| 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 | | 64.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 65.50 |
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| | 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 |
| 1:49:16. I ran the outside loop almost 4 mins faster than last week (~30secs/mile) which meant that I had to run further today than last Sunday (it does not really behoove one to run faster than expected when you run for time, you just end up running more miles and you don't get "credit" for it ;-)) ... it was a beautiful day and I really enjoyed the run, I felt better than last week so I was able to enjoy the peace and beauty of my surroundings. I ran the last 20` hard (only 1:30 faster but it is uphill so even just running the same pace is harder so running faster is much harder -- good training stimulus for the end of a race). I have to go wrap a whole bunch of presents and hopefully get some work done this afternoon. I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!! | | Comments(4) |
| | 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, 1:10:15). approx. 8 miles with the last 10` at 1/2 marathon effort, it was fun (though hard because it is so hilly). Very refreshing run. Now I am in Phoenix at Dean's doctor -- and then we are going to see John, I am trying to work but instead am writing in my running blog, see how it goes? PM: (easy 4). Have a wonderful week bloggers!
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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 |
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1:05:31. Ran up the mountain ... it was so beautiful, cool, cloudy, sprinkling. Then, when I got to the top I heard a coyote howl (it was about 3-4 miles in the middle of a mountain range with a few valleys), he/she was pretty close. I stood really still and within a minute there were at least 20 lone "responses" -- from up on higher mountains and lower in the valley, from all directions, the sound just reverberated ... so cool!! I see or hear coyotes pretty much every day, but usually I hear a pack of them "yipping", this was one of the few times I actually heard them howling the way you would expect to hear them - and then to hear so many answer back ... it was just really something. As if running weren't already an obsession in our house there is a new Android app: track geek (they have it for the iPhone too, but it is not free). Now I have track and field news 24 hours/day on my phone ... it is pretty darn cool too. 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 | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 14.50 |
| AM: (10.5 miles, 1:27:48). 31:07 wu + strides, 1200, 800, 400, 200 @ 10K, 5K, 3K, 1500 pace w/400 recovery: 5:13 (6:56), 3:23 (6:44), 1:38 (6:32), :46 (6:10 -- meaningless, I know). 2 sec improvement in 2 weeks ... hmmm. PM: easy 4. I really have a lot of work to do today, Dean wants to take at least 2 days off over the next 4 days ... I would like to take them off with him, but I can only do it if I finish a couple projects today ... concentrate, concentrate. Have a wonderful Christmas Eve Eve bloggers! | | Comments(3) |
| | 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 |
| 1:05:17. Beautiful day, lots of people on the trail today -- mainly because I did not get started until Noon. I was busy with the insurance company, my cell phone carrier and the Tucson police department. When I went for my run last night at Reid Park (about 7PM) someone smashed my car window and stole my briefcase. My laptop was not in it, but my Android phone was (about as expensive as a computer) as well as my external hard drive that had a bunch of data on it and all my work for the upcoming week. I lost two papers that I was in the middle of and just about all the stuff I have been working on for the past 2 weeks. I was pretty bummed. But, I can't complain, things can be replaced (albeit it is a royal pain in the butt) -- I still have my health, my family, my friends, my dogs, my house, see ... look how many *things* I do have ;-). I have decided not to replace my phone until next week, it is good for me to be offline for a couple days. Well, I will still blog, of course! I hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas Eve, and have an even better Christmas day bloggers!! | | Comments(3) |
| | 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, 1:10:17). Pretty weird, despite sleeping really well for two days I really felt like I was dragging on this run ... so much so that about 1/2 mile into it I thought of bagging the run. Then when I got to my first landmark I found out I was almost a minute faster than usual - very odd. I think it must be my new Egoscue exercise menu, when my hips are aligned properly it just feels weird ;-) PM: 4 miles easy. MERRY CHRISTMAS bloggers!!! | | Add Comment |
| | Easy Miles | Threshold Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Track speed mileage | Hill mileage | Total | | 64.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 65.50 |
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