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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
11.970.001.000.000.0012.97
Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 4.00Nike Pegasus Black Leopard Shield Miles: 5.87Kinvara 4 Yellow Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
Sun, Dec 29, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
4.000.000.000.000.004.00

30-35 mins easy

Robinson's Preserve, Bradenton, FL; 70F and 94% humidity; my left quad feels tight and jacked. It loosened up a bit by the end of the run. Finally! Something in my left leg hurts and my right leg is fine! Haha. 4 miles in 37:28, 9:22 min/mi AP. Last run in FL for a while. I am going to miss running in the warmth even though the humidity kicked my booty!

Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 4.00
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Mon, Dec 30, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
5.870.000.000.000.005.87

45-50 mins easy with 4-6x100m strides

Chicago, IL; 7F and 60% humidity; My what a difference the weather can make! 4.66 mi @ 8:47 min/mi AP then 6 strides @ I'm not sure what pace since my GPS was pretty wacked out in the middle of the city. 5.87 mi in 54:00, 9:12 min/mi AP. I started with my right quad hurting and tight so bad I wasn't sure I'd be able to run today. That seemed to loosen up. I think my TFL is super tight on that side. Hitting the foam roller and hoping it will subside for tomorrow.

Nike Pegasus Black Leopard Shield Miles: 5.87
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Tue, Dec 31, 2013
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
2.100.001.000.000.003.10

15 min w.u. 6-7 x 800 @10k pace effort with 2 mins rest 15 min c.d.

New treadmill in Chicago; My left quad is really tight and sore. I didn't think I could run on it because it hurt so bad to walk. Yesterday running seemed to loosen it up so I gave it a try. Got wu in and 2 repeats, then had to shut it down on 3rd repeat. Running faster did help but then the muscle cramped up on the recoveries. After the workout the pain was an 8 out of 10. 3.1 miles in 27:40

Kinvara 4 Yellow Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Wed, Jan 01, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Could not run today. Left quad hurts too bad, can hardly walk. Tried 20 mins on the bike, which was pain-free at first but then my hip flexors tightened up and my quad started huritng. Pain 7/10

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Thu, Jan 02, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Rest; quad pain 5/10

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Fri, Jan 03, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Rest and massage; Therapist said my QL on the left (same side as hurt quad) was really tight and thinks the problem is with my vastus medialis muscle. Pain later in the day after massage: 2/10. The pain is going away, but at this point I think the pounding from running will lock it up. I see the PT early in the am tomorrow.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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Sat, Jan 04, 2014
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesCrosstraining milesTotal Miles
0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Rest and saw PT. PT said hip was out of alignment (one leg was longer than the other) from QL being tight. She gave me exercises to do before working out to realign and set the hip, and said I am okay to run.

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
11.970.001.000.000.0012.97
Brooks Pure Flow Purple - FL Miles: 4.00Nike Pegasus Black Leopard Shield Miles: 5.87Kinvara 4 Yellow Miles: 3.10
Night Sleep Time: 0.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 0.00Weight: 0.00
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