Running and racing is my passion (and my therapy). I had always wanted to be one of those people who had kids and then got really into racing. That mom that has her kids on the side lines cheering her on. Well, I guess I wanted it bad enough because I’m making it happen. Over the past few years I have fallen in love with distance running and racing. Some of my races have been with a double stroller, but lately I’ve ditched the stroller carrying two heavy toddlers to try to be a bit more competitive and dive a little deeper into marathon running. I’ve run 18 full marathons so far, 11 of them just in the year 2014, and a quite a few half marathons (I lost track of counting). Hopefully it’s just the start of many more races to come and many more adventures traveling the world to race.
Update:
I’ve recently been back to running after a hip dysplasia and a torn hamstring injury that had me sidelined for months in 2013 and kept me from running 5 marathons that were on my schedule, including the Boston Marathon and completing the Boston 2 Big Sur Challenge.
After months of prolotherapy treatment and having quite a few people and doctors tell me that I should take up biking or swimming, I’m back to running and racing. I may not be as fast as I once was, but I’m back pain free and I have a lot to prove.
I’m very thankful for the opportunity to be able to run again and have a pretty full race schedule ahead. I had another chance to fulfill my dream of running the 2014 Boston Marathon and completing the Boston 2 Big Sur Challenge and am taking on that challenge again in 2015.
It’s my dream to just keep doing what I do. Running races and inspiring others to do the same. I’m going to do it for as long as I can.
Half Marathon PR: 1:30:49
Marathon PR: 3:17:43
Upcoming races:
Carlsbad Half Marathon 1/18/15
BMO Harris Bank Phoenix Marathon 2/28/15
Boston Marathon 4/20/15
Big Sur Marathon 4/26/15
Discounts:
BMO Harris Bank Phoenix Marathon
February 28, 2015
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Race Recaps:
Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Half Marathon
November 16, 2014
TCS New York City Marathon
November 2, 2015
(official sponsor CocoaVia)
Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles 1/2 Marathon
October 26, 2014
Long Beach International City Bank Marathon
October 12, 2014
Raptor Ridge Half Marathon
October 5, 2014
The Kauai Marathon 2014
August 31, 2014
America’s Finest City Half Marathon 2014
August 17, 2014
Stairway to Heaven Ultra Trail Half Marathon
August 10, 2014
The San Francisco Marathon 2014
July 27, 2014
3:26:20
(Sponsors- CLEAR Me, SunButter, Pro Compression)
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon
June 21, 2014
3:30:49
The SUJA Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego Marathon
June 1, 2014
3:20:10
The 2014 Safari Park Half Marathon
May 4, 2014
1:34:40
The 2014 Big Sur Marathon
April 27, 2014
3:17:43
The 2014 Boston Marathon
April 21, 2014
3:22:14
Carlsbad 5000 All Day 20K
March 30,2014
ASICS LA Marathon
March 9, 2014
3:35:22
Women’s Running San Diego Half Marathon
February 22, 2014
1:32:09
Mermaid Half Marathon San Diego
February 8, 2014
1:33:37
STUFT 60 Challenge Treadmill Run
January 31, 2014
(37 mile charity run for Sixty Feet)
Carlsbad Marathon 2014
January 19, 2014
3:17:45
(1st place in age group)
San Diego Holiday Half Marathon
December 29, 2013
1:31:35
Athleta Iron Girl Del Mar 10K
December 8 , 2013
Big Sur Half Marathon
November 17, 2013
1:31:25
Disney Wine and Dine Half Marathon
November 9, 2013
1:38:21
Marine Corps Marathon with Runner’s World Challenge
October 27, 2013
3:26:24
Runner’s World Hat Trick
October 19-20, 2013
5K- 21:20
10K- 45:20
Half Marathon- 1:35:06
America’s Finest Half Marathon
August 18, 2013- 1:40:02
(First race back after not running for 5 months because of my injury.)
Golden Gate Relay
May 4-5, 2013
Big Sur Marathon
April 28, 2013
(actually had to run only the 10-miler because of an injury)
LA Marathon 2013
March 17, 2013- 3:20:03
(6th in my age group)
San Diego Half Marathon 2013
March 10, 2013- 1:31:47
(5th in my age group)
San Diego Women’s Half Marathon
February 24, 2013- 1:32:28
(6th place overall and 2nd in my age group)
Coronado Valentine’s 10K
February 17, 2013- 47:40
(with the hefty double stroller)
Carlsbad Marathon 2013
January 27, 2013- 3:23:15
Silver Strand Half Marathon 2012
November 11, 2012- 1:37:42 (pushing a 90+ pound double stroller)
Runner’s World Half Marathon
October 21, 2012- 1:30:49
Runner’s World 5K and 10K
October 20, 2012 5K- 22:33 10K- 44:36
Nike Women’s Marathon
October 14, 2012- 3:29:47
America’s Finest Half Marathon
August 19, 2012- 1:34:16
The San Francisco Wipro Marathon
July 29, 2012- 3:25:33
Coronado Independence Day 15K
July 4, 2012- 1:04:06
San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon
June 3, 2012 3:37:21
Safari Park Half Marathon
May 6th, 2012- 1:32:59
(1st place for my age group out of 226)
La Jolla Half Marathon
April 29, 2012- 1:34:09
(I finally made it on the leaderboard. Placed 7th out of 3240 women.)
Hot Chocolate 15K San Diego
March 25, 2012- 1:06:39
San Diego Half Marathon
March 11, 2012- 1:37:19
Coronado Valentine’s Day 10K
February 12, 2012- 51:03 (pushing 90+ pounds of double stroller weight)
Carlsbad Marathon 2012
January 21, 2012- 3:53:19
Silver Strand Half Marathon
November 13, 2012- 1:49:17 (pushing 90+ pounds of double stroller weight)
*the Silver Strand Half Marathon was a very special race we ran for our friend Amelia to give her the gift of hearing
America’s Finest City Half Marathon
August 21, 2011- 1:43:08
Coronado Independence Day 15k
July 4, 2011- 1:16:01 (pushing 80+ pounds of double stroller weight)
Coronado Bay Bridge Run
May 15. 2011- 39:02
*Disclaimer- We got there late and were behind a TON of walkers. We did not make many friends trying to pass people so we were held back.
La Jolla Half Marathon April 2011
April 17, 2011- 1:43:21
I ran my very first full marathon in January 2011 (with an awful sinus infection and 12 month old twins) before this blog even came to be. Since then I have run multiple half marathons and two additional full marathons.
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