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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, Apr 23, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
3.850.002.150.000.006.00

6 miles on the treadmill at 1% incline. I was planning on 20:00 threshold, but after 2 weeks of racing, I felt like this would be unnecessarily pushing it for Big Sur. I held back to 15:00 at 6:53 min/mi pace. It felt harder than normal, but I think that's from coming off the racing. It felt really, really good to break a sweat and I felt a smidge of runner's high at the end. :)

I had a Dr's appt this morning after my run in Newton. I decided to take the scenic route and drive back to Cambridge on the marathon course. I'm glad I did because it reminded me of all the hill work I did there, getting up to run the Newton Hills at 4:30am in the middle of the week and long runs on the weekend. I started feeling a sense of pride and I'm happy to say my attitude is coming around and I'm starting to get excited for Big Sur! 

I found a sign posted at the London Marathon especially helpful to get excited for this marathon. It said "Run if you can, Walk if you Must, but finish for Boston". :) 

Saucony Cortana 2 Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Lily on Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 16:00:27 from 67.199.178.95

What an awesome sign!

From Carina on Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 16:18:24 from 204.15.86.83

You should be excited, you are running so well!! I love the sign too!

From Maxfli on Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 07:29:17 from 24.10.238.53

Nice work. You are really stepping it up for Big Sur. Jealous that you get to run those storied (Newton) hills so often. Great sign!

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