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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
Thu, Jul 19, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
1.000.006.010.000.007.01

AM: weights. 3 sets of 12 of the following:

1. barbell squats 

2. dumbell incline press (30 lbs)

3. one-leg dumbbell russian deadlift (15 lbs)

4. pull downs (60 lbs)

5. dumbell stepup (30 lbs)

6. tri-pushdown (25 lbs)

7. back extension (40 lbs)

8. crunches 

PM: pseudo-tempo run.

1 mile warmup at 8:18 min/mi pace. Oh what a nice tail wind on the way out, gonna be tough on the way back. I was running with my tempo partner who was cleated in the ankle earlier in the week. We were going to run 6 miles tempo, but because of the pain in his ankle it was more like 1.5 mile repeats. Still a great workout. I felt so strong out AND BACK against the strong head wind. I think my body really liked this cutback week. Hopefully this run is just a glimpse of what I will do in my half marathon on Sunday! My paces were: 7:17/7:12/7:18/7:08/7:15/7:09 min/mi. AP: 7:13 min/mi. Faster than my 5k PR pace!! Last week's tempo was a 7:26 min/mi for 5 miles. I felt like I could have pulled these paces without the breaks. Plus I was wearing my water belt, so I'm pretty much a hot shot. I can't believe how far I've come in a few months. When I started doing tempos in March I went from high 8s to low 8s to finally going sub 8s, now I'm at low 7s and about to go sub 7s. This is crazy fun!!! :)

Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 7.01
Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00Weight: 120.80
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