| 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 | | 100.09 | 1.00 | 5.46 | 2.75 | 0.00 | 109.30 |
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| Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 35.70 | Cortana 2 White Miles: 16.50 | Saucony Cortana 2 Miles: 20.00 | Cortana 3 Miles: 18.02 | Saucony Peregrine Miles: 19.08 |
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Cape Ann 25k (15.5 Miles) 02:18:51 | | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 15.50 |
| The hilly Cape Ann 25k I've been looking forward to! My body was definitely not in good shape to be racing this, but I ran with a friend and I just wanted to get a good hilly workout in. We went out too fast because I bonked at the end and had to walk which I don't do in races! I made it to mile 13 ish at an 8:26 min/mi ap, decent long run pace with hills! Then with walking, texting a friend bc I lost my head, I ended at 8:57 min/mi ap. I'm trying to look at this race as a celebration of being able to run so far on hills with a healthy foot. I'm overhauling my training after I finally realized I need to finally let go of a lot of the cross training, and stop doing three a days with super hard days alternated by med effort days.
Total elevation gain: 564 ft
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| Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 15.50 |
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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 |
| RECOVERY!
Deep tissue massage following by Restore and Renew Yoga. First time I tried this class, it felt too easy which is what I was aiming for and worked out a lot of residual tightness in my hips. My legs felt like they ran a marathon yesterday, but are healing up quickly!
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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 |
| This was meant to be 4 miles recovery at 9:30 min/mi ap, but I ran with the girls in my group so it ended up being 6.5 miles at 8:43 min/mi ap. I felt like I was getting a slight bounce in my step back. I hope this is a sign my fatigue is fading.
I felt like I had so much time on my hands today after not having weights after my run and not having to pack by bag to go waterjogging later! Just a run and foam rolling for me today.
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| Cortana 2 White Miles: 6.50 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.14 | 0.00 | 1.36 | 1.50 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| Interval workout on the treadmilll at 1% incline. 1 mile wu, then 3x0.5 mi at 6:37/6:35/6:35 paces with 2:50 recovery between, then 10 mins at 7:18 min/mi pace. It was a baby version of interval to ease back into them, but longer than last Saturday's. I felt so relaxed on the 800s, it was pretty weird. This was a really good confidence booster for me. I finished feeling like I could do more.
Ate a picky bar right away with some water, then did just a little bit of pt exercises and some abs.
No more workouts for the rest of the day!
My energy level is definitely coming up. I'm pretty surprised by that after that hard 25k on Monday. I am taking more iron and no longer taking it with calcium. I think it's kind of early for iron to be brining up my energy levels. Must have been too much crosstraining. Reducing the crosstraining is also giving me more time in the day which is reducing my stress as well. I think my new plan is working! I am scheduled to hit 48 miles this week, which at this point feels completely doable - my highest weekly mileage since injury.
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| Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 6.00 |
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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 |
| 4 miles easy with 5x100 m strides. Strides were: 5:37/5:56/5:34/5:38/5:32/5:52 min/mi pace. AP for entire run was 9:24 min/mi. The strides felt really nice and relaxed.
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| Saucony Cortana 2 Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 15.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.00 |
| 16 easier long miles than Monday! I woke up and my resting hr was 41, the lowest it's been since all this bad fatigue set in. I met up with an old friend in Chicago who wanted to go no faster than 8:30 min/mi AP. Well, he was pushing the pace the entire time faster than that, but we tried to stay closer to 830s. My body really couldn't go much faster. My legs were screaming pretty bad at mile 10, much, much more than normal and this route was pretty flat. I blame my shoes. I think they are too worn for long runs. Our AP was 8:23 min/mi with the last mile at 7:47. A decent pace especially after my run Monday I think. I went to the store after to replace my Chicago shoes with the Cortana 3's! They seem a bit different, and I am excited to test them out.
That's 48 weekly miles for me. My most mileage post injury.
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| Saucony Cortana 2 Miles: 16.00 |
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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 |
| 30 mins on the elliptical flushing out my legs followed by a bit of stretching.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 10 miles with a friend in Chicago. It was pretty hot and humid AP 9:15 min/mi.
I'm coming to the conclusion the Philadelphia Marathon is just causing me too much stress. I just want to get back to enjoying running right now. I'm not going to get discouraged by this pace. I am building back mileage, my legs are finally not hurting too bad - more just fatigue. Running is a gift and I am going to celebrate every day I can run and remove all the pressure of time goals. Why not go through the marathon training scedule at whatever pace works and just get that mileage back on my legs.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.90 | 0.00 | 4.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| 2 mile wu, then 4x7:30 threshold with 2:30 recoveries on treadmill, 1% incline. Paces were: 7:25, 7:20, 7:15, 7:10. Another confidence builder in the books. My legs were shaking on this one from muscle fatigue - different than my energy level fatigue in a good way! Note to self: 7:25 felt just as hard as 7:10. Cool down was weird. 8:41 pace felt too slow so I dropped to 8:31. That felt good for a while then felt too slow so I dropped to 8:25 min/mi. I'm not sure what that was all about, but the too slow was uncomfortably too slow with my gait.
Ate my Picky recovery bar right after, stretched a bit then hit up about 20 mins of strength/PT/core exercises.
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| Cortana 2 White Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.01 |
| FL trail run; 6x4:00 run, 1:00 walk. Foot felt good!
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| Saucony Peregrine Miles: 4.01 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.92 |
| 35 mins easy w 6x100m strides
FL; 79F 100% humidity; 8:28 min/mi for 2.73 mi, then 6x100m strides AP 5:41 min/mi. 3.92 mi in 35 mins
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| Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 3.92 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.03 |
| 55 mins over hilly terrain
Santa Fe, NM; 7200 ft elevation; 68F 28% humidity; 195 ft elevation gain; 9:07 min/mi AP; Average HR 161 bpm. 6.03 mi in 55 mins
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| Saucony Peregrine Miles: 6.03 |
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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 |
| 40 mins easy
Santa Fe, NM; 7000 ft elevation; 52F humidity 54%; 164 ft elevation gain; 9:25 min/mi AP; Average HR 150 bpm. 4.25 mi in 40 mins
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 5.61 |
| 15 min w.u. 10 x 200m on, 200m off @10k effort 15 min c.d.
I am waaay behind on my blog! I'm honeymooning in Santa Fe, NM enjoying the sunshine and getting some pretty decent shorter runs in despite the 7000 ft altitude. If you have any must run trails let me know!!
Other big news: my qualification time running Disney was fast enough to earn me a bib at Boston!!! This in itself has taken away all the frustration of one long summer dealing with many hurdles trying to return to running after my stress fracture. I now have my sights on one clear goal which is to get healthy to knock Boston out of the park. Then, figure out how to recover very quickly to run the Big Sur Marathon 6 days later - I am signed up for the Boston 2 Big Sur Challenge. 2014 WILL be my year!!
Santa Fe HS track; 6800 ft elevation; 64F 24% humidity; 6:54 min/mi AP for 10x200m; Average HR 152 bpm. 5.61 mi in 53:47
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| Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 5.61 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.04 |
| 85 mins easy
Ojo Caliente, NM trail run; 6200 ft elevation; 55F 33% humidity; 142 ft elevation gain; 9:24 min/mi AP; Average HR 161 bpm. 9.04 mi in 1:25:04
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| Saucony Peregrine Miles: 9.04 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.67 |
| Chicago, IL; 67F 43% humidity; 8:39 min/mi AP; Average HR 160 bpm. 4.67 mi in 40:22
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| Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 4.67 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.77 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.77 |
| 35 mins easy with 6x100m strides
Cambridge, MA; PM workout; 61F 72% humidity; 9:00 min/mi AP for 2.9 mi, then 7x100m strides AP 6:19 min/mi (can't count). Avg HR 161 bpm; 3.77 mi in 35:56 mins; legs felt a little bouncier. Had an early flight to Boston so had to run after work.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 100.09 | 1.00 | 5.46 | 2.75 | 0.00 | 109.30 |
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| Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 35.70 | Cortana 2 White Miles: 16.50 | Saucony Cortana 2 Miles: 20.00 | Cortana 3 Miles: 18.02 | Saucony Peregrine Miles: 19.08 |
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