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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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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
Wed, Jun 19, 2013
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65 mins threshold on the bike. Normally I do longer, but now that I'm weaving in running, I think it's better to cut back the bike to keep my legs fresh for the run. 15 min wu at 60-65% max hr, then 35 mins at 82-88% max hr, followed by 15 min cd. This felt good hard and I even had enough energy coming off the bike to stretch, foam roll, then hit up a few exercises.

circuit (3 rounds): 12 pushups, 12 stepups each leg 20 in box, side step with band

then 6 mins continuous plank (normal and each side alternating), then burned out my abs with 3x30 abmat situps. 

PM: 40 mins easy waterjogging. I met a girl who is trying to join the New Balance team! So cool! We chatted, waterjogged for a bit and exchanged emails. It will be so nice to have a waterjogging partner, and a super speedy one at that! :) 

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Comments
From Rachelle on Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:22:50 from 159.212.71.77

Solid workout Jackie! I am especially impressed with the 6 min of plank...that is amazing. :)

From Carina on Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:24:52 from 204.15.86.83

I don't know how you keep your HR up on the bike! It's so hard for me!

From Jackie82 on Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 07:59:08 from 18.189.56.67

Rachelle: Thanks! Those 6 min planks seem pretty daunty but are actually a lot of fun! I've always been skinny, but I think I'm finally seeing some packs poking out...finally!! :)

Carina: The bike is hard! At first I had the hardest time getting my HR up. I read that you have to build your muscles to get "biking legs" in order to be able to get higher HRs. Regardless of HR, I also read the bike is a great complementary workout to running because it can balance out your muscles pretty well to prevent injury and helps with running hills.

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