First Race of 2013

173 4498 KELLY JONES 1:09:57 2:28:47 2:26:08 11:09 33 F GREENVILLE SC 173 F-30 to 34

Official results are in for the 2013 MB Half Marathon. It's actually pretty interesting because a couple of posts down are the results from the 2009 marathon. In the past 4 years since that first half, I have fun about 5 more halfs and improved the time in this marathon 17 minutes, which is really pretty good (although still not my PR, which was in Atlanta). Thank goodness Meloney was there to pull me through those 13 miles!!

Here are the 2012 results of the same marathon:
2701 4688 KELLY JONES 1:13:01 2:35:52 2:32:51 11:40 32 F Half Greenville SC

And the 2012 results of the diva half in May:

1495

Kelly Jones

Greenville

SC

32

Female

02:26:37

The next big race is the Cooper River Bridge weekend of running and biking and then the Diva half marathon in late April. Goal is to really train between now and then and run faster than 2:15.

It's been a long time....

I began this blog back when I lived at the beach and was starting to exercise again and wanted to be able to do a triathlon. At the time, it was literally a couch to tri experience, but the triathlon part didn't really ever happen as I had hoped. Since then, I have completed multiple half marathons, finished a couple of century bike rides including a double century, and finished a couple of sprints triathlons.

So why come back here and try to do this whole thing over again. Well, I have now signed up for the half iron man triathlon in Augusta, GA in September. This distance includes a 1.2 mile swim, 56 miles on the bike, and 13.1 mile run. And, while I have completed all of the distances individually, I have never put them all together for one long event.

My newest goal then is to complete the Augusta Half Iron Man!



Craziness!!!

A Few Pics

Official Results:



Place, Div, No., Name, Age, Sex, City, State, Chiptime, Time, Pace
2196 181 1709 Kelly Jones 29 F Myrtle Beach SC 2:43:34 2:46:05 12:41



Although, we did stop to pee, so my real time on my watch excluding pee time was 2:40. They even gave me a medal.

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Well, since my last write up here, I've actually been fairly lazy. I took off a week from running and working out while my ankle was resting. Then last week, I re-joined up with the boot camp Monday and Wednesday in hopes of a last minute boost for the big race. That brings us to Saturday, Feb 14... aka... the Myrtle Beach 1/2 marathon.

My goal for the race was to finish in less than 3 hours... and I finished in 2:46 official time. Although we stopped to pee along mile 6 or so, so my actual watch time was more like 2:40. I was pretty proud of the day and really not all that sore. They are supposed to be emailing me if there are any pictures of me from the race. Hopefully one will turn up. Yes, I was an idiot and forgot a camera!! That's really all I got right now. My ankle is holding up and actually feeling better than it did after the 15K, who knew.

Next goal... A triathlon! Stay posted.

Stir it Up

Since we did that 15K last weekend, my achilles has been really hurting, but I've been mildly behaved and taken some rest days. I say mildly because although I didn't run but twice this week, I ate really bad for two days as well. Oh well, shit happens. So, I took Sunday and Monday off to rest my ankle, then Tuesday Mel and I ran/walked 4 miles on Ocean Blvd. Then I took Wed and Thursday off to rest my ankle again (along with lots of ice and biofreeze). Today, we ran about 4 miles total at Broadway at boot camp. Seemed kinda wierd to not go Mon and Wed, but I was really tired and hurting. Hopefully next week will be an improvement in both areas.

Tonight, Heather and Chris are coming up to go to the Wailers concert at House of Blues. Should be an interesting night :) Tomorrow, I'm heading up to Durham to see Carrie, Andrea, and my Nana. Gotta get in some good times too.

So, only two weeks left till the Myrtle Beach half marathon. Say some prayers that my achilles starts to cooperate and that I'm able to do it all. I'm not trying to be superwoman, but runner-up would be nice. Feel free to come to the beach on Valentine's day (also known as St. Hallmark's Day) to cheer me on for the run. The more the merrier.

What a Week

Here is the week's update...


Last weekend we didn't run over the weekend because it was supposed to 17 that morning with who knows what kind of wind chill, so Heather and drove up to Durham to wish my Nana a happy birthday. It was a good weekend. Then Monday, I was so tired that I staying in my warm bed and skipped the workout. Yes, I was lazy and I know it. Then Tuesday was supposed to be cold and rainy/snowy, so I again stayed in my warm bed. Little did I know that Wednesday would be the coldest day yet. And as the crazy idiot that I can be, I went to boot camp in the freezing cold. I think that it was colder than last Friday, but thank goodness there was no wind. Thursday I again stayed in bed and slept but Friday I got up and we did the workout at broadway. Thought that you all might enjoy a picture from Friday morning of me and Guy.

Looks like that flat tire around my waist has moved right on down to my butt and now I have some junk in the trunk. Not sure where that ghetto-booty came from! :)

That brings us to Saturday! Three of us ran the North Myrtle Beach 15k at 9am in the rain. At least it was a little warmer... in 50's. Our goal was to finish the 9.3 miles in less than 2 hours, which we figured was a good mix of mostly running and some running. We ended up finishing in 1 hour and 49 minutes, which was a good bit faster than we hoped for, especially considering the rain. We ran the first two miles and then started a walk ~.15 mi and run the rest of the mile for the rest. Plus we walked through the water stations and had a snack on mile 5. I'm a little sore today but it was a good run. My achilles is bothering me today, which I was expecting. Hopefully it'll feel better tomorrow. Below is race # to prove that we did it! I was really hoping for #44 but 43 was pretty close :)

Today, I've been doing laundry all morning. I made some whole grain waffles this morning and now I have some homemade protein granola in the oven. Next I have the stuff ready to make some protein bread. This trying to watch what you eat takes some planning. Feeling like Suzy homemaker today! Till next time...

Alls I have to say is burrrrrr

This morning, I was laying in bed... snuggled under 2 blankets and a sheet, plus a quilt... almost spooning my cat... and definitely NOT WANTING TO GET UP TO RUN!!!! I heard that alarm radio playing some dance beat and all I could think of was, "Am I really this crazy that I am even contemplating getting out of this warm cozy bed?" Whether it was fortunately or unfortunately for me, I got up and went to boot camp like a crazy person. Usually those around in the morning call me smart ass, or the shortened version of sah-sah. Come to think of it, more than just those in the moring call me that, must have some truth to it ;) Anyway, as we were running, I said, "Y'all, I am trading in my sah-sah for da... dumb ass." Running at the beach when it is 25 deg out with 11 mph winds and a wind chill of 13 deg is dumb for this southern girl. We are most definitely crazy. With that said, we did dress for the temps and were pretty warm with the exception of our eyes and finger tips. Furthermore, none of us are running tomorrow morning when the actual temp is around 14 and the wind chill is 4. Single digits. Now that's crazy for Myrtle Beach. Hello. That's why I stayed in the south and live at the beach. Bring me back my 60 deg mornings and 75 deg afternoons. No warmer, no colder. Just 75. Such a small request. So we did tons of lunges and squats and pushups, ran ~2 miles total, and avoided frost bite and other cold weather hazzards. I just wish it would snow if it is going to be this cold. I guess that's for another day. So, for all of you other people that may or may not be reading this and are thinking of what I wimp I am for being cold in the 25 degrees, I say yes. I am a wimp, but I did get out of bed at 4:30 in the morning to run.

One last bit of info that I must pass along is that at this current moment, Clemson is #1 in the ACC and Duke is right behind with Wake. Hmmmm... where is that all powerful, can't be defeated, all-hailed UNC team that features Tyra H as their center???? Oh, it's not Tyra, it's Tyler. My mistake. He just reminds me so much a prissy girl with pink cargyle socks and a look on his face that says, "Oops, I did it again."