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May 10, 2024

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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
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.600.000.000.000.000.000.003.60

Very late run today due to staying late at work. On top of that, it's a really nasty evening out here - rain and chilly, only low 50s. But I can't afford to take any more days off, so I got out almost at 9PM. As usual, the weather didn't feel nearly as bad as it looked out the window.

But Regents Park was about to close (it closes at 9) and I wasn't going to take chances going in and being locked up there for the night, so I ran to the track and did a mile there before heading back home. I was a little sore in the adductors, but better than I expected after yesterday. Total time 34:35 (9:36 pace). It was a short run, but better than skipping a day completely.

I'll try to have a better workout tomorrow, although my daughter's school runs an International Food event in the evening, where we somehow ended up in 2 categories, American and Russian. So we need to bring some "specialties". I'll try to sneak out of there in time for a workout (Lisa is leaving early too, since she has her swimming practice).

Comments
From sarah on Thu, May 10, 2007 at 23:35:44

Just popping in to see how you are doing.

The international food event sounds kind of stressful...do you like to cook?

From Maria on Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:35:13

Hi Sarah! Thanks for stopping by. Yeah, these school events can be stressful, but these days I just don't have the time to get too involved. Work eats up most of my time, and no, I do not like to cook at all! In our family, my husband is the cook. Some things he cooks are very tasty, and others can be categorized as, well, experiments. But I'm not complaining at all :). He is a pretty good cook, actually!

From Nick on Fri, May 11, 2007 at 21:42:06

Hey Maria,

Yeah, I am pretty sure what I have is tendinitis. It hurts about mid-foot, right at about the peak of my arch, so it seems a bit different than what you described. You have swelling up by the knot in the lacing? Im not quite sure what that would be. Being so new, though, I really don't know too much about running injuries. This "taking it easy" time to let the injury heal is really killing me though!

From Nick on Fri, May 11, 2007 at 21:42:13

Hey Maria,

Yeah, I am pretty sure what I have is tendinitis. It hurts about mid-foot, right at about the peak of my arch, so it seems a bit different than what you described. You have swelling up by the knot in the lacing? Im not quite sure what that would be. Being so new, though, I really don't know too much about running injuries. This "taking it easy" time to let the injury heal is really killing me though!

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