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Tucson,AZ,USA

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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 08, 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

1:04:15 (32:25/31:50). Ran for my prescribed 65 mins - because I ran slowly (recovery run pace) I did not go as far as I normally do ... so I am calling this 7 miles, it was likely a little bit more.

Felt much better than I had thought I would. I am a little nervous about tomorrows workout - I have three options and I need to be careful which I pick because I am not sure I will be fully recovered.

I have to go give a talk ... this week I am giving two talks to two different groups (statisticians and biologists). I hope I can remember which hat I am wearing ;-).

Happy Wednesday bloggers!

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 17:11:14 from 198.241.217.15

Feeling better than you thought you would is a good sign. You didn't say what your three options are for tomorrow, but maybe you can go with one of the more aggressive options since you didn't seem to feel too bad today.

Good luck with your talks. I'm sure you'll do a great job.

From Bonnie on Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 17:24:36 from 128.196.228.134

Hi Carolyn,

Glad to see you had a nice run today, and that the weather is co-operating with you (and you writing in complete sentences again ;-) ).

Actually, I would probably go with the least aggressive since this is going to be a tough week mileage-wise. I am not willing to take the chance of missing any more runs (especially because of injury) this close to the marathon. However, it is not really a matter of aggressive or not, it is a matter of what I can effectively work on give where I am in my training cycle.

I can choose to run a 3 x 2 mile tempo interval workout (10K - 15K pace); a 5-8 mile MP workout; a hill workout (8-10 up a hill that would take 60-90 secs to get up); all of these with warm-up and cool-down would be a total of about 15 miles total (3 miles wu and 3 miles cd). Right now I am leaning towards the MP run, since I am running my fast finish runs too fast; I need dial in MP better.

Have a good day!

From snoqualmie on Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 10:58:21 from 67.171.56.164

Hey Bonnie! I'm married to a statistician! How about that? I hope your talk goes well. Thanks for all your input lately.

From Bonnie on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 20:14:35 from 71.210.121.51

Hi Sno ... I forgot to ask, where did your husband go to school? Dean got his PhD from U of Washington (but went to Cornell for a year too). I got my PhD at U of Colorado ... the stats community is pretty small, we might have crossed paths at some point!

From snoqualmie on Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 21:48:17 from 67.171.56.164

He went to UT Austin and is in actuarial sciences now. Fellow, SOA. You all can chat about sub-obtimization and t-tests in Eugene. So you are "Dr." Bonnie! Awesome!

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