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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
Wed, Mar 06, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
8.000.000.000.000.008.00

I pushed my limits today! I've been itching to try this "endless" hill workout at a steep incline on the treadmill since January. I finally felt ready for it and after my hilly 20 on Saturday, I decided now would be a perfect time to get some hillwork in while giving my legs a break from the downhill. I warmed up at 8:31 min/mi pace 1%-1.5%-2.0% incline for 2 miles, then jacked up the incline to 5% for 4 miles and kept it at 8:31 min/mi! It was so hard at the beginning and I thought about changing the workout to 2x2 miles incline, but as soon as I hit 2 miles, I realized it felt just as bad as the first 0.25 mile and no worse so why not try 3 miles. I hit 3 miles, then decided I couldn't stop there with less than a mile to go so finished the planned workout!! I dialed down to 0.0% incline at 7:53 min/mi pace and took an easy downhill for 2 miles. 

This was a big workout for me. Big Sur has a 4.5% incline over 2 miles. Although I've promised myself not to "race" Big Sur, I do want to get into the best shape possible to enjoy the run and recovery quickly. Plus, I really want to hit a big marathon PR in Oct so why not start working on that now?!

Total climb: 1214 ft 

Nike Pegasus 29 Red Miles: 8.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Comments
From jtshad on Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 08:03:28 from 141.221.191.225

Nice strong hill workout!

From Lily on Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 08:12:02 from 67.199.178.95

Great job Girly!! That kind of workout will get you strong for sure! :)

From Carina on Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 11:30:13 from 204.15.86.83

Go Jackie, you killed it! I still can't bring myself to do hills on the treadmill, but I do live on a mountain so I figure I get plenty of hills just running around home :)

From Jackie82 on Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 14:31:11 from 18.189.42.191

Carina, I had a lot of anxiety for this one. I think the more the anxiety is, though, the bigger the rush is when you get it done. I'm so jealous you get to run around in the mountains!! I bet your runs are so gorgeous.

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