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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
Wed, Feb 20, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

AM: 4 miles easy recovery on the treadmill at 1% incline, 9:05 min/mi average pace. After running the Newton Hills yesterday, I thought calf sleeves would do a girl some good. I found out 1 mile in, they are not for me. Actually, I need to look at the literature. I understand they increase blood flow to facilitate recovery, but the sleeves felt more like they were inducing compartmental leg syndrome for me. Too bad, they were super cute neon pink too!

 

PM: 4 miles recovery on treadmill with 5x0.1 mile strides. I haven't done strides since before the marathon - it's been over a month!!! They felt really, really weird at first but then felt so amazing. :) 

Nike Flyknit Lunar Pink Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rachelle on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 10:21:41 from 159.212.71.77

Great recovery run and I'm totally laughing about the sleeves. I personally do not like to wear them to run but really like them for recovery. I wear mine under my dress pants to work and do think they help. But then again that could all be in my head...who knows.

How did your group run go? I need to go back and look.

From Jackie82 on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:20:54 from 18.189.73.167

Haha! The sleeves were too cute to never wear again, so I actually threw them on under my pants and am wearing them at work too. They feel mighty nice to putz around in, so I don't think it's just in your head. :)

I'm glad you enjoyed my long run post. It's payback for the drive you gave me on my tempo Monday after reading about your incredible race on Sunday! I hope you are recovering well and staying warm after your break in the warmth!

From Scott Wesemann on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 15:45:50 from 66.232.64.4

I'm still trying to figure out how much I like the sleeves. I have done a few 30 milers in them and they were great, I had very little soreness after. However on Wasatch 100 last year my calf cramped so bad at mile 80 and I think it might have been the sleeves. I don't think I'll try the pink ones though. :) Nice work on the hills lately.

From allie on Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 06:55:24 from 161.38.221.168

ah, i've experienced that compartment syndrome feeling while wearing sleeves. it was actually during a marathon and i had to stop and pull them off. i thought my legs were going to explode. that's really the only bad experience i've had with them, although i've pretty much stopped wearing them altogether because i don't like how much energy it takes to put them on.

From Jackie82 on Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 11:16:24 from 18.189.73.167

Allie, that stinks! I'm glad I found this out before a race. I agree they are a workout in themselves to put on, justifiable if wearing them for a workday. :) I'm glad your legs didn't explode, that would have stunk even more than have to strip them mid race!

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