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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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1:59:10 (1:02:33/56:36) AP: 8:56/8:05, last 2 miles hard (I only got a split for the last mile it was 7:04).  It was so much cooler today than last Sunday, it was about 78F at the start and a mere 85F at the end, I was so happy about that.  The humidity was 73% at the start ... but went down considerably as it warmed up.  I am very happy to report that Summer is over.  Although we will still have high temps hovering around 95-98F for a while, the lows are supposed to be in the 70's for the next week -- yippee!!  I might even feel a bit chilled in the morning ;-).

So, right after I posted how the monsoon ruined my PM run last night we lost power and it did not come on until early this morning.  The bad news was that I did not get to watch the Reiti track meet (Rudisha and Kiprock ran amazing races in the 800 and 1500!); the good news was that I got to bed earlier, and made headway on a book I am reading.  

I hope you are all doing well bloggers.  I am remembering where I was on this day in 2001, and thinking how I can make the world a better place, that is what I am doing.  Well, in between getting ready for a guest lecture I have to give to a 160 undergrads on Tuesday, getting ready for a lab meeting I have to speak in on Monday afternoon, oh yea, and get ready for class tomorrow ;-).

Happy Sunday. 

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AM: (9 miles, 1:17:32).  I don't have my exact splits ... but it went something like this: 27:00wu/26:00cd + 10 x 45" w/2` recovery.  I got out by 6:30 and was in a hurry because I was guest lecturing this morning.  Despite working on my lecture for 3 days (it was a "recruitment" talk to undergrads), STILL half of them fell asleep, and I don't think I got any takers ... even though I opened with:

“I keep saying that the sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians,” said Hal Varian, chief economist at Google. “And I’m not kidding.”

I did get a few groans when I told them what prerequisites they  needed to take now in order apply to grad school. sigh.

 PM: easy 4 ...

Have a great day bloggers! 

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1:12:21.  Nice morning, humid (because it rained all night), but in the 70s.  Actually, when I first walked outside I thought, brr ... I might have to get my gloves

;-).

Have a wonderful hump day bloggers.   I am in a hurry, very difficult proofs today in class, it is always the hardest lecture for me (and the students) ...

 

 

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AM: (11 miles, 1:31:55).  30:14wu/28:26cd  6 x 800 w/400 recovery (3:26, 3:25, 3:24, 3:23, 3:23, 3:23; average 2:30 recovery).   I wasn't sure how I was going to do with these ... last March I ran 3:22, 3:22, 3:20, 3:20, 3:19, 3:19 .... but, it wasn't nearly as hot then (85F and sunny) and I haven't done anything like this since then ... so, I guess I am ok happy; you have to start somewhere ;-).  I met a woman who was coaching a guy doing 400's on the track, he is a professional olympic distance triathlete ... he was pretty fast.  She used to be a professional runner in the 90s (was in the Olympics 3 times).  I actually ran "sprints" with her, as we timed her athlete, Stu.  It was fun!

PM: easy 4.

 

Happy Thursday bloggers! 

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1:02:59 ... pretty nice run, despite heavy legs and no sleep.  A little (ok a lot) overwhelmed with work right now.  Doesn't look like a day off will be happening for quite a while.  

Happy Friday bloggers.  GOOD LUCK to all the racing bloggers!!  We are all rooting for you! 

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AM: (8 miles, 1:11:22).  Nice morning ... the high at 9AM was the low last week!  Yea!

PM: easy 4.

 

Great races bloggers, keep the awesome results coming in!!!

 

I have to go write an abstract for a presentation I hope to give at ASCO (American Society for Clinical Oncology) in January, get ready for a presentation I have to give on Tuesday morning, an analysis I have to finish for some collaborators by Monday afternoon, oh yea, and get ready for my lecture on Monday ... happy days. 

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