Emilycat's last name? Want to track her in Boston Marathon

[SusanT]

You can track athletes online at www.bostonmarathon.org. (http://www.bostonmarathon.org.) I'm tracking some friends and wanted to track Emilycat. There are 21 Emily's participating.

Anyone know our Emilycat's last name?

[kwormann]

WOuld her number help? It is on another post...Ill look it up right now

It is 7923
Kim
OK...it is Horton, she is doing a 9 minute mile and is porjected to finish in 3:57:59


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[slknight]

She's passed the 10K mark at 51:41. That's an 8:20 pace with a projected finish of 3:38.20. Go Emily!

[junietoo]

SusanT: Ok, I'll bite -- what's a "negative split"? http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/confused.gif

[Kristilyn1]

Emily!


You're a MACHINE!!! to do that pace at a race that is so packed, it's like running an obstacle course.....

Go Emily!

Kristi

[SusanT]

A negative split is when you run a mile, swim a lap, etc. faster than the mile, lap, etc previous to it. It's something very hard to achieve as anyone who has done a race can attest to. It takes a good deal of experience and conditioning to do especially in a marathon. Most inexperienced runners tend to go out too fast and end slow.

In short, anyone who can run negative splits in a marathon is a heck of a runner!

[m4star]

Way to go Emily!!! She's past the 30K check point and still going strong.

[SusanT]

Emily's tracking to beat a male friend of ours by 5 minutes (of course, he's 40 and she's 22 so the comparison may not be quite fair)

[kwormann]

About 11 min to go ......GO EMILY!!!!!!

[kwormann]

SHE FINISHED! 3:34:51....4848 overall (how many were entered???)
YEA!

Kim

[SusanT]

The top women's finisher ran at a 5:30 pace. Men's finisher was around 4:57 pace.

[phantomcg]

Kim:

According to the website there were 15,606 runners total (5,711 were female).

Emily:

Way to go girl. I'm sure that you know that we are all so proud of you.

Cheryl

[SandyM]

Way to go Emily!! We're all so proud of you!!

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[Shirley Panek]

Whoooooeeee!

Way to go, Emily! Great job!

http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif
Shirley

[comabri]

Originally posted by kwormann:
SHE FINISHED! 3:34:51....4848 overall (how many were entered???)

Yea Emily! If I'm reading this right, she finished 4848th out of the entire field, 675th among women, and 553rd in her division! Way to go!

[Grace]

WOW!!! NOW THAT'S IMPRESSIVE!!!! WHAT A FANTASTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT!!! YOU'RE AWESOME EM!!

(And yes, I SHOUTED on pupose!!) http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

Oh, and I felt kind of silly today, my husband came home for lunch and I had the race on TV (not something I would normally watch), and he looked at me like, "Huh?? What've you got this on for?". I said, "A friend of mine is running in this race", and since he knows pretty much all my friends, he was like, "Really? Who?" And I had to reply, "well, it's this girl Emily, I've never met her, really, but she's from the BB", and he just kind of shrugged and said, "Oh", and walked off, but it made me think about how much I consider you all friends here, and how we all are so interested in each other's lives, that's it's like we really do know each other for real! I enjoy thinking about all of you, and getting excited for your activities, and wondering how the meals you say your making are going, etc....it adds a lot to my life. Thanks Em (and everyone else!)

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[makedah]

Oh man. I'm really happy for Emily. I'm a beginning runner and I don't know if I'll ever be good enough for a marathon. In case some of you didn't know, not everyone who wants to run Boston gets to do it. You have to be able to prove that you have finished well in several marathons already and you have to show that you can finish the marathon within a certain amount of time. It's a great accomplishment.

Just as a point of reference, It takes me about 13 minutes to run a mile. To run 26.2 miles at that pace (not bloody likely!) would take me almost SIX hours.

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[sneezles]

WAY TO GO EMILY!!!!!
What an Awesome accomplishment, you are really amazing! Even when I was 22 I would never have thought to even think about running any marathon, never mind the Boston!

Congratulations, well done!

[food girl]

Way to go Emily!!
I hope you stopped in the North end for some yummy Italian food before you left!


I found myself watching the marathon today and actually looking for Emily, like I have ever seen her!

Lisa

[Susann]

Emily-amazing job!!! Congratulations !When you get back, I think I will open my door and yell congratulations really loudly so you can hear it! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Seriously, you have accomplished something astounding! I hope you are treating yourself nicely post-marathon.

[LGBurns]

Woo hoo Emily! Way to go! All that hard work paid off big time. You really are an inspiration.

[jd]

Way to go, Emily!! As I heard about it on the news today, I was thinking about you. Congratulations!

[emilycat]

Wow -- I am so impressed and flattered that you guys followed my progress! Really, I'm so touched that everyone was so interested.
(However, in the true manner of a nit-picky runner, I must clarify that my real "chip" (using the ChampionChip) time was 3:30:11 -- the race start was staggered, so I didn't start until 4 minutes after the official start. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/tongue.gif )I know, I'm a brat, but since pride was the only thing that got me through the last 8 miles, I feel a need to keep it going http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

Boston was definitely an experience, but I went out way too fast for the first 12 miles or so, and my legs were screaming after that -- I was not especially fond of the 12:00 start, and I didn't taper especially well in the last two weeks. But my time was only 5 minutes off my PR (personal record), so yippee! And I am so proud of this accomplishment (I made sure to carry my Boston Marathon bag just so in the Atlanta airport so everyone could read it http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif ); now I just have to pick the next race!

Now if only I didn't have to go to work tomorrow....

Oh, and I'm fairly certain I will be making the white chocolate raspberry cheesecake shortly http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

Em




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[KimKelly]

Emily... you don't really have to go to work tomorrow do you? As a non-runner myself, no... let me take that back, I do ocassionally run up the stairs http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/tongue.gif, I am totally in awe of you. Congratulations on a fantastic accomplishment! You've got to post a pic of yourself someplace so we can all watch for you in your next feature!

Great Job,
Kim

[junietoo]

She just keeps getting faster! How does she DO that?!?

Last post was an 8:01 minute pace -- amazing, Em. You're an inspiration.

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[donleyk]

She past the 20K mark. Go Em! Projected finish at 3:30:02 Excellent!

[SusanT]

Experienced marathon runners tend to run negative splits in races so they do tend to get a little faster as they go along in the race.

[Kelli Kerrigan]

Emily!!!
I am in total awe!!! You are amazing!! Every time I check you just keep going faster!
Go Girl!
(I've been doing some deep breathing for you.)

[SusieO]

Go Emily!
She's running an 8-minute mile at the half.

[SusanL]

Belated Congratulations! Hope that you were able to eat that cake and get some well deserved rest last night! We are all very proud of you!!

[Zinnia]

WAY TO GO EMILY!!! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Congratulations to you! I hope ya treated yourself to that yummy dessert, and if you have to go to work today-take it easy! (I still think you should get a massage for your feet tho, http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif) As you can see we are all so proud of ya! Congratulations again, http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Zinnia

[lanie]

OMG! CONGRATULATIONS EMILY!!!!!!!

Way to go girl!

Elaine http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[lorilei]

Take this from someone who is in awe of anyone who chooses to run when she is not being chased http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif -- Congrats, em! Hope that it was everything you hoped it would be, and more.

We were all back here rooting for you! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[valchemist]

Bringing this to the top for people who haven't seen Emily's note...

What an accomplishment Emily. Great job.

Enjoy the cheesecake if you make it...that one is next on my list of desserts to make. unfortunately I don't deserve it as much as you do!

[CheerLiz]

I was there, Emily! I wish I would have known your number...but we had so much fun!!! It was a great day for running...cool, but a bit too windy perhaps. I thought of you all day and wished I was at the finish line to hug you for all the BB members.

So will you be coming back next year?!!

[luv2cook]

Emily - did you make that cheesecake???

How'r the legs????

congrats!

My mother ran the Boston in '92. I ran in the last six miles with her...she enjoyed it.

[iqueen]

Emily:

From one Atlantan to another...You Go Girl! How awesome. I am so proud of you. Go to V-H and have some Gelato this weekend.