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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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Thu, Mar 05, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
15.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	15.50

AM: (11.5 miles, 1:37:05). 25:48 wu 5 x 5` w/3` recovery 31:06 cd. I was able to get an overall pace for 2 miles (average 7:40 includes both fast and slow parts - which means that the fast parts were around 6:55-7:00 pace - which surprised me). This run was much more controlled and less taxing than last weeks run -- knowing that I have a tendency to run non-track fartleks a little faster than I realize I took it slower than I had wanted. By the last one I felt tired enough that I was confident I ran them at an ok pace. I did get some sort of weird pain in my adductor/quad during the recovery part of the 4th and 5th one, it sort of went away sometime during my cool-down ... but I am not happy about it. I might cut my run this afternoon a little short if gets worse during the run.

PM: hopefully 4 miles!

I have a post-"surgical" appointment today for my skin cancer. One of the areas has healed enough that I don't need bandages anymore (but it is an ugly scarred thing - icky really), the other one is horrible looking still. I really am getting tired of the whole wound care stuff -- and I hope I can get some sort of cream or something that might speed things up.

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 17:10:56 from 198.241.217.15

I hope that your abductor/quad is okay and that your woulds heal up quickly. These bodies sure are a lot of work to take care of.

From josse on Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 18:52:58 from 70.192.253.239

I have a friend that has had a lot of skin cancer taken off her face. the guy who did it did a really good job, you can hardly tell she has had it done. Hope things heal up nicely. I can't wait to see how you enjoy your first marathon.

From Snoqualmie on Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 20:36:00 from 67.171.56.164

Great workout. Good luck with your appointment.

From Bonnie on Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 21:14:21 from 71.210.108.146

Thanks for your comments. Nice to hear about someone with positive outcomes Josse (although legs are not nearly as big of a deal as someones face!). The doctor thought things are healing "nicely" -- he said, "legs take a long time to heal and the wound looks really unsightly, but eventually it will become less and noticeable". Nice of him to tell me this now and not 6 weeks ago ;-).

I am really worried about being able to run the distance ... I am hoping a healthy respect for the distance will make sure I start out slow enough that I won't blow up! But, I can't be too nervous about it so far out from the race!!

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