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, Oct 20, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.60	0.00	0.00	0.74	7.30	0.00	0.00	7.34

Fast finish progression run today. I ran easy for about 5 miles, and then did 0.74 in 5:12 on the track. That's 7:00 pace - 8 sec/mi faster than in the same workout 2 weeks ago. I'm encouraged by that, as 2 weeks ago I felt that I couldn't go faster than 7:08 pace, but today I felt strong even though it was definitely hard. Total time 1:02:58.

Just heard that our container will be delivered on 10/30. I can't wait - I need my 2 new pairs of shoes! Don't know what's taking them so long as I know it's been in customs since this Tuesday...

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 10:19:12

Looks like you've gotten into a good training rhythm. The tempos and the mileage should start paying off in a month or so, or possibly even earlier if you get good recoveries.

How hard do you push in the 1200 on the track? Did you do even splits? Did the pace feel progressively harder, or the same from the start?

From Maria on Sat, Oct 21, 2006 at 11:10:23

I pushed 1200 pretty hard. On a first 100m I saw 6:23 pace on my Garmin, but it could be off since it was just the beginning. I looked at the watch at 400 and 800, although I didn't hit the lap button, since I wanted to see when 5 min. will be up (my actual assignment was to run 5 min. at 5K pace). I saw 1:42 at 400, and 3:30 at 800. I could tell I was slowing down on the last 400, so I made sure to speed up the last 150. It was hard and getting harder, no doubt, and I think, honestly, it's a bit faster pace than I can run for 5K now.

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