A few days ago I got a letter from my surgeon saying she's leaving the hospital and if I wanted to make an appointment with her before the end of June, etc. Well, since she'd closed her private practice 6 mo before my surgery, her changing jobs didn't surprise me. As incompetent as I think Sinai is, it also didn't surprise me that I couldn't get an appointment with her. What DID surprise me, is when I asked the scheduler if Dr. Long is moving to another hospital or practice in Maryland, she informed me that she's not going to be doing bariatrics AT ALL! Wha.....? I'm kinda tempted to email my surgeon to ask her what's going on, but that might be inappropriate. Maybe I'll email my surgeon when I complete Marine Corps Marathon, that should be a convenient excuse to find out the dirt!

I'm kinda bummed about it. I really liked my surgeon, even followed her to the hospital where I had my surgery, when she left her private practice, despite an increase in inconvenience to me b/c the hospital was way too far away. But now it looks like I'm going to have to find a new bariatric surgeon to do all my annual follow-ups with.... the closest dr doesn't take insurance at all but there's a new program at another local hospital (Montgomery General) and the surgeon is listed on my insurance plan, so hopefully that will work out for me.... 

My garmin had me pretty close to the official time (52:53 total time with 8:29 average pace). First time number is start time, the 2nd is chip time, and a pace of 8:31! Amazing.... I give credit to speedwork and running with a much faster friend. Just kept trying to keep up with her was enough motivation to not give up!

Pike's Peek 10K    April 21, 2013

I ran with my friend/mentor Andy and his friend Jenny and they made this run awesome! I volunteered before the race, so that was another hour of slicing bagels that I'll not eat... Slightly masochistic volunteering activity, I know, but at least I can enjoy that OTHER runners will consume the fruits of my labor! Weather was pretty good, bit cloudy and race time temp was 28.

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Place Sex/Tot  Div/Tot  Num   Name        S Ag Hometown        Club  Time    Pace  
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185  51/160   7/24     374 Nicole Farris  F 33 Germantown MD   MCRRC   57:20  9:14

Done! They haven't posted the official chip time yet so here's the info from my Garmin... friggen PR!!! Best run ever!!!

Rock & Roll USA Half-Marathon Sat, Mar 16, 2013 8:11 AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) By nfarris79 Activity Type: Running | Event Type: Race | Course: -- Awesome race! Ran first 4-5 miles with Melissa, had to stop for LOOOONG line at portapotty and spent the rest of the race trying to catch up with her - apparently I passed her! Took a GU at mile 10, only 1 walking water break for 30 sec. Only did 3 of the water stops, drank entire 20oz handheld. Didn't rain afterall!!! Like · Comments (0) PreviousNext

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Edited to add: Here's the official results (including the crazy bathroom break!)

Nicole Farris

#24107 , Half Marathon

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I volunteered and ran in another race this past weekend (1/12/13) and here are my race results:

Wheaton, MD
Address corrections by 1/26/12 to: club_race_results@mcrrc.org
Official Results


6K Race


Place Sex/Tot  Div/Tot  Num   Name                  S Ag Hometown            Club  Time    Pace  
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 250  93/156   17/29     374 Nicole Farris         F 33 Germantown MD       MCRRC   34:56  9:23 

I"m pretty proud of the pace! I didn't run with anyone and had volunteered with food prep from 6:30a-7:30a before the race, which included the torture of slicing bagels that I can't eat.....