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Thanksgiving Cross-Country Classic

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Location:

Tucson,AZ,USA

Member Since:

Aug 30, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Age Division Winner

Running Accomplishments:

PR's

5K: 21:26 (2005)

4 mile: 28:10 (2005)

10K: 43:33 (2010)

10 mile: 1:13:35 (2009) (1:12:15 split in 1/2 marathon, 2011)

1/2 marathon: 1:34:31 (2011)

marathon: 3:19:15 (2013)

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

3:20 marathon - Eugene Marathon, April 28, 2013 (can I say I really want a sub 3:20? but I will be happy with 3:20-3:23) -- whoohoo!

Some good intermediate races 15K - 1/2 marathon, to gauge my fitness level (done this, hit a 1:34:35 1/2 marathon in March 2013, on a hilly course)

Going after my 10 mile PR in Fall 2013

Maybe some good 10K races after the infernal Arizona summer is over! 




Long-Term Running Goals:

I want to be one of those runners who is still running in their 80s (or 90s?).  You know the ones, who look all grisley and fit?  That is what I would like!  Until then, I just want to work hard and be as fast as I can, for as long as I can.


Personal:

50 year old, trying to defy gravity and time

Used to be faculty at the University of Arizona (biostatistics).  Currently manager of the statistics and data management group for companion diagnostics (biomarkers) at Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Roche diagnostics).  We evaluate protein biomarkers that can be used to direct drug therapy that would be most effective based on individual characteristics (personalized medicine).

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1:29:37.  The schedule called for 90` today, with the last 20` hard.  I went out to the flattest trail I know about and proceeded to run the entire run hard ... dumb, but I was just a little inspired, and worried about running a 5K after not running that fast in months and months.  For the most part, this trail is pretty easy - rocky, yes, hilly, yes - but short little ones, sandy, yes, but easier than most of the trails.  It was gradually downhill out and gradual uphill back. 

Anyway, 46:47/42:49 - it wouldn't surprise me if the "out" part were about 8:30 pace or so, the "back" part was tough since I was already tired, trying to pick it up and simultaneously going uphill.  All and all, it was an inspiring run!  I just hope it wasn't too hard, and that I can recover by Thursday -- XC madness here I come!!

Happy Sunday my blogger friends!  I have to go track my friends who are doing Ironman Arizona today!! 

 

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AM: (easy 6, 53:18).  Nice morning run on the Yeatman trail - I worked for a while first, I wanted to wait until it warmed up a bit ... finally, at 8AM it was 43F and I thought it was perfect.  Well, except that my feet were cold and numb for the first 20 mins (I was wearing my summer socks) -- luckily they started to thaw out before I got to the more technical climbs.  all and all a perfect day.  I am pretty tired ... I hope it is mental and indicative of Thursday.  I watched the NCAA cross-country championships yesterday -- it reminded me how cross-country races are!  Both OSU and Villanova showed lots of heart - they worked hard for the team titles!  

 PM: (easy 4).

 

Have a great rest of the day bloggers!

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Easy hilly run ... feel ok.  I got the "usual" coach pep talk today, "don't worry, go out hard but controlled and pick it up from there" -- very helpful.  My favorite "coach" quote was one I heard from a friend who was running a 10K on the track in college "run fast, turn left".

I have to confess bloggers.  I have to become a nice person.  It was  a deal I made yesterday.  So ... yesterday I get to work and had brought my external hard drive from home so I could get some things I had written a while ago from it and put into a grant I am working on.  This hard drive is my back-up from the last 10 years (it isn't that old just the things that are stored on it) -- it has my dissertation on it, it has papers I have written, projects I have worked on, things that I am currently working on, etc.  Well, I plug it into my computer and nothing happens.  Hmmmmm... I jiggle it a little, replug it in and still ... nothing.  I look at it more closely and my heart stops -- no beat.  I feel like I might throw up.  The USB port has  broken off.  I start hyperventilating -- really.  I jump up and *RUN* across campus to the computer tech store below the bookstore.  Surely there will be some nerdy guy there that can either help me or tell me where I can go??  My office is about a mile from the bookstore and it was one of the longest miles I have ever walk-ran.  All I could think about was starting all over on that paper that I have been working on for 3 years now (it is in its second revision from a journal review) -- and all the projects that I have ongoing for which I have been modifying things that I have done in the past.  Oh why did I not buy that 5Terabyte hard drive from Costco (that is on sale for $100) so I could "back-up" my "back-up" disk? 

Well, the bookstore was a wash, the undergrads there only work on computers, not peripherals.  I was slowly, almost in tears, walking back to my office when I saw a sign "U/ITS 24/7" (University Information Technology Services -- 24 hours/day 7 days/week".  I decided to stop in and see if they knew of any local data recovery service in town that could help me.  I made a deal, "IF I CAN GET MY LIFES WORK OFF OF THIS HARD DRIVE I WILL BECOME A NICE PERSON, I PROMISE".  Well, as I walked into the the room I saw them the beautiful nerds for which I was seeking -- I knew immediately that they were going to be my salvation.  Sure enough, it took over 3 hours but my savvy techie was able to extract the hard drive from the case, read it onto another computer, and I after I ran back to the bookstore and bought another external hard drive was able to recover ALL of my data. 

Now I wish I had promised to give up coffee or something, instead of change my whole being ... but noone said it would be easy ;-).

Happy Thanksgiving Bloggers!! 

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Race: Thanksgiving Cross-Country Classic (3.1 Miles) 00:21:53, Place overall: 22, Place in age division: 2
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Yippee. I am very happy with my time today. It is only 30 secs off my 5K road PR on a moderately hard cross-country course! I beat my time from last year by almost 2 mins, but last year it rained all night and the course was really sloppy. The course is a 2 lap course with 4 hay bale, and two water jumps and 3 pretty tough hills and you hit all of them 2 times. I made the water jumps pretty well the first time through, got a little wet on the last one, mainly because I was getting really tired. The first mile is easier, the last is really hard because you have two of the toughest hills 2 water jumps and two hay bale jumps all in the last 1/2 mile. My splits were 7:05, 7:00, and 7:04 pace for the last 1.1 miles.

I won a pumpkin pie (a little bummed that I missed overall masters by 20 secs, and first in my age group by 18 secs -- must work on that for next year - I did beat the 40 year old age group winner by 25 secs so that was good). I was in the top 25 (which was my goal) out of about 600 women so I am happy today.

Happy Thanksgiving my fastrunningblog friends!

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1:01:46.  Recovery run.  It took me about 40 mins to warm-up today!  Hills were a little hard at first (and I couldn't of hurdled a barrier if my life depended on it!) but I felt pretty good by the end.  Pretty slow, but I enjoyed it, and savored the day!

hi ho hi ho its off to work I go.

Have a great day bloggers!

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AM: (9+ miles, 1:23:40).  Investigated a slightly different route from the "usual" Saturday route.  It might have added on a 1/4 of a mile or so.  I did 8 x 100 m strides, quite a bit slower than usual.  My legs are still feeling Thursday, but it was fine as long as I ran easy.  It is the first time ever that my legs are the limiting factor in my recovery -- cardio-wise I am feeling really good, my legs are just heavy.  Now I am a little excited to start speed training - I think in about 2 weeks or so.  I might jump into some road 5k's in the next month or so, my "key" race will be a 10K in January -- I am feeling more confident that a sub 44 min 10K is within reach.  Then I need to decide what to do this spring ... I am pretty sure a 1/2 marathon is in the cards, but I am not sure if I will just race a couple of those and then target another marathon next winter (maybe California International?) or whether I might run another marathon this spring.  I really want to work on my speed this year, with the hope of a solid marathon next year (when/if I am pretty sure that a sub 3:30 is plausible).  Stay healthy, stay healthy ;-).

PM: (easy 4).

I hope you are enjoying the weekend bloggers -- and enjoying the left-overs!  I was going to get a "tofurkey" - but they are too big for just one (and Dean would not eat any of it I am sure) -- so we don't have many left-overs ... no more than usual.

 

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