| Location: Cambridge,MA,United States Member Since: Apr 19, 2012 Gender: Female Goal Type: Marathon Finish Running Accomplishments: 5k: 20:32 (6:36 min/mi) -4/14/13
8k: 33:28 (6:44 min/mi) - 4/7/13
10k: 44:44 (7:11 min/mi) - 12/15/12
15k: 1:10:17 (7:32 min/mi) - 6/23/12
10 Mile: 1:18:03 (7:48 min/mi) - 5/26/12
Half Marathon: 1:41:40 (7:45 min/mi) - 7/22/12
Marathon: 3:32:11 (8:05 min/mi) - 1/13/13
Boston 2 Big Sur: 7:36:02 (8:42 min/mi) - 4/21/14, 4/27/14
Number of Marathons: 9
Number of States: 7 (IL, FL, KY, MN, TN, MA, CA) Short-Term Running Goals: Sub 20 min 5k
Half marathon PR Summer 2014
NYC Marathon 2014 Long-Term Running Goals: Join 50 states club
3:25, 3:15, sub 3:00 marathon? The sky's the limit! I want to see how fast I can get! :) Personal: I started running in 2009, and am still learning a lot about running. Right now I have it made, I am living in Cambridge, MA temporarily doing a Post-Doc at MIT and taking advantage of improving my running by learning from all the speedy Boston runners and hitting the hills. I travel to FL to visit my family and get some "heat" training in. Then travel back to Chicago frequently to see my husband and show off my new running legs in all the flat, fast races. |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 43.56 | 0.00 | 3.92 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 51.08 |
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| Brooks Pure Flow Black - Boston Miles: 8.00 | Kinvara 4 Yellow Miles: 8.12 | Nike Zoom Elite 6 Neon Miles: 8.87 | Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 20.09 | Brooks Pure Flow Black - Chicago Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 75.10 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 75.10 | Weight: 0.00 | |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 8.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.00 |
| 8 miles along the Charles. My tree trunk legs were so heavy from weights last night. I felt like I was running a lot slower than 8:58 min/mi AP. Feeling good.
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| Brooks Pure Flow Black - Boston Miles: 8.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.08 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.08 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Recovery day. I need it too, my quads still have DOMS from Monday! Must go away for a speed session tomorrow...
40 mins elliptical followed by 30 mins core - I think some packs are starting to poke through!
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.10 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.10 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 5.12 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 8.12 |
| Treadmill all at 1% incline. 1.5 mi wu, form drills, then 4x1200m with equal time recoveries, 1.5 mi cd. Repeat at 7:15, 7:10, 7:10, 7:05 min/mi paces. Right now I think speed sessions are more about builidng my confidence/mental toughness than working on my vo2max. :)
44 mins of weights after chugging 14 oz organic tart cherry juice. Deadlifting 80 lbs like a boss and solid walking lunges were the highlights (I normally can't keep my balance on these). Burnt my abs with my new core routine. I get to fly back to Chicago today to be with my hubby after not seeing him for a week! Life is good.
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| Kinvara 4 Yellow Miles: 8.12 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.18 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.18 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 4.60 |
| 4.6 miles recovery with 6x0.1 mi lactate acid tolerance intervals w 0.1 mi recoveries. I think this is the most perfect 4th of July weather in my entire life! The lakefront was filled with runners, bikers, and tourists - a fun recovery run day. 9:56 min/mi AP for entire run, 5:41 min/mi AP for LAT intervals.
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| Nike Zoom Elite 6 Neon Miles: 4.60 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 9.42 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 9.42 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 12.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.04 |
| 12.04 mi long run 8:43 min/mi AP. Woa, I'm surprised my pace was this speedy based on how I felt. My legs were dead from the get go (not completely recovered from Thursday). I don't think I had enough carbs heading into this (gluten intolerance on a holiday at the in-laws means bun-less burgers and no cookie cake dessert, blah). I was crashing hard the 2nd half of the run, didn't bring gels, and ran out of gatorade. Oh well, I thought I was running 9:20s! :)
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 12.04 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.68 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.68 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1:20 h walk with hubby along the Chicago lakefront, bliss.
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.58 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.58 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.13 | 0.00 | 3.92 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.05 |
| AM: 2ish mi wu, running form drills, 4x60m strides, then 3x10min tempo w 5 min recoveries, and cd on the way home. The recoveries ended up being walks because it was so hot and humid. Avg 7:39 min/mi for the tempos (7:31, 7:41, 7:46). This was building up tempo time, so a good workout.
PM: 47 mins weights. 95 lbs deadlifts! I think I could have done more, but a) I was scared, and b) the bar tears up my hands. Did weighted squats, box jumps, weighted lunges/single leg squats and upper body business.
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| Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 8.05 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.10 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.10 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.00 |
| 6 miles on the treadmill running the beginning of the NYC marathon. My treadmill said 10:00 min/mi pace, my watch said 8:20 min/mi pace. I think it was somewhere in between. Hopped on the elliptical for 20 mins after (I'm adding an extra day of running this week). Then finished up with my killer ab routine that always gets an intense burn.
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| Brooks Pure Flow Black - Chicago Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 7.88 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 7.88 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 4.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.27 |
| Easy miles on the lakefront with surprisingly excellent weather. Recovery pace was 9:36 min/mi. Did 15 mins abwork after, then lots of stretching and trigger point self massaging to get things back in order.
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| Nike Zoom Elite 6 Neon Miles: 4.27 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 8.07 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 8.07 | Weight: 0.00 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Crosstraining miles | Total Miles | | 43.56 | 0.00 | 3.92 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 51.08 |
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| Brooks Pure Flow Black - Boston Miles: 8.00 | Kinvara 4 Yellow Miles: 8.12 | Nike Zoom Elite 6 Neon Miles: 8.87 | Saucony Ride 7 Miles: 20.09 | Brooks Pure Flow Black - Chicago Miles: 6.00 |
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| Night Sleep Time: 75.10 | Nap Time: 0.00 | Total Sleep Time: 75.10 | Weight: 0.00 | |
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