Races

I started running back in my teens with my dad. He was a big runner and was running what felt like every day. Back then I really did not understand it. I would run with him 2 miles to the local middle school and then when we got there he would run around the track. He would ask if I wanted to join him. My response was, No! We just ran here and still have to run home LOL. I did not get it.

Fast forward to my junior year in college. I finally got to live on campus and had gained the ‘Freshman 10’. I started running to help offset eating college food and really started to enjoy my runs. When I got home that summer I ran almost every day and I could feel myself getting stronger. I only ran 3 miles max. I continued running every day that I could for another year. Once I graduated and moved back home, I started working in corporate America. I met someone in my office who was into running like me. He asked me if I wanted to run this 10 mile race with him. That seemed like a long way to go I thought. Well if I’m being honest I initially thought that sounded impossible! However I was intrigued so I said yes, and signed up for the Broad Street Run in 2001. I went to the track and ran a little more each day/week until I got up to 8 miles. Basically the run of thumb when training is you want to at least be able to run 75% of the race distance in order to be able to finish. After two months of training, I was ready to go! I completed the race in one hour 30 minutes and 26 seconds and loved EVERY SINGLE STEP! I was hooked. I wanted more. Well, more of that. The word marathon did not come into my life until 2003. I ran the Broad Street Run again in 2002 and 2003, getting faster with my times coming in at 1:22:09 and then 1:17:12. In early 2003 that same colleague brought another idea to my attention. He asked me if I wanted to join this program called Train to End Stroke. It was a program where you raised $5,000 for the American Stroke Association and then you would fly to Hawaii with the team and run the Kona Marathon. I’m happy to say that I raised the money and ran my first marathon in Hawaii! It was MAGICAL! It was here that my love for long distance running really began.

Here is a running list of races I’ve run in my life (I may have forgotten a race or two from many years past so if I find that info I’ll add):

• Broad Street Run (10 miles) 2001: 1:30:26
• Broad Street Run (10 miles) 2002: 1:22:09
• Broad Street Run (10 miles) 2003: 1:17:12
• Kona Marathon (26.2 miles) 2003: 4:10:02
• Philadelphia Marathon (26.2 miles) 2003: 3:41:43
• Broad Street Run (10 miles) 2004: 3:39:43
• Philadelphia Marathon (26.2 miles) 2004: 3:39:43 *BQ
• Broad Street Run (10 miles) 2005: 2:04:08
• Boston Marathon (26.2 miles) 2005: 3:43:05
• Philadelphia Marathon (26.2 miles) 2005: 3:44:52
• Broad Street Run (10 miles) 2006: 1:20:19
• Ocean Drive Marathon (26.2 miles) 2006:3:49:07
• Philadelphia Distance Run (13.1 miles) 2006: 1:47:49
• Philadelphia Marathon (26.2 miles) 2006: 3:37:53 *BQ
• Honolulu Marathon (26.2 miles) 2006: 3:57:54
• Ocean Drive Marathon (26.2 miles) 2007: 3:46:39 *3rd place AG
• Philadelphia Marathon (26.2 miles) 2007: 3:47:40
• Ocean Drive (10 Miler) 2008: 1:20:46
• Broad Street Run (10 miles) 2008: 1:15:04
• Boston Marathon (26.2 miles) 2008: 3:41:50
• Marine Corps Marathon (26.2 miles) 2008: 4:17:20
• Philadelphia Marathon (26.2 miles) 2009: 4:09:46
• Ocean Drive Marathon (26.2 miles) 2010: *DNF
• Univest Capital 5k (3.1 mile) 2012: 23:44
• Ocean Drive (10 miles) 2013: 1:53:01 *7 months pregnant
• Ocean Drive (10 miles) 2014: 1:33:37
• Philadelphia Marathon (26.2 miles) 2015: 4:59:32
• Philadelphia Half Marathon (13.1 miles) 2016: 2:02:20
• Philadelphia Love Run (13.1 miles) 2017: 1:46:30
• 1/2 Sauer 1/2 Kraut Half Marathon (13.1 miles) 2017: 2:04:08
• Philadelphia Marathon (26.2 miles) 2017: 3:51:48
• Broad Street Run (10 miles) 2018: 1:17:54
• 1/2 Sauer 1/2 Kraut Half Marathon (13.1 miles) 2018: 1:51:23 * 2nd place MASTERS Female
• Lehigh Valley Via Marathon (26.2 miles) 2018: 3:50:59
• Oktoberfest Half Marathon (13.1 miles) 2018: 1:52:01 *1st Place MASTERS Female
• Philadelphia Half Marathon (13.1 miles) 2018: 1:52:10
• Philadelphia Love Run (13.1 miles) 2019: 1:44:32
• NJ Marathon (26.2 miles) 2019: 3:42:37
• Broad Street Run (10 miles) 2019: 1:21:28
• 1/2 Sauer 1/2 Kraut Half Marathon (13.1 miles) 2019: 1:45:24 *1st Place MASTERS Female
• Queen of Prussia 10k (6.2 miles) 2019: 47:26 *3rd place MASTERS
• Atlantic City Marathon (26.2 miles) 2019: 4:03:57
• Philadelphia Half Marathon (13.1 miles) 2019: 1:58:46
• Philadelphia Marathon (26.2 miles) 2019: 4:21:10
• Disney Enchanted 10k (6.2 miles) 2020: 49:57
• Disney Princess Half Marathon (13.1 miles) 2020: 1:51:26
• Dirty German 50k, May 2021: 5:28:20
• 1/2 Sauer 1/2 Kraut MARATHON June 2021: 3:52:11, 1st PLACE MASTERS FEMALE
• Loopy Looper 12 hour, August 2021: 15 loops, 56.25 miles, 10 hours 49 mins, 9th overall, 2nd place female
• Queen of Prussia 10k, September 2021: 42:55 (PR), 2nd PLACE OVERALL
• Broad Street Run 10 Miler, October 2021: 1:10:10 (PR), 2nd PLACE 40-44
• Philadelphia Marathon, November 2021: 3:27 (PR), BQ
• Loopy Looper 8 hour, December 2021: 12 loops, 45 miles, 7 hours 22 mins, 16th overall, 4th place female
• Keep the Parade Running 5k, April 2022: 20:57 (PR), 2nd PLACE OVERALL
• Blue Ridge Marathon, April 2022: 4:03:47, 6th place female overall, 2nd Place MASTERS