About Me

My name is Emily.  I love running and I love fast food, especially McDonalds!  I ran my first marathon while I was in college – the Chicago marathon in 1994.  I don’t even remember my time but I was proud of myself for running a marathon while living the college life and surviving on little sleep, lots of partying and lots of junk food.  I didn’t run another full marathon until I ran the San Diego marathon in 2006 with a time of 4 hours flat.  I remember my friend Leslie picking me up at the finish line with a bag of cheeseburgers and french fries from McDonalds, as I has requested.  It was delicious!!  After that marathon, I was hooked and have now run a total of 9 full marathons, including Boston twice. 

I’ve never been too concerned about my time but more about enjoying my training and the race.  My PB is 3:34:21 which I ran in Sacramento in 2007.  This year, for the first time, I am really challenging myself to beat that time.  Anything faster than 3:34:20 will make me happy but I am hoping to break 3:30. 

Thanks in advance to:

McRunner for coming up with this great idea and encouraging me to continue his challenge.

My husband Ryan for giving up any hopes of sleeping in for the next 3 months since he will have to get up with our daughter every morning so I can go running.

My RC3 running group, especially Susie, Shelly and Shelley for motivating me to run farther and faster each day.