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Location:

Tucson,AZ,USA

Member Since:

Aug 30, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

PR's

5K: 21:26 (2005)

4 mile: 28:10 (2005)

10K: 43:33 (2010)

10 mile: 1:13:35 (2009) (1:12:15 split in 1/2 marathon, 2011)

1/2 marathon: 1:34:31 (2011)

marathon: 3:19:15 (2013)

Short-Term Running Goals:

~~3:20 marathon - Eugene Marathon, April 28, 2013 (can I say I really want a sub 3:20? but I will be happy with 3:20-3:23)~~ -- whoohoo!

~~Some good intermediate races 15K - 1/2 marathon, to gauge my fitness level~~ (done this, hit a 1:34:35 1/2 marathon in March 2013, on a hilly course)

Going after my 10 mile PR in Fall 2013

Maybe some good 10K races after the infernal Arizona summer is over!

Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to be one of those runners who is still running in their 80s (or 90s?). You know the ones, who look all grisley and fit? That is what I would like! Until then, I just want to work hard and be as fast as I can, for as long as I can.

Personal:

50 year old, trying to defy gravity and time

Used to be faculty at the University of Arizona (biostatistics). Currently manager of the statistics and data management group for companion diagnostics (biomarkers) at Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Roche diagnostics). We evaluate protein biomarkers that can be used to direct drug therapy that would be most effective based on individual characteristics (personalized medicine).

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Fri, Dec 11, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

1:06:04 ... probably a little more than 7, I was running slowly, but not that slowly! Beautiful "recovery" run up Yeatman trail. There was frost on the cacti ... pretty neat looking. No wildlife sightings ... probably because I was so busy watching the trail that I couldn't really look around. I was getting so good at rock jumping and obstacle avoiding that when I finally got to the flatish part of the trail again I almost tripped!

Lots to do today -- work is crazy, it is finals week for the students but it is bureaucratic &*ll for us faculty and there are two big grants that are due in February that we have to get finished by next week so the external review committee can look them over in January. I finally got my reviews back from my grant (from long ago last May) -- it looks like I will be resubmitting in March, and I need to get two papers that are half-finished on my next done by the time I resubmit. The holidays are going to be very busy this year.

Enjoy your Friday bloggers, I hope you are all thawing out!

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:17:05 from 24.8.167.243

You sure have a lot of work to do.

I'm impressed with your trail running obstacle avoiding prowess.

From Snoqualmie on Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 15:28:39 from 24.18.192.33

Don't you think "Frost on the Cacti" would be a great name for a band? But it doesn't seem fair that you had to endure such heat in summer, to also have a frosty winter.

Hope you get lots done today!

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