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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
Sun, Apr 21, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
11.001.000.000.000.0012.00

12 miles last long run. Taped the knee, but the pain still came and went. 8:13 min/mi AP last mile was 7:41 min/mi. The AP felt harder than it should!!!

Saucony Cortana 2 Miles: 12.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rachelle on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 09:27:03 from 159.212.71.199

Great miles Jackie! Don't worry about it feeling harder than normal, we all have these days and it is very common leading up to a race.

I have been thinking about you a lot this last week with everything going on in Boston and am glad to hear you are safe and well.

From Jackie82 on Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 09:45:58 from 67.186.135.246

Thanks, Rachelle, your support really means a lot to me - especially now. Last week was a very hard emotional week from me - wondering how I was so lucky to escape harm, actually feeling like running could harm my loved ones if they spectate for me, then feeling unsafe at work (I work at MIT at the building next to where the officer was killed). It's so tough to hear about the people who have lost loved ones and/or limbs doing what they love doing. I don't feel emotionally strong enough after seeing this to run 26.2 miles on Sunday. Writing this now, I feel so guilty for wondering about a race when so many people lost so much. I feel guilty to enjoy a race that I signed up to run for pure enjoyment after what happened in Boston.

I am normally very resilient and mentally tough (or maybe just stubborn and don't like to give up :) ). I'm banking that my mind and heart will turn around once I cross the start.

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