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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, Dec 14, 2010

Easy Miles	Threshold Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Track speed mileage	Hill mileage	Total
13.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	13.00

AM: (9 miles, 1:18:15). 20 x :30 w/1` recovery.

PM: (easy 4).

Have an early morning meeting today so I need to be brief. However, I did see 3 coyotes this morning ... they "ran" with me for a while ;-). And, I forgot to tell you about last Sunday. I got to run with a red tailed hawk. I was running on a trail that parallels some telephone poles - it was flying above me and then alighted on a pole, as soon as I got up to the pole it would take of and fly around and then sit on the further pole, and so on - we did this for almost 2 miles! Pretty cool.

I hope you are all doing well and have a great day of running and everything!

Comments

From Kim on Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 14:21:14 from 67.199.180.90

Way cool about the hawk. I've had birds do that with me before, but not a hawk!

Not so cool with the coyotes! OK, maybe it's cool to you, but I don't think I'd like running with them!

I'm happy things are going better for you all the time! Good luck on the business!

From Dan on Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 22:58:53 from 63.87.129.222

Beware! Those birds can drive bomb!!

From Bonnie on Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 09:41:41 from 64.119.33.134

I am not afraid of a hawk Dan ... hmmmm, ok, if he was to dive bomb me I would be afraid he would mess up my hair ;-) .... hmmmm, or my gouge my eyes out.

Kim -- the coyotes are funny, they are not aggressive, but they are not afraid of me either. They seem more curious as anything, "is she predator or prey???". I hope you are enjoying Christmas time (I am sure you with nice weather!).

From Burt on Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 13:51:36 from 206.19.214.144

Dive bomb or poop.

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