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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.008.000.000.000.0010.00

10 miles out and back over Newton Hills. Last week the same route was 8:21 min/mi AP this week 7:51 min/mi AP!!! Needless to say, my hamstrings are feeling a lot better with this gait mod. :)

I can't believe how well I nailed this run! 2 mile wu, then 8 miles at 7:39 min/mi pace including falling on the ice, haha, woa baby! Mile 8 was 7:13 and included a 60 ft climb! My body just felt like it was in sync. The mile that ended at the top of HH was 7:45. I'm a baller. :) I'm thinking now it's time to tackle an out and back of the beginning of the course in Hopkinton. :)

Finished with hamstring, glute med, arms, stability and core work. Whipped up a large batch of green smoothie with the new Vitamix, that junk is smooth! 

Total elevation gain: 368 ft 

Nike Pegasus 29 Blue 2 Miles: 10.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rachelle on Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 09:59:15 from 67.199.182.207

Freaking sweet!!! Love those runs where things just click. I am so happy for your girl. Your hard work is absolutely paying off.

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 10:54:55 from 66.232.64.4

Awesome run!

How do you like your Vitamix? I'm thinking about getting one.

From Jackie82 on Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 12:03:59 from 18.189.73.167

Thanks, Rachelle!

Scott, the Vitamix is so amazing. I've tried the Ninja which was super gimmicky and more like a chopper then resorted to a regular blender, which got me down to slurpy consistency. With the Vitamix my smoothie is now water consistency and tastes so much better. I got the 5200. Cheers!

From Scott Wesemann on Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 12:13:29 from 66.232.64.4

Sweet, I will definitely check it out.

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