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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
37.400.005.921.100.000.000.0044.42
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.000.000.000.000.000.000.004.00

easy recovery run on the treadmill, 38:05 (9:31 pace). Felt good.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
5.300.001.300.000.000.000.006.60

I'm in PA for 3 days and it was flooding here all day today, so I had to go on a treadmill in the hotel. Very boring... Progression run 50' easy and then 10' at half marathon pace (I did 7:41). I felt okay, but these last 10' were not easy. I hope this crazy rain stops and I can run outside tomorrow. I have to do stide workout and it's really hard to do it on the treadmill!

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.000.000.001.100.000.000.007.10

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!).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
4.200.000.000.000.000.000.004.20

easy recovery run, 39:37. Hamstrings and quads both sore after yesterday's speed workout.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
3.700.004.620.000.000.000.008.32

Tempo run on the roads. I didn't want to run a lot of laps on the track in fear of repetitive turns, but at the same time I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep correct pace on the road. So, I took my Garmin and tried to pay attention to the first half mile to hopefully tune into the right pace. It worked for the most part, despite some undulations in the road which caused some pace fluctuations. I decided to do 4.5 miles and took splits: 7:34 7:30 7:36 7:34 4:35. Total 34:49 for 4.62 tempo portion (7:32 average pace) and 1:08:11 for the entire run. The skies opened up again half way through my run (and rain wasn't even in the forecast!), but it didn't bother me too much. I could do without lighting, but it wasn't too close so I was safe. Overall, I'm pretty happy with this run because I felt stronger than before and was able to hold the pace better. But both my quads are still tight from that speedwork 2 days ago, despite taking a day off yesterday.

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
14.200.000.000.000.000.000.0014.20

Long hot run, 85F, but at least not humid. I felt good until heat got to me, felt tired after that. 3 water stops, no carbs. 2:05:25 (8:49 pace).

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
37.400.005.921.100.000.000.0044.42
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