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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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Sun, Jul 31, 2011

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

2:03:23. Whew. 90.5 (54% humidity, wunderground said it felt like 97F, in the sun it felt much warmer to me). It was funny, on my way into the hotel I ran into some friends of mine (the statistics community is pretty small -- I think they awarded something like 75 PhDs last year, and fewer the year I received mine -- all of us on the "job circuit" the year we graduated knew each other). Anyway, I ran into some friends and I was standing there talking to them and sweated a HUGE puddle in the middle of the marble lobby floor! I had to get some towels so no one would slip and break their neck ;-). A couple of the guys were from BYU stat (super nice people - they were on their way to church) -- and they were giving me a really hard time!

I hope all is well with you!

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 11:31:12 from 76.25.72.82

It must have been a nice hotel to have a marble floor. I like your puddle story.

What city did this run take place in? Still in Miami? That seems like not enough humidity for Miami.

From auntieem on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 12:02:22 from 67.182.149.104

That is really funny! I remember humidity like that from the Chicago days; pretty lethal.

From Bonnie on Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 12:18:09 from 12.228.46.2

Hmmm. I don't know about that CinC 50% is very high humidity ... the heat index for 90F and 50% humidity is about 103F so it seemed plenty humid. Even in Nashville it rarely got about 60% humidity ... well, unless it was raining ;-).

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