| 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 | | 23.25 | 17.28 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45.53 |
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Black Shield Miles: 5.00 | Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 35.48 | Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 5.05 |
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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 |
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5 mile recovery run 8:57 min/mile average pace. Felt pretty good. Not looking forward to moving across the country from my fiancé this week. At least I have my running to comfort me. :) PM crossfit: max snatch (45 lbs because I don't know what I'm doing) WOD: 8 min AMRAP 2x pullups (which became ring rows because I'm a weakingly) 2x box jumps 4x pullups 4x box jumps ... Completed up to 16 reps! PostWOD: 150 abmat situps 50 leg extensions |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Black Shield Miles: 5.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 3.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10.00 |
| Windy run! I don't know what I was trying to do here. Last week I ran 10 miles at 7:47 min/mi pace. I guess I was trying to beat that even though I should not be running this faster than marathon past (no faster than 7:55). So, I headed out, very surprised for having zero knee pain by mile 4. Then a minor pinch that went away. When I turned around on the trail I was slammed by the wind and my knee just couldn't take anymore. I think this happened mostly because of cross fit the evening before. I tired out my glutes then of course when I run they can't hold good form for a fast, longer run. Oh well, I take this run as a learning experience. First 7 miles were 7:50 min/mi pace overall AP was 8:13 min/mi. Pretty decent after snatching, box jumps, and leg extensions the night before! :) |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 10.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.20 | 0.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.20 |
| I was very worried I'd suck up this run pretty well, actually I was pretty positive I would. The conditions did not support anywhere near a great run. This was during my move on the way from Chicago to Cambridge in OH. I am temporarily moving from my fiancé which I am VERY sad about! I had pretty little sleep the last few days and my run Tuesday ended pretty terribly. Hey, this is what running's all about though, you work with the conditions, try to learn something, and sometimes things just fall into place. Maybe I NEEDED a great run. It was very chilly (40 F), I started out on a 2 mile warmup going to fast and constantly trying to slow down from sub 8s to a 8:45ish pace. Then 5 mile tempo. Last tempo was 4 miles with my awesome fast running partner at 7:22 min/mi AP with 3 miles of tailwind and 1 mile of headwind. I don't think I can beat 7:22 but I'll see what feels good today. My splits were: 7:18, 7:23, 7:18, 7:30, 7:11 for an average pace of 7:20 min/mi!!! How???!!! Who cares, I'll take it! Nice 2.2 mile cool down then back on the road to get to Cambridge! :) |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 9.20 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.05 |
| 5 mile recovery run in Cambridge/Boston 8:35 min/mi AP trying to run slow! I can't believe 8:35 feels as easy as it does now!! |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 5.05 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 10.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16.28 |
| Long run in Cambridge. This was supposed to be a 16 mile run with 10 miles at marathon pace. The elevation profile of this run is kind of weird. It has a steady 200 ft incline over 6 miles then 90 ft decline over 2 miles and turn around (90 ft incline then 200 ft decline back). I feel good about my run, but maybe I was cheating since there was so much decline back? I tried to push myself down the decline but was limited my the pounding causing knee pain. I did 8:30 min/mi pace for the first 6 miles then averaged 7:59 min/mi for the last 10 for an overall average pace of 8:08 min/mi for 16 miles! I guess I shouldn't worry about how easy my marathon pace miles were because for every downhill I did run uphill and still averaged faster than BQ pace for 16 miles!!! This is my longest run BQing, a milestone day for me. :) |
| Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 16.28 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 23.25 | 17.28 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 45.53 |
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| Nike Pegasus 29 Black Shield Miles: 5.00 | Nike Pegasus 29 Grey Miles: 35.48 | Nike Pegasus 29 Blue Miles: 5.05 |
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