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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, Apr 02, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.000.000.000.000.006.00

6 easy miles. I wasn't sure if I should do my normal medium-hard effort today (during taper week for 8k), but my calf decided for me! It's still bothering me really bad. I woke up and didn't know if I could even run it was so tight and painful. I heated the muscle with a heating pad then just decided to go out and see what it felt like. I used a higher drop shoe to take the tension off and that seemed to help a lot. It was mostly pain free and actually felt really good to get the blood flowing to the muscle. Averaged 9:05 min/mi pace and felt like I was going a lot slower. I know this is from trying to get into lower drop shoes too quickly so I think if I do a better job of rotating with higher drop shoes, I still have plenty of time for the tightness and pain to subside for race day on Sunday.

Adidas Boost Miles: 6.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rachelle on Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 10:08:28 from 199.190.170.29

Good call on the recovery run. I have a problem with low/no drop shoes myself and it is definitely a transition. I hope you are feeling better.

Good luck at your race this weekend!

From Carina on Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 10:18:08 from 204.15.86.83

I personally feel like you just have to do what works for you. My running shoes are 8mm drop, I used to run in 12mm drop. I'm too impatient to make the transition. Maybe in time. Good work on the recovery type run, you'll do awesome at your race!

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