| 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). Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 285.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 285.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 13.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
| AM: (9.5, 1:21:19) ... 28:37wu/28:46cd 12 x 1` w/1` recovery. Hurruph ... 3 mins faster than last week?? Holy schmoly. Not any harder w.r.t. effort so I am most definitely improving. Yippeee. I am saving my "longer" mid-week workout for Thursday - when I can run at Buffalo Park, Flagstaff, AZ (7800ft)!!! PM: easy 4. Happy Tuesday bloggers! | | Comments(1) |
| | 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 |
| 1:03:54. Easy 7 ... today I teach, then I will run home, clean up and pack, and then tonight we leave for Flagstaff -- YIPPEE! Our house is a mess, our schedules are just so crazy busy this semester at work, and then all the "extra" time we have we seem to run ;-) - I am not complaining, you have to prioritize. Happy running! | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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AM: (10 miles, 1:24:55) Wow! I am so very excited. We got into Flagstaff at about midnight last night. Dean got up early to go on the Bagel Run (all the elite athletes who are in town, and even some regular folk local runners) meet every Thursday and from Biff Bagels. Dean caught a ride and ran the run with Greg McMillan. Normally, I would have gone on the bagel run too (even though it would have meant running pretty much by myself, since I would have been the slowest one there ;-) -- they usually start pretty slowly, so I can run with them the first mile, maybe 2 ;-) ). Anyway - I wanted to run a 5 x 2 run at Buffalo Park, and since it was my birthday - I got to do whatever I wanted!! The run. It is always a challenge to start a run at 7,000ft (especially when you live at 2,000ft), I know I need to go slowly, but it takes me a while to figure out how slowly. Especially this run, because it is a loop course that is not flat, and, for me, if I go into oxygen deficient - because of the altitude, there is no recovery (kind of like heat stroke/exhaustion). Also, I have no idea how fast I have been running lately. I have not done anything on the track in months (since the now infamous Wedding Bells 5K) - all I know is that I have been running my usual routes faster this month than the previous month - and that my mileage is back to normal. SO, I was a little disappointed in my first 2 mile split, so I decided NOT to look at my watch for the rest of the run (even though they have 1/4s marked on the trail). Here it is: 18:39 (9:20/mile), 16:27 (8:10), 16:51 (8:26), 17:01 (8:31), 15:55 (7:58). Not bad, I was not working hard, I was talking to a couple of other runners who were out there (except for the 1-2 mins up the hill, especially the last time I hit it!) so I was very surprised when I finished the run and looked at my watch - I would have totally be happy with 9 min pace. Greg usually gives ~ 11-20 sec/mile for 7,000 ft (especially the first day at this altitude) - so I ended up with 8 miles at a little (20 sec/mile) slower than threshold pace. The best part? It felt pretty easy - I had to concentrate on not jogging like I usually do - but I wasn't breathing hard until the last bout up the hill. YEA! PM: easy 4. I met with Greg yesterday - we sketched out a plan for my upcoming training cycle. I am getting excited. It is interesting - Greg has actually moved from 12-16 week training plans, in general. Instead, I won't really be doing any real "marathon" workouts, until about 8 weeks out. Until then, I will be working primarily on leg turnover and stamina building in the form of unstructured fartleks. This is particularly good for me right now, because I can modify fartleks based on my work/sleep/life schedule -- and I seem to be responding pretty well to them so far. This is all pumping me up!! I have to say, bloggers, I really had entirely expected never to train for a race again -- my recovery has just been so slow. But, now, I am thinking that maybe, just maybe, it is possible that I can pop out a couple more good races!!! I hope you are all doing well! Thank you so much, all of you on Facebook, for the birthday wishes, it was a great day!!! GOOD LUCK St. GEORGE RUNNERS!! I will be thinking energetic thoughts for you tomorrow!!!
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| | 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 |
| Pre-blogging. I am going to run a beautiful 7 miles on a forest service road right outside the house we are renting this weekend. I then need to get things organized for my birthday party tonight!! we are having some food made by a local company and everyone will be here in time to enjoy the sunset!! Happy Weekend!!! | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| AM: 8 miles, easy, but hard because of the hills. PM: 4 miles easy, see AM ;-) So happy to see all the awesome runs at St. George today!! You guys rock! Lots of PRs (Kim, Kelli, RAD, Amber!!! you all rock majorly!!). | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
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1:17:34. ha ... don't I wish 2:17:34! OUCH. I am estimating 15, because it was a hard run. Uphill, probably climbing from 7500ft to 8100 or higher, and the terrain was killer. BUT, it was cool, and it was fun, and ouch, my butt hurt afterward! Especially because I then climbed into a car for a 4 hour car ride. LOVED this weekend.
And, so many good races. Ritz nailed it!! Amy VanAlstine (of Team USA Arizona) won the Jim Click 8K in Tucson (she and her boyfriend stayed at our house this weekend so she could race), Stephanie Rothstein was 6th in the USA 10K championships. And, all the wonderful fastrunningblog races, I am still in awe!!
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| AM:(10 miles, 1:27:12). Hilly, so beautiful this morning, nice to be in the 70s here in the desert! Last 20` at ~ 7:40 pace. PM: easy 4 Busy, I will write more later this week ... until then, carry on, run well, enjoy life! | | Comments(2) |
| | 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 |
| quick run ... it is beautiful here -- crazy busy this week! | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 13.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.50 |
| AM: (9.5, 1:24:43). 25:07wu/24:44cd + 15 x 1` w/1` recovery -- this workout is harder than it looks! PM: easy 4. I ran a new trail up near my new job! I took some amazing photos ... I will upload them soon. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 1:02:45. Beautiful this morning!! 62F (I was freezing ;-) he he). | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
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AM: (7.5 miles). Radiation run, pretty fast 1:05:23. Had to rush home to take Jake the hound dog to the vet. He has been limping for about 4 weeks now. At first I thought maybe it was just a little "sprain" from running around at daycare (yes, he is spoiled, actually it is more that we are too busy to make sure he gets enough exercise so 2x/week we take him to run around with other dogs for the day). Well, he had Valley Fever and was treated for a year right after we move here, his lungs were FULL of fibrosis on the x-ray and there was a little spot of something in his "shoulder". The vet is not sure if it the Valley Fever rearing its head again ... or all that stuff was residual from his last bout. So, we are waiting for a viral titer and giving him doggy NSAIDS. PM: 4.5 easy. I am so worried about the next 2 months. I am waaaay overwhelmed with work as it is and this coming Wednesday I start my new job! For the next 8 weeks or so I will be working 1/2 time at two jobs. IT is going to be crazy. Seriously, crazy! | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| 2:19:48 (1:10:09/1:09:39). I ran on the Santa Cruz river trail today. It is a flat bike path that winds up and connects to the Rillato path on the NW side of town. This was the first flat run that I have done since San Diego in August. It is completely uninspiring (read, boring) but FLAT. Well, it was flat, but the gusting headwind after I turned around felt a lot like a hill! The very small negative split after the turnaround belies the difficulty of running into a headwind for 8 miles, but I was very grateful that I was able to run hard, and strong, the whole way today -- the cool 86F helps a lot! Yesterday the high was 70F!!!!! today, 90F, but still better than the height of summer. Seriously, fall in Tucson is heavenly. Happy Sunday bloggers! | | Comments(2) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 12.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
| AM: (9.5 miles, 1:21:34). 31wu/34cd. 12 x :15 w/1` recovery. Looks easy, but this was pretty much top end speed. By the last one, my legs were pretty sore. PM: easy 3.5 - I got started late, it was really dark (no street lights out here in the boonies). This week is the first week of my new training plan - excited! Greg has spent a lot of time on my new plan, I can't wait to see how it goes! | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.50 |
| 1:05:45. Running in the dark again! I started my new job today, whew. I never thought I would be 50 years old and working two jobs ... but here we are. If I can survive the next 2 months life will be very good. I really do think I am going to enjoy my new work life. Exciting work. Happy week bloggers! | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
| AM: (10 miles 1:26:xx). I reset my watch and forgot to write down the time, doh! but, I remember what I did, because it felt hard -- harder than last week. 10 miles with the last 20` at steady state pace (just under threshold pace - last 2.x miles, my "benchmark" was 16:18, on the way out it was 18:49). PM: easy 4, again, in the dark (the one bad thing about fall). Pretty tired. I am too old for this stuff ;-) | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
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Early morning radiation run. I have a little less flexibility in my time with my new job -- but, that is why I get paid the big bucks ;-) | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| AM: (8 miles, 1:10:56). Brought carrots (and a couple apple slices) to Big Boy and CoCo ... it was a pain to carry, but I got "horse nuzzles" so it was worth it ;-). PM: easy 4. Happy weekend bloggers! | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| Not only did I feel horrible today -- but I tried to take a trail and ran out of trail. Which, at the end of the day, meant that I had to hike down a steep mountain with no trail -- e.g., walk down, in order to run home. Good times. (so, I ended up being sick - but on this day, I only knew that I sucked). | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| feel really bad. Going to the doctor this afternoon. ... got antibiotics. no PM run. | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| still not feeling well, but well enough to run. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| AM: did my fartlek run that I did not do Tuesday. PM: easy 4 in the dark, near work. | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
| Feeling better! | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| AM: 8 miles, fed the horses, feeling MUCH better PM: 4 miles easy | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| AM: 15 miles. Feeling back to normal. I need to remind myself that instead of berating myself for having bad runs, I need to remind myself that I generally have bad runs for a reason. Now that I am "better" I realize that last Sunday *should* have been an indicator that something was "up". I have missed you all. My life is so crazy right now. My new job is great, but coupled with my "old" job, I am very very overwhelmed. | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| AM: 27:42wu/27:32cd 10 x :25 w/1` recovery. The :25 are very fast (for me) - A cyclist came up next to me and said "you are running 10 mph" (6 min pace - it was one of the uphill portions). I was surprised. I was at work until very late, then I went to change into my running clothes ... drat - I had: socks, shoes, running bra, shirt, and that is all ... no shorts. I will try to "make up" the missing 2nd run tomorrow. | | Comments(3) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| AM: 7 miles PM: 3.5 "makeup" miles for the shortless run last week ;) | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 285.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 285.50 |
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