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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
Tue, Jun 04, 2013
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AM: WALKED 2 miles in my running shoes while singing "I would walk 500 miles..." in my head. I didn't realize how long walking 2 miles would take, haha, so I got a late start to the day. I definitely got some good work in on my foot for this walk! Then 4 sets of 3 exercises with 3 sets each exercise. Finished with 6 mins planks and burnt my abs with 3x30 abmat situps. Yeah, there are some packs poking through now! :)

It's T-9 days to run, but I cheated. My dr okayed me to try the AlterG anti-gravity treadmill I start that Monday!! So less than one week to AlterG run!

My motivation and attitude are kicking major booty right now, and being able to add AlterG while working back into running has me feeling better about this half in July! Right now I think I will annihilate it, but let's just see how things go. :) 

PM: 110 mins waterjogging. 20 min wu, 7x5 mins hard, 5 min recovery, 20 mins cd. The pool was vacant since I went mid-day so I could run my work experiment later. It was nice to have an entire lane to myself for a while!

Saucony Cortana 2 Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lily on Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 13:58:26 from 67.199.178.95

Hang in there. Fitness returns pretty quick :)

From Rachelle on Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 14:18:28 from 159.212.71.173

I absolutely admire your attitude and honestly think you will come back stronger than you were before the injury physically and mentally.

Yay for the alter-G. :)

From Neasts on Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 14:39:34 from 75.169.56.70

Oh my gosh, when I read this I was transported back to a little 3-mile run in Salt Lake City that I did about 20 years ago. This song was playing on my little radio headset headphones and I felt so, so, so sick, so wiped out, that I had to walk for a bit. Soon afterwards I found out I was pregnant with my first, which explained a lot. I couldn't run at all through the first five pregnancies.

I echo Lily and Rachelle, it'll come back fast, especially with your attitude. :-)

From seeaprilrun on Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 22:20:49 from 205.172.12.210

Yes! The Proclaimers! I have never tried the AlterG, but a few of my friends have and say it is pretty awesome! It is still pretty pricey here at the two places that have it.

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