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December 2007

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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
9.400.000.000.000.000.000.009.40
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
5.100.000.000.000.000.000.005.10

easy run at a what felt like a slog pace. Turned out to be 45:04 (8:50 pace). I'm fighting some bug again, scratchy throat and runny nose. A lot of people are sick at work, and I'm taking trains that run from Heathrow full of people straight from planes with all of their bugs. Didn't feel great today, but glad I got out. It was very mild, mid 50s!

I'm still tired from the weekend - spent both days at the pool, from 8AM to 8PM, watching and cheering Lisa at the County Short Course Championships. It was exhausting, physically and emotionally, but it was well worth it. She did great and got 9 PRs out of 10 races she swam in! I am very proud of her, and it's a nice boost after a rough start in September when she felt so out of shape. She now has 2 qualifying times for county age group championships in March, and hopefully she will get few more soon. She missed 100 freestyle time by just 0.1 second! Her most impressive races were 50m freestyle - 31.52, 100m freestyle - 1:08:52 and 100m butterfly - 1:15:06. Go Lisa!!

Comments(3)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.300.000.000.000.000.000.004.30

I'm still not feeling great (second week in a row), but I wanted to get out and run a little bit. It's been  a week since I've done anything. I didn't even take the watch, there is no point. Today is probably the coldest day of the season, it's about 0 (low 30s), and I was running on icy sidewalks. I was freezing the first half of the run, but finally I warmed up, and the second half felt better.

Got a funny comment from a man passing by - "you'll get there, Madam". The word Madam seems so not fitting me, especially in my running clothes :). But I wrote it off to the polite English ways :).

 

Total time: ~40:00, no watch.

Comments(5)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
9.400.000.000.000.000.000.009.40
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