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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, Aug 27, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.002.000.000.008.00

Another failed workout. Something is definitely wrong. I tried to hit my tempo today after an easy day yesterday. First mile was 7:21, the second was somewhere around 7:35. Then 0.5 mile into the third I couldn't break 8s so I shut it down and walked. The rest of my run consisted of trying to jog but hardly able to break 10 min/mi pace and having to walk. I ate a protein bar right away, then started getting pain in my chest and lightheadedness. I had a drs appointment for tomorrow to address this fatigue, but decided I needed to go to urgent care. Got blood work drawn hopefully I will find the answer soon. Now I am losing vision everytime I stand up. Not sure if that's from drawing blood. Pushing water, and called the dr. Dr. said my CBC was normal. Ugh, hopefully some of the other tests will find something. Day 3 of sitting on the couch.

I really don't think I'm overtraining. My mileage is so low and I've been eating super clean and consistently get 7-9 h sleep per night. I don't know...

Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Andrea on Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 14:32:13 from 70.208.1.226

Did they do an entire iron workup? Ferritin, hemoglobin, etc?

From Jackie82 on Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 14:52:13 from 67.186.135.246

They ordered ferritin for sure. I'm not sure about hemoglobin is that in the complete blood count? If so, that was in the normal range. They also ordered tests for thyroid (which she said looked "full" on my neck), vit D, B12, Lyme's (?), and cholesterol. She may have ordered more, it seemed like she had a good list going. They took 4 vials, and she said they could order more off those if they don't find anything. Should their be any other deficiency that could cause this? I found out I had celiac's in Jan and have been gluten free since, but I'm not sure how long it takes for the intestine to heal. I suspect I'm not absorbing some important nutrient...

Thanks for your help, Andrea. I was thinking of you when I started getting frustrated today for not being able to hit hard training yet since April. If you can go over a year trying to get your body figured out, I can suck this up and keep digging for the cause!

From Scott Wesemann on Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 15:01:45 from 66.232.64.4

Wow, that sucks. I hope you get this figured out soon.

From Andrea on Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 15:34:57 from 72.37.171.52

It sounds like they have it all covered in terms of blood work. I'm just throwing things out here...but do you think the change in diet could be affecting you negatively? It's hard to get enough carbs when you are doing a gluten-free diet.

I don't know though, I hope you can get it figured out soon!

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