3:55:57 and REDEMPTION

October 11, 2009 | Filed in: Uncategorized

Race post will come. Most likely on Tuesday, but I just wanted to update and thank you all from the bottom on my heart. This race was MY day, and I just had to believe in myself! I looked like this the entire race.

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Mind you, I have no idea who the guy is next to me. I was just BEAMING the entire race. I’m sure people thought I was some cuckoo. This was around mile 7ish.

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and mile 24 I looked the SAME exact way. I was SO incredibly happy, and if you would please notice, you will see that yes, my hair is PERFECTLY in place. :)

Everything was perfect. I knew the route, and the miles kept ticking by, faster and faster. I am just so ridiculously happy, I think I might even be glowing.

I cannot believe how perfect it went. Best. Race. Ever.

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My brother, who I totally didn’t expect to be there, rode his bike from his house after he missed me running past, and caught up with me the and rode with me the last mile and a half.

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I am just SO happy. SO incredibly happy. Redemption is mine and marathon, maybe, there is a little spot for you in my heart too. :)

Can’t wait to write up the full recap, and yes, I tweeted during the race so I would remember things. My final time was 3:55:57. A 33 minute PR from the race from hell we will title as the San Diego Crap festival.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all those who were out cheering, supporting and loving all us runners today. A special thanks to my one man pack mule, Billy aka LA Runner, my friend Ryan, my cousin Olie and my little baby brother Koo. <3.

I DID IT! and I did it RIGHT this time!

xoxo

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Congrats Danica!!! So happy for you!!!

Glad to see you enjoyed yourself so much. I truly believe that is the key to having a great race and a great finish time (has worked for me). Postive thinking is powerful!

You rock! That time is amazing! Have loved following your through your journey to this race!

Congrats! That is awesome!! This makes me want to run even more now. I’m glad you had a good experience and can now think of marathons fondly!

Awesome, awesome, awesome!

Congratulations!

And by the way, it makes me feel so much better than I was not the only one who suffered through San Diego.

Well done, my friend! Looking forward to your full report!

Congrats! You are so inspiring…. Now I can’t wait to run my marathon next year :)

Woohoo!!! How amazing – must be awesome to have a race where everything just comes together!

Many congrats!!!!!!

yeah! So happy that this race went so well for you! Way to go!

Yea! I’m so glad that you had a great day today! I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the marathon good luck vibes will hold over until this coming Sunday since I’m running in the Nike Women’s Marathon.

…and can I say how jealous that I am that you can run with that belt?! I got a SPIbelt that I thought would work to hold my camera and when I went for a run today it was a complete FAIL! You rock in so many ways :)

Danielle

Congratulations! Your pictures look great. Love the Halloween colors!

Awesome job!! So glad to hear this race was a total success. Looking forward to the full recap:)

Awesome job … you looked strong and under control when I saw you, and I know you finished well when I saw you leaving when we were still finishing the race.

I know how much you really want running to be fun more than anything else, and I know how awesome it feels when you can run a race that you can call the best. race. ever. Combining those two the way you did … it’s like you have two birthdays in one week!

Congrats on nailing such a wonderful experience. Enjoy that high!!!!

Congrats!! Your hair looks cute. I’m glad you had fun.

I’m so glad to hear that things went well for you. You looked amazing in your pics… your right, better described as glowing! I had a hard time this weekend as saturday was the Baltimore Marathon (The race i was training for before my injury). O-well maybe next year. Can’t wait to read your full race recap

Congrats, you really make it look so easy. Your an inspiration…keep on blogging. You “ROCK”

Soooo proud of you! Great job, missy!!

SO glad to hear things went so well!! You look absolutely ecstatic in all your pictures!! Can’t wait to hear the recap! Congrats girl!

Congrats Danica!

–mark–

Congrats Danica! That was really awesome what your brother did too!

–mark–

Holy Crap girl!! That’s amazing!! Your such a stud and you sure can rock the booty shorts!! Can’t wait to hear about it all. Congratulations.

p.s. GO ANGELS!!!

Wow girl! You rock!!

i am sooooo happy for you and SO proud of you girl!! you OWNED that race!!!! so glad you and the marathon made up :) cannot wait for the full recap!!! love you!!! <3

Congrats! You go girl! Happy to see that your brother was able to help cheer you on. Look forward to the full recap!

Congrats, girl! You ran such a STELLAR race and totally earned that redemption. I knew you had a rockin’ marathon in those legs. Hello? 33 minutes!!! NICE!

Looking forward to more details, but you sure look happy (and strong!) in the pics!

YAAAAAA I was checking on you via twitter while watching Chicago. DH was laughing when I said you were twittering while running. Awesome job you have proven what hard work and determination can do. Now we need to start talking BQ time he, he, he.

P.S. Please explain the chip missing? I was worried that my nightmare happened to you (no bib number and chip to record my race, eeekkkk).

Cheers to you!

It was great seeing your tweets during the race, looking forward to the full recap!

ALRIGHT DANICA!!!!!!!!! wayyyyyyy to go! you look so happy! that is AWESOME. this post made me so happy:) love that last pic of you the most… smiling smiling! :)

Congrats on a great race!

Congratulations!!!! I’m so happy for you – can’t wait to read the race report!

You’re SO awesome, girl!! What an amazing improvement, I’m glad you decided to do another marathon and you ROCKED it!!!

Yay!! Great job! Congrats :) I loved the pictures, you look so happy and cute.

Congratulations on a great race! The feeling of having a perfect race day is awesome! Enjoy this feeling for as long as you can!! You make me want to run a marathon!! Congrats again!

Congratulations! Looking forward to the report!

Oh this is awesome! So it IS possible to have an awesome full marathon and smile the whole way … You have given me hope :)
You looked so cute too! I think that’s the same nike shirt I bought yesterday except in bright blue!

Congrats – you look SO happy! :)

oood job girlie! You rocked that race!!! I saw you for the longest time as I was running about a lap behind you and I tried to catch up to say HI but you were smokin’ that course and you just kept running faster and faster. So sad I didn’t get to say hi but I loved your hair buns…so cute! Congrats on such an amazing time. I, on the other hands did not PR..boohoo. Guess there is always next time.

congrats you did GREAT! :) and smiled the whole way! yay!

Awesome!!! I am so glad to hear you had such a great race, I knew you had it in you! :)

SO fierce! Congrats! I hope your race high lasts many, many weeks :)

Congratulations! You ran a great race!

So happy for you!!!

Yay, Danica! I’m so glad you had so much fun running this. Very happy for you for a job well well done! Congratulations!

Congrats! You rock!

How awesome is that! Conrats on a great time and for having fun while running it!

Wow! Definitely looks/sounds like it was YOUR day! Congrats on a PR and a great marathon!! You rock!

wow!!! seriously, that is incredible! way to go!!! you have bragging rights for the next year. and Brooks should give you every Run Happy shirt they have to advertise just what run happy means!!! :)

Your twittering during the race was hilarious! How in the world did you manage that? But seriously, I am so glad that you had such a fantastic race!! Your pictures are amazing! You made my day. :) Congrats, chick!

Congrats girl!! You did awesome! I’m so glad you had so much fun and ran so well! You rock!

It was so great to get your tweets, and to see what a blast you were having.

I salute you!

You rock the house, sista! Way to go!!!

Kick@$$ time, Danica!! And best of all, the awesome fun you looked like you were having :D :D

What an exceptionally perfect run! Congratulations to you! I am awed and inspired. You’ve got to write in-depth about your running/tweeting technique. I can’t imagine how you did that! Bask in the glow, girl! You did it and you did it with style and grace! What-A-Woman!

Great job girl! You rocked it!

Wow you are amazing! All I can say! Great job!!!!!!! I got your tweets all the way through. You held strong!

What a great time! Congrats!!

You’re awesome Danica! So proud of you :)

YAY!! That’s awesome. So glad you had such a great race. Can’t wait to read the recap.

awesome job Danica! way to go….wow, a 33 minute improvement…you should be proud of yourself!

Congrats!!!! I’ll be running my first full marathon in April, and hope I keep my smile through the entire race like you did!!

That is so awesome! Congrats. I’ve really enjoyed reading your running (and life) adventures. Can’t wait to read the recap. Congrats again.

I couldn’t believe you were tweeting the whole time! It was great to follow you that way! Just awesome girly! Great job!

PLEASE IN YOUR RACE UPDATE TELL ME HOW IN THE WORLD YOU TWITTER WHILE RUNNING A MARATHON? AND FINISHING AT 3:55?? WOW!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congrats Danica!!!! Can’t wait for your full report!

nicely done! i was having fun following along via twitter. hey, just think how much faster you’d have gone if you didn’t tweet. ;) but then again, we’d all have missed out on that fun.

congrats!

Excellent race! I love that you had a smile on your face the ENTIRE way!!! Beautiful spirit, way to go!!!

You are amazing!!! xoxoxoxo

I can’t say this enough times, but you freaking owned that course! HUGE CONGRATS kooho!!!! xoxox

Way to go! Very inspiring!

Congratulations…you are awesome! What a fantastic time!

Congrats! Great time and even more great to know that you got your redemption with a smile on your face.

AWESOME! Can’t wait for the full report.

What a great time and most of all, you had a great time!

I was totally following along w/your tweets and was SO IMPRESSED with the ass kicking you gave LB. Can’t wait for the full report. That’s what you should look like when racing/running…like you’re having a BLAST!

Awesome job, looking forward to the report!

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO happy for you! Congratulations!!!!

Congrats!!!! You make it look so easy!

Congrats! That is such a great improvement! I’m so glad you gave 26.2 another chance : )

How fun was this day? It was a blast running with you for the first mile and your “shout-out” at mile 12 (your mile 14) re-energized me. So happy for you!!

YAYAYAYAY!!!! You look absolutely radiant in all the photos – CONGRATS!!!

Congratulations on your PR! And for having cute hair the entire 26.2!

AWESOME!!! How exciting! I can’t believe how amazing you did and you looked great doing it! And smiling the whole way??? That’s incredible! We all knew you could do it! Can NOT wait to read your full report!

Congratulations! I had a lot of fun following along as you twittered and ran an amazing race!

Congrats! So glad to hear that you had such a great experience this time!

Danica, you are inspirational! I am running my first marathon in March, and seeing results like this just warms my heart.

Congratulations on a fantastic finish!

Danica, I found your blog via Twitter and I’ve loved following along so far! Congrats on your marathon!! I ran my first 10K today and am in such awe of you marathoners. Glad you had such a good time!! :)

What an amazing race! Great that you were able to have fun and run FAST. Nice job, girl!

Congratulations!! You totally rocked that marathon, and I’m so happy for you!! Can’t wait for the full report!

Congrats girl! Can’t wait for your recap. :)

Congrats on such a great run can’t wait to read a detailed recap. Hopefully one day when I finally run a marathon I beam the whole way too!

You ROCKED It girl!!! I’m soooooo proud of you! I can not wait to read the full report and of course maybe get to see you in december! You nailed it, looked cute & prD… what more could you have asked for? :) xoxoxo

Great stuff! Happy you had such a wonderful day.

Your awesome! Way to go!!

Congratulations! I love how happy you are in those pictures.

Heck yeah, way to go!! That’s an awesoe PR and you look so cute with your big grin. Nice job!

Now that I’ve finished my race report, I’m grabbing a cup of coffee and sitting in the easy chair to read a real *race* report!

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