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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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Fri, Jun 12, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
7.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.00

1:02:58 (31:43/31:15). Wonderful morning for a run. Stunningly beautiful day. Saw two roadrunners! They are so awesome.

So, I am the luckiest blogger in the whole world. Twice in the same number of months I have met the most wonderful people from fastrunningblog. First was the most incredible Snoqualmie ... and last night I met Montelpsy (a nice, handsome, smart and yet tough manly man). I was so lucky to be part of the :

MONTELPSY American Tour 2009

Washington, D.C.

Tuscon, Arizona

Where will he end up next????

I had a very nice time (and broke his camera, so there will be no evidence). AND -- I also was able to talk to the beautiful and talented Kungfublond as well. SIGH, it was a truly a wonderful night!!

UPDATE:

My grant has been successfully submitted -- all told the "science-part" has taken 6 months (well 2 years from conception -- but 6 months of writing and organizing, 1 month pretty much full-time) and the "submission-part" took almost 4 days. I kid-you-not 4 days just to get it submitted, amazing. Anyway, now we wait until October/November. Just so you all know, grants hardly ever (read never) get funded the first time, so it is likely I will be resubmitting this (with updates based on the reviews) in February. The main thing this round is to get scored, so that is what I am hoping for (that would mean the reviewers think it is worth funding next time). The resubmission is generally a little easier than the first round.

UPDATE2:

I rode my bike into work today (11 miles). I had to go pick it up from the bikeshop. The guy who fixed it called me yesterday to tell me it was ready and I asked him, "how can we make sure this doesn't happen again". His response was classic -- "This was one of the freakiest things I have ever seen, honestly, I don't think you could do this again no matter how hard you tried". -- Sounds like a challenge to me. I don't know, if there is something incredibly stupid that one could do many times ... I could do it ;-). Though I still am sticking to my story that it was not my fault.

Happy day bloggers.

Comments

From Burt on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 16:47:57 from 68.76.197.194

Cool. I came to your blog to see if you met him, and yep, you did.

Bloggers I've met so far: Lybi, James, Kelli, Scott, Jose, Walter, Misty, and Rhett. (Hope I didn't miss anyone.)

From Bonnie on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 18:30:42 from 128.196.228.134

I'm next, pick me, pick me, pick me! Check-out my update Burt -- re: the bike, it was not my fault ;-).

From Burt on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 18:36:56 from 68.76.197.194

You're totally next. Just got to figure out when :)

I thought I did something to my bike the other day when I pedaled backwards.

From Snoqualmie on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 19:03:40 from 67.171.56.164

We feel lucky to meet YOU! :)

Bike guy should know a genius when he sees one.

From Bonnie on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 19:21:32 from 128.196.228.134

you are too sweet Sno!

From kungfublonde on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 23:44:25 from 64.203.113.50

The next stop on the Monte tour will be all of us for a change- family vacation!

Now you have my number Bonnie. Call me every day and text me every ten minutes! The connection was cutting out a little so a few times I'd be chatting away and you'd come back in and I realized I was interrupting you all over the place. I'm sorry, I'm really not that rude!

Can't wait to host you and Dean when you come to Yosemite. I'm already planning the menu!

From Kelsey on Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 19:29:23 from 24.35.47.77

I am jealous that you got to meet bloggers, I haven't gotten to do that yet :(

But I had to post a grievance with the grant and publication system as well. I actually haven't written a grant yet, but that is next on my list (just a dissertation improvement grant from NSF... I am not expecting anything but my advisor says it's a good experience). But right now I am working on a response to my reviewers for two separate publications. One of them I initially submitted LAST JUNE and a year later I just sent it back in for the second time. They are moving soooooo slow. Ugh, come on people, I need to graduate!! Congrats on getting the grant in, it's always nice to have it out of your hands... you almost have to forget the part that you will have to work on it again.

From montelepsy on Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:17:58 from 64.203.113.50

Bonnie, I hope to end up in Tucson next :)

I'll try to talk the ladies into it.

Hon, I bet she would love that eggplant casserole you do so well.

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