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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, Jan 05, 2011
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1:04:42.  It was colder this morning, the same temperature (33F) but cloudy so it felt cooler than yesterday - luckily, I was running uphill for the first half of the run so I warmed up pretty quickly.  Felt really good again today ... but I tried to run really easy anyway because I have a hard workout tomorrow that (I hate to second judge my coach) I am not sure I am ready for ... but, you have to start somewhere so I will just do the best I can do.

I hope you are all having a wonderful week so far, the week is going by way too quickly for me ... there just are not enough hours in the day. 

Comments
From auntieem on Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 13:20:19 from 98.247.176.184

Sounds like perfect weather! Good luck with tomorrow's workout- I am sure you are ready.

From Lily on Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 15:17:38 from 67.199.181.73

I wish there were more hours in the day to. So it is cold in AZ. Are you handling it ok?

From Bonnie on Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 15:29:03 from 128.196.228.134

Hi Lily, I love the cold (I hate the heat here during the 5 months of summer) and I have all kinds of cold-weather gear (from my 10 years back east and 2 in SLC) so I am doing just fine! The coldest weather I have ever run in was -10 (not with wind chill, it was even colder with wind chill) in Avon, Minnesota (where my brother lives). It was so cold that my eyelids kept getting stuck together -- good times.

I feel for you though, I can understand not being able to tolerate the cold, it is how I feel about the heat.

Have a productive day Lily ;-)

From Dan on Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 21:50:27 from 24.209.83.20

Send some cold weather gear my way :) It was 30 here, which is more than fine. The single digits and below are the hard runs.

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