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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
Tue, Feb 10, 2009
Easy MilesThreshold MilesMarathon Pace MilesTrack speed mileageHill mileageTotal
12.500.000.000.000.0012.50

AM: ( 8.5 miles)...lost the time I had written down, but it was somewhere about 1:12.  It was a quick run because I was in a hurry to get to the airport!

PM:  (4 miles, 37 something).   It was about 9:00 before I got to the hotel, I hurried and put on my running clothes and hit the treadmill.  Honestly, if I had to run on a treadmill every day I might not run - I would find another sport.  It was so painfully boring.  I don't think the treadmill was calibrated but I set it at 2.0 incline and ran about 9:00 min pace (though it felt much slower).

So ... here starts my two days of not being in touch! 

Comments
From montelepsy on Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 13:18:35

I feel the same way about the treadmill, but I can do the stationary bike. Go figure.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 16:20:39

I feel the same way about the treadmill, the stationary bike, and the elliptical. My son thinks it sounds boring to run outside without headphones, but for some reason it really isn't, at least not for me. Though I do sometimes get anxious to be done.

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