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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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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Asics Gel Nimbus 9 Lifetime Miles: 354.40
Mizuno Wave Rider 9 (3) Lifetime Miles: 350.73
Adidas Supernova Cushion (2) Lifetime Miles: 293.25
Asics DS Trainer XI Lifetime Miles: 134.68
Saucony Fastwitch Endurance Lifetime Miles: 120.98
Brooks Defyance Lifetime Miles: 13.00
Asics Gel Nimbus 10 Lifetime Miles: 0.00
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.500.001.300.000.000.000.007.80

Only got out at 8:30PM so the park was closing in the dark. Ran 2 outer loops, second one in almost complete darkness. I'm amazed that Westminster council doesn't put more street lights on the sidewalk around Regents Park. One time I almost collided with another runner, because I was on my tempo portion of the run and we didn't see each other till the last second. And it didn't help that both of us were wearing black t-shirts.

Felt much better today than yesterday, ran easy for about 5 mi, then ran 10min. at half-marathon effort (1.3mi, 7:44 pace). After that, jogged home 1.4mi.

Total time: 1:08:34 (8:47 pace).

Comments
From WildBull on Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 11:11:46

Hi Maria

8 am in St. George Utah. 3 PM in london? It was over 80 degrees and yes your right it makes a difference. I am I am trying to get my marathon pace consistant. Around 6:50.

Running in the Dark can be scarry. I did a prank on the club one time early in the morning, it was pitch dark and I was late and they started ahead of me. I came up behind them making weird aniamal noises. I freaked them out! I am lucky they did not have a gun.

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