{"id":277,"date":"2009-04-16T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T02:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/?p=277"},"modified":"2009-04-17T04:33:26","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T11:33:26","slug":"next-up-no-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/?p=277","title":{"rendered":"Next up: No. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To say I&#8217;ve been distracted this week is an understatement.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m heading to Boston tomorrow!\u00a0 What a long, strange trip it&#8217;s been.\u00a0 This will most likely be my last post for several days, but I plan on posting updates on Facebook.\u00a0 In the meantime, check out the <a title=\"Runner's Loung Podcast\" href=\"http:\/\/runnerslounge.typepad.com\/files\/four-boston-marathoners.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Runner&#8217;s Lounge podcast<\/a> featuring four Boston-bound runners, including yours truly.<\/p>\n<p>As for my goals for the race, of course I have several tiers.\u00a0 I doubt I have another BQ in me right now, and besides, I think I&#8217;ll want to enjoy the experience and take it slow.\u00a0 But who knows &#8212; perhaps I&#8217;ll get caught up in the excitement.\u00a0 My heel is holding up well, and I&#8217;ve been taking this week easy.\u00a0 We may have to deal with wind and rain on Patriot&#8217;s Day, but I&#8217;m used to that.\u00a0 If you&#8217;d like to track me, I&#8217;m bib #19631.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the breakdown of my tiered goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;Who do you think you are, Deena?&#8221; goal: sub 3:54:34 (a PR)<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Lay off the crack pipe, woman&#8221; goal: 3:54:34-3:59:59 (sub 4 hour)<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Pretty optimistic, aren&#8217;t ya?&#8221; goal: 4:00:00-4:00:59 (BQ)<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;It&#8217;s a stretch considering my training&#8221; goal: 4:01:00-4:09:59 (beats the time of the No. 10 finisher in the very first Boston Marathon in 1897)<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;That&#8217;s a reasonable challenge (and most realistic)&#8221; goal: 4:10:00-4:15:18 (beats my North Olympic time)<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;You never know what race day will bring&#8221; goal: 4:15:19-4:25:00 (still a good race, but not as fast as I hope)<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Started out too fast, didn&#8217;t ya?&#8221; goal: 4:25:01-4:35:00<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;What &#8212; did you stop to kiss the Wellesley girls?&#8221; goal: 4:35:01-4:45:00<\/li>\n<li>The &#8220;Ruh Roh &#8212; something&#8217;s wrong&#8221; goal: 4:45:01+<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wish me luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To say I&#8217;ve been distracted this week is an understatement.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m heading to Boston tomorrow!\u00a0 What a long, strange trip it&#8217;s been.\u00a0 This will most likely be my last post for several days, but I plan on posting updates on Facebook.\u00a0 In the meantime, check out the Runner&#8217;s Lounge podcast featuring four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beantown","tag-2009-boston-marathon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eatdrinkrunwoman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}