View my Athlinks profile here.
Personal Records:
Marathon: 3:37.36 (2010) 3:24:08 (May 2012) 3:17:27 (April 2013)
1/2 Marathon: 1:40.35 (2010) 1:36.04 (March 2012) 1:34:57 (January 2013) 1:30:51 (March 2013)
10K: 43:54.35 (2010) 40:36 (March 2012)
5k: 20:31 ( October, 2011) 20:17 (May 2012) 20:07 (May 2012) 19:51 (July 2012)
Obviously.
2013 Upcoming Races:
Chicagoland Spring Half Marathon: Schaumberg, IL. May 19, 2013
Sunburst Half Marathon: South Bend, IN. June 1, 2013
Ragnar Relay: Madison to Chicago. June 7-8, 2013
Mt. Washington Road Race: New Hampshire!!! June 15, 2013
Waterfall Glenn Xtreme 10: Darien, IL. July 13, 2013
Burgers and Beer 5k: Chicago, IL. July 15, 2013
El Chupacabra De San Antonio: San Antonio, Tx. July 26, 2013
Zooma Half Marathon: Chicago, IL. August 10, 2013
No Frills Minocqua Marathon: Minocqua, WI. September 1, 2013
Bucktown 5k: Chicago, IL. September 15, 2013
The Chicago Marathon: Chicago, IL. October 13, 2013
Carreras de Los Muertos: Chicago, IL. November 2, 2013
Catalina Island Eco Marathon: Catalina Island, CA. November 9, 2013
Bootleg Runners Coalition team-mates in Hopkinton.
Recently completed (2012-2013):
First Midwest Half Marathon: Palos Heights, IL. May 5, 2013. Race Report, finish: 1:31:47
The Boston Marathon: Boston, MA. April, 15, 2013
Fast Cat 5k/10k/2x5k (10k): Plainfield, IL. March 30, 2013. Read about the solid finish (that’s a joke) here.
March O’Madness Half Marathon: Cary, IL. March 17, 2013. Recap.
F^3 Lake Half Marathon: Chicago, IL. January 26, 2013. New PR by 1 min 7 secs. = 1:34:57. Read a brief race report here.
Carerra de los Muertos: Chicago, IL. November 3, 2012. TIME: 20:35. This is one of my favorite annual 5k’s. I got my second skull award and enjoyed seeing the “team Latino” contingent of our “Bootleg Runner’s Coalition” Mens division race and dance to The Percolator.
Chicago Marathon: Chicago, IL. October 07, 2012 (Fundraising on behalf of Special Olympic Chicago, for more information click here. 3:26:33 I never wrote a re-cap, it was time for a break.
Meredith, Me, and Erin. Bootleggers.
Minoqua No Frills Marathon: September 2, 2012 TIME: 3:35:14 My favorite marathon course to date (Boston notwithstanding). Also, the time flew by and I followed my performance plan pretty closely, two firsts for the marathon distance that feel like a milestone.
Waterfall Glen Xtreme 10: Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, July 21, 2012. Not my fastest race, but the first time I’ve ever felt in total control. I had a plan and I didn’t vary at all.
Bastille Day 5k/8k: Chicago, IL. July, 12, 2012 20:49, still recovering from Maine. But partied post-race anyway. Re-cap with internal random thoughts here.
Firecracker 5k: Thomaston, ME. July 4, 2012 The Pik Quick brown bag of treats didn’t last the ride back to my Aunt and Uncle’s cottage. PR, and broke 20 for the first time: 19:51
PR face
Jim Gibbons 5k: Chicago, IL. June 14, 2012 Not in the mood or physical state to race, but I love week night races anyway…and my mom was here 
20:47 meh.
The North Shore Half Marathon: Highland Park, IL. June 10, 2012 Not my best, not my worst: 1:38:50
Yes, I am indeed working on my form.
United Run For The Zoo 10K: Chicago, IL. June 03, 2012 : worst feeling 10k in memory. I was on day two of a flu-virus or something. It was not fun. Probably should have ditched. 45:34 …let this picture be “before” images for some work on a massive heel strike, the need to lose some weight, and poor race day outfit choices.
Good Karma 5k: Seattle, Wa. May 29, 2012 Getting painfully close to breaking 20. I will take coffee mugs over a T-shirts at any race! 20:07
The Qualifier: Marathon in Midland, MI May 20, 2012. 3:24:08, done…again with the frightening heat! Bagged a new-standards BQ! Read the Re-cap here
THE Boston Marathon: April 16, 2012 done…holy hell. Read about it here and here.
This is awesome! Your PR times are soooo good!!
thanks girl!
How did you get the basno badge with your name and time??
Hi Koji,
They sent an email out vis the BAA on or around the 19th I think…I just tried to find it but couldn’t. I was just able to sign in (used my FB info to do so) at http://www.basno.com just now and my medal is there. I think if you were to do the same it would provide you a link to claim your Boston badge.
Ah, it was the back of the medal. I had gotten the medal but did not bother to see the back of it =)
Coffee mug over a t-shirt!! Never!!!
haha, I used to race EXCLUSIVELY for the t-shirts. No exaggeration.
Congrats on breaking 20 for 5K! I’m sure it felt awesome.
Thanks! Yah it was definitely a highlight of the year!
awesome PRs and race experiences here, too! And hey, I think I met one of your friends this past weekend… really effin small world, wow!
Haha! The blogging and running community has totally changed my perspective on how big Chicago is
Actually, yes, you ran with Meredith in Barrington, she actually gave me a ride home (I ran my 20-miler) and talked about “this super strong runner named Erin who has a blog too” so of course I immediately looked up your blog! Good stuff! Are you in the Boston Bound group via Fleet Feet?
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