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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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Sat, Jul 18, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

AM: (1:02:54). Great out and back on a rolling forest service road ... great place to train. AHHHH did not get out for the run until 9AM it was a lovely 72F. Even the 8000ft couldn't detract from the wonderful weather!

PM: (easy 4 on yet another forest service road ... the place is teeming with them).

Comments

From Barry on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 19:03:55 from 67.61.238.49

Great running this week! How is Flagstaff?

From Burt on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 19:11:01 from 98.167.151.26

Ohhhhh...you're in Flag aren't you? Nice.

From auntieem on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 19:29:08 from 67.182.145.8

Sounds like two beautiful runs. I love that part of AZ; it smells so good there!

From allie on Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 20:54:30 from 208.110.151.113

sounds nice there in flagstaff. i am glad you are enjoying some cooler temps. SLC is heating up nicely. 102 today! great mileage this week!

From Snoqualmie on Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 12:03:18 from 67.171.56.164

How much does the elevation affect your running? I'm so glad you get this break from the heat!

From Bonnie on Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 15:45:48 from 24.121.55.123

Hi guys! It is a great vacation so far!! So many cool places to run.

Auntie, I love the smell here too. They are having a heat wave, but their highs are our lows so I am a happy camper!

Sno, the altitude affects you a lot - especially if you come from sea level. There just isn't as much oxygen. You really feel it on the hills even more, no matter how slow you go you can't get enough air. We live at about 3,000 ft now and so it is a little less difficult for us. But we learned the hard way when we moved from Nashville to SLC. If you don't adjust your pace on the uphills you will get into O2 debt, and once that happens you are finished for the day -- you can't just stop and recover. We were backpacking once at 10,000ft and we were laying in our tent at night breathing like we were running! That was a tough trip.

After you acclimate, it is about 10 secs/mile handicap over 10K (NCAA, division I gives athletes at 5000ft this much on the track we are somewhere at 7500-8000 right now so it would be more than that) - and even more for the hills - especially these long steep climbs. Great training though!! Good time to run by effort and not by mileage/pace ;-).

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