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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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Wed, Jun 10, 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

1:20:20 (31:33/30:46). My body is rebelling today. I am just so mentally (and physically) tired.

The grant did not get submitted yesterday - I finished my part but I really can't even adequately vent about the problems that were encountered by the administrative staff at the college level (we haven't even gotten to the university level stuff yet). It is very frustrating not to have people to do this who know what they are doing ... I am sure it is even more frustrating to them. I guess I just got spoiled from all the years at Vanderbilt - where they had the resources to hire people who where trained to do this type of thing. vent vent vent.

Anyway, I left the office at about 7:15 so I ended up running in the dark around campus last night. I got home about 8:30, which is the earliest I have been home in the past 3 weeks straight -- but still not what I had been hoping for ... it looks like rest will be postponed until the weekend, where I am going to attempt not to work even for a couple hours.

I am debating about whether or not to ride my bike into work this morning .... ok, now I seem to be rambling on the blog, I have to go ;-).

Have a good day bloggers.

Comments

From allie on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:44:40 from 208.110.151.113

venting is good!

it sounds like you are very, very busy. great job getting in the miles though. good luck with everything.

From Burt on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:45:12 from 68.76.197.194

Poor Bonnie. How much longer before you can take a nice deserved rest?

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:28:28 from 71.229.164.25

How frustrating to do all that work and then get held up by other people's ineptitude. I hope they do their part and get this thing submitted on time.

Can you take a nice big break when this is over? You need a relaxing vacation. You need to leave work behind and come hang out in Colorado for a while.

From Snoqualmie on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 17:11:51 from 67.171.56.164

Oh no! Thus it often happens when specialization meets administration. May you have the serenity to accept the ... oh you know how it goes. But the day is not wasted - you ran! :)

From Bonnie on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 17:25:16 from 128.196.228.134

Thanks Allie - I am working on my "zen-like" approach (NOT!).

Burt, this weekend I will look like a big ole' lumpy couch potato ... I plan on reading a book with no depth and napping frequently.

Carolyn, I would love to take a vacation (and in Colorado would be the best). Unfortunately, it is likely not to happen really soon. I am teaching a new class that starts in August and I have a lot of learning/relearning to do as preparation. I am still trying to talk Dean into a week backpacking trip for his 50th birthday - if I can find someone to take my class - maybe it could be in Colorado (though usually we go to New Mexico). I will be Colorado sometime soon though I am sure.

Sno -- truer words have not been spoken - wonderfully put!!

An update -- the grant got sent to the next line of bureauracy -- yippee.

Bad thing - my bike had a major malfunction today and the chain got caught somehow inbetween gears. It was horrible. I have to take it to the shop because it looks like they have to take the whole gear assembly apart to fix it. I had to call Dean (at work) and he had to drive to pick me up (not close either). AND, my hands have black gear oil stuff on them that won't come off!! yuck. All dressed up and I had no where to go!

From Burt on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 17:36:24 from 68.76.197.194

Chains tend to fall off if you're not riding in the correct gears...Were you riding in the correct gears?

From Bonnie on Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 18:04:14 from 128.196.228.134

It wasn't that it slipped off the gear (I can fix that!!) it is that it slipped off the chain wheel got caught between the gears and the bike frame. I think it is a "bike" problem and not a "Bonnie" problem. There is no way that it should have done that ... no matter what. I was in a pretty high gear ratio, and trying to downshift the front gear a bit, even if I was "too high or low" of a gear ratio I don't think the chain should have been able to slip in between the chain wheel like that. It should be Bonnie proof BURT!

And -- it wasn't my fault ;-) I was trying to shift to go up this hill (coming up from an underpass), there was a woman and her dog in front of me and I shifted and started to tell her I was going to pass her. Just then a guy came flying down the hill in the other direction. Well, I couldn't do anything but stop at that point and I heard lots of grinding. I thought it had just slipped out of gear, but once I looked at it I could see it was much bigger than that it scratched my frame and everything.

From kungfublonde on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 03:45:08 from 64.203.113.50

I'll take your class in California if it will get you to come here! We live right by Yosemite- you can backpack there!

(what class is this?)

Enjoy dinner out. You all deserve it!

From Snoqualmie on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:11:02 from 67.171.56.164

You live by Yosemite??? Wow! Some of my happiest childhood vacations were there, but I suppose it has changed a lot in the last 40 years.

From kungfublonde on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:14:51 from 64.203.113.50

It has changed, but I still love it :)

From Bonnie on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:44:47 from 75.164.110.212

I will most definately keep that option open Rachel ... I have never backpacked in Northern California before so it might be a great option. We wouldn't have to worry about water that way -- lots of streams!

From JD on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:54:58 from 64.65.159.206

Serenity now. Serenity now...

(This Seinfeldian reference brought to you by JD.)

Good luck with all your current challenges. I'm always amazed at how much work and commitment goes into an academic career.

From MichelleL on Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 22:22:09 from 71.35.250.200

I love that - read a book with no depth. Sometimes those are the way to go. Sorry your work has been so crazy. (you need a garmin, I am sick of you rounding down your mileage).

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