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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
6.100.000.000.000.000.000.006.10

Ooh, the pain... ouch, ouch and more ouch! Every part of my legs hurt, starting from hip flexors and ending in calves. Really, really sore - especially after sitting for a while and then getting up. This is the price I pay for playing around in sprinter's sandbox yesterday! Amazing what 200m can do to you if you're not used to speed. Oh, and my abs and right arm are sore as well - from javelin, although abs might be from sprinting too - who knows.

Had to force myself outside and plodded through a miserable 6 miler where every step hurt. It's gotten a bit better once I warmed up, but the whole run was uncomfortable.

Total time: 55:15 (9:03 pace).

Comments
From brent on Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 23:16:16

Maria, 9:03 pace sounds like a great effort after your day at the track meet.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 23:39:22

Maria - this is very interesting that just one all out 200 can take you out like that. Believe it or not, it is actually possible for me to feel this way, but it takes a very interesting type of workout - 50x100 with 100 recovery pretty much a close to all out effort on each - averaging 15.5. I find it odd that I can do it, but yet in spite of my tendency towards a longer distance am unable to run 800 at that pace. But the amount of soreness from this is more than most marathons I've run recently - Deseret News being the only exception.

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