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Name: Sherry
Country: United States
State: California
Metro: Fremont
Birthday: 11/20/1981
Gender: Female
Interests: Loving the Lord and loving others. Marathon running and training for marathons by cross training. That includes swimming, playing b-ball and following the Sac Kings, hiking Yosemite, surfing, skateboarding, playing other kinds of sports. I love to hang out with the people I love and I really like to sleep cuz I don't get much of it.
Expertise: Being hyper, having energy, being active, being silly, going crazy sometimes ... ok, all the time, hahhha ... I'm an expert at making mistakes and trying to learn from them. I'm a teacher by day, personal trainer by night.
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Education/Research
Message: message me
Member Since:
12/29/2005
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| Marathon #9I FINALLY DID IT!!!! I QUALIFIED FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON!!!!! I ran my 9th full marathon at the Rock n Roll San Diego Marathon. Results: |
| 4027 | Sherry | | Fremont | CA | | 26 | F | 3:36:40 | 3:38:28 | 963 | 162 | 41 | 62.5% | 8:16 | 2107 | 8425 | 49:50 | 1:46:37 | 2:53:02 |
I've been plagued by injuries up to the day of the race. At one point, I thought my knee was gonna explode. But every time I felt pain, I just prayed. Thank you, God!!!! I hated the slanted roads ... it made it easy to get injured, but I won't complain. When I crossed the finish line, I cried. It was one of the happiest moments of my life. Praise the Lord!!!! | | |
| running updateI know ... I haven't updated in way too long! Short update: After coming off of my awesome high in Sac ... I fell in love with running even more, but I've found that I've given myself more and more pressure during my training runs cuz I so badly wanna qualify for Boston. I wanna remember the pure joy of running ... not just for time!!! In March I ran my 4th LA marathon, but this time with Students Run Oakland, where we had trained Oakland high school students to run a marathon. It was a very humbling experience and I made some awesome friends. Today, I ran my 4th Bay to Breakers in 59:01 minutes. Not my fastest time, but decent. I lost a few minutes in the beginning from dodging all those darn walkers. ARGH ... annoying. In two weeks, I'll be running my 9th marathon in San Diego. I feel the pressure!!!! That's my update! | | |
| California International Marathon | JUST ANOTHER MIRACLE IN MY LIFE .... When I was in high school, I remember feeling so good when I ran 4 miles at swim camp. I remember falling onto the floor one morning after running 3 miles. When I was in college, I ran the Aids 10K for the first time in my life. I couldn't move for the next day. A 5 minute walk to class took me 30 minutes. When I hit 10 miles for the first time in my training in 2004, I thought I was finally a runner. When I finished my first half marathon, I wanted to run a marathon. I said that after that marathon, I could cross it off my to-do list and not have to run it again. After I ran my first marathon, I was in love. 7 marathons, 2 knee injuries, 1 tendonitis, and 1 sprained ankle later, I am more in love with running than I have ever been! Love hurts, but it sure is worth it! Results from the California International Marathon: place 1652 | name SHERRY | | class F25-29 | bib # 2706 | F | 26 | half marathon 01:52:17 | gun time 03:48:18 | chip time 03:48:13 | avg pace 00:08:42 | div pl 75 | FREMONT | CA |
I took 25 minutes off my PR this past March and came 8 minutes away from qualifying for Boston, something I thought was way out of reach for a long time. This is a big kick to "getting older sucks'" butt. This was my fastest race since I started running long distances at the age of 22. THIS WAS THE BEST RACE I'VE EVER RUN IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!  After being so frigging worried about my calf, I was only able to sleep 2 hours the night before cuz I just kept worrying! Finally, God said to me, "Do you not trust me? Why are you worrying so much?" At 2:30am, I fell sleep. The next day, I ran the biggest miracle of my life. You probably think I won the gold at the freakin Olympics ... but yes, that's how I feel. And if I could relive that moment at mile 20, when I realized that I was gonna PR big time, I would. I just wanna play it over and over again like a video. Man, I bet that's how Olympians feel. Check out my other blog, al552as, for the complete story! I will update with race pics once I got them! |
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| My left calf!I haven't updated in awhile. Since my last update, I registered for CIM. Everything felt great until 11/17. I had gone clubbing the night before to celebrate an early bday. Then I was sposed to run 18 miles the next day. I got through 12 miles and my left calf was about to give out. I was so disappointed, but not discouraged cuz I figured it could be from my tired legs and 4 hours of sleep. So on my 26th birthday (holy cow, I can't believe I said 26), I decided to treat myself to a nice 18 mile birthday present. But noooo ... at mile 8, that same left calf pain was ACHING! I managed to get through 12 miles before thinking that my muscle was gonna tear or something. I was so mad at myself. That afternoon, I forced myself to run 6 more miles to make the 18. Ugh ... it was a defeating attempt. I did it, but I wasn't proud of it. PLUS, a bird pooped on me that morning after running. I've never gotten pooped on before and it happens on my 26th birthday. A nice bomb ... yikes. In my worrying, I decided to get a full body massage followed 2 days later by a foot massage (where I told them to concentrate on massaging on my calves). My runs thereafter were alright, but they didn't feel great. I just wanna finish the race now. Sigh ... always a problem before every race. Anyway, I don't wanna lose the fun of each marathon, so I refuse to give in to my worries. I will go into this with great excitement ... I hope! | | |
| CIM or not?Well, my mileage has slowly increased to 20+ a week. It's ok seeing as how almost 3 months ago, I couldn't walk. But also sad. Within those three months, I skipped out on two scheduled half marathons. I guess I coulda run the SJ Rock N Roll, but I wanted to save my ankle for the California International Marathon December 2. I usually run the Vegas marathon that weekend, but this year, I opted for this one since the Vegas one sucked last year. My decision to run CIM has to made by 10/30. That's their deadline until they increase the price. The ligament in my left ankle still gets sore when I do tempo runs and sprints. It especially gets sore during hill runs. It also gets sore when I work out at the gym. But it's not a soreness that bothers me that much. I still ice my ankle every morning and evening. So the question is ... should I run it? I for sure am running the LA marathon. I run it every year. And this year is special cuz I'll be running it with Students Run Oakland. Running with those high schoolers have been very encouraging. I can't wait to see them reach their goals a few months from now. But I know that I won't PR at that race cuz I'll be running with them. I need a race where I can try to PR in. But judging from my current times, I'm not sure if that's gonna happen by 12/2. But I wanna run! I dunno what to do and I don't see my orthopedic surgeon until a few weeks from now, so he can't make my decision either. Hmmm .... If I do run it, is anyone gonna be in Sac that weekend? | | |
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