| 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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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 51.70 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 1.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.70 |
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 4.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.30 |
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easy loop around Regents Park. I'm fighting some bug, scratchy throat and dry cough. Didn't feel too great. There are tons of leaves on the sidewalk, and in the dark it means I can't see at all, what's under them. Oh well, eventually they will be cleared by the Royal Parks service.
Total time: 38:50 (9:01 pace) | | Comments(4) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
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Rainy and very windy tonight. I ran 2 loops of Regents Park. I was wondering how much I slowed compared to month ago. Turns out, about 2.5 minutes. Lots of leaves on the ground, I thought it would be slippery, but it was okay. I ran easy and didn't look at the watch. Hopefully I can get up to 30 miles this week.
Total time: 1:03:54 (9:00 pace)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 9.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.80 |
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Did the longest run since a month ago. It wasn't pleasant and I got pretty winded, but I got it done. I downloaded upgrades to Garmin software and GPS chip and my Garmin picked up the signal after about 6 minutes, after not doing it for the last 2 months. So it looks promising. I don't need it for easy runs, but it is helpful for fartleks and tempo runs to be able to see the pace I'm running. I did 3 loops of the park, and second and third were 9:15 average, meaning I started too fast and had to slow down later.
Total time: 1:29:06 (9:05 pace)
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 3.50 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
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Did first up-tempo run in more than a month. It wasn't pretty, but better than it could have been. I warmed up for 15 min. and then ran 30 min. at moderately hard effort. Garmin was working, but I only looked at it occasionally and ran by effort. My pace started at 8:30 which was pathetic, but then it started coming down without extra effort from me. I ended up with 8:17 average by the end, which is about right for my current level. Ran easy 1.7 mi. to cool down.
Total time: 1:00:55 (8:34 pace avg.) | | Comments(1) |
| | 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 |
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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(6) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
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Finally got out for a run after a week of traveling and nightmarish commutes to work. Ran my usual 2 loops around Regents Park. Good weather, low 40s, no wind. I felt good and moved at a decent pace for an easy run.
Budapest was just like Jeff mentioned in his comment - some beautiful buildings and squares, but they were overshadowed by tons of ugly Soviet style apartment blocks. And everything was covered in graffiti, which didn't help the impression. The subway still uses Soviet trains (but that was the case in Prague too). Lot of reminders of Moscow residential villages - same buildings, same yard planning in front of them. I liked Prague a lot more.
Total time: 1:02:05 (8:44 pace). | | Comments(5) |
| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 7.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.10 |
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Another easy two loops around Regents Park. Second loop, I had to focus a little more, because I started getting tired, but I was able to hold the same pace.
I came across this piece of writing today - well worth reading: http://www.umsl.edu/~natural/number06/hart.html
Total time: 1:01:52 (8:42 pace) | | Comments(1) |
| | 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 |
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did some strides today, 10x100m during my run. I used Brent's method of measuring 100m - 35 steps on my left foot. Not sure if it's accurate or not, I'll have to test it on a track. It seemed to me that it was shorter. Of course, my 35 steps are probably shorter than Brent's since he is in much better shape now than I am! Although once I did my stride from one parking meter to the next one, and it was exactly 35 steps. I'm just not sure what is the distance between the meters, so it was no help, I just thought it was odd how it matched exactly. Garmin was running out of battery, so I tried not to bother it with unnecessary splits and display lighting. So I didn't really now my pace, but I didn't feel great, tired and my legs were tight. I thought I was running slower than on Monday. But I was surprised to see that my time was actually faster! One of those runs when you feel slow but actually run faster than you think.
Total time: 1:01:42 (8:41 pace).
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| | Easy Miles | Marathon Pace Miles | Threshold Miles | VO2 Max Miles | Trainer 1 Miles | Trainer 2 Miles | Racer Miles | Total Distance | | 51.70 | 3.60 | 0.00 | 1.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 56.70 |
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