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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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Mon, Oct 25, 2010
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
4.500.000.000.000.004.50

41:17 (21:04/20:13).  Ran down to near the track and back, it is much easier to run up this hill home when I haven't done a track workout.  Tonight I will do another 50 glorious minutes on the elliptical.  Should be a good week this week, I run 3 days in a row (supplemented with 50-105` of elliptical or water running to make sure I get 90 to 2 hours workout total) and then 4 whole days in a row after a day off from running (I am not sure yet whether or not I will take a day off from cross-training, it depends on how bored I am with it ;-)).

Did not sleep well last night - we were woken up at 2AM with a chorus of coyotes (at least 20 of them -- maybe even more).  They were right outside our house and across the street in the wash, it was pretty cool.

Have a wonderful start to the week bloggers. 

Comments
From Snoqualmie on Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 14:29:25 from 24.18.192.33

Coyotes scare me, irrationally. Good luck with the x-training.

From Bonnie on Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 17:54:10 from 128.196.228.134

Thanks Sno, I need the luck ... x-training sucks. hopefully by next week I can say good-bye to the elliptical, though I will likely keep up the pool running for a month or so more.

I really like coyotes, but it was eerie I will admit.

From Nan on Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 01:16:36 from 24.8.144.22

Hey Bonnie, sorry I haven't read your blog in a while...its been crazy hectic around here. I am glad to see you are running again though!!! Yeah!!! Crazy coyote wake-up call. They must have had a good catch.

From Bonnie on Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:51:23 from 64.119.33.134

Hi Nan, no doubt you have been busy as all get-out. Hope the decisions are coming together, I am waiting (patiently, of course, patience is one of the many virtues that I need to work on) to hear all about it!

Don't worry about not "keeping up" with my blog - listening to people talk about cross-training is second only to actually doing it in the "boring" department ;-)

From Kory on Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 16:42:45 from 97.182.31.158

Consistent workouts pay off. Keep up the consecutive running if you can. Everyt

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