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Tucson,AZ,USA

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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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Thu, May 28, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

50:58. 12 x :30 @ faster than 5K effort w/1` recovery. Felt good to get some leg turnover. Pretty easy for the first 10 or so (basically a little longer than 100m so more like doing strides really). I felt much better today than yesterday, I think it is that I am just getting warmed up at 40` ;-)

Happy Thursday bloggers. I can't wait until I get this grant finished, no sleep, pretty much very high stress levels all the time, and no running have made me a very jittery person of late!!!

Comments

From snoqualmie on Thu, May 28, 2009 at 14:02:31 from 67.171.56.164

I hope your grant gets done soon too!

I like the way that workout sounds. Intense but manageable intervals - is that how you see it?

Re leg turnover, are you going at a very high cadence or is it faster because you are moving in a longer stride in the same amount of time? Hope that question makes sense. Like, if you were driving a car one block every 10 seconds, are the blocks getting longer or are you driving them faster?

From Bonnie on Thu, May 28, 2009 at 14:11:46 from 128.196.228.134

Thanks Sno, I can't tell you how stressful this is ... I am used to stress, but this is over the top for me!

I think it is a little of both cadence and stride length... though I am actually thinking a lot about stride length right now because of all the pressure my current stride puts on my hips and back.

I wouldn't actually count this as a workout - since this is kind of what I do as warm-up (well, fewer of them - maybe 5-6) before I do longer intervals. I think it is supposed to be a way to get used to running faster again (more neuromuscular stimulation) without putting any stress on the body. I guess what I mean is that these alone wouldn't help me get faster, but they do prepare my body for the workouts that will ... does that make sense?

From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, May 28, 2009 at 14:18:05 from 71.229.164.25

That makes sense to me. Does that mean you're getting ready to do faster workouts?

I hope your grant gets finished and the pressure eases up on you soon. No one needs that kind of stress.

From Bonnie on Thu, May 28, 2009 at 14:21:41 from 128.196.228.134

Well, I guess I deserve this stress since I picked this career ;-). It will be really cool (and worth it) if the grant gets funded.

I think I will be working up to some faster stuff fairly soon - probably no track work for another month or so. It will be interesting to see how this is going to work in the summer heat here.

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