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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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Fri, May 14, 2010
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
11.000.000.000.000.0011.00

AM: (7 miles, 1:04:50). Slow run up the mountain. I was going to run this afternoon too ... but I am not sure I am going to now, it depends on how I feel later today. I ordered a new office chair - because of my sciatic and upper back problems. I got it off of eBay (I had to buy it myself because the University is broke) -- I am excited to see if it helps. I am also starting my core work today -- trying to get in 15-30 mins a day when I can - I am hoping this might help too.

PM: (4 miles easy).  I wanted to get home before it got dark and run from there -- but I was grading finals and it took way way longer than I had anticipated ... so, it was a dark run at Reid Park at about 8:30PM.  Felt much better than I did in the morning.

Have a great day bloggers!

Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, May 14, 2010 at 13:39:45 from 24.8.167.243

Usually when you write your blog in the morning you add your anticipated PM miles to the total. You didn't do that today. I guess you're much less confident about this evening miles than you usually are.

I hope the office chair works wonders for you.

From Bonnie on Fri, May 14, 2010 at 13:44:20 from 64.119.33.134

Yup - that is the beauty of "base" - I only run when I feel like it. I do try to stay on a schedule of sorts, mainly just to keep my body used to it, but I am only running because I want to and feel like it for the next few months. It is kind of "brushing my teeth" though, so it is likely I will run this evening, out of habit more than anything else. I have a housewarming party to go to tomorrow night so I won't be able to run then. I am definitely not a mileage junky though, so I won't sweat a mile or two here or there.

Good luck getting your house clean, the faster you do it the faster you will get to enjoy it (maybe with a nap).

From KP on Fri, May 14, 2010 at 15:06:26 from 65.208.22.26

ohhhh.... a new chair! how exciting! isn't it amazing how the smallest things excite us? they do me, anyways. if i were you, i'd be sitting in that chair all day; whether it were in the office or the living room... just roll it back and forth!

From auntieem on Fri, May 14, 2010 at 17:11:55 from 24.18.77.246

I hope the new chair helps! Sometimes I think NO CHAIRS AT ALL is the best solution, but haven't quite got there myself. Core routine will probably help also; all that hip and core work gets so tedious, so it had better be good for something!

From MichelleL on Tue, May 18, 2010 at 23:55:15 from 67.41.166.22

How's the core workout's going? I bet you'll breeze through the first level. I just upped to level 3 of stage 2 today, definitely felt harder, and I will have to stage in the increases in one of the workouts (the metronome, my nemesis).

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