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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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Fri, Jun 05, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
5.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.50

48:24. Modified Dean's loop + my loop.

Wildlife encounters: thousands of lizards, hundreds of bunnies, 1 coyote and 1 goathead.

ok ... goatheads are not technically wildlife, though they are abundant here in the desert. We find them in our house all the time - by the tried and true method of "walk barefooted to the kitchen". Their scientific name is, appropriately, "puncturevine weevils".

Anyway - the one I "found" today was the largest I have ever seen, it was long enough to stick all the through the bottom of my running shoe and about 3 inches into the pad of my foot --- ouch. I was able to pull it out and all is well ;-).

Have a great Friday bloggers!

Comments

From Burt on Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:48:14 from 68.76.197.194

Love it Bonnie. We called those bullheads when I was growing up. As far as the other wildlife goes, I imagine your exaggerating a little.

From Bonnie on Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 11:53:22 from 75.164.111.39

Ok ... maybe hundreds of lizards (seriously there are about 5 per 50 ft!) and 25 bunnies

From montelepsy on Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 16:24:21 from 206.248.193.234

Did you name them all?

Btw, I'll be in Tucson 10-11 Jul. Don't know if I'll have time, but I'd like to say hi in person.

From Bonnie on Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 16:37:11 from 128.196.228.134

I will be here! And it would be great to meet you!

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 17:25:46 from 198.241.156.7

I always wondered what those things were called. I'm glad you survived your encounter with the huge one.

We have bunnies, but not that many.

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