Maria's Running Blog

December 31, 2025

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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

Sun, Mar 30, 2008

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
2.30	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.30

Finally, the spring is here! Beautiful weather today, warm, dry and no wind. I left my HRM at home, and just enjoyed the run. Went a little further than the other day, felt okay, no chest pain. Pace was faster than before, probably due to no HRM to scare me :).

Total time: 21:42 (9:26 pace).

My daughter surprised me yesterday by doing this work in her art class:

www.flickr.com/photos/m_imas

Comments

From Benn on Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 14:08:19

REALLY NICE DRAWING!!! How old is your daughter? Glad to hear you are feeling better! :)

From Brent on Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 14:28:22

Maria, glad you enjoyed the run, very nice drawing. Sylvie is an oil paint artist and has sold many paintings. She said it was very good.

Stay Kool, comeback kid, B of BS Rools out

From Lybi on Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 14:42:28

Great picture! You must be very proud of her. Glad you are having nice temps for your runs.

From Bonnie on Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 16:10:57

Hi Maria,

I am glad the weather is nice there and more importantly that you could be out enjoying a run in it. Beautiful painting, wow!

Bonnie

From Maria on Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 15:48:59

Thanks everyone!

Benn, my daughter is 15. She didn't draw since last year, because I couldn't find a class for her that didn't conflict with her swim team training. I finally found one, she went there for the first time and did this work (in only 2 hours, too!). So, yeah, I was very surprised. I think this is her most mature work to date.

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