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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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45:24.  Nice easy jog.  I went exploring for new trails and running places.  My main criteria: dirt or sand, prefer some hills, few major intersections.  Luckily, there are a lot of washes and dirt paths around my area.  Had a few starts and stops (the main wash ended as a feeder wash came in from the west, for instance) but it was fun.  I am trying to enjoy the "down-time"!

Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 19:00:05

That's cool that you went exploring. I'm rarely adventuresome enough nor have the time to do that.

But now I must reveal my ignorance. What is a wash?

From Bonnie on Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 19:18:39

If you haven't spent any time in a desert there is no reason you would know what a wash is! A wash looks like a dry river bed. It is dry most of the time but when it rains it floods (most of the time here in Arizona that happens in July and August). We get these hour long rain storms that flood the area and because the ground does not easily absorb the water the runoff creates these "rivers" or "creeks" that are short lived and leave "washes". Some of them are sort of 'hard packed' sand and some them are really sandy (like beach sand). If it is a big wash then it looks like a dry river bed and lots of times (in the city) they will put up fences around them and the hard packed dirt near the fence line is great for running!

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