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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, Nov 03, 2009

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
14.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	14.00

AM: (9.5, 1:25:40). 8 x ~100 m strides. Ran my usual 9 mile course - usually I do my strides after I get to my house, but I was short on time today (our refrigerator is being delivered to our new house) so I started the strides on my way home (uphill) and finished the last 5 in my usual spot. The only place I don't run on dirt (sand) is on this mile stretch that leads uphill from the wash -- it is amazing how much faster it feels to run on asphalt vs dirt/sand ... I still prefer my dirt though.

PM: (4.5 miles, easy). Probably going to Reid park tonight - the only place with lights ...

Have a great day bloggers!

Comments

From Carolyn in Colorado on Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 12:17:52 from 198.241.174.15

Is this dirt/sand you run on loose, like at a beach, or is it packed?

Are you excited about the new house?

From Bonnie on Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 12:24:34 from 75.164.100.248

A little of it is like the beach, but mostly it is somewhere between packed and beach sand. A really nice surface actually. There are plenty of places to run near the new house that are like this too, but with lots more hills. And, there are lots of pretty tough trails too. It will be fun ... I hope. I am going to miss my morning route, where I know all the usual people and dogs.

I am excited, but right now I am just overwhelmed with getting packed. It is not good to stress an already stressed system ;-).

From Snoqualmie on Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:15:10 from 24.18.192.33

I had a dream last night that I left dinner burning on the stove and went running. I said to the family, "I am doing doubles now, just like Bonnie," and off I went. It was a great dream. lol In real life, if I ever do get a second run in it is always quite sluggish but not in this dream.

From Bonnie on Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 17:09:17 from 75.164.101.203

Sno ... I meant to respond to this last night, it cracked me up (I even read it to Dean). My second runs are generally pretty slow (there are times when all is right with the world and they feel so easy, but most of the time they are just little jogs that work the kinks out of my legs).

I bet there would be mutiny in the Sno house and I would be brought up on charges of "aiding and abetting of the delinquency of a Mom".

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