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

Fri, Nov 16, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.40	0.00	0.00	0.70	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.10

Easy 7 with 10x100m strides. It was cold! Wore tights, long sleeve, jacket, gloves and fleece headband - the most I wore on the run this fall! Still, with all this clothing, didn't break a sweat until 3 miles. At least it was calm and dry, and I'm thankful for that. But the temps are only few degrees above freezing, it's pretty cold for London. And we are going toBudapest for the weekend which is even colder.

Total time: 1:03:22 (8:55 pace).

Comments

From Lybi on Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 22:21:19

Great job Maria! Sounds pretty darn cold. Have fun in Budapest!

From Dave Holt on Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 14:11:33

What is in Budapest?

From Maria on Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 14:51:32

Dave - nothing special in Budapest. We are just traveling around, trying to see European cities that may be interesting. It's part of the London experience for us. We try to go for 3-4 days (long weekend) at a time, because it's difficult to get away for longer due to work, school, etc.

From Aaron on Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 15:28:49

If you have another long weekend one of my favorites was Genoa, especially if you rent a car. Cool modern city, lots of interesting history, and there's all sorts of great B&Bs in the Ligurian hills surrounding. Spectacular natural scenery (plus Italian Riviera relatively temperate).

From jtshad on Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 15:39:32

Have fun in Budapest. My mom is from Budapest...she immigrated to the US during the Hungarian revolution in the early 1950's and visited there last year for the first time since she left. She said it was an interesting city...beautiful in ways (old world architecture, wonderful people) and stark and disappointing in some ways (lots of old Soviet style structures and very bad graffitti).

From Brent on Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 20:06:24

Maria, in Budapest, happy thanksgiving. Hope you are able to get some running in.

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