| 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 | | 30.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.00 |
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 22.00 | Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 8.01 | Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 120.80 | |
| | 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 |
| So I've been off the blogs a little over a month. I was on my way to BQ at Steamtown in October, but one foolish week of training at the end of July pushed me over the edge and I got injured. A very minor injury (dysfunction of my sartorius muscle leading to medial knee pain) thankfully! I've been going to PT now for a few weeks and finally getting back into running. My first long run of 8 miles 2 weeks ago was at a 8:51 min/mi AP. Blah! Then I somehow ran 8 miles this past week at a 8:07 min/mi AP, and yesterday I ran 11 miles at 8:24 min/mi pace!!! I feel like I'm finally getting things back and I don't seem to have lost a ton of fitness. Dr. says I could run Steamtown but not at the pace I could have done, so I'm throwing in the towel for Steamtown and signed up for the Disney Marathon!! Registration closed 1.5 hours after I signed up, so it must be fate. My new 18 week training schedule starts tomorrow and I feel like I'm ready!!! I got to continue to work on my form and do a better job of recovery though, my runs are still pretty painful. Here's to hoping for a solid training round this go around. :) |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.00 |
| 8:16 min/mi AP with my water belt. First time wearing my water belt since my injury. This run was the most pain-free yet!! :) Day 1 of new 18 week training schedule is in the bag... |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 9.00 |
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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 |
| Crossfit: 10 rounds, 90 sec on/90 sec off: 10 kettlebell swings (26 lbs) 10 burpees max wall balls (10 lbs) Total score: 154 This felt bad but good! I tried to focus more on my form (knees out during squatting, use more of my gluteus). I really, really want to run today it's so gorgeous out. It's going to be tough taking fewer running days after I had built up to 6 days/week but I think my body will thank me. I can't wait to get my mileage up!!! |
| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 120.00 |
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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 |
| 2 mile warmup at 8:59 min/mi AP, 4 mile tempo (7:49, 7:30, 7:41, 7:45), 4 mile cool down at 8:49 min/mi AP. Wow, this was tough but not. My inner thighs were so sore from Crossfit yesterday. I haven't run these paces in over a month. It took so long for me to run sub 8s and now just getting back from an injury I'm already there!!! If I train smart, this will be a great round of training. |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 8.01 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 121.00 |
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| Bikram! |
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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 |
| Recovery run. Not sure I like my Brooks Pure Flow so much anymore post-injury... |
| Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 4.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 13.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 13.00 |
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Long run at 8:25 min/mi pace. My back and hammies were soooo tight from this week's workouts. It was such a gorgeous morning to run. Most everyone in the group ran 20 miles today to prep for Chicago. I was pretty bummed I can't hit that mileage yet, but I'm hitting my paces and distances for my new training program!! Soon I'll be back up to higher mileage!!! :) Wait, I just realized, I'm coming back from injury running a decent pace for BQ-ing in Jan AND I'm only 6 miles a week shy of what I used to peak at for marathon training!! I have 16 weeks till my marathon, I just got excited. Woot!!! |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 13.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 121.40 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 30.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 34.00 |
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 22.00 | Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 8.01 | Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 4.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 0.00 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 0.00 | Weight: 120.80 | |
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