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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, Apr 20, 2011

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

1:03:43. Up the Yeatman Trial ... snake sightings = 0 so I still have a few more days to run on the trails!

I still feel weird. I am not really sick, but I am definitely not good either. I did sleep a little better last night, but I am stressed and just not functioning at 100% (which is not good, because I am super-duper busy here at work). Seriously, I just don't see how I am going to get everything done that I need to ... (caution: vent ahead) I am working on a huge grant, huge in terms of money (over a million/year) and huge in terms of impact for the University. Things are so bad with research grants right now that U of A has lost 3 of these big grants over the past 6 months (NIH is not funding as many grants and these other grants did not make the cut - one of them, that I was involved in, was because it was too expensive, the others are because they did not score high enough). If we lose this one too our Cancer Center (research-wise) is in big trouble - translating into bunches of people losing their jobs. Anyway -- this grant is due next month. I am in charge of the biostatistics core - we provide the statistical help for 4 projects (each project is as big as a usual grant), plus, I am also co-leader for one of the research projects. What does this mean? It means I am essentially working on 5 grants, at the same time as I am teaching a big service class (tougher to teach than when I am teaching graduate PhD statistics students) plus all my other duties (I am funded 40% on other research grants that all have some sort stupid timelines ;-) ). YIKES. Plus, I am supposed to be getting my dossier ready to go up for tenure by June. This means that I really really really need to get my own papers written, right now I have 2 papers that I am trying to finish ... but I just don't have time. My TA and RA (same grad student) is not doing her job, and so I might have to fire her ... anyway, whine whine whine. I know, if I weren't whining so much I would be getting more work done ... here I go.

Happy running bloggers!

Comments

From JD on Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 18:12:07 from 70.96.78.149

I will never complain about being too busy again.

Good luck with everything. :-)

From Bonnie on Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 18:14:22 from 128.196.228.134

I am just a big fat whiner. I drink too much wine I think (which is not my problem, I don't think ;-) ).

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 21:15:33 from 198.241.174.15

That is pretty darn busy. I wish I could do something to help you.

From allie on Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 00:58:10 from 174.23.251.140

good luck bonnie. you are not a whiner at all -- that is one extremely full schedule. but you can do it! :)

From seeaprilrun on Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 16:48:19 from 174.70.177.86

Geez that sounds like insanity.

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