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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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Tue, Apr 26, 2011

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
14.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.00

AM: (10 miles, 1:27:14). 23:15wu/22:58cd 15 x :45 sprints w/2` recovery.

PM: hopefully easy 4.

My eyes are a red, swollen, itchy mess. Allergies ... first time in my life. I think it because it has been so dry this winter that when the wind picks up there is dusty pollen blowing everywhere. Regardless, it is not pretty ;-).

What else is not pretty? My teaching this semester. Lots of mistakes in my notes, a few goofed lectures that confused more than helped, I will be glad when it is over ... hopefully better next year.

I hope you are having a wonderful week so far bloggers!

Comments

From JD on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 17:15:52 from 70.96.78.149

Just keep sharpening the saw.

I used to get allergies, and for the last couple of years I haven't had them at all. I assume it's because of the consistent exercise (running). However, this Spring the allergies are creeping in a little bit. It must have something to do with the climate. Global warming. Or perhaps Sarah Palin's to blame.

From Bonnie on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 17:48:18 from 128.196.228.134

It is a given that ALL bad things are ultimately Sarah Palin's fault (at least in our house ;-)).

Keep the allergies in check JD (and run happy!).

whoops, I forgot to mention, there was a great article in Running Times this month on what you do for tired legs -- lots of slow distance. I hope you feel your usual self soon, I think you just need some really easy weeks (like 2 of them) to get your MoJo back.

From auntieem on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 18:42:19 from 67.182.149.104

I read that article too, and realized as I was reading that it does make sense, and has worked for me several times. I have recovered nicely with long slow miles, both on the bike and running.

Bonnie, 15 is a lot of sprints! I wish I would get a workout like that - I can never get enough sprinting. Do you get to all-out sprint, or is it like a repetition pace?

From Bonnie on Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 19:02:49 from 128.196.228.134

auntie, it kind of depends how I feel, but generally, I think of these 45 sec sprints as 200m, so I run them at about 200m pace (though I am on a dirt road), 1/2 of these were uphill into a headwind and 1/2 were downhill with a tailwind so I don't really know how close they were to my true 200m pace. But, given the way my bum hurts right now, pretty darn close I think ;-)

From allie on Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 15:45:27 from 161.38.218.168

sorry about the allergies -- i am about due to go through my yearly four weeks of allergy hell. all thanks to sarah palin for inventing cottonwood trees and wind.

From auntieem on Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 13:18:23 from 67.182.149.104

200m workouts are a favorite, but I am never supposed to all out sprint them! I want to.

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