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

Tue, Sep 26, 2006

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Trainer 1 Miles	Trainer 2 Miles	Racer Miles	Total Distance
6.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.10

Today was an eventful run, but not in a good way. I started feeling slow and my HR was up (I wore HRM for a change today). Then, about 0.5 mile from the house, I tripped on the concrete tiles that line the sidewalk, and took a spill. Scraped one knee and one elbow pretty good. I probably should've gone home and wash the blood off and put some bandages, but I was already near Primrose Hill, so I just continued on. The knee continued to hurt all the way, my HR was still up despite moving very slowly, and by the time I got home I had a nasty headache on top of all that. One of those days I guess. I hope the knee feels better tomorrow because I have MP workout scheduled. Total time was 56:57 (9:20 pace). Avg. HR 158

Comments

From Zack on Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 14:59:39

Maria. hope the move went well, sounds like you have found some neat places to run around London. I appreciate the feedback Re: my Plantar Fasciatis. I went with the cortisone & will do one more shot prior to my Marathon then take a 4 week break to let it heal.

Hope your knee feels better.

Re: HR monitors. I do not put much stock in them half the time mine acts up & I have had a couple of them I use for Iron Man training the best thing about them is to reel yourself back in & run a consistent effort pace wise but the HR itself fluctuates and too many factors can contibute to that ????

As the say in London.

Cheers!

Zack

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