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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, Apr 24, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
5.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.50

52:17. I am calling this 5.5 - it was a little longer than that. I feel much better than I did last night. I am very happy that Sunday is supposed be much cooler (highs in the 80s) so it will make my last "long" run before the marathon a lot more comfortable.

We moved our scale to a "flatter" part of the bathroom, I am well within my target weight today, yippee.

Happy Friday bloggers.

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 13:06:49 from 71.229.164.25

So you were probably at your target weight all along. The scale was misbehaving.

Have a fabulous long run this weekend!

From Lucia on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 16:55:56 from 74.9.147.114

Yay for the target weight! So funny about the scale position affecting it, very glad you figured it out!

I need to find an ART specialist around here, sounds like a great thing. Good luck on your last long run this weekend!

From Bonnie on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 17:23:25 from 71.210.125.219

Well, I don't know if it was the scale or water or? But, I am not as freaked about it today ;-).

Lucia - there is a "good" ART person near you: http://www.achieve-fitness.com/massage_therapist_washington_dc.htm

I really swear by ART ... they generally don't believe in "long term" care. Most of the people that I have seen believe they can "fix" you in a session or two.

From Bonnie on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 17:24:37 from 71.210.125.219

Good luck at the talent show this PM Carolyn!!

My run won't be very long this weekend, just longer than most of my other runs. Good luck to you on your truly long run tomorrow!

From rockness18 on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 18:10:42 from 69.183.233.81

Looking forward to seeing how you do in the marathon. You've definitely put in the work!

From Bonnie on Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 18:52:41 from 71.210.125.219

thank you Dave! If only that were all it took! I am getting nervous, but I am also hoping it will be a little fun!

Hope you are recovering nicely.

From montelepsy on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:47:12 from 217.68.199.130

How lumpy is you bathroom?

From montelepsy on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 12:48:44 from 217.68.199.130

Ahem, I meant your bathroom.

From Bonnie on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 13:06:49 from 71.210.125.219

hmmmmm. Probably not very lumpy. I think it is a cheap scale (unless it underweights me in which case it is the best scale in the whole world). I am pretty sure it is just a psychological thing right now Mike ... I guess I don't have enough real stress and am manufacturing some ;)

From Lucia on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 13:44:09 from 98.204.55.168

Quit manufacturing stress!!! :)

Sometimes it's better to judge our weight by how our clothes fit... although some clothes shrink or stretch... so scratch that... You can usually "feel" it when you gain/lose weight somehow, right?

Thanks for the ART tip, I'll have to look into it (after my final exam, after my final exam...) :)

From Bonnie on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 14:17:03 from 71.210.125.219

Good luck on your finals Lucia! I am sure you are going to do well, you have been so focused this semester!

The clothes thing is how I usually judge my weight. I am a little more diligent right now because I do have an "optimal" racing weight that I am trying to maintain. But after this marathon I will be a lot less worried about it ... I can't wait until this summer, I am going to take a few months and just run when I feel like it, ride my bike to work, maybe go on a backpacking trip -- all the things I don't normally do when I am way too obsessed about "training".

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