| 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). Favorite Blogs: |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 53.50 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 66.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20.00 |
| Somewhere between 20 and 20.5 miles. Last 8 miles @ MP. 2:44:10 (over all pace somewhere between 8:00-8:12) 1:26:54 (8:28), 15:34, 7:54, 11:24 (no mile markers - 7:36 pace for 1.5 miles), 7:45, 7:48, 7:37, 7:44, 11:25 (7:36 pace for last 1.5 + miles). Happy Sunday bloggers! Congratulations to all the bloggers on their wonderful races yesterday! | | Comments(9) |
| | 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(11) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 |
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40:45. OH NO ... I couldn't believe when Greg told me to run 40` today ... oh why oh why. I can't be in taper (Greg calls it "peaking"). I feel horrible, fat, my legs feel like big hams on top of my calves. I am not ready, I have not run enough, I am slow. And how does one gain 2 pounds in less than 4 days without overeating (which I haven't)?? I can't believe the poundage creep I am experiencing. And just when I was so near my happy weight.
OK. Panic over. I know it is simply not logical for me to be so anxious - after all this is just for fun, it is not like it is my livelihood (of course I have risked my livelihood, or at least my ability to make tenure next year, to train for this marathon). I am still, illogically or not, nervous and anxious about this upcoming race.
I came home from my jog feeling out-of-sorts, after "remembering" how great and prepared for my last race I felt -- well, I asked Dean about "how I felt" and he said, "you felt exactly like you do today". Hmmmm, selective memory?
Happy days bloggers. | | Comments(8) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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AM: (10 + miles, 1:26:44). Ran a little more than 10 miles, but not by much. Tempo intervals (10K - 15K pace: 6:59 - 7:14/mile = 8:40 - 9:00/2000 meters) 3 x 2000 w/2:30 recovery + 3 x 200 w/200 recovery.
25:29 wu + strides on the track, 8:56 (~7:10), 8:54 (~7:08), 8:50 (~7:06), :49, :49, :49, 22:30 cd.
The 200s were so slow ... my goal this summer is to work on leg speed and get these down to the :44 sec pace that I am supposed to be running them!
Overall, a pretty good workout. It was 85F and very hot (I have a long way to "get used" to this heat stuff again, especially since by Arizona standards it is not really hot yet - yesterday it was 100F when I left work and about 90F when I ran my PM run on Tuesday). Funny, the "coolest" part of the run was the headwind on the backside of the track -- talk double-edged sword! We got to bed super late last night because I went to Phoenix with Dean last night to see the ART/Graston specialist there (John Ball is a mircle worker and takes insurance). Graston is similar to what Josse does (scraping). Anyway, he worked on my ankle a lot, since he thought that is what was causing my knee pain (my foot points out to the right when I run -- always has) . OUCH. But it is amazing how much less rotation I am getting on my knee now. I asked him if that what was causing my quad pain, and he said, "no, 70 mpw is causing your quad pain" - I thought it was funny.
PM: (3.5 miles, 32:45). I was very tired and hot and unmotivated tonight.
Happy Thursday bloggers. | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
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52:17. I am calling this 5.5 - it was a little longer than that. I feel much better than I did last night. I am very happy that Sunday is supposed be much cooler (highs in the 80s) so it will make my last "long" run before the marathon a lot more comfortable. We moved our scale to a "flatter" part of the bathroom, I am well within my target weight today, yippee.
Happy Friday bloggers. | | Comments(11) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| AM:(5.5+, 51:57). Easy run ... not quite as hot as it has been (~80F and sunny), even though I did not get out as early as I wanted ... I was just too tired this morning. PM: (4.5 miles, my favorite run). Have a great weekend bloggers! | | Comments(7) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 53.50 | 0.00 | 8.00 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 66.00 |
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