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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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Thu, Feb 07, 2013

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
17.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	17.00

AM: (13 miles, 1:43:25). I had to make a choice between workouts today. 15-30 min wu/15-30 min cd + either 5-8 miles @ goal pace (7:35-7:40) OR 3 x 2 miles @ 10K +/- 10 secs (6:50-7:05) w/4 min recovery. I wasn't sure which one I was going to do until I got to the track. The GP workout is more my "sweet spot" and likely to be more comfortable, while the faster workout was outside my comfort zone. Neither would be "easy" ;-).

I decided that the reason the faster workout is outside of my comfort zone is because that is likely the type of workout I need to do -- so, I decided to do it! As usual, I tried not to focus on the exact pace, but rather work into a groove and hold it to the end. The last 400 was ugly - uggggllllyyyy - and I was surprised to see the pace!

7:07/7:02, 4:00, 7:03/7:00, 4:02, 6:57/6:56 + 27:24wu/26:57cd.

PM: easy 4.

Happy Thursday bloggers!

Comments

From Jake K on Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 13:19:10 from 155.100.226.191

Nice job Bonnie. The workouts that take you out of the comfort zone always feel good (afterwards!) when you run them well.

From Bonnie on Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 13:25:51 from 196.3.39.209

thanks Jake! I agree ... though it is a hard call, because this close (3 weeks) to the race you don't want have too many "bad" workouts (emotionally ;-)).

I still am not sure how to feel about what to expect, but I am pretty sure I can at least run a little better than my first marathon ...

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