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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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Sun, Sep 28, 2008

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
12.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.50

1:52:05 ... I wanted so badly to go to Jeremy Ranch Road to run today -- we only have one more Sunday to run there! But, Dean is starting to get sick and he decided not to do a long run today. I did not really want to take the 3 - 4 hours it takes to drive there, drop water and run just for me ... so, I decided to run from home. I ran to Sugarhouse Park (via 1500E ~ 3.5 miles) then did 3 laps on the outside of the park on the grass (~1.9 miles or so each + a little more to make a bathroom stop and get water) and then home on 1300E (~3 miles, uphill). I estimated about 12.5 miles by the time it took me. I guess it was an ok run - especially with such an auspicious start ... I really really really did not want to run today. My head hurt, I was tired, and I figured "hey I am sick after all ...". So, I stretched, I puttered around, I took my temperature, stretched some more, thought about all the people that I needed to think about (some are having good times, some are having more troubled times), thought about all the work I have to do, thought about the laundry ... and tried to convince myself it was ok to miss my run. In the end, I simply could not justify missing my run and I got out and did it!!

It is good, because starting Wednesday I will be lucky to get 5 miles/day in ... Taipei is not an easy (or safe) place to run ... and our schedule is jam packed. Not to mention Thursday I can't run, because we don't get a Thursday -- we leave SLC at 1PM on Wednesday and arrive in Taipei at 10PM on Thursday (we make up for it on the way back when we leave Taipei at 10PM on Saturday and get back to SLC at 8PM on Saturday -- freaky isn't it????).

Happy Sunday bloggers, I hope you know I thought about just about every one of you today!

Comments

From The Howling Commando on Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 16:28:06

Super Run today, Bonnie! Taipei?! That sounds exciting! HAHA that IS a little freaky that you'll be flying all night and yet still "gain" two hours. LOL

From Bonnie on Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 16:36:42

Hello BEN!! Long time - I am so glad to see you running again ... have you thought about doing a tri or even a bike/run? You would be rockn with all of your biking lately.

The whole travel thing is odd, when you go to Europe it is "harder" to go than to come back and when you go towards Asia it is harder when you come back (at least it has been my experience) - the older I get though the harder it is, period.

So the other "freaky" thing is that I just found out yesterday that Dean and I are only people who will are non-Chinese/Taiwanese and our talks are the only ones that will not be in Mandarin!! And no, we don't know any Mandarin! Luckily, most statistics is in greek anyway ;-) so we might understand something over the 3 day conference!

From Bonnie on Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 16:37:34

sorry Benn -- I forgot an "N" -- blood supply is waning from my head ;-).

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