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Location:

Cambridge,MA,United States

Member Since:

Apr 19, 2012

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

5k: 20:32 (6:36 min/mi) -4/14/13

8k: 33:28 (6:44 min/mi) - 4/7/13

10k: 44:44 (7:11 min/mi) - 12/15/12

15k: 1:10:17 (7:32 min/mi) - 6/23/12

10 Mile: 1:18:03 (7:48 min/mi) - 5/26/12 

Half Marathon: 1:41:40 (7:45 min/mi) - 7/22/12

Marathon: 3:32:11 (8:05 min/mi) - 1/13/13

Boston 2 Big Sur: 7:36:02 (8:42 min/mi) - 4/21/14, 4/27/14

Number of Marathons: 9

Number of States: 7 (IL, FL, KY, MN, TN, MA, CA)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Sub 20 min 5k

Half marathon PR Summer 2014

NYC Marathon 2014

Long-Term Running Goals:

Join 50 states club

3:25, 3:15, sub 3:00 marathon? The sky's the limit! I want to see how fast I can get! :) 

Personal:

I started running in 2009, and am still learning a lot about running. Right now I have it made, I am living in Cambridge, MA temporarily doing a Post-Doc at MIT and taking advantage of improving my running by learning from all the speedy Boston runners and hitting the hills. I travel to FL to visit my family and get some "heat" training in. Then travel back to Chicago frequently to see my husband and show off my new running legs in all the flat, fast races.
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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Adidas Boost Lifetime Miles: 63.73
Brooks Pure Flow Black - Boston Lifetime Miles: 62.39
Brooks Pure Flow Black - Chicago Lifetime Miles: 35.39
Cortana 2 Black/neon Lifetime Miles: 120.25
Kinvara 4 Yellow Lifetime Miles: 84.36
Saucony Peregrine Lifetime Miles: 58.45
Cortana 3 Lifetime Miles: 88.41
Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Lifetime Miles: 287.03
Boston Kinvaras Lifetime Miles: 32.75
Nike Pegasus 30 Black/grey Lifetime Miles: 209.17
Nike Pegasus Black Leopard Shield Lifetime Miles: 145.95
Nike Zoom Elite 6 Lifetime Miles: 166.22
Nike Zoom Elite 6 Neon Lifetime Miles: 76.98
Nike Zoom Elite 6 Baby Blue Lifetime Miles: 89.01
Saucony Ride 7 Lifetime Miles: 43.44
Fri, May 03, 2013
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1 hour swim. I am pooped!!! 10 min waterjogging warmup, 2x[5x1:30 hard with 30 sec recovery], 2 min recovery between sets, 10 min cool down, swam some laps (~10 or 300 yards) to round out at 1 hr. First day of Pfitzinger's waterjogging schedule done!

As soon as I started my first hard effort I realized I was in for it! Man, I didn't realize how hard this could be! I pushed so hard I almost threw up. Then, when I got out of the pool, my legs almost buckled because they were shaking so bad from fatigue!!! I am so happy about this. I can work with this. People, don't be afraid of injury because this stuff is hard! 

I'm not sure if I can wear my garmin heart rate monitor in the pool, so I just estimated my heart rate with my fingers after some of the repeats. I was hitting 120-130s recovering. They say your hr is 10% lower in the pool. I'd say I was between zone 3-4 (aerobic/anaerobic). Gotta find out about my garmin! :)

 

Swimming Laps Miles: 0.17
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rachelle on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 10:19:48 from 159.212.71.17

Love it! I have a pool at my condo complex and always question why I don't use it. Keep posting this good stuff and maybe I'll take a walk on the wild side and give it a shot.

From Jackie82 on Fri, May 03, 2013 at 10:23:48 from 8.23.140.196

You gotta try this!! I wear a bouyancy belt but I hear you can do without one. Here's the info, there is a schedule in there:

http://www.pfitzinger.com/labreports/water.shtml

Definitely something I would continue once I can run again!!

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