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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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Tue, Mar 17, 2009
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
13.500.000.000.000.0013.50

AM:(9.5+ miles, 1:24:05). Probably a little closer to 10 but not quite. 15 x 1` @ 3-5K effort w/1` recovery. I know this workout looks easy - but it isn't when you do the first few too fast ;-). PM:(4 miles). nice and easy. This week is a sort of recovery week, I say sort of because I will have 3 'workouts' over the week so the intensity is about the same as most weeks with slightly less mileage.

PM: (4 miles, 36:24).  easy evening jog - it was very pleasant!

 Happy St. Patrick's Day bloggers!

(whoops ... how could I forget the Patron Saint of Ireland?)

Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 14:25:32 from 198.241.217.15

I don't think that workout looks easy, and I've done a workout similar to that. Did you have to do a lot of looking at your watch to keep track of the pace change every minute?

From Bonnie on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 14:57:14 from 128.196.228.134

Nope ... the old fashioned running watches come with an "interval" timer - I set it for 1` and so every 1` it beeps at me ... no watch looking at all (except to make sure I am counting correctly - after about 9 I sometimes lose count).

From Snoqualmie on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 15:56:31 from 67.171.56.164

That workout looks kind of fun. I think I'll "steal" it sometime. It's for VO2, right?

From Bonnie on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 16:08:38 from 128.196.228.134

Yup ... speed and VO2max.

I wouldn't exactly call it 'fun' - but it helps (I think). These are fast enough that there is some lactic acid build-up around 3/4 of the way through the workout - when you use that shiney new key of yours you can try this on the track - it is similar to a 200 meter speed workout (with about 100m recovery jog).

From Burt on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 16:17:57 from 68.76.197.194

Are you anti-Irish? It's St. Patrick's Day! Happy Tuesday - indeed.

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