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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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1:54:31.  Very hilly mountain run, two laps + a little under a mile added on in the middle (59:17, 55:34).  I tried to get out earlier, but the best I could manage was 7:30 and it was already 70F, it is 87F and sunny now.  Now that it is hot, I plan on running at least 10-20 secs/mile slower than I normally would (well, I don't know exactly what pace, I guess I would say I start out running no faster than 65-75% effort).  Most of the time, this works fine and I can pick it up the later part of the run - or not if it is really hot out.  


So, today I ran on the big dirt road that goes through Saguaro Park West.  This is were the BIG snakes live ;-).  It is a safe place to run though, because even if I see a snake the road is plenty wide enough to go around them.  I saw two snakes, one live and one dead, neither of them were rattlesnakes (they were much too pretty and colorful - although one of them was easily as big around as my forearm).  The VERY COOLEST thing?  I saw my first Gila Monster, he/she was much larger than the one in this picture, about the size of a small cat (larger than a kitten - maybe an adolescent cat).  They say that a Gila Monster bite is the most painful desert creature bit there is ... I did not put my hand down to test it out -- it did not seem like it cared that much about me watching him/her.  It was very pretty, bright orange spots/lines.  Very very cool - I sped it up after this, because I wanted to check the internet to make sure it was a Gila Monster!

Today is the final day of NCAA PAC 10 track and field regionals (as our own Ruthio knows ... although I think she is in the Mountain region).  Anyway - after 7 events Arizona women are ahead of U of Oregon ... wow.  Of course, the 1500 and the 5K are today, so who knows what will happen; not to mention the 800m!  Still, I was happy to Arizona in number 1 status, even if it is short lived.  

Have a wonderful day resting and enjoying your family bloggers.  Congratulations to all of our awesome Ogden Marathon and 1/2 Marathon runners! 

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AM: (9+ miles, 1:20:13).  Warm, hilly run -- but not as mountainous as Sunday.   I felt really good today.  At first it felt like I was running really slowly, but when I hit my first landmark I was actually faster than usual.  I went to my "landmark" turn-around today (rather than my watch turn-around).

PM:(easy 4).  

Keeping in the never-ending summer saga -- this week we should see some 100F days.  Luckily the lows are still in the high 60s, so my morning runs will be in the mid-to-high-70s (because I just can't get started early enough to get the lows ;-)).  My PM runs will be in the 100s I am sure, but by then the sun will be down and it won't feel as hot.

So, Sunday night I had a very scary dream about snakes.  And then, Dean had to tell me (really he actually did) that yesterday morning he found a scorpion in his bathroom drawer -- EWWWWW.  So, I had to get up and go to the bathroom last night and I just KNEW I was going to get stung - I think I must have laid there for an hour before I got up to go ... I really don't like spiders, and to me scorpions are too much like meaner spiders.   

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1:03:28.  Up the mountain.  A day without snakes on the trail is a good day.

 

I slept fine last night, despite Burt's attempt to ruin my good nature.  

I hope you are all having good weather, and happy trails! 

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AM: (10 miles, 1:25:28). 30:33wu/25:58cd 20 x :30 w/1` recovery. It is going to be a very hot day today ... already well into the high 80s, probably over 100F for my PM run.

It was a very eventful day yesterday, first, I made some awesome headway on my grant resubmission. I only get one more shot at this so I am working really hard to get this right, and a whole bunch of stuff came together yesterday, yea. Movement in the right direction. Then, last night I found out that I was elected to serve as a representative on the Board of Directors for the American Statistical Association. It is an honor to be elected, and looks really good on my dossier for promotion/tenure. Lots more visits to DC are in my future.

I am so disappointed with Floyd Landis. I can't even tell you how upset this makes me, I really wanted to believe he was innocent -- I haven't been this disappointed in an athlete since Justin Gatlin. I just can't abide by cheaters.

PM: (4 miles easy).


Have a great day bloggers.

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1:03:xx.  Run up my favorite trail.  It was very hot, and pretty uncomfortable, except it was SO pretty and therefore I have no complaints! Last night my run was a very comfortable 88F and I saw a beautiful coral snake (not poisonous, but very colorful) so it is only right that this morning would be slightly uncomfortable ;-). 

Very very busy today -- and still -- I am so far not expecting to get home for several hours.  However, it has been a wonderfully productive week and I am energized and can easily hang in here for these many more hours. 

I wish you all happy trails and a wonderful weekend!

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AM:(hilly 8+, 1:10:32).  It was super duper hot.  Yesterday I brushed up against a prickly pear cactus on the trail.  I have a 3-4 inch area on my thigh that looks like a big rash (it isn't it is that there are tiny spines ebedded in my skin) -- the worst though, was that I got a huge spine stuck in the side of my thumb, and I did not know, and when I brushed my hand against it yesterday it stuck it way down inside and then broke off the top ... now it is all infected and really hurts.  I hope it comes out soon ...  Close by, I saw these guys out spraying stuff on the side of the road yesterday - I asked what they were doing and they pointed out this tall green grass - they said they were just neighbors and were killing the grass that is growing and is not indiginous to the area (it kills all the native species).  So, I jokingly said, "I guess you can tell what belongs here by how dangerous it looks" (this was nice smooth green grass, not brown, dry and prickly). 

PM: (4 miles easy).

I hope you have a great day bloggers!

 

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