| 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 | | 66.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 66.00 |
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| | 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 |
| So so so happy about the weather today. Cloud-cover, and thunderstorms all night kept this run under 90F for most of the run! a little humid (for us), but man, how much difference 5-10F can make, boy-howdy. I hit 1:16 to my drinking fountain (usually hit it 1:22 or so) - so I added on more trail miles before heading up the long hills home. Felt really good for most of the run. I did see 3 dead baby rattlesnakes (run over by cars) - which was sad - which made me happy about my decision not to run trails with a group of trail runners (I had been invited this past week by friend Merry). The baby rattlers are particularly dangerous because they don't know how to control their venom (and can inject a very large quantity) - and, they don't have developed rattles, so you can't hear them when they are around. My usual rule is, "snakes get the trails during the summer, I get them in the winter" -- it has worked well for me so far :)
Happy Sunday, bloggers!!
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| All those promises I made, about being a better blogger, pffft away. I, as usual, have great excuses... But none of them change the fact that I have been a neglectful blogger. Although the good news is that I am running! I will come clean with a new "challenge" in my life, and actually, in some respects it is hitting me harder than my breast cancer did. I have an autoimmune arthritis. It is in the same family of arthritis as Michelle Lowery and Paul Petersons ... And, here the kicker (for me) it is degerative, meaning it is going to get worse over time. And, running is not good for it (though I am currently ignoring this part of it). I have been running with a bunch of pain for a little over 4 months, and it is likely I will continue to run, until I can't. It has been around for a while, but got severe after my marathon (physical stress likely contributed to the autoimmune response). Anyway ... I am sure my way too stressful job doesn't help either, and I definitely need to work on this part. Arrrggg! I am on a heavy dose of celebrex, and soon likely some other drug to slow the joint damage down, and I am already feeling better. So, yippee!
AM: 9 miles
PM: no run, wanted to, but couldn't, for a variety of reasons.
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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 |
| AM: 7 miles
PM: 4 miles
I had a 12am - 1:30am conference call with some collaborators in Zurich and Melbourne! Yikes!
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 12.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.50 |
| Worked from home today ... Good thing because, apparently, I don't work as well on 3 hours sleep :-) not like I used to!!
AM: 8.5
PM: 4
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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 |
| Beautiful morning! Only 77F ... Brrrr.
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| | 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
PM: 4
Happy Saturday!
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 66.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 66.00 |
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