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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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Mon, Aug 10, 2009

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

Day off, but I had forgotten last week that I wanted to post an article from Flotrack on Lindsay Allen, one of Greg's athletes. Close-by, the World Track and Field Championships start next weekend - yea ... a week of T&F!

So, the weather forecast from the radio yesterday: "highs of 101 today and tomorrow, but warming up by Wednesday and Thursday" ;-) ha ha. Despite the high numbers - the mornings have been much cooler as of late, much more tolerable. Actually, even 101 feels cooler to me now.

One more tidbit before I go to work, I went to clean the filter basket for the pool on Saturday. WHOA, there was a huge spider that had built a web in there (as an aside, I am terrified of spiders). As I looked on, mortified, I realized that "she" had a huge red hourglass on her belly. I quietly backed away and ran inside the house and "holed up" until Dean came home (all manner of insects, and live rodents, are his job). I was sad that he killed her and her egg sac - but he said, "it was either her or us".

Have a great week bloggers.

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 10:57:07 from 24.8.167.243

So the red hourglass, does that make it a Black Widow? I'm not very well versed in spider species.

Enjoy your day off.

From Metcalf Running on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:33:51 from 207.225.192.66

EWWWwwuuu I hate spiders!! SO glad your hubby took care of the matter. Yes Carolyn, I'm pretty sure that means Black Widow.

From Snoqualmie on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 11:51:04 from 24.18.192.33

AAAAAAck! Arizona, not meant for human habitation...

Do we get a link to the Flotrak article or shall I go searching? Don't want to miss it!

From Bonnie on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 19:06:15 from 128.196.228.134

Sorry Sno ... the link seems to work now.

Yes Carolyn it was a black widow! I was kind of freaked out actually!

From allie on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 19:52:38 from 161.38.223.220

scary! when i was in sixth grade, i had the wonderful experience of sharing my bed with a black widow. she got me. THAT was one painful bite. i am still alive though. but now i have an extreme fear of spiders. especially in my bed! ahhh! hope you had a nice rest day, aside from the spider incident :)

From Bonnie on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 19:58:19 from 128.196.228.134

YIKES! See, now I am really going to have problems sleeping tonight. I am so glad you not only survived but thrived!

Hows Logan? I am very excited for you Allie, you are starting a new chapter in your life. I really enjoyed most of grad school (the dissertation was a pain, but first couple years of my masters program were easily the best educational experiences in my life).

From JD on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 20:17:07 from 166.203.55.70

When I was a kid, I once pulled the cover off the filter of Grandpa's pool...and found a dead mouse rotating around in the basket. The vacuum of the filter had pulled all the hair off the rodent...lovely sight!

From Bonnie on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 20:20:56 from 128.196.228.134

oeewwww. I did find a dead ground squirrel (what Burt calls groundhogs) in the filter, but he looked peaceful. At least he looked more peaceful than the ones my cat has caught for me do (after he gets finished torturing them). Again, Dean had to actually fish it out ... he needs to earn his keep doing something other than be a trophy on my arm and running fast ;)

From Burt on Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 23:14:12 from 98.167.151.26

Dean certainly is some eye candy. Black widows aren't too scary. Maybe I've seen so many of them that they don't scare me anymore. My kids caught one last year and kept it as a pet. Scorpions scare me a little. We found a dead frog in my friend's filter. And my wife deathly afraid of cockroaches.

From Snoqualmie on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:54:54 from 24.18.192.33

Great article. Very enjoyable. :)

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