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Location:

Washington,DC,

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

Two Marine Corps Marathons: best '09: 3:55;
10k PR 46 something

Half marathon PR: 1:42:50

Short-Term Running Goals:

3:40 at Shamrock Marathon in VA Beach, March 20

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy and fit!

Personal:

I'm a very clumsy and injury-prone 31-year-old Argentine runner and biker living in beautiful Arlington, VA.

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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00
Mizuno Lifetime Miles:						401.24
Saucony Lifetime Miles:						289.49

Tue, May 12, 2009

Running Miles	Swimming Yards	Bike Miles
6.00	0.00	0.00

Nice and easy run at lunch in sunny - yes, I said SUNNY DC! Finally! Went on the canal to Fletcher's Boathouse and back to the office. Did a couple of faster intervals. Tomorrow I'm planning on doing a few Capitol Hill repeats.

I mapped the profile of the hill with this awesome website:

http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler.html

and it says the hill is slightly longer than 0.4 miles, and climbs 112 feet, 4.8% grade on average... I know it doesn't seem much, but for some reason it kills me. I think the main problem is that you go down it first, and as you go down you see everyone struggling up it on the other side of the street... if you went up it first and then down it, you'd be thinking "Ok I just need to get up there and it's all downhill from there" but noooooo, after you are up it it's all flat till the .5-ish mile to the finish line...

What do you think, is it a hill worth mentioning, or am I being a sissy?

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Pictures from this weekend's race - You can tell by my big smile that I did not run very hard!

Mizuno Miles: 6.00

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Bonnie on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 17:20:46 from 128.196.228.134

First of all, it is a pretty good grade for repeats (6-10% is optimal, 5% is pretty darn close). How long were you planning on going up? 60-90 secs is great training for longer distance training! You will get really strong do these.

Your pictures are great! You look very relaxed and strong. And what a nice jaw you have ;-)

From Eric Day on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 17:45:58 from 189.192.119.229

Cools pics!

The jaw incident always kept reminding me of the James Bond movie (was it Roger Moore??) ... syour jaw is no longer like that, or is it?.

From Lucia on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:11:28 from 74.9.147.114

Ha ha! Yeah, the jaw incident was a funny one for sure, now that it's over... Thanks guys - I think my jaw is back to normal.

Bonnie, I've never done hill repeats "formally"... I was just going to go all the way up the hill as fast as I could, then come back around the Capitol (about 5 minutes to recover) and up again 4-5 times... what do you think?

From Bonnie on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:23:16 from 71.210.108.104

Well, there are two different ways to use this type of hill. One is to run "as fast as you can for 60-90 secs" and then jog down and do it again (about 10 times). This will make your legs very strong (it is like a weight exercise) and eventually make you faster. The other is to take the hill a little slower (don't "charge up the hill" - rather run strong but not too hard) for the whole hill. The reason I say don't charge up the hill is that you want to be able do this 5-6 times and if you go too fast you will compromise the overall gains because you will get slower as you the repeats - also your form gets worse as you get tired. This is more of a stamina workout -- it makes you stronger at running faster speeds for longer.

Both are useful, but different, workouts. The good thing about using hills as speed/strength workouts (workout 1) is that you are less likely to get injured than if you were to do a comparable workout on the track.

From Metcalf Running on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:00:10 from 207.225.192.66

Nice pics!! Looks like you were having a fun time at the race.

From Burt on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 12:28:05 from 68.76.197.194

Love the pics. You look like super-fitness-woman.

From montelepsy on Wed, May 13, 2009 at 15:46:35 from 155.85.58.253

Nice smile!

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