| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 108.36 | 24.00 | 14.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 147.36 |
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 47.62 | Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 91.50 | Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 5.25 | Nike Pegasus 29 Black Shield Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8:51 AP |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.50 |
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 5.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.10 |
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 3.10 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 2.01 | 0.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.01 |
| 8:07 AP |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 8.01 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 11.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.00 |
| 8:24 AP |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 11.00 |
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| | 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 |
| So I've been off the blogs a little over a month. I was on my way to BQ at Steamtown in October, but one foolish week of training at the end of July pushed me over the edge and I got injured. A very minor injury (dysfunction of my sartorius muscle leading to medial knee pain) thankfully! I've been going to PT now for a few weeks and finally getting back into running. My first long run of 8 miles 2 weeks ago was at a 8:51 min/mi AP. Blah! Then I somehow ran 8 miles this past week at a 8:07 min/mi AP, and yesterday I ran 11 miles at 8:24 min/mi pace!!! I feel like I'm finally getting things back and I don't seem to have lost a ton of fitness. Dr. says I could run Steamtown but not at the pace I could have done, so I'm throwing in the towel for Steamtown and signed up for the Disney Marathon!! Registration closed 1.5 hours after I signed up, so it must be fate. My new 18 week training schedule starts tomorrow and I feel like I'm ready!!! I got to continue to work on my form and do a better job of recovery though, my runs are still pretty painful. Here's to hoping for a solid training round this go around. :) |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 8:16 min/mi AP with my water belt. First time wearing my water belt since my injury. This run was the most pain-free yet!! :) Day 1 of new 18 week training schedule is in the bag... |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 9.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Crossfit: 10 rounds, 90 sec on/90 sec off: 10 kettlebell swings (26 lbs) 10 burpees max wall balls (10 lbs) Total score: 154 This felt bad but good! I tried to focus more on my form (knees out during squatting, use more of my gluteus). I really, really want to run today it's so gorgeous out. It's going to be tough taking fewer running days after I had built up to 6 days/week but I think my body will thank me. I can't wait to get my mileage up!!! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 2 mile warmup at 8:59 min/mi AP, 4 mile tempo (7:49, 7:30, 7:41, 7:45), 4 mile cool down at 8:49 min/mi AP. Wow, this was tough but not. My inner thighs were so sore from Crossfit yesterday. I haven't run these paces in over a month. It took so long for me to run sub 8s and now just getting back from an injury I'm already there!!! If I train smart, this will be a great round of training. |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 8.01 |
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| | 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 |
| Bikram! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
| Recovery run. Not sure I like my Brooks Pure Flow so much anymore post-injury... |
| Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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Long run at 8:25 min/mi pace. My back and hammies were soooo tight from this week's workouts. It was such a gorgeous morning to run. Most everyone in the group ran 20 miles today to prep for Chicago. I was pretty bummed I can't hit that mileage yet, but I'm hitting my paces and distances for my new training program!! Soon I'll be back up to higher mileage!!! :) Wait, I just realized, I'm coming back from injury running a decent pace for BQ-ing in Jan AND I'm only 6 miles a week shy of what I used to peak at for marathon training!! I have 16 weeks till my marathon, I just got excited. Woot!!! |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 13.00 |
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| | 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 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| My first Cambridge run! I didn't move yet, but was in Cambridge scouting out apartments. This was a gorgeous trail. Based on my splits and how I felt after, I believe I was running uphill out and downhill back. My calves were pretty sore after and my quads felt a little burnt up at the end. My splits the second half were much faster than the first but running felt easier. I'm glad I didn't know this from the get go because I would've been obsessing about my bum thigh the entire run. I wasn't trying to run super fast but somehow a 8:06 min/mi average pace felt good! Hey, I'll take a 10 miler BQ pace training run! :) Plus, I'm getting closer and closer to pain-free running! |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 10.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Weights at the gym and PT on my own in FL. It's tough running fewer days but I'm still recovering and I'm getting faster! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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6 miles @ 8:20 average pace then 10x0.1 mile striders with 0.1 mile walking recovery. Strides felt sooo weird after not doing them since July but my thigh held up pretty well and I settled into a good groove towards the end! 5:58, 5:56, 6:29, 5:29, 5:24, 5:40, 6:09, 5:25, 4:54, 5:02 min/mi paces. My PR for these beore injury was 4:53 and I used to only do max of 5. I got pretty close to that at the end!!
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 8.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Bikram and PT - stretching it out and working them glutes! |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.50 |
| 5 mile recovery run @ 8:53 average pace. Boy, it's tough to hold back! Then 1.5 miles worth of DREADMILL running during my first ever gait analysis. I find the results of this next week. :) I did find out I have perfect cadence though! And, I was told to concentrate on trying to get a higher kick back. |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
| Ah, my first long run with marathon pace miles! I was kinda nervous about this and I wore my fuel belt so I wouldn't have to stop during my marathon pace miles and drink from the group's water dropped along the course. Having the fuel belt means more difficulty, plus it was a pretty windy chi morning. My watch is typically off during my runs on this path (through forest preserve) but I guess it was off even more than normal because I was running faster? Anyway, I guess my entire 13 miles ended up being averaged out to marathon pace (8:05). My 8 miles that were supposed to be marathon pace (faster than 8:12) were: 7:54, 7:53, 8:02, 7:53, 8:00, 7:57, 8:00, 7:58. I think these paces are too fast for my marathon in January, but how do I know what pace to run? Ugh, I'm so confused!! I tried to practice that higher kick back that I was told to try from my gait analysis and it actually made it more comfortable to run faster so yea to that! :) |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 13.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| My knee was hurting a little yesterday so I was a little nervous about this run. I was smart (for once) and taped it up just in case. :) My watch wasn't working on this run so I used the MapMyRun app to gauge my speed and distance. I didn't know what pace I was going in the beginning so I just went with what was comfortable. It ended up being 8:00 and sub 8! Wow! I'm so glad my watch wasn't working and just went by feeling. My knee was okay by the end, just minimal pain. I'm starting to get stoked about my paces again!!! :) |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.25 |
| Crossfit 400 m run, 3x3x3x3x3, 3 rep max overhead press. Max: 55 lbs WOD: 1 min on/1 min off, 6 rounds: 5 knees to elbows 10 overhead press (35 lbs) 20 lateral jumps over bar. Time: 8:58 Wow, the work you can do in under 10 mins with rests! Great interval training for me. My first round of lateral jumps were extremely comical because I was so afraid of reinjuring my knee!! I manned up good though and pounded them out by the end. I love getting back to plyometrics - great power booster training! :) PT just after lunch and found out that was my last session! Apparently I'm not improving fast enough to receive physical training??? What?! Whatever... Stupid insurance. With some intense, last minute brainstorming with my PT we figured out that my knee pain could be due to a pinched femoral nerve!! Great news because the right stretching and massage will heal this up good with no damaged tissue to worry about in the future! PM 4 mile recovery run at 8:54 pace. I tried to run this one SLOOOOOOOW! It's so tough when it feels so good to run so fast. Had quite a bit of knee pain and I'm thinking it's from the different gait at a slow pace. I think it makes sense, if you are running faster you are reaching with your legs, stretching out the muscles and probably releasing the pinching of the femoral nerve. |
| Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 1.25 | Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
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Threshold run. 2 mile warmup at 8:30 pace, 4 mile tempo at ??? pace (faster than last weeks 7:41), 2 mile cool down at 8:30 pace. Here's how the tempo went. We were pushed with a pretty significant tailwind 3 miles out, then 1 mile back was into that strong headwind. Hard to compare to last week's run but my splits were: 7:19, 7:11, 7:23, 7:35 - 7:22 AP!! Miles 3 and 4 were in the dark where I couldn't see my footing very well, which may explain the drop in pace. Mile 4 into the headwind was still faster than last week's average pace of 7:41 so I will conclude I'm improving. :)
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 8.00 |
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| | 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 |
| Bikram in morning, weights in evening. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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4 mile recovery 8:56 pace. Gait analysis results!!! My LEFT knee pain is caused by weak RIGHT glute muscles (right hip dip)!!! Yay, I know where to go from here! :)
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Black Shield Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.00 |
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Long run. So I have so many things going on with my pace. I don't know what my marathon race pace will be, I'm wanting it to be faster than 8:12 to BQ, but I have to work on my gait to correct this knee pain. I received the results of my video gait analysis Friday and found out that pain in my left knee is caused by a weak glute med on my right. Basically I'm spring loaded on my right and crashing down on my left. In trying to use my glutes more in my running I noticed during this long run, I have to run faster to feel that activation, but I am trying to run my long runs slow! Ugh, I ultimately decided during my run that I need to focus on correcting my gait and not worry about my pace until I have that down. There's no sense ignoring this knee pain just to hit my slower pace for a long run. I started out kinda sore from deep tissue massage the day before, but after 5 or so miles I finally felt like I was hitting a good form. I was also told to focus on running more like roadrunner (min bounce, push forward) and less like tigger - my vertical displacement is 3" while running. I tried this throughout my run and got frustrated but finally felt it the last mile!! It felt so good and was even easier to run faster. It was a great run to work on form although my time was too fast, oh well at least I didn't feel like I was at threshold. 8:16 average pace. Oh, and it feels great to finally hit 40 miles a week again!! I can't believe this is the mileage I peaked at my first year of running marathons. I feel sore, but even with an injury I feel like I have a lot more to give. I still haven't run a marathon after hitting higher mileage, and to think that from now till January will all be at higher mileage...love this!
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 14.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 108.36 | 24.00 | 14.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 147.36 |
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 47.62 | Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 91.50 | Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 5.25 | Nike Pegasus 29 Black Shield Miles: 4.00 |
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