[S]he Conquers Who Endures

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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, Aug 11, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Crosstraining miles	Total Miles
0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

90 mins waterjogging with an injured friend. We did a 20 min wu, then 1, 2, 3, 4 and 3x5 min hard with equal recoveries. Then cd. I forgot how nice intervals waterjogging feel. I started to feel like I was in marathon training mode after hitting 15 miles yesterday, and was kinda bummed I couldn't run today. This definitely made up for it!

I had a great conversation with my friend. She thinks I need to get back to track. I have been hesitant because it seems like I still have had only 1 or 2 runs without pain for the past 2 months. I don't understand why things hurt so much when my intensity is so low. Maybe I'm doing too much at one pace? I'm thinking I will try a fartlek this week to see how my body reacts. I have always improved drastically when I did one tempo and one fartlek a week. I'm so ready to get back to killing my workouts like I did in Feb/March!!

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00	Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Andrea on Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 17:47:00 from 67.177.11.154

Coming back from injury is so hard...something always feels off, one day is good and another is bad. It sure is a roller coaster! In some ways, I think we become too aware of things that feel "off" after an injury - too much thinking "do I feel okay? Was that twinge normal? Am I going to downward spiral?" Etc. There comes a point where you just have to push through it. The question is, at what point is it safe? I wish I knew! Trying a fartlek this week might be a good idea. If it goes bad, at least you tried to break the cycle.

From seeaprilrun on Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 19:35:49 from 68.102.189.33

Coming back from stress fractures I was always freaked out by "phantom" pains and twitches. One little tweak and I went into instant over-analysis. I totally agree with Andrea, sometimes you just have to experiment, either you will gain confidence in your body or you will know to back down. Either way, as Andrea said, break the cycle.

From Jackie82 on Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:06:15 from 18.189.56.67

Thank you, ladies, for the encouragement! I'm definitely lacking confidence lately. I tried a fartlek today, surprised myself, and learned that changing up the paces definitely shakes out some of those pains!

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