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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
Mon, Mar 25, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

Another easy run day. 4 miles at 9:16 min/mi pace. I normally do threshold runs on Monday, and was supposed to do a 40 min threshold run today. It was going to be my last big threshold before the 8k on April 7. However, my calves are still so tight from Saturday they still hurt to walk. I really need one last good threshold so I rearranged my runs. I'm really, really hoping for a rapid recovery so I can get in my threshold either tomorrow or Wednesday. I'm stretching, icing, using compression and a massager, but getting really nervous. Ahhh!!! On the bright side, my hamstrings and glutes haven't felt this good in a really, really long time. These 4mm drop shoes require some adaption from my calves but are really relieving my hammies. 

Brooks Pure Flow Black - Boston Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From Rachelle on Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 14:14:24 from 67.199.182.207

Good job at listening to your body. I'm sure the calf pain is probably because of the adaptation to the new shoes but I wouldn't push a hard workout until you are feeling closer to 100%.

How did I miss your race.....

From Jackie82 on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 16:33:55 from 18.189.42.191

Thanks, Rachelle! You didn't miss my race. I'm just being a big baby after my long run on Saturday. :) I ran the first 22 miles of the Boston Marathon course and my legs aren't used to so much downhill - plus the lower drop shoes are working my calves. :)

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