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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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Wed, May 28, 2008
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
6.500.000.000.000.006.50

55:01 - ran 2.5 laps on the gravel path around the park (Parc de la Devesa) + 10 x :25 strides.

There were a group of people running pretty fast at the park today - they looked to be part of a running club. The 2 women in the group were running pretty quick, one of them about 3 stride lengths ahead of another one - probably the fittest running people I have seen here since the race we ran the last time we were here (though the cyclists yesterday were pretty fit too).

No matter how hard I try I can't sleep past 4AM here ... makes me feel very zombie like during the day! Probably just as I start getting used to the time here it will be time to go home.

Still cool, but humid. It is supposed to rain again today - dreary, but easier to work that way.

Comments
From Jody on Wed, May 28, 2008 at 07:02:23

Enjoy Spain! Always great to run in a different city. My sleep is still messed up from my trip - that is why I am writing this at 5:00 am and been up since 4.

From cgbooth23 on Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:37:36

So I have to ask, what does one do that allows them to go to Spain and still work? I want that job! That is one of my dream vacations!

From Bonnie on Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:47:49

Hi CG ... Well, you have to sit 10 hours a day listening to statistics talks, and give a boring one of your own ... but then afterward you can stay in town and travel a bit!! It is not so bad really, I do have my dream job - though the whole publish or perish (or get funding or perish these days) is pretty stressful sometimes!

Spain is really lovely. People are pretty friendly (at least up here, not quite as friendly in Barcelona, but not unfriendly), the weather is nice, the buildings are really old - it is amazing seeing some of the buildings that were built in the 12th century or earlier not only still standing, but still lived in!!

Hi Jody, welcome back home yourself! I am glad that Spain is "runnable" - I can imagine how impossible it was in India! I am going to Taiwan in October, and I have heard it is pretty hard to run there as well ...

Bonnie

From cgbooth23 on Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:52:59

It sounds nice maybe not the 10hr. lectures, but Spain! I love soccer too so at the right time of year I'd love to be in Barcelona! Enjoy your work/vacation! I am a loan officer and it is not out of the realm of possibilities to do something like that one day, the way everything in my business is going paperless!

From Kim on Wed, May 28, 2008 at 13:44:29

I'm glad I checked in on you. Sounds like a great place for a business trip! Keep us informed on the sight seeing!

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