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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

Tue, Jun 27, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.00	0.00	0.00	1.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	7.10

Stride workout in the hotel's parking lot. 12x150m, all in 29-31 sec. I really felt lactic acid in my legs after about 7, and I struggled on the last 4, which is good. The rain held off for my warmup, but started again when I started strides, and was a full blown mansoon in 5 minutes. It was one of my more "interesting" workouts. When I got done with strides, I went back in for a cool down on the treadmill (good thing I had extra change of running clothes!).

Comments

From Sasha Pachev on Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 12:19:35

Was the distance your guess, or did you find a way to measure it precisely?

Some food for thought - I noticed you can hit a few 100 m strides in 17 seconds and have some room to go, but a 20 second/100 pace throws you into lactic acid over 150. I think understanding and solving this problem is a critical element to your 5 K breakthrough ( and longer distances to follow).

From Maria on Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 12:38:11

Sasha, it's a bit of exaggeration to say that I can hit a few 100m in 17 sec. - it would be high 17s at best, and most of my strides are in 18s range when I do 10-12x100m. But I agree that extra 10 sec. of running at top speed threw me into the sea of lactic acid, and I was a bit surprised. I emailed my coach about it, too, looking for some ideas.

The distance was off of my Garmin, and the road I ran on was not a straight patch, it curved around parkng lot, so it probably added a bit to my time.

From Sasha Pachev on Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 11:01:21

Maybe try 4x200 on the track to see how 38-39 feels.

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