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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, Aug 13, 2008
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
7.000.000.000.000.007.00

1:02:24 - this was actually longer than 7, I would guess 1/4 mile more ... but who knows, I just know it was longer than 7.  I think that most of the time lately I am under estimating my mileage ... but it is good for me, because I try really hard to run by feel and time and not by mileage and pace -- it keeps me healthier (as I don't try to push more than I should or run more than I should just to hit a mileage target).  Of course, when I run workouts (speed, tempo) then I will run on measured courses or the track -- but for the most part, I measure time on my feet and how I am feeling.  We'll see how that works next winter for my next target race - where I try to PR!!

My current running goals are to race as workouts until PF Chang's - where I hope to PR for the 1/2 marathon, then, next Spring I am running my first marathon -- The Napa Marathon!  Yippee, I think.  I will feel much better about my chances for running a good marathon if I can reach my goal pace for PF Chang's -- regardless, I need to run one marathon sometime, it might as well be when I am 46.

These are my ruminations -- inspired by Lybi's last week!
 

Comments
From MichelleL on Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:44:55

IMHO you need a gps watch. Its the easiest way for your mileage to go up :)

From Bonnie on Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:35:44

I knew you were going to say that! My friend Anna tells me that all the time.

I don't count mileage for a reason (I don't think it is the best way *for me* to train). I think time on my feet is a safer alternative ... if I shoot for mileage goals I have a tendency to run miles when perhaps I shouldn't, and increase my chances for injury. The way I currently do it, there is no benefit to running more than Greg tells me. In my very humble opinion the goal is to run as well as you can on as little mileage as you can (though this does not mean running few miles, it just means optimizing training without over-stressing your body) -- it is a very fine line that we all try to run -- training effectively so we can run as well as we can, but making it to the starting line healthy. You need to be able to balance both. BUT, I am over-conservative in this regard. I am really not a nice person when I can't run, so I don't like to get injured for fear of losing all my friends and having all my co-workers and students hate me ;-).

From Kim on Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 19:17:52

Hey Bonnie, I didn't realize you had never ran a marathon before! I am excited to see that you have one picked out! The blog is getting so many people that it's hard to keep up on everyone's activities. I hope you are doing well. When is the big move? I was thinking August sometime.

From Bonnie on Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 19:20:59

Hi Kim,

We start our new jobs on November 1st. We will be in Taiwan the first part of October, so we will likely pack up sometime after we get back. It is coming way too soon!!

Your training is going SO well!!

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