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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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AM: (9 miles, 1:19:52) ... no "turn-around" splits, somehow I missed the button on my watch.   I ran faster the last 20` (even faster than I usually do) -- since that is what Greg told me to do ;-).  Felt pretty tired the first 40 mins.  Sunday was a little harder than I meant to run (I realized later as I went through my entries from last spring that I ran 2 mins faster than I usually run -- and that was WITH the extra mile added in the middle -- which means I ran nearly 10 mins faster than I have ever run this course ... that is way too fast -- Dean runs the non-added on course in 45 mins and he is way way faster than I am ...).  Anyway -- I really need to make sure I recover in time for a good race on Sunday.

PM: (4 miles, very very easy).

 

Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 13:43:22 from 198.241.174.15

Maybe you're just a lot speedier than you used to be!

Bonnie's running a race on Sunday! Hooray! Hooray! I'm so excited for your race report. It seems like it has been a while since you have raced.

From Bonnie on Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 21:16:03 from 128.196.228.134

Hi Carolyn,

I don't think it is possible to get that much speedier in such a short period of time and only with base mileage, but I was glad I haven't lost much fitness over the summer ... I still think it is going to take a significant amount of training to get my 10K down to what I am hoping for. I can't wait until the end of the semester, I am just so tired right now.

I am both excited and apprehensive about Sunday, though I am not expecting a stellar performance... just a better starting point for my next phases of training. Or at least that is what I am telling myself. All of Greg's athletes that were here last weekend are also just coming off of base training, and they did not run quite as fast as they expect to be able to run over the course of the spring track season. Although they still ran circles around anything I could hope to run ;-).

From Snoqualmie on Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 12:09:20 from 24.18.192.33

Very nice, very nice! Have a great week.

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