| 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 | | 46.50 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.50 |
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| 2:03:32 Jeremy Ranch Road. Still have not negative split this run - today was 2 mins slower back than out -- even with a headwind I was a bit disappointed. The only good thing was it was a good effort and I finished pretty strong. The extra 2 miles added 3 more hills so it was a good training run. Weather was beautiful!
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| | 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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48:21 - easy run at liberty park. I feel horrible today. Fatigued like crazy. Not just running hard and tired, or lack of sleep and tired, but deeply fatigued. I am hoping that it is just a caloric deficit - we ran late in the day yesterday and since I took Dean out to dinner last night for his birthday we skipped our usual fairly large post-long-run meal. I am going to try to eat lots of fruit today ... I do not want to get sick right now!!
Happy Monday everyone!
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 9.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.50 |
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1:32:37 (according to Anna's Garmin whatchamajiggy it was 9.7 miles) ... ran from our office to City Creek Canyon (partly on the Shoreline Trail) and back. Felt much better than a couple of weeks ago on the same course. I think I am on the tail end of the "blog virus". My nose is running a little today, but I don't feel nearly as tired as I have lately.
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| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.50 |
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1:28:43 tempo run
I am resigned to having "not so good" workouts every once in a while ... today was one of those. Anna and I ran from the office to Wakara Way to do the tempo run. Ran fine for 4 miles, right on pace (about 7:34 - 7:40 pace) even up the hills. Then I started feeling pretty bad - I thought it was just that I was tired, and then Anna told me we were running 7:14 pace, ouch. Well, I thought that maybe I could finish strong and hold on ... instead, my wheels came off as we ran up the last hill ... and I trudged up the last 1/4 mile -- it was not so much my cardiovascular system that gave out (though I was hurting), my legs just wouldn't carry me up the hill. So, basically I ran a 4.75 tempo run at or below my target pace, which is not 5 miles -- that 20 secs/mile too fast on the last mile really killed me. Not to make any excuses, but I did have a massage last night which made my legs a little less responsive than I would have liked.
I guess I will look forward, and hope I got some benefit from it, despite not being an "ideal" workout. And, I will learn to listen to my body more -- I knew I should have backed off the hills a little bit -- I could have made up ground on the downhills. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 44:45 recovery run
I fought the temptation to push my run today -- as is often the case after a disappointing workout I felt like I need to work harder than usual (punishment or redemption?) ... when in reality, it is a time that one should really take it even easier than usual. Apparently the sinus/cold that I have been fighting against, and blaming on the blog (the blog virus) is actually going around work ... a much more logical place to lay blame ;-). Have a nice weekend, I am on my way to Deer Valley for a work retreat (what an oxymoron).
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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 |
| 1:03:12 -- well they were slow miles, but really not that easy ... hilly loop around deer valley - 4 x around + a bit to make it about 7 ... Snowing, windy and a little chilly. | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 46.50 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51.50 |
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