| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 33.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.00 |
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| Adidas Boost Miles: 4.00 | Cortana 2 White Miles: 8.00 | Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 8.00 | Saucony Peregrine Miles: 17.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 |
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AM: Prana hot yoga with a running friend. This was my first class. I have been having major tweakage behind my right knee - of course the leg I had the stress fracture in! This class was just what I was looking for, very restorative, and came out feeling like I was massaged. :) 4 mile easy run staying below 76% max hr, averaged 8:52 min/mi. I felt really good and bouncy. My behind the knee tightness/pain subsided to practically nothing during the run. I finally realized at the end of last week all these tweaks in my right leg are a result of poor balance in that foot. I am now adding more balancing exercises more frequently to get that back! PM: 1 h easy waterjogging with a friend. This one helped work out my behind the knee kink.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles with 4 at threshold pace and 8x30 secs on/off. Frustrating tempo miles. :( I met up with the Cambridge girls for this one. One of them mentioned the day before they would be doing 7:15-7:30 pace. Wrong! I tried to keep up, but they were hitting sub 7 the first mile and dropped me. I ended up going out too fast because I tried to hang with them, so the last three miles were pretty sloppy. Splits were: 7:10, 7:30, 7:22, 7:23 for AP: 7:21 min/mi. This is slower than my AP for last weeks 5 mile tempo (7:16 min/mi). I am starting to get frustrated. I want to be back at sub 7 AP for tempo like I was before injury. It feels like I'm stagnating now. I'm hoping today's slower pace is a result of my hard week last week and Saturday's 10 MP miles. This week is supposed to be a recovery week for me.
My 8x30 secs on averaged 6:18 min/mi. Finished up with some PT and core. Did a lot of focus on hip and ankle stability work.
I'm thinking of dropping the 5 mile race on Friday. I don't think it makes sense after seeing how fatigued my legs were on today's run. I'm thinking it might be smarter to do 3-4x0.5 mile repeats later in the week. I'm wondering if I need some faster intervals to get my legs going.
On the bright side, this run was more about fatigued legs and not some tweaks in my right leg that seem to have been popping up so frequently. Glute and behind the knee pain are virtually gone!
PM: 70 mins waterjogging. Wu, then ladder: 1,2,3,4,5,5,4,3,2,1 mins hard with 1 min easy, cd.
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| Cortana 2 White Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 easy miles. I'm not sure why I thought running from Cambridge towards Newton on Commonwealth Ave in Boston would constitute an "easy" run, but I wore my heart rate monitor and didn't pay attention to my watch most the way. Then after one monster ascent up a hill I peaked at my watch as it hit a one mile split: 8:23? I just tried to keep my average hr in "aerobic zone". I maintained 78% max and hit sub 8 for a couple miles towards the end. I think hill work was just what my body ordered. I'm pretty sure I'm recruiting more muscles towards the end because the end just felt so easy...and fast! I'm not sure how I pulled a 8:33 min/mi AP for this one after yesterday's hard tempo. My legs are definitely fatigued and this is supposed to be recovery week. I'm thinking I need to nix some of this extra crosstraining tonight and tomorrow night to rest up! Feeling a little better after yesterday. :) |
| Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 8.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| AM: bikram. This was abnormally hard. I think I found the hottest, hottest room in the class! Plus, this is recovery week for me so I think I'm feeling last week's hard effort. My body feels so dead tired, but I think this is the first week I've felt consistently injury-free!!! I think dialing up the intensity and running faster paces is helping by allowing me to hit a more natural gait. :)
PM: 1 hour waterjogging. wu, then 10x2 mins hard, 1 min easy, cd.
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 recovery pace miles on the dirt path along the Charles River testing out my new trail shoes before tomorrow. AP: 9:27 min/mi
Hopped on the bike immediately after for 20 mins. Averaged 71% max hr. Got to test out my new Garmin sensor on my bike! I now know my average speed: 15 MPH and average cadence was: 86 RPM. Gotta get that cadence up a hair!
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| Saucony Peregrine Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.00 |
| 12 trail miles for my recovery week. Umm, I don't think this consistutes a recovery week long run. 12 miles of trail running was way harder than 15 miles of road running. Total ascent: 979 ft!! Fell halfway through my run, scrapped up my knee and hand and bruised up my other hand and wrist. Now I feel like a real trail runner!!! This was actually a lot of fun. I'm dreading what it will do to my upcoming tempo this week though! AP: 9:51 min/mi
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| Saucony Peregrine Miles: 12.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 33.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 37.00 |
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| Adidas Boost Miles: 4.00 | Cortana 2 White Miles: 8.00 | Cortana 2 Black/neon Miles: 8.00 | Saucony Peregrine Miles: 17.00 |
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