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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
Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.000.000.000.002.00
Mizuno Wave Precision 12 Pink Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00Weight: 0.00
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Ahh...an hour and a half massage thinking, "3:55, 3:55, 3:55, hot and hilly, 3:55...." :)

 So now I need some advice. How long do I take to recover? Last year I jumped from marathon to marathon, but this year I'm not running another until October. I want to crush training this summer so I want to do what's best for reaping the benefits of this tough marathon. So my questions are:

How long to take off running all together?

How long to take off speed workouts?

How long to take off weight training (cross fit)? 

Thanks in advance for the advice!! 

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Tue, May 01, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Got 10 hours of sleep last night! Woot! After that and my hour and a half massage yesterday, my legs are starting to feel antsy!! I want to run again, but am worried about getting back out there too soon. I'm not used to hills, and I somehow came out of that marathon with no knee injuries...so far!!! Recover, legs!!

Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00Weight: 0.00
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Wed, May 02, 2012
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Spin class. Still recovering from my hilly marathon. My legs felt great, but I couldn't do much resistant. When the instructor had us raise the resistance to climb the "hills" I envisioned all those hills I ran over!!! :) One of my knees started aching towards the end of class, a sign to hold off running!

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Fri, May 04, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Bikram yoga. Time to assess the damage, I gotta get back to running this weekend or I'll go insane!! Status of my body post-marathon PR: great! Tired, but great! I had more trouble than normal with balance poses, but that's probably to be expected. My leg strength and endurance felt great. I feel more confident about getting back to running...injury free!! I was going to try to take a week off, which means I can run Sunday. I don't know if I can resist running on Saturday!!! Will one day make a difference if I just try 2 easy miles??

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Sat, May 05, 2012
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.000.000.000.002.00

I couldn't sleep last night because I was excited to finally run again after taking time off following my marathon last weekend. When I got up this morning I didn't want to run because I was planning only 2 easy miles and knew it would be over so quickly! Well, I went and now I feel great. It wasn't a completely easy 2 miles, but it feels great to get back out there. Now I'm going to head to the running store to get some trail shoes! All the running magazines this season have sold me on knocking off a few miles on the trails!!! :)

Mizuno Wave Precision 12 Pink Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Totals
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.000.000.000.000.002.00
Mizuno Wave Precision 12 Pink Miles: 2.00
Night Sleep Time: 10.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 10.00Weight: 0.00
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