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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
41.590.004.000.000.0045.59
Cortana 3 Miles: 2.80Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Miles: 42.79
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.800.000.000.000.002.80

OFF or 30 - 35 mins easy

Charles River with my husband; 2.8 mi in 35:03. I unexpectedly lost one of my best friends last night. Haven't eaten or slept. My husband never runs, but knew I needed him today.

Cortana 3 Miles: 2.80
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.690.000.000.000.004.69

40-45 mins easy with 4-6x100m strides

Charles River. It took about 4 hours to muster up the motivation to get out and run today. I just tried to focus on one foot in front of the other. When my heart started hurting, I pushed my legs a little harder to flush out the pain. Somehow the Titanium by David Guetta and Sia helped lift my heart a little. I need to make a playlist to play that song over and over again. I know I need to run, I just need someone to hold me accountable to get out there right now. Tempo on Thursday and 16-17 miles on Saturday is so daunting right now.

First 3.92 miles were at 9:34 min/mi AP then strides were at 5:22 min/mi AP. 

Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Miles: 4.69
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.990.000.000.000.005.99

15 min w.u. 6-8 x 2 min hill climb, rest is jog back down. 15 min c.d.

Beacon hill; 8 hill climbs up and down Anderson St. 7.7% grade, total elevation gain 514 ft; AP up hills 12:42 min/mi. 5.99 mi in 1:04:26. Just tried to complete this run. It was hard, my body and heart were not in it.

Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Miles: 5.99
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
6.210.000.000.000.006.21

45-50 mins easy

Cambridge and Boston; 6.21 mi in 53:56, 8:41 min/mi AP. I ran with girls from my group who were doing an easy run. They run faster than I like for easy but it was a nice distraction and made me get out to meet them for a run.

Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Miles: 6.21
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.900.004.000.000.008.90

15 min w.u. 3-4 mile tempo between HMP and MP, 3 mins rest 8 x 30 secs on, 1 min off 10 min c.d.

Hit the treadmill because I didn't want to think about pace - entire run at 1% incline. 15 min wu at 6.4 mph, then 4 mile tempo: 0.5 mi @ 7.6 mph, 1.5 mi @ 7.7 mph, 1 mi @ 7.8 mph, 1 mi @ 7.9 mph so AP was 7:43 min/mi, then on's were: 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.9, 10, 10, 10, 10 MPH so AP 6:06 min/mi, 10 min cd @ 6.8 mph. 8.9 mi in 1:13:13. I cried during the wu, then the tempo began feeling easier than expected, I kept running into the handle bars so kept dropping the pace. I was really surprised how easy the 30 sec ons were, I think bc of doing strides every week. I finished feeling like I could have run the whole workout faster, which was nice. I am very happy about this run.

Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Miles: 8.90
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
17.000.000.000.000.0017.00

16-17 miles easy;

Niles, IL; 17.0 miles in 2:37:32 9:16 min/mi AP

Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Miles: 17.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
41.590.004.000.000.0045.59
Cortana 3 Miles: 2.80Nike Pegasus 30 Sunset Miles: 42.79
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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