Nancy Toby's Race Calendar 2003-2004

Date	Race	Distance	Time	Pace	Comments*
May 9, 2003	Anna Alexandra born
June 1, 2003	Catherine Jean and Elisabeth Grace born
OCTOBER 2003
October 4, 2003	Race for Cooperative Development, Arlington, VA	5K	36:41 official time	11:50	15/24 AG (62%), 66/118 women (56%), after 13-month layoff. No walking!
October 26, 2003	Marine Corps Marathon 5K, Arlington, VA	5K	36:43 chip time	12:01	525/659 (80%) overall, 17/26 AG (65%), 271/378 women (72%). HOT! Medals! No walking!
DECEMBER 2003
December 31, 2003	M.A.D.D. Red Ribbon Run, Alexandria, VA	5K	37:24 official time	12:03	Cramp! Ave HR 164. 45/51 AG (88%); 178/204 women (87%).
FEBRUARY 2004
February 1, 2004	Penguin Pace, Columbia, MD	5K	34:37 official time	11:10	Hilly! No walking, though! 206/240 overall (86%). WAVA 46.3%.
MARCH 2004
March 14, 2004	St. Patrick's Day 10K, Washington, DC	10K	~~PR: <1:07:54~~ »»#2 Goal: <1:12:30 1:12:19 chip time	11:40	No walking! Ave HR 168. 4199/4444 overall (94%), 2015/2200 women (91%), 79/93 AG (84%). WAVA 45.4%.
APRIL 2004
April 4, 2004	Cherry Blossom Ten Miler, Washington, DC	10M	~~Dream goal: <1:59:59~~ »»PR: <2:02:12 »»Course record <2:03:20 2:01:51 chip time	12:11	PR and beat my own course record, but it was a tough day! 239/261 AG (91%), 3729/3899 women (95%). WAVA 44.6%.
April 24, 2004	Oxford Day 10K, Oxford, MD, 8:00 AM	10K	1:10:29 watch time	11:27	1st place Filly Masters Division! (and last place). Hardware!!! WAVA 46.5%.
MAY 2004
May 2, 2004	Governor's Bay Bridge 10K, Annapolis, MD	10K	Dream goal: PR: <1:07:54 Moderate goal: <1:10:29 »»Course record: 1:31:01 1:12:37 chip time	11:43	Course record, but my slowest 10K this year. 2223/2327 overall (95%). WAVA 45.2%.
May 20, 2004	Unofficial self-timed track mile	1M	9:57.67	9:57	For Penguin Challenge. WAVA 47.1%.
JUNE 2004
June 13, 2004	Cross Island Run, Kent Island, MD	8K/4.97M	57:53 watch time	11:39	PR and PW (my first 8K). Calf cramped again, darn it, so I had to walk most of mile 2! 2nd to last finisher. Beautiful trail, I'll go back! WAVA 45.3%.
JULY 2004
July 3, 2004	Unofficial self-timed 3000m track time trial	3K 1.864 M	20:40	11:05	Hot hot hot! So hot I almost threw up! WAVA 45.0%.
July 20, 2004	Belle Haven 8K, Alexandria, VA	8K/4.97M	Goal: <56:00 56:18 watch time 56:24 official time (?)	11:18	Hot hot hot again! But an 8K PR nevertheless! WAVA 46.5%.
AUGUST 2004
August 8, 2004	Leesburg 20K, Leesburg, VA	20K/12.4M	~~Dream Goal: <2:28~~ »»#2 Goal: <2:36 Chip time 2:32:44	12:17	20K PR (first one)! (2:41 half marathon pace) Ave HR 169. 204/210 overall (97%). WAVA 44.7%.
August 29, 2004	Annapolis Ten Miler, Annapolis, MD	10M	PR goal: <2:00 #2 goal: <2:06 Chip time 2:11:55	13:11	Not as fast as I had hoped, but still a course record (on slightly different course). 4230/4323 overall (97%). WAVA 41.2%. Previously: 2002 2:12:09 chip time 2001 2:14:46 chip time
SEPTEMBER 2004
September 5, 2004	Charm City Run NCR Trail 20 Miler, Ashland, MD	20M	Dream goal <4:10 (5:28 marathon) #2 Goal: <4:33 (5:58 marathon)	DNF	DNF, pulled out at 12 miles (at a 13:27 pace, and decelerating). No excuses. I just sucked.
OCTOBER 2004
October 10, 1004	Chicago Marathon, Chicago, IL	26.2M	~~Dream goal: <5:30:00~~ »»PR: <6:16:58 »»Minimum goal: <6:30 Chip time 5:59:48 Watch time 5:59:59	13:43	Whew! Great race, first sub-6 finish for a 17-minute PR! 5 1/2 hours at 165 HR. 912/1012 women 45-49 AG (90%), 31732/33021 overall (96%). WAVA 41.9%.
October 24, 2004	Army Ten Miler, Washington, DC	10M	»»#2 Goal: Better than marathon predicts: <2:07:53 »»#3 Goal: Better than A10: <2:11:55 Chip time: 1:59:14	11:56	PR! Finally cracked the 2-hour barrier! 8 miles at 170 HR. 328/402 AG (81%), 4698/5316 women (88%), 12140/13198 overall (91%). WAVA 45.6%.
October 31, 2004	Goblin Gallop, Fairfax, VA	5K	~~Dream goal PR: <33:16~~ »»#2 goal: <34:36 34:03 watch time (34:27 official time?)	10:59	Fastest 5K since 2001! Hot and hilly, but a very fun race! Average HR 174. 543/736 overall (74%), 20/33 AG (60%). WAVA 47.1%.
NOVEMBER 2004
November 7, 2004	New York City Marathon, NY, NY /accepted 6-04; defer until 2005/	26.2M	deferred	---	deferred to 2005
November 13, 2004	Richmond Marathon, VA	26.2M	Dream goal: <5:30:00 #2 goal: PR <5:45:00 »»#3 goal: PR <5:59:48 5:51:38 chip time	13:25	PR by 8:10 on beautiful course! But hilly! Half split: 2:49:38; 20 mile split: 4:23:26. 3157/3224 overall (97%), 1158/1203 women (96%), 105/111 AG (94%). WAVA 42.9%.
November 25, 2005	PWBA Turkey Trot, Alexandria, VA	5M	»»Goal: <56:00 53:36 watch time (54:10 gun time)	10:43	PR!! WAVA 49.1%. Ave HR 173. 701/1021 (68%) overall.
DECEMBER 2004
December 11, 2004	Rudolph's Red Nose 10K, Fairfax, VA	10K	~~Dream goal: PR: <1:07:54~~ »»2004 fastest: <1:10:29 Watch time: 1:09:52 Official time: 1:09:57	11:16	2nd fastest 10K since 2000 on very hilly course! WAVA 47.3%. 43/50 AG (86%), 232/255 women (90%).
December 31, 2004	MADD 5K, Alexandria, VA	5K	»»Dream goal WAVA >50%: <32:05 »»Dream goal PR: <33:17 »»2004 fastest: <34:37 »»Watch time: 31:30 Official time: 31:36	10:09	PR by 1:47! Course record by 5:54! WAVA 50.9%. Great way to end the year! 37/67 AG (55%), 158/258 women (61%), 427/525 overall (81%).