Maria's Running Blog

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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

Thu, Jul 10, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00

Stride workout today. I ran 6 miles including 10 strides about 20 sec. each, at 6:30 - 7:15 pace. I felt pretty good, it was nice to get the legs to turn over faster, but I'm not happy that I got two fat goose eggs this week already. Monday was purely my lack of organization and discipline, and yesterday was... basically the same, but the weather was my big excuse - it was pouring rain all day yesterday, 24 hours without a break. I still should have run, but my motivation was severely lacking. Now I have to try and make the best of what days I have left this week.

Total time: 52:58 (8:49 pace).

Comments

From Lucia on Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 16:37:08

"fat goose egg"??? After almost 10 years in the U.S., I've never heard of that expression...

Don't beat up those goose eggs too much (pun intended) :) and focus in the future! Nice work today!

From Maria on Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 16:54:06

Ha-ha, Lucia, you're probably right - it's not really an expression. I improvised, but I meant to express my utter disgust with skipping two runs. Did you follow Sasha's thread on the goose egg image contest? It's rather interesting and reveals cultural differences between US and Russia. I was the only one on the blog (besides Sasha) who saw value in having goose egg stamped in my calendar if I skip a run, and we both were raised in Russia.

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