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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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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.700.000.000.0014.20
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
7.100.000.000.000.000.000.007.10

Another easy two loops around Regents Park. Second loop, I had to focus a little more, because I started getting tired, but I was able to hold the same pace.

I came across this piece of writing today - well worth reading: http://www.umsl.edu/~natural/number06/hart.html

Total time: 1:01:52 (8:42 pace)

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Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
6.400.000.000.700.000.000.007.10

did some strides today, 10x100m during my run. I used Brent's method of measuring 100m - 35 steps on my left foot. Not sure if it's accurate or not, I'll have to test it on a track. It seemed to me that it was shorter. Of course, my 35 steps are probably shorter than Brent's since he is in much better shape now than I am! Although once I did my stride from one parking meter to the next one, and it was exactly 35 steps. I'm just not sure what is the distance between the meters, so it was no help, I just thought it was odd how it matched exactly. Garmin was running out of battery, so I tried not to bother it with unnecessary splits and display lighting. So I didn't really now my pace, but I didn't feel great, tired and my legs were tight. I thought I was running slower than on Monday. But I was surprised to see that my time was actually faster! One of those runs when you feel slow but actually run faster than you think.

Total time: 1:01:42 (8:41 pace).

 

Comments(1)
Easy MilesMarathon Pace MilesThreshold MilesVO2 Max MilesTrainer 1 MilesTrainer 2 MilesRacer MilesTotal Distance
13.500.000.000.700.000.000.0014.20
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