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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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Tue, Apr 21, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
12.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	12.00

AM: (8 miles, 1:09:54). 10 x 1` @ slightly faster than 5K pace w/1` recovery (recovery was not jogging, but a brisk pace). Don't feel particularly good today. Tired, mostly I think because I worked most of the weekend and spent 14 hours at work yesterday ... and, of course, did not sleep well because I ate dinner too late and was too stressed out to actually sleep. Today should be the last day of grant crunch time, I am hoping to spend the next 1.5 weeks sleeping well and trying to stay healthy!! My knee hurts ... I am pretty sure it is a "tracking problem" because my quads are so tight ... but it could be that since my hip has loosened up from new Egoscue exercises that my leg is not rotating as much and it is just a new set of muscles that are being worked. Regardless, it doesn't make me happy.

PM: (4 miles easy).

A BIG HUGE HAPPY shout out to all the bloggers and their amazing performances yesterday! Congratulations!

Comments

From Burt on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 13:00:39 from 68.76.197.194

How do you run 8 miles at a 5k pace? That doesn't make sense to me.

From Bonnie on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 13:08:13 from 71.210.125.219

1 minute at slightly faster than 5K pace, then a minute recovery then repeat 9 more times ...

Suppose I was a tube with diameter 10 meters and I rotated (ran) 5 rmp ... ;-) just trying to speak in terms you might understand better

From Burt on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 13:10:27 from 68.76.197.194

Now I'm picturing you with a huge gut. I understand that perfectly.

From Bonnie on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 13:14:03 from 71.210.125.219

ha ha ha ha ... yup, that would be me! But as long as my big belly hits the line in front of the person beside me I still win!!

From montelepsy on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 15:15:52 from 155.85.58.253

Now that your done explaining things to the smart guy, how about breaking it down for me in terms of rocks and potatoes.

From Bonnie on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 15:18:08 from 128.196.228.134

I am a potato (with a big belly apparently) and I am thrown 2 feet and then I sit there and am thrown another two feet, and then this happens 10 times - while a rock (with a smaller belly), gets thrown 3 feet in the same amount of time. Who is the most tired at the end?

From montelepsy on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 16:30:47 from 155.85.58.253

I'm even more confused. I need pictures. Preferably in color. Take that back. I would like to color them myself.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 17:22:36 from 198.241.217.15

You two are too funny.

When I was pregnant lo these many years ago, I would always think I had arrived when I could walk towards a wall and my belly would hit it before any other part of me. Not exactly on topic, but it's what these comments made me thing of.

14 hours of work! Yikes! No wonder you didn't sleep well. I hope you're able to get nice and rested up for your marathon.

From april27 on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 17:56:09 from 99.188.251.180

I was never very good with word problems and this sounds like a lot of word problems! I"m glad work will be letting up soon...that is always nice!

From snoqualmie on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 23:33:33 from 67.171.56.164

Reading this discussion is like entering a party that is in full swing. I feel clueless. So I'll just say, nice workout Bonnie, and good job surviving the crunch. Hope you start sleeping better.

From Bonnie on Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 23:35:57 from 71.210.125.219

Silly conversations really, I am pretty punch drunk today. I haven't survived yet, but I can see the finish line!

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