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Location:

London,UK

Member Since:

Jan 02, 2006

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

Collegiate: 100m - 13.2 (1985) 200m - 27.0 (indoors, 1989) 400m - 62.3 (indoors, 1989) Post-Collegiate: 5K - 21:37 (1998) 5mi - 35:15 (1998) 10K - 45:04 (1998) 15K - 1:11:36 (2006) 20K - 1:35:34 (2006) Half - 1:42:03 (2007) Marathon - 3:37:04 (Cal International, 2000)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Get my weekly mileage in the 35-40 range.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

I guess at this point I just want to keep running for fitness and weight control.

Personal:

I was born in Moscow, Russia in '68, where I started running sprint events in '83. I moved to the US (NYC area) in '91 and didn't run again till '96 when I discovered road racing scene. I was hooked after my first 5K race. I had another break in running from '01-'04 and decided to seriously get back into it in August of '05. I'm married and have 16 year old daughter. I have moved to London in August '06, will probably stay here for a few years.

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Did aerobic fartlek today, 5x4' + 1x2' with equal jog recovery. I planned on running ~7:20 pace for 4' intervals, but they ended up faster. In general, I felt strong today, it was a good run. One strange thing happened in the park, though: on one of my faster segments, there was a group of teenagers standing on the path. One of them waited until I was passing them, and executed a karate-style kick that ended inches from my face!! I didn't have time to get scared, but I was startled. But since I was running fast, I just continued, not paying attention to them. Even if they decided to pursue me, I don't think they could run 7:00 pace for very long! But it was one of the stranger incidents that happened to me. Total time 1:09:50. 

 Time, min.  Distance, mi.  Pace, min/mi.
 4:01  0.55  7:18
 4:01  0.56  7:10
 4:01  0.57  7:01
 4:00  0.55  7:14
 4:03  0.57  7:04
 2:05  0.31  6:45

Comments
From Brent on Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 19:52:20

Marie, be careful, carry pepper spray. I normally carry for dogs that are off the leash, but, I think women should always carry pepper spray. We will have to share more odd stories. I have several of them over the years. One time at 5 in the morning, myself and my wife were trying to beat the heat on a long run with an early start. About a mile into the run, a naked guy on bike, smoking a cigarrete. It seems every year I can add one or two odd stories. Your happening is scary, be careful. By the way, good workout.

From Dave Holt on Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 20:37:03

What in the world?... I don't think I want to go on a training run with either of you two! I'm glad nothing came of this though. Stay safe.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 10:54:26

Those types of folks won't chase you if they have to work at all. The only time they ever run is from police. One time I was doing a presentation on health and fitness at a juvenile detention center. The Word of Wisdom was one of the key elements in the discussion. There is a verse in the scriptures (Doctrine and Covenants, section 89) that gives a promise to those who obey the Word of Wisdom that they shall "run and not be weary". Trying to drive the point across, I said: "How fast do you think you can run when you are drunk?" One guy responded, apparently speaking from experience: "You think you can do a good quarter. You try, but soon you've got cops all over you."

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