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2/6/09 2:06 P

Angie, I just ready your blog..

I'll have to remember some of your motivational "techniques" and "speeches" when I do my first full marathon in May..

Congrats! Suzanne

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2/6/09 1:18 A

:)
Thanks. I still can not believe I made the front page!

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2/5/09 4:01 P

An Angie STAR is born. What a double accomplishment! You run a Marathon AND you get YOUR photo plastered on page 1. How coooool is that! Mario, Mama & sibs must be beaming with pride at you! Way to go girl, eating peace must be working for you.
De

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2/5/09 12:33 P

Congrats to all the ladies who ran Surf City!!!! :)

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2/4/09 5:11 P

I think mine came out pretty good but that's because Janey kept telling me to smile for the cameras!!!

I didn't bother with the post race photos...the line was too long and I needed food and water at that point!!!

Jackie!!!

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2/4/09 5:02 P

I looked like a train wreck. Very very tired

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2/4/09 4:50 P

Angie,

You're not alone. Can you tell the sun was in my eyes when they took my pic with the medal?


But at least this time, there's a bunch of different shots - not great, but that's okay.
Suzanne

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2/4/09 4:17 P

Pictures are up!
I just looked at mine, I make some funny faces!

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2/4/09 1:23 P

I saw that this morning! Angie, you're still there!

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2/4/09 1:05 P

I knew we had a on our team!!! Way to go Angie!!!

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2/4/09 12:48 P

OMG.
This made my day!
Thanks for posting this!

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2/4/09 12:40 P

I went on the surf city web site to check if the brightroom pictures where in yet. They don't have the pictures ready but they do have Angie's picture on the first web page! Check it out!

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2/3/09 11:54 A

Angie, congrats on your full, saw the pictures, they're great.
Congrats to all the runners! Sorry I missed everyone at the expo and after the race, I'm so bummed! At least I caught a quick glimpse of Jackie and Janey zooming by and ran a few seconds with Anandagirl.

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2/3/09 2:37 A

Angie, Congrats on your full marathon. I did my first 5k at 38.25 min. I was thinking of doing the Orange county run in May. What is everyone else planning?

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2/3/09 1:46 A

Angie, great pix! Congrats again on a job WELL done! I love the pix of us drinking our beers double fisted....the only way to go!
Denise

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2/3/09 1:28 A

Hey Girls,

It was great meeting you. I wish I could have stayed and hung out a little longer, but had to head home for the superbowl party the family was going to.

I'm still excited at my time and having a new PR, and by an 11 minute improvement no less. I still have just a little soreness in the thighs, but quite manageable - reminds me that I worked hard on this one.

In the meantime, I'm slowing down a little this week to get myself back into weight loss mode, and then next week I'll start gearing back up. Next race: OC Marathon in May - I'm doing the whole marathon this time. Altough, I may also do Race on the Base, and/or the Coaster Run.

Someday, I'll remember to bring a camera to a race...

Suzanne

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2/3/09 12:21 A

You all are amazing! I am so glad that I got the chance to meet you all. Angie and Mario, I wasn't using the bike during the race so I am pleased that it went to use. Mario was more than welcome to use it and I am glad that I can help people out. I am happy that it helped you to see him along the race course and bighten all your miles. I ended up calling my man every 4 miles to tell him my progress. I wish I could have stayed at the tent to see you in but I had a hotel room to check out of so I missed you all but I want to tell you all that meeting such a wonderful friendly group of people made my half marathon so enjoyable. I will be back next year so be sure to look me up.

Paige

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2/2/09 10:23 P

Thanks for the kind words, ladies.

I changed it to say thanks to Janey for the tattoo :)

When I got my massage the therapist said "Are you thinking of sticking with running, I see you got a tattoo."

I let her know it was fake, but yes, I would be sticking with running.

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2/2/09 7:12 P

Thank you for sharing. I am no where near running 26.2 at this point in time, but it was really great to read about the mental battle of running.

Thanks again, you have been an inspiration today!

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2/2/09 6:56 P

Ditto. Thanks, Angie for sharing your BIG day with us and including us in your blog. You really did own that Marathon, and barely broke a sweat from the looks of you after the finish line!

Congrats, Marathon Girl!

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2/2/09 6:43 P

Angie I just read your blog and saw the photos!!! Thanks for sharing YOUR BIG day with us!!! You were simply amazing!!! I had the best time!!! Just a slight correction...the tattoo was from Janey not me!!!

Seeing you after the race was the inspiration I needed to push ahead with my marathon training!!!

You, my friend, are a MARATHONER!!! Congratulations once again...you did an amazing job!!! You owned that marathon!!!

Jackie!!!

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2/2/09 5:47 P

What a fabulous weekend.

I finally got my recap together in my blog:
http://angieeatspeace.blogspot.com/

You can see all the pictures that I have on my flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/angieeatspeace/

Congrats to everyone!

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2/2/09 4:16 P

Yeah...what Janey said!!! LOL!!!

I'm still trying to process it all...it was an amazning weekend!!!

Jackie!!!

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2/2/09 3:32 P

I had a fantastic race, and got to meet several of our team members! Which made the day that much better. I'm sure we'll all get our race reports up soon! LOL

LILHLFPINT has a recap of the Expo and a preliminary race report on her blogs.

Personally, I'm still in recovery and hope to post tonight.

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2/2/09 2:19 P

How have you girls been doing?? I am curious at all the race reports!! Must have been an awesome race!

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2/1/09 12:32 A

Got my number friday after noon. Didn't have much time for the expo though.

If anyone is trying to find me, current plan is to be wearing black capri length running pants with a pink stripe and a long sleeved pink running shirt, and Reebok running shoes (you don't see a lot of Reeboks at these races), and my IPOD shuffle in towe. #12608.

Suzanne

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1/31/09 10:40 P

Glad you are going to make it in time to run!!!

Hopefully we can meet up after the race and take some group pictures!!!

Jackie!!!

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1/31/09 2:16 P

I've all but disappeared from spark as school started last week and my life is already consumed with memorizing molecules for biochem and doing research for a paper about the peanut recall. Ugh.
I couldn't get a flight down til tonight so my mom is going to pick up my number for me (bib 11714! yay!) and I'll get in just in time for dinner, sleep and running!
Good luck to all and remember, have fun! =)

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1/30/09 4:04 P

So we'll definitely see you at the Finisher's area on Sunday, Suzanne. You've got quite a busy weekend!

FYI -
I can BARELY contain myself at work. My head is in the clouds yet I'm buried under emails and paperwork. LOL

See y'all soon!

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1/30/09 2:05 P

I won't be staying near the race either. I live in Orange so I'll be braving the traffic and parking on race day.

I'll be hitting the expo this afternoon. I work in HB so I'll be leaving a little early today to get over there before I have to pick up my kids. If I can, I may get back there in the morning on sat, but that's iffy. I've got two b-day parties to contend with: a friend of my daughter's at downtown disney at 11:30 and my grandmother in law's 90th at leisure world in SB from 1-4.

Even though I haven't been able to run since tuesday, I'm getting excited - It's been a rough week so I'm saving all of that pent up energy for the race

Suzanne

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1/30/09 9:32 A

I won't be staying near the race this time. I'll be at my SIL's in Downey so I'm going staight to the expo or else I'll lose more than an hour driving to Downey and back to Huntington Beach. I'll spend the day at the beach before heading out to Downey. My kids are running too so I'll have them with me.

It sounds like a crazy day with the road trip but I'm excited so it'll be fun. I'll just have to get to bed EARLY!!

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1/30/09 12:07 A

I was thinking of arriving at the expo at 12-1ish.

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1/29/09 11:50 P

Unless the Expo is really cool...then we might want to go a little later!!!

Patty how far away are you staying...I haven't Googled the route from my hotel to the restaurant!!!

Janey...I put my 13.1 tattoo on my wrist before I went to my grandfather's...kept me centered!!! LOL!!!

I talked the manager at our hotel this morning...she said we could come early and park...she also said she had 2 for 1 breakfast coupons!!! She was very accommodating!!!

What time is everyone looking at coming down???

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1/29/09 11:40 P

Good question, Patty. Should we go around 3pm to miss the lunch crowd?

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1/29/09 10:21 P

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if there was a time frame to meet at the Longboard? I'm leaving early Saturday from AZ and driving straight to the expo and I don't want to miss you guys. I'm thinking I'll arrive at the expo around noon, walk around and I can be at the Longboard around 2pm. Is that too early? I can go later no problem, just wondering.

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1/29/09 9:25 P

How Wonderful! Congrats Janey!
See ya in 2 days :)
De

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1/29/09 3:27 P

Janey that's fantastic, that's going to help a lot of people.



Patty

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1/29/09 2:46 P

Janey, that is awesome!

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1/29/09 2:11 P

(janey, that is awesome! i'm so impressed you are raising money for this race. = D)

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1/29/09 2:11 P

Congratulations Janey!!! That really is remarkable and a true testament of the wonderful person you are!!! I am soooo grateful Sparkpeople brought us together!!!

Have a great day!!!

Jackie!!!

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1/29/09 1:40 P

As of this morning, I've raised just over $1,000 for Surf City's charity, the Free Wheelchair Mission!

I'm blown away by the support I still receive from my friends and co-workers. Especially in these tough times.

Just wanted to share this moment!

-janey

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1/29/09 1:12 A

I'm #4719

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1/28/09 8:29 P

(i'm #7159!)

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1/28/09 1:50 P

I got Bib# 11156

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I'm # 13881

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1/28/09 12:54 P

looks like I'm # 12608

I also found out my son's teacher is running (#12998) and one of my former bosses.

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1/28/09 11:54 A

I'm so excited to hear how the run will go this weekend!!!!

I wish I had registered for it! It looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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1/28/09 10:11 A

Okay....I just got an e-mail titled Surf City Marathon Final Instructions!!! Why did my stomach just do a somersault!!! Oh I am soooooo excited!!!!

Yipppppppeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

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1/28/09 9:54 A

I just looked my bib # up, 1652!

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1/28/09 9:16 A

6021!!! Oh Goodness...I must have registered with a fast time!!! Good thing I like fighting the crowds at the front of the pack!!!

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1/28/09 8:12 A

something new on the surfcity website, you can now see your bib number online, I'm 12896!

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1/28/09 2:08 A

I'll have to pass on the medals...Too heavy

The medal from the Disneyland half marathon ('08) is huge!!!! And pretty cool BTW.

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1/28/09 1:24 A

Denise, I'll bring mine!

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1/27/09 11:04 P

I like your idea, I'd like to see other race medals too. I'll bring mine.

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1/27/09 10:57 P

Hey, I had an idea. Why don't we bring our previous HM metals to show off? It would be kinda nice to see what other races offered in the way of metals. Tho, the longboard metals are the coolest ever! Unless that sounds too dorky. Just a thought. Or if anyone already has a California Dreaming Jacket, I am dying to see what it looks like!
Denise
See y'all Saturday!

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1/27/09 10:21 P

Niiiice!
de


Oh wait! It says "Pacific Marathon Runners" which may mean specifically the running club rather than any of the SCM participants. But we can try anyway!

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1/27/09 4:43 P

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!

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1/27/09 4:20 P

Just found out our restaurant of choice is offering us deals with our race numbers:

The Longboard's Marathon Specials www.longboardpub.com

Saturday Night Carb Up Specials:
Great Pasta Dinners starting at $9.95
Sandwiches, Seafood, and Delicious Appetizers
Show Race Bib and get Longboard tshirt for $10!

Sunday Post Race:
Your Second beer or beverage is on us for runners with a race bib!

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