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

Mon, May 28, 2007

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
5.45	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	5.45

Rain, rain and more rain. Third day in a row, and this time I couldn't find an opening when it rained less. Not a fun run, cold, windy and wet. It was just about getting my miles in and getting out of there as soon as I could. Temps only in mid 40s. My hands were freezing, so I tucked them into my sleeves and didn't look at my watch the whole run, which was probably for the best. Just ran easy, except maybe in the end, where I sped up a little just to be done sooner - I was really cold.

Total time: 48:20 (8:52 pace).

Comments

From Lybi on Mon, May 28, 2007 at 18:45:49

What an inspiration! You should come to Arizona sometime. Your chances of getting rained on are almost nill.

I read your post about Moonlight Sonata. I think you have a real gift for piano! You should take it back up. Do you have a piano? BTW the piece I was talking about is in A minor. A minor and C major are both white key scales--i.e. no sharps or flats in the key signature. A natural minor is relative to C major.

Anyways, thanks for the encouragement on my race. It always makes me smile!

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