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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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Tue, Sep 29, 2009
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AM: (10 miles, 1:25:54). 9 miles + 8 x ~100m strides. Felt really good today, I hope to get out for 4.5 tonight, but if it is like most Tuesdays I might not get done with work until it is really late so I might just do 4.

PM: (4.5 miles, 39:14).  Yea!  I left work and 7:30 and was at the park by 7:45.  I felt so good on this run.  One of the easiest, and most enjoyable runs I have had in a long time (not that most of my runs are not enjoyable, this one was just very comfortable).   Another thing that made it special -- TMI -- is that I stopped at an actual bathroom. Usually, I have to run around the parking lot and find a very dark corner to pee in before I get into my car to drive the 1/2 hour home (I am not as picky about my bathrooms as Sno is ... as a matter of fact "the world is my bathroom ;-) just kidding) ... ahhhh I was living in the lap of luxury (a public bathroom at a tennis court)!

Happy Tuesday bloggers!

Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:18:30 from 198.241.217.15

I'm so glad you're feeling good today. So the difference between getting out at a reasonable time and getting out really late is a half a mile? That's what, 3 or 4 minutes for you?

From Bonnie on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:27:49 from 75.164.100.129

About 4.5 mins in the evenings, it isn't about the 1/2 mile it is more that I feel guilty taking the extra time because I know Dean is waiting on me to eat dinner (and when I mean late I am taking about nearly 9PM by the time I get home, 9:15 or so to take a shower and sit down to eat). The only place to run in town once it gets dark is at this park near the University so after I finish my run I still have a 25 min drive. Tucson is a low-light town (because of the observatory) - so it is really really dark at night around here.

From auntieem on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:40:56 from 67.182.145.8

Jeez, I so admire your two a day plan.

From Bonnie on Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:44:16 from 75.164.100.129

It has been almost a 1.5 years that I have been doing it ... so it seems pretty natural to me now. The worst part is just getting started in the evenings, I almost never look forward to it, especially when it is 100F out!! I can't wait until it cools off - they say maybe by this weekend fall will be here.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 10:55:18 from 198.241.174.15

Congratulations on getting off work at a decent time and on finding a bathroom. That's always a happy surprise on a run.

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