My 2013 Racing Results



Aissa Dghoughi's 2013 Racing Results

2013 California International Marathon - CIM Results

I finished my first marathon today.  

I felt good through 23 miles.  I was running under 5:10 per mile and I was on pace to finish about 2 hours 14 minutes which would have put me in the top 3.  Then the cold started to hit me.  At the start of the 7:00am race it was 28 degrees and it didn't warm up.  There was a little headwind in the last 5 miles.  My fitness was good but my quads were very cold.  I couldn't stride as normal and had to take shorter steps.  I slowed at mile 23 and my last 2 miles were over 6 minutes per mile.  I lost over 3 minutes in the last 3 miles.  I'm glad I finished.  It was difficult to run at the end and my leg color was green.  But I'm excited because even though I ran 2:18 today I know I can run 2:12 - 2:14.

CIM - California International Marathon

I will run my first marathon ever this Sunday (12/8/13), the California International Marathon in Sacramento, California.

My goal is to finish in the top 3. Below is the list of the top runners who are entered:

2013 Big Sur News Article

2014 Big Sur awards ceremony

Big Sur Half Marathon awards ceremony - I placed 3rd in 1:03:20

3rd at 2013 Big Sur Half Marathon

I finished 3rd place at the Big Sur Half Marathon.  My time was 1:03:20.

I will run the 2013 Big Sur half marathon

Strongest Field Ever for Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay
Course record to be challenged by seven male athletes posting times under 1:03

Great Buffalo Chase 5k

Buffalo Trace - Frankfort, Kentucky

I placed 10th today.  Below are the results of the top 20.

2nd at Ohio Hyde Park Blast



I was second place at the 5k race in Cincinnati.  Below are the results of the top 10.

2nd place at the 2013 Portland Rock & Roll Half Marathon

I finished 2nd at the Portland Rock 'n Roll half marathon.



2013 Bloomsday Race



I was 27th at Bloomsday.



Portland Oregon Rock 'n Roll half marathon



I'm planning to run the Portland Rock 'n Roll half marathon on May 19.

2012 Results:

 

Rabat - Morocco national championship

I was 7th, the 1st Moroccan, and becamethe Morocco national half marathon champion

I just finished my race.  I ran the Rabat international half marathon and I finished 7th place in 1:02:35.

I finished as the 1st Moroccan. Because this race is international and the Morocco national championship, I am the 2013 Morocco half marathon champion!

2013 Berkane Morocco Half Marathon

I finished 12th place in 1hr 03 min. (about 4:50 per mile)  The weather was very hot and humid. I'm so happy.  Now I know I can run 60 min in the half marathon.  The pace was very fast.  My pace:

 5km: 13:55

10km: 28:45

15km: 43:15  (=13:55 + 14:50 + 14:30)

Feyisa Lilesa



Aissa Dghoughi with Ethiopian marathoner Feyisa Lilesa

 I met up with Feyisa Lilesa, the winner of this year's Ethiopian national championship.  Lilesa ran 2:04:52 in the marathon last year which is one of the 20 fastest marathon times ever run.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feyisa_Lilesa

Lilesa finished 9th place in last week's World Cross Country Championships.  Here are the results ...

Berkane, Morocco

I will run a half marathon in Berkane, Morocco on Sunday.  That is the birthplace of Hicham El Guerrouj.  My training has been going very good and I think that I can run under 62 mintues.

Ethiopia 15k training run

Aissa is towards the front, red shirt, black shorts, and a stocking hat.

Ethiopia training run

I'm in the back, blue shirt, and a stocking cap.

Here is a video from my work out.  This was on March 9th.  It was a 30km tempo run at 2900 meter altitude or about 9000 feet.

Runner's World on-line article

I was mentioned at the end of a Runners World on-line article.  Link to article

The last few sentences said:

I'm still in touch with several of the elites I met in Puerto Rico, and a few have become close friends. Last July, two of them met me in Davenport, Iowa, for the Bix 7, a challenging 7-mile road race that each year draws a world-class field.

While visiting them in the elite-housing dorm the day before the race, I met a 30-year-old Moroccan named Aissa Dghoughi, who trains in Oregon and had recently run a 14:09 5K at altitude.

He asked me if I was in the elite field, too. "No," I said. "I'm competitive, but far from elite." I told him I run low 35 for the 10K and mid-16 for the 5K, and he smiled. "Then you know," he said, one runner talking to another. "It's not easy."

Training in Ethiopia

I'm spending about 3 months in Ethiopia training.

I'm registered to run the Rock 'n' Roll half marathon in Portland, Oregon
on May 17, 2013.