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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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Happy Memorial Day bloggers. 

Today is my scheduled day off (no goose-egg day).  I went for a 60` bike ride.   Mainly because the only way I am going to get "rid" of this saddle sore stuff is by consistent riding ... blah blah blah, Dean says ... blah blah blah (this one is for you Lucia!).  But, he really does know since he had a girlfriend who was a professional bike-racer (he was the team driver for a summer - they just went all over the country racing in stage races).  Anyway ... I got out there.  I have decided that the reason I can go so fast is 1) because I have a nice bike and 2) because I am an obsessive runner who isn't working out unless she is sweating/breathing hard.  

 

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Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Mon, May 25, 2009 at 14:00:39 from 71.229.164.25

You're a fast runner and you're fast on the bike too, eh. It must be the good bike. I'm horribly slow on the bike, but I also have a horrible bike.

Actually, I'm sure that your being so physically strong is the main reason for your being fast on the bike.

Thanks for checking up on me and the phone call this morning! It was a nice surprise.

From snoqualmie on Mon, May 25, 2009 at 22:55:51 from 67.171.56.164

You are a lovely, wonderful person! And that's for free. :)

From Bonnie on Tue, May 26, 2009 at 12:14:20 from 75.164.106.34

Thank you Sno, back at you!

From Lucia on Tue, May 26, 2009 at 13:24:28 from 74.9.147.114

You are fast because you are awesome, no way around that!

From MichelleL on Wed, May 27, 2009 at 00:34:50 from 71.219.40.17

So what's your ave pace? Just what you've always wanted, a crotch of steel (he he).

From Bonnie on Wed, May 27, 2009 at 11:30:34 from 75.164.106.34

ha ha ha yup, I can't wait until that is what it is ... right now it is just very sore!

I don't know the exact pace, I just know it is faster than most of the commuters, with the exception of the 90 lb "real" cyclists that go as fast as the cars on some roads. Given that Lance Armstrong can average about 30-34 mph in The Tour, I would figure I was doing about 10-12 mph, fast for me, not even mediocre for a cyclist!

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