our corner:
Then, a couple of blocks later, the official photographers caught on. It’s so cool that I live less than a block away from one of the most exciting road races in the world!
We are gonna buy these, no worries, you’ll see the nice versions!
We decided to hit the back of the Women 40-49 heat because we wanted to cheer and watch everybody race! I got to catch a lot of people at the start, including a lot of team mates, and I felt so out of place in the outfit… Like I wasn’t taking the event seriously. Oy. I know it is stoopid to feel that way, because we all have our different reasons for each race, but my racing wiring is hard to reset!!!
The thing is, I am not in PR shape having to cut running for 6 weeks, and my PR is from last year: this race was a week before my Berlin Marathon and I was in good shape. There was no way I’d PR. I was also tired, feet hurt. If I wasn’t going to PR, why bother instead of just having fun? This was our wedding weekend after tall. Perspective.
Soon enough it was 10:10 and we sat in the back of the corral. We spotted Kettia, who had run 20 miles the day before (beast!) in our corral, wished her good luck and waited… in the back. We wanted to run slow to have fun with it and not be in anybody’s way, so we waited until everybody went, and then started trotting easily. A block after it got crowded again, so we now waited for another bit 😉
Once we got to 65th St, all hell broke loose, the Dashing Whippets had taken over the whole block and it was LOUD. Seriously, this is the funnest and loudest team ever.
Of course it’s Ben Ko‘s picture, if it’s the amazing!
Oh, gosh, we did all sorts of weird things… Like forgetting to toss the bouquet and then deciding I’d do it later!
Then, the funniest thing happened. Juan told me to stop at the white lines, RIGHT BEFORE THE FINISH LINE. UMMM, WHAT?
He picked me up and carried me through the finish.
When better planning is needed: that skort is not for this type of pictures…
I am not sure where that photographer on the floor’s pictures are but I am sure:
- I don’t want to see/share them
- they banned them
We then went back to hang out with my sister, friends and the team. I tossed the bouquet (note to self: carrying flowers on a run, not so easy!). We cheered some more, screamed a lot, said lots of Congrats and Good job (ugh, I still have no idea what time I did because, truly: it doesn’t matter!). And had some more fun and laughs. All day. And NO soreness or post-mile-coughing!!
And then, just like that, the wedding stuff was over. Such a fun month but what a relief. I like normal life better.
Posts related to this one: A Running Engagement / Engagement Pictures / I get married today!!! / A PR Wedding! / Our Central Park Wedding Ceremony / NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile – the Wedding Version
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TEN loops of Harlem Hills in my long run!!
I coached all morning, and then at noon we headed off for my 16 miler. Why not do it all with Harlem Hill loops in it??? Five clockwise and five counterclockwise.
It was slow, yes. But at least I am doing all I can do to ready in the few weeks I have. New York City Marathon: I am really trying!!
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NYRR Fifth Avenue Mile – The Pros
Sorry it took me a little bit to blog these pictures, it’s been a crazy year, month week, so please bear with me while I locate my brain. As you know, just like every year, I do/attend the 5th avenue mile, even if I a win still eludes me. Yeah, funny, I know. But, I got what I think are some nice pictures and I might as well share them with you!
Official NYRR’s Fifth Avenue Mile Results. NYRR’s Photos here.
First, the WOMEN, of course.
Jenny Simpson with a lead like I have NEVER seen. AMAZING!!
I think I need to print this picture of Jenny Simpson. Make a huge poster. And look at it every time I touch a donut. Or a cupcake. Or just tatoo this in my hand. Or not. I am depressed and inspired at the same time.
then, THE MEN!!!
this was the craziest thing EVER> Nick Willis and an amazing lead to, which seriously, I had never seen at the mile, AND PUMPING HIS ARMS FOR PEOPLE TO CHEER. Like I’d do… it made me so happy that he was so happy and relaxed at A MILE RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then Garrett Heath in green for 2nd a a crazy three way fight for 3rd place, which was this close into the tape too! But Lagat HAD to place… soooo…
Nick Symmonds, 17 out of 20 with a 4:00.1 mile. HAWT
and Pablo Solares who JUST GOT ENGAGED TO SHANNON ROWBURY! closing the race, with a 4:07.
See that? My hand AND his hand?? there’s a chance I am crazy fast now! I also got one from Jenny so I think I am set!
In case you live in a a box, that’s Olympian medalist, Leo Manzano!
Can I hold your bag, Susan Kuijken??
and my all time favorite, biggest crush ever, Nick… even if I am now a married runner….
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Well, I run this race and will share soon… a little preview? yes, here:
more soon, I promise!
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Can I still be in love with Nick if I am now a married runner??
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Fifth Avenue Mile – the wedding version
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How you Run the Fifth Avenue Married Mile
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18 miles done. And with SIX Harlem Hills in it. Yeah, 6!
My runs in the last two months have been… short and slow… when I was running…
Basically, I got the ulcer and Gerd pain and symptoms on July 24 (and I was at 113 miles for July) and then it all stopped abruptly. I didn’t run for weeks, and I when I run it was at 11 pace and for 2 miles. Slowly, VERY slowly, I started to get a little bit further though no clue where my speed was!
And I decided Hudson Mohawk wouldn’t happen… What’s the point of racing a fast marathon if I can’t go fast? So, onto New York City Marathon, and decided I had to get a couple of longish runs… Keep in mind, I hadn’t run anything over 13.1 (twice) since my Berlin marathon last year in September. Also, to note, I still can’t stomach a lot of things, so gels are an issue.
I decided to try new stuff and last week longish run was Vanilla Cliff, which tasted great but gave me insane stomach cramps. Today, I took a Stinger Vanilla and a Stinger gold, which also gave me cramps… So I guess I still have to figure that out. The gold one is just like honey, so I loved it.
I run out of energy fast. By Mile 8 my legs wanted nothing to do with running (also, I had just done 11.4 mile-long Upper Loops, which includes Harlem Hill), and I was FADING. Luckily, Juan had decided to torture himself and keep me company, or who knows what I would have done… At mile 15 I hit the wall, he says. I remember feeling like I couldn’t run anymore and was disoriented and tired and I wanted to sit down and cry and a couple offering me sugar out of their bags?!?
Somehow I finished it. I hadn’t run that much in such a long time I forgot what it feels like. Pain, you know? Slow and painful, but it’s in the books. Better than nothing. Screenshot or it didn’t happen!
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My new best friend
Frank Shorter gives the best hugs (as long as Juan doesn’t mind, as he said!)
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Bill Rodgers and Frank Shorter!
At our Team Up dinner tonight we had the two most amazing celebrities!!
Billy was telling me about his new book, Marathon man, which I will HAVE to get and showing Juan and I pictures from when he was little, and also telling us about the power of the pack… Amazing stuff. And everytime, EVERYTIME, I see him, in those 3 minutes, he ALWAYS leaves me with amazing words. Last time I saw him, at a Boston Marathon, he told me “Go get your Boston”. I did. This time he said, as he turned around, “Running only brings good”. Amazing.
Frank and I talked for a bit too, mostle about Jim Fixx, but he gave me the tighest hug ever. Love him!
Both will be running tomorrow fundraising for the One Fund, every person they pass will get them money donated; a great challenge!
This weekend in Boston couldn’t be any more BOSTON now with Bill and Frank!!
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Boston x 2!!
It is official, I really am going back to Boston! Just got my confirmation!! Who is in?!? Big Times Ahead (and fast!?!)
And guess where I am right now while I got this email… ….
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Boston! + Boston?
Well, so I am leaving right now, right now, for Boston. This weekend is the All State 13.1 Boston Full and Half and we have a big team participating with Autism Speaks. Very exciting. (Anyone of you around Boston? I am sure I will go for a few runs…) I’ll be there Thursday through Sunday and we have a few exciting things planned for the team, including a reception with running legends Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers. Whaaaat? YES. Seriously Frank Shorter and Bill Rodgers. I am SO freaking excited!
Last time I saw Billy was in 2010 for the BAA Boston Marathon, when he told me “Go get your Boston”… awwww
Anyway, will share more soon…
The other thing is… I wasn’t sure if I should sign up for Boston…
I got all temperamental back in April/May and wanted to do it. just because, you know. But I never had intended to go back to run Boston since I had already done it… Anyway, I debated, thought, slept over it, and mostly, friends convinced me on Facebook, and here’s the result…
Now, I wait for confirmation… I’d like to find a FAST marathon to do before Boston. Mid February to mid March, to be recovered for Boston, but we shall see about that… lots to plan. To start, I have to START RUNNING, and I am signed up to two marathons in the next two months… First I gotta build some endurance!
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Engagement Pictures (not too late?!?)
Whatever you do, don’t miss the last pictures in this post…!
We were married last Tuesday, September 3rd (it’s been one week, celebration time?!?!) and the few days before were cloudy, rainy, sticky and all around ick. On Sunday, Richie, our proposal photographer told us that if it got any better on Monday we could try to meet early or around 5:30 pm (those are the times with the best light: sunset or sundown). It was yucky all day and at 3pm it poured… We had run in 98% humidity –and got this “engagement” picture:
Kubota’s sculpture, titled “Ringo” (the Japanese word for apple), in NYC for just a year!
After the downpour and flood, at 4:30, it kinda cleared up… Hmmm. Being that the wedding was Tuesday it was almost now or never. Richie says YES and we rush. Ummmm. My hair was wet in a towel and my nails were blank. Richie had said to pack some props, so luckily Juan had done that earlier in the day, to be ready to go at all times. So, I scrambled, did all I could with my hair and our outfits… it was nasty hot and humid so please bear with us for the fuzzy hair… Man, were we SWEATING it out!!!!
We met at Bethesda and got right to it. You’ll notice how my hair gets a halo by the second!
I love the arches right in front of the fountain. I think you can stand in any corner of Central Park and get a great photo but this area is just ridiculous!
All these photos, like the one below, kept happening in between takes. I’d stay focused on the camera (I am such a pro!!!) and Juan would do this, or we’d kiss, or he’d do something funny. A lot of great pictures came out of us just not posing, minus all the ones he did waaay too funny of a face, but they’re hilarious. Notice the Central Park Loeb BoatHouse in the back… ❤
We then walked over to the Bow Bridge: gorgeous (and spring to run on!)
For the week prior, Juan wasn’t quite interested in this: why do we need engagement pictures? Well, who knows! It’s something we don’t do in Argentina, so I had no idea… I asked around, and it turns out it’s for your website if you’re doing one for your wedding… that makes sense! We had our site up a day after the engagement all with crappy winter pictures!!! Other than that, I have no idea, BUT Juan and I loved getting these!!! We looked at them a million times. LOTS of times. We just love it. Maybe it’s because we love each other and we love seeing us together or who knows what. Totally worth it! And now we get it.
Oh, besides running, we also walk. We walk nice, right?
My hair is up: it’s getting sweaty and I am sick of it.
Don’t ask: I won’t tell what happened here. I am sure you wouldn’t be surprised if you know us enough.
Love me a fake gondolier!!! Cue O Sole Miooooo!
Okay, really, one of our favorite hobbies is to sit down in Central Park Benches. Really. It’s a sport.
And his thing: ALWAYS do a weird face…
Okay, so, those are cute, and we like them and all that. Perfect!
BUT, this is where it got BETTER! Props OUT!
The Runner vs the Cyclist!??! Well, he’d tell you he’s NOT a runner, and he’s not a Cyclist: he’s an Ironman… but for the sake of weird pictures, here is this!
Because I totally run in dresses with fuelbelts. Makes total sense!
And yes, we have the hardware to prove it!
The one medal below, that have in the middle is from the race that we met at. Cute, right?
Well, this is an ODD SHOT, so bear with me. I was thinking running man and did who knows what, and him… I am NOT sure what he’s doing but he looks like a latino soap opera actor. BUT IN RUNNING/IRONMAN GEAR!
Obviously, we are a bit ridiculous, but were having so much fun…! Hopefully, we’ll keep having ridiculous fun moments for a while; and having no shame at all! And, maybe, we’ll be sharing all the ridiculousity with you all here. But, to keep it honest, I don’t think there’s been anything more ridiculous that we did this year that the Dizzy Bat Race. I still laugh at that… Or me trying to eat 10 hotdogs on a run… oh, well, ok, there’s many weird things we’ve attempted!
See you on the run!
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