California International Marathon Comments from "The Girls"

From Salina L - It went just fine! I finished with a time of 4:13:46 or something right in there. Like I said I didn't have any real expectations since I stopped doing the track workouts after I started having pain in my right left/knee. I ran the whole time with the 4:15 pace group and then ran hard the last mile and a half. My legs didn't feel so good starting at 18 miles but I just kept going because I know myself well enough that if I stopped to stretch or slowed down I would just start walking. How were the relay teams? Thanks for checking in! Just my knees are feeling sore today otherwise I feel great!

Photos by Kim and John Lowe. Top Sarah T and Marny N show off the WOW Team Vests. Bottom photo Kim and Marny after the race. COLD!!

From Heidi  H- Thank you Stephanie, for all your coordination and support and passion for making the WOW team work and grow. I had so much fun today and love being part of this team. And I broke a pace record today and was doing about 12:36/ miles (the fastest I've ever done in training or races was at American River Parkway and Big Sur Halfs which were at 13:15). Hope you're warm and cozy and resting well after a big weekend. See you next Saturday night.

From Kim L - Hi Everyone, It was great for me to be involved with the CIM and the WOW team. I have never been in a running group before and it was alot of fun for me to do the relay. Even though our team was sick and injured.....I felt we did pretty well. I also want to congratulate everyone else too. Some of you had your challenges, but you all finished. Here are some pictures - I wish I had more pictures, but didn't take my camera with me during the run. Enjoy!!

From Christy G - Hi - I wanted to thank everyone.... Stephanie and all the ladies were so kind...there were people walking their dog that were faster than me. All I could hear was Heidi and the group cheering me on with "you are moving at a great pace and you are rocking this" Thanks again.
 
From Marny G - Kim - thanks for sharing the picts. I think they really capture the fun we had this weekend at CIM. Congrats to everyone on your races!! The Wow teams did pretty well! My race went well. Despite the cold and chaos at the transition points, my legs held up on the hills and I think I averaged a little under 10 min miles. Thanks to Stephanie for providing encouragement and organization of the weekend!!