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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
11.503.000.000.000.0014.50

AM: (10.5, 1:30:00 -- cool, not planned!).  I think this might have been closer to 11 miles, but I am not sure.  27:20wu/29:18cd,  6`5`4`3`2`1` w/2` recovery (started at 1/2 marathon pace and got down to about 3K pace).  I was thinking about going to the track for this -- since it is the only flat place around, but then I thought "hills are good, just run by feel, it is good for  you!!" - so I convinced myself to just run on the roads.  My last 2` recovery was a little longer than 2` because I had to stop and let a herd of about 12 deer pass in front of me!!  Felt awesome!  I got home at 11 or so last night - I ended up going to the off-campus lab site (~ 25 miles from the main campus) yesterday to help collate and create pdf files for the grant (it was mailed off this morning) -- it was a late late night for me. Plus I got a speeding ticket (and I did not have my insurance card on me, so I got a ticket for that too) drat.  Anyway, I slept in until 7:30 this morning and did not get out the door until nearly 9:30.  But it was a wonderful temperature today for a hard run (65F).

PM: easy 4.

 

Happy Thursday bloggers! 

Comments
From Carolyn in Colorado on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 16:09:37 from 198.241.217.15

Double drat on the ticket thing. Last time I got pulled over (for not yielding to a pedestrian incidentally), the cop asked where I was coming from and I said that I had just spent $700 getting my car repaired (which was true) and he let me off without a ticket.

I'm glad you got to sleep in today after your late night. And you ran fast too.

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