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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, Mar 13, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
7.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.50

1:07:44. Recovery run. Did not feel good at the start - never got better, but luckily it never got worse either. Goal was to be out on my feet for more than an hour and this was accomplished.

I have told you I live on the edge of the wilderness -- well, there is a coyote that lives in a wash near my house. I saw here this morning walking right in front of me (less than 50 meters away). I was worried about her being so close to "people" and cars, but I stopped and talked to some people who were out with their dogs and supposedly she has lived her for a really long time. Her mate was killed by a car a couple of weeks ago (I saw him on the trail and was worried about him because he kept running toward the busy street). According to these people the female has either just had a litter of pups or is about to, they could tell by the way she acted when their dogs walked by (the dogs avoid the coyote after the first time they ran up to her thinking she was a dog, they got pretty close and then just slowly walked away - I guess she did not smell like a dog after all!).

Happy Friday bloggers.

Comments

From montelepsy on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:45:35 from 155.85.58.253

Do you say coyote or coyote? I pronoune it coyote.

From Burt on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 13:05:59 from 68.76.197.194

Me too. I love it when I see coyotes. We must have a pack of them that live in the Queen Creek Wash right by me, becuase occasionaly at night I hear them howling. It's almost like they go running through the golf course just to tease the dogs in the yards.

From allie on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 14:23:17 from 208.110.141.10

i pronounce it coyote as well. guess we are all in agreement.

From Bonnie on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 14:56:34 from 128.196.228.134

Now that I live in the West I say coyote - but I was brought up to say coyote.

Burt - my Dad lived in Queen Creek until recently. He lived near that pork butcher shop? Anyway - it was such a cool place to run - you could find miles of dirt roads (old jeep roads and farm roads). It was hot there though (even hotter than here in Tucson from what I hear).

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 19:01:48 from 198.241.217.15

Good job staying on your feet for more than an hour.

We have coyotes near here too. They've been in the news lately because apparently there have been some attacks on people. I've only seen them once when I've been out running, and they left me alone.

From Snoqualmie on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:03:21 from 67.171.56.164

That's really interesting that the dogs could tell.

How can you guys tell which pronunciation you're talking about when it's written the same? Maybe it's too early in the morning for me...

From allie on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 13:22:12 from 208.110.141.10

here's how you tell the difference in pronunciation:

#1: coyote - pronounced "coyote"

#2: coyote - pronounced "coyote"

From Burt on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 14:15:38 from 98.167.151.26

Duh, Bonnie. I mean, HELLO!!!

From Burt on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 14:18:03 from 98.167.151.26

Oops. Not Bonnie, Snoqualmie. And I noticed I spelled because wrong earlier. I'm a dork.

From snoqualmie on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 15:29:07 from 67.171.56.164

OK, I cannot be the only one, or is this a joke? The two spelling are IDENTICAL. c-o-y-o-t-e. I do know the 2 pronunciations, but there is just no difference in spellings here. Someone please rescue me from the Land of Duh. lol

From JD on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 15:34:37 from 166.217.171.67

You guys have convinced me to start pronouncing it "coyote" now, instead of "coyote".

From Burt on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 15:43:15 from 98.167.151.26

You see? JD gets it. LOL!

From Bonnie on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 16:23:23 from 71.210.101.173

ha ha ha .. Yes Burt, that JD is a quick learner!

Poor Sno -- despite her new found speedy legs she is showing a little naivete:

1) if Burt is involved it is bound to be a joke (or at least funny).

2) think accents ... or old cowboy movies. One is pronounced with a long "o" but no hard e on the end (coyot as in "yo, brother" on the end); the other is with an ea sound on the end (coyot-long a). coyote versus coyote ;-).

Practice on your family!

From Snoqualmie on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 17:01:37 from 67.171.56.164

I get the pronunciation. Just a little too literal on spellings. lol Humor impaired once again. Now if it had been JD saying it in the first place I might have known. I'm used to him!

From JD on Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 17:10:19 from 166.217.171.67

Yo!

or should I say "yote"?

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