| 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 | | 63.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 63.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 1:39:45. Met up with some friends this morning at the Cinco de Mayo 10K and 2 mile run. It is a very tough course, basically 3.1 miles uphill (2450 to 2660) and then downhill. Ran 4 miles with them and then headed out on my own. Ran up Tumamoc Hill (about the same level of difficulty as City Creek Canyon - but at 2400 ft) for a while and then ran over to the trails near Pima Community College -- very nice trails there, and safe(r) from the snakes as the trails are wide and there are no ledges to get stuck on ;-). Very happy to have been able to run so long today -- next weekend? Back to normal!! | | Comments(5) |
| | 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, 1:08:44). I was so happy to see some ~8:30 pace miles in there this morning! PM: easy 4 bad news. I start radiation on the 21st. My second opinion came in, worse than the first pathology. In a couple of days I will tell you more details, but apparently, I was the only one who thought that skipping radiation was an option, apparently, my radiation oncologist never thought I was a candidate. Yesterday I went in for my post-op check-up with her, armed with my papers and justification for my decision to skip radiation. I left with tattoos that will help line up the machine, a ct scan that they use to figure out how to direct the radiation, and a "cubby" with my name on it, where I will be storing my clothes every day for 5 weeks. Sort of depressed right now ... so I won't talk about it any more. GOOD NEWS: Dean and I are going up to Flagstaff next week for Greg McMillans running camp! Greg invited us because we had attended other camps that Greg had 5-6 years ago!! It will be FUN! and a much deserved break for poor Dean. It has been very stressful for him the past few months. OTHER GOOD NEWS: We got our Track and Field News yesterday! This is an exciting issue: "Entire line-up for NCAAs" -- some good reading tonight! Yea!!! | | Comments(7) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Beautiful morning -- 79F and overcast! | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 14.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.50 |
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1:33:45. Ran over to the trails near Pima College (aka the awesome track). I really wanted some trails - but the snakes have taken over the "real" trails. The trails by Pima are wider - with no rocky ledges for one to fall off when surprising a snake - or the snake surprising you ;-). Such good therapy -- it was awesome! It felt great! It helped that it was a beautiful 80F!! Very content today!! Skipping the second run because I have a late meeting today.
PM: easy 4. I got out of my meeting earlier than I had expected - and decided more therapy was in order ;-) Even though I feel like I am just as busy as before the end of the semester, I am not, I have been getting into work late. I feel like I used up all my "emotional sprinting" to get to the last day of classes and now I am depressed and lazy ;-). That will change tomorrow when I have 50 finals to grade!! I hope you are all having a wonderful week!!
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 |
| Nice hilly run. One of my students graduated today with a MS in biostatistics! I took him, and his family, out to lunch. It was fun. His Dad is a retired academic (in something), and his Mom is a programmer who works for IBM. They were very interesting -- and from NY, so there was no silence ;-). Funniest thing was that Josh (my student) got a phone number (of our server) - after she flirted with him more than once, and yet, I had to point out that she wanted him to ask her out? for a 26 year old, he was pretty clueless about women ;-). Tonight we are going out to dinner with some people from the lab I work with ... this is more socializing than I have done in months, and all in one day. I hope you are all doing well!! | | Add Comment |
| | 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 |
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AM: (8 miles, 1:04:32). Yes, it was slow, but it was my first 90F run of the summer ... plus, I want to run for 2 hours tomorrow - on my famously hilly mountain run - so I wanted to take it easy. Plus, truth be told, I stayed out too late and drank a couple glasses of wine last night, so ... I was a bit tired ;-).
PM: easy 4. NCAA regionals this weekend!! Arizona (Go CATS) has 4-5 people who have a shot at winning nationals (in the 5 and 10K men - Lawi Lalang and Steven Sambu, and the 10K women - Jen Bergsma) -- so it is exciting -- though not as exciting as last year when I got to watch them live here!! Happy weekend! I have to go in and start grading my final exams, and clean my office! | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 63.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 63.50 |
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