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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
Fri, May 24, 2013
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98 mins waterjogging. 20 min wu, then 8x5min hard with 1 min recovery, then 10x45 sec hard with 15 sec recoveries. Once again I was getting to ~170 bpm on the 45 sec intervals, that's 94% max hr!!! 15 sec was definitely not enough time to recover, but I think that's the point of the workout. :) I'm really loving water jogging, that in combination with the bike has got me feeling so strong. I'm hitting 12 h training per week, which is higher than I hit running (typically 8-10 h/week). It's gotta be lower intensity so I will call this excellent base building. :)

I had decided to scratch the half marathon in mid-July that I was targeting a 1:30, but now I'm wondering if I should use it as a baseline race to start marathon training (targeting a Nov marathon now). Who knows maybe I can even PR? That would be faster than 1:41 since I haven't run a half in a year. Ha! 

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Comments
From seeaprilrun on Sat, May 25, 2013 at 08:48:39 from 68.102.189.33

Reading through, wow, you are a hardcore crosstrainer! How soon until you get to venture a little running?

From Jackie82 on Tue, May 28, 2013 at 06:12:43 from 67.186.135.246

Thanks! I'm hoping to maintain some fitness, but you never know until you run. Stubborn me is still targeting a marathon PR in fall. :)

I'm working out of my boot this week and will be done with the thing on Thursday!! I see the Dr Thursday, but he had mentioned I should be walking boot-free for 2 weeks before I start running - so June 13. We will see. I have been having zero pain. Fingers crossed that we will bump it up a week!

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