| 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 | | 69.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 15.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 |
| 2:14:26. Might have been a little longer than 15, but it was super hilly, and super hot (96F and sunny when I finished) ... I was just so happy to be able to run this difficult of a course in the heat and feel strong. I am so lucky. Off to watch more live feed of the Olympic track and field - with NO commercials, and ALL the running events with no breaks!! Happy Sunday bloggers! | | Comments(2) |
| | 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, 1:20:11). I wanted to run longer but I am having SI joint problems (probably all the hills). Very painful run actually ... my usual chiro is out of town, but his office (his Mom actually, who is answering his phone while he is on vacation ;-)) gave me a referral to someone else -- I liked this other guy, but he still hasn't quite fixed the problem! PM: 4 miles easy.
Great women's 400m hurdles race and men's 1500 m race yesterday -- since classes haven't started yet, I was able to sit in my office and watch them LIVE -- soooooo cool!!
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 1:09:04. I was really worried about running today, apparently my back/leg pain is sciatica and not SI joint - I found this out after visiting the "temporary chiropractor" - he adjusted my SI joint and my sacrum (that was weird ...) and although some of my leg/back felt better, the primary pain was still there. So, I did some stretches and the "flossing" that I have uploaded to various people over the years (here), and decided to run anyway ... it was not a great run (it hurt much of the time), but it got better as I ran further. I was thinking on my run, "I need to get a massage, where can I go? [I sort of fired one of my massage therapists last year] ..." - - then I remembered, I had found a new massage therapist last year -- he works with the entire UofA track and field team. I couldn't believe I had forgotten about this!!! What a dweeb. I have been offered a job in industry (here in Tucson). I am very conflicted about this. It is a very very good opportunity, both for me personally, and also the type of job that can really make a scientific difference -- quickly. I am lucky to be able to have to make this kind of decision ... but it is hard. There are pros and cons to any decision like this, and I have been an academic for a very long time, it is a difficult transition to the unknowns of industry ... hmmm. Have a wonderful day bloggers!!! | | Comments(2) |
| | 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: (10 miles, 1:30:01). Hot run, my leg is a little better - and I was talking myself into taking it easy today, and then I was 5 miles out ;-) oh well. PM: easy 4 -- I saved a tortoise tonight -- it was so cool. It was sitting next to the road and I was so worried that it had gotten hit or was sick. So after much deliberation, and standing there staring at it, I picked it up and put it in the bushes far from the road and finished my run, when I ran back by it was gone. If it had still been there I would have ran home, gotten my car, and brought it home until I found a rescue group. RUDISHA RUDISHA RUDISHA ... 1:40.91 -- what can you say? RUDISHA! warrior indeed! | | Comments(2) |
| | 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 |
| ~63 ... in a hurry (what else is new?) So, today, I had to tie my shoe. I stopped at this metal guardrail (because I can't quite bend over to tied my shoe and need something to prop up my foot) put my foot up and see this very messy looking web. As I followed the messy web I see a black, long legged, spider .. I say, "oh, I wonder if it has a red dot on the tummy, oh, I see it, yes it does, and oh wow, there are some huge white things in the web too" .... yikes - yes, a huge black widow, and her babies!! WOW. A day after a tortoise - how cool is that? Upset that the first thing I said to myself after seeing the gold and silver winners of the women's 1500m final was, I wonder what drugs they are on? | | Comments(2) |
| | 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, 1:11:25). Was so hot today, even by Tucson standards. I think the low was 87F ... it was 105F by the time I finished. And sunny. I feel kind of sick right now, so I need to go drink some cold water. I stopped by to see CoCo and BigBoy, CoCo is very sick. She almost died last night and is getting 5liters of saline every hour all day ... her owners have to stay with her all day. The heat is not helping .... I stood and petted her for almost an hour. PM: easy 4, hopefully when it is cooler. I have to go try to find live feed of the mens 5K and womens 800 m ... have a good day bloggers! | | Comments(1) |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 69.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.00 |
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