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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	0.00	Year:	0.00

Wed, Jan 28, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
4.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.50

39:11 -- yes, I have my watch back!!

Another easy day here in Tucson. It was cold enough for tights - the 3rd time I have worn them this "winter". My legs were "dead" but no pains anywhere, the recovery is going well! I was thinking about it on my run and this week is the most important week in my next cycle of training. I need to rejuvenate my mind and body. I realized yesterday at work just how hard it is to fit in running with my work-life, it is really nice to be able to just go to work and get lots of work done during the day and not have to work until 8 - 9PM every night because I had to take 1-2 hours during the day to do a run ...

So, I decided yesterday to take the least invasive action regarding my lesions. I had it "scraped and cauterized" rather than surgically excised. This way carries a higher rate of recurrence -- but the surgery takes so much healthy tissue and it takes much longer to recover (and I couldn't run for a few days afterward because of stitches). This way, the scar is going to be much worse, but it is not as invasive. Right now it looks really gross (I have to change the bandages twice a day - it is really gross) but it doesn't hurt much. If I can make it through my 6 and 12 month follow-up without recurrence then I will know I made the right decision! Unfortunately, since I had two lesions and I am relatively young (under 50) it is really likely that I will have more, hopefully they all will be non-aggressive subtypes. I know I will be using sunscreen more than ever.

Happy Day bloggers.

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 12:24:41

I'm glad you got your luggage back.

I hope your sores heal quickly. I should heed your warnings about sunscreen. I'm running mostly before sunrise now, but in the summer we get full sun at 5:00 in these parts.

From snoqualmie on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 11:13:30

Along with sunscreen comes the disadvantage of impaired vitamin D production. I know you're probably already aware of this -- it's all over the internet -- but here are a couple of links to look at. I take a lot of D3 every day, especially living where the sun "don't shine" 4 months a year. Hope it's not obnoxious of me to give medical advice! http://www.lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi71.html and http://www.orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v04n11.shtml

From Bonnie on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 13:02:20

Thanks Sno! I appreciate the links. I really had never considered that sunscreen use affected vitamin D absorption! Wow.

Carolyn, you need to be particularly careful because you are at altitude.

These stupid 'sores' are going to take a long time to heal, but luckily they hurt a lot less today than they did yesterday.

From MichelleL on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 14:42:42

Where are your lesions?

When I was in high school I would periodically get red bumps on the back of my hands and my dermetologist said, "You are guaranteed to get skin cancer in your life." Nice to get it diagnosed early :) In my case way early. Skin's so overrated (totally just kidding).

From Bonnie on Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 15:20:03

ha ha ha. Wow, a guarantee huh? Both of mine are on my lower legs, one on each leg, one near my ankle and one near my knee. Lower legs are one of the most common places for women to get skin cancer (for men it is face, neck and head). One is right above my ankle - it had been there for a couple years, getting bigger but I did not think it looked like any of pictures of cancer. When I went in to the derm guy to see him about my (completely unrelated now) rash he thought the two spots were related to the rash ... so he biopsied a couple of the rash spots and one of my leg "things". I was pretty surprised when the biopsy came back as basal cell carcinoma. Funny thing is that when I went in the other day he looked at the one that we hadn't yet biopsied and said, "yup, that looks like skin cancer" - and I (of course) said that isn't what you said last time ... and he said, "well now that I know what the other one was". It is not a way to instill confidence I tell you ;-) - and he still hasn't cured my rash.

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