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Location:

American Fork,UT,

Member Since:

Nov 27, 2009

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Boston Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

St George Marathon

2011 - 4:11:52 

2017. -4:01:17

2021 - 4:03:05

Salt Lake City Full Marathon

2013 -  4:23:03 

Ogden Marathon

2012 - 3:58:35

2013 - 4:17:20

2014 - 4:02:51

2017 - 3:55:22**

2023 - 3:57:09

Utah Valley Marathon

2019 - 4:05:37 

Top of Utah Marathon

2014 - 4:09:27

Mt Charleston Marathon

2019 - 4:05:33

West Mountain Marathon

2015 - 4:42:34

 

St George Half Marathon

2012 - 1:55:00

2013 - 2:03:00

2014 - 1:46:00

2015 - 1:48:00

2022-  1:42:45**

Salt Lake City Half Marathon

2012 - 1:51:00

2014 - 1:44:01

Hobble Creek Half Marathon

2001 - 1:40:00**

2011 - 1:45:00

2012 - 1:43:00

2013 - 1:43:00 

2022 - 1:48:53

American Fork Half Marathon

2013 - 1:48:24

2014- 1:53:23 (pacing Tim)

2017  - 1:47:54

2018 - 1:48:12

2019 - 1:47:50

Timp Half Marathon

2012 - 1:47:18 

2022 - 1:49:40 (AF Cancer course)

Utah Valley Half Marathon 

2011 - 1:55:00 

Top of Utah Half Marathon

2010 - 1:48:20 

The Haunted Half Provo

2018 - 1:51:28

 

Goblin Valley 50K

2014 - 5:58

Red Mountain 55K

2018 - 7:31:37

Antelope Island Fall Classic 50K

2017 - 6:14:23

Antelope Island 50 Mile

2015 - 10:10:00

Antelope Island 100 Mile

2018 - 26:53

 

 

**Personal Best 

 

 

Short-Term Running Goals:

 

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

To qualify for Boston

Personal:

Married for 23 years. I have 18 year old triplets and a 15 year old. I love to sew, garden, and run!

Favorite Running Quotes: 

1.  

"Sooner or later the serious runner goes through a special, very personal experience that is unknown to most people.

Some call it euphoria. Others say it's a new kind of mystical experience that propels you into a elevated state of consciousness, a flash of joy.

A sense of floating as you run. This experience is unique to each of us, but when it happens, you break through a barrier that separates you from casual runners. Forever. And from that point on, there is no finish line. You run for your life. You begin to be addicted to what running gives you."  

~Nike Poster

2.           A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao-Tzu

You’ve no doubt heard this.  And you’ve probably recited it in your mind on a run or at the gym when you’re just beginning to get in shape.  You have a goal in sight and this quote brings you back to the current moment.

 

But the problem is that many runners forget all of the steps between the first one and the goal.  If your goal is to run under two hours for the half marathon then you need to be honest about all of the little steps to get to that goal.

 

…and what I’d rather see you do is to get the goal out of mind completely, but rather focus on the process, not the outcome. -Jay Johnson Process orientation, not outcome orientation.

 

You should have goals, but you should take it one step at a time.  And you should be honest about the fact that you don’t know how many steps it will take to get there. ~ Vernon Gambetta

 

3.  Human beings are made up of flesh, blood and a miracle fiber called COURAGE! ~ George Patton 

 

4.   Find the courage to be patient.

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Here is my PT visit from Tuesday ( for my own record).  

When I met with my sports medicine doctor after my followup x-ray back in October, he suggested that I meet with a PT.  I guess I wasn't very excited (time and money) and he is 25-30 minutes from my house.  But this past week (or two), my ankle has been very achy, so I decided to just go and see him.

When he came in, I told him my long list of injuries and that I was getting close to hanging up my racing shoes.  He laughed and told me I still was a long ways from throwing in the towel.  He videoed taped me running on the treadmill and asked me to count how many times my right foot hit the ground in 60 seconds.

I hit the ground 45 times.  I should be hitting the ground 90 times in 60 seconds....I am TOTALLY overstriding.  As we watched the video, we determined I was a very strong heel striker.  He said to reduce the heel striking and get rid of the lower leg aches, I needed to shorten my stride (significantly) which would help the heel striking.  He called it the gerbil run.  I tried it a few times.  It was hard to keep count and move my feet that fast.  

We talked a lot about training (I was there almost 2 hours!!!!).  He suggested that I only run 3 days a week (a tempo run, a speed workout and a long run....and if I felt like I REALLY need to get out another day, I could do a run/walk recovery run).  I asked him about the FRB common theme: run 10 miles/day and you will run Boston approach.  He laughed and said I would probably never get to that point because my body would break down because of my running form.  

I think he knew I was completely baffled by everything that came out of his mouth.  He told me I needed to change my whole paradigm about running:  less is more.  I kept firing off question after question.  He has run 18 marathons (a few sub-3 hours) and Ironmans.  So I felt like he was qualified and knew his stuff.  

SO....even though all of this has been SUPER helpful (I've spent several hours doing research on running form the past few days), my ankle still has been very achy.  I'm not sure if I've refractured it or if it is achy because it is weak.  

For the time being, all running goals are on hold.  I need to process what he said about less is more.   I need a little device to attach to my body and will print out what is wrong !!!  Running makes me mental!

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Comments
From RachelT on Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 21:56:27 from 24.10.224.129

Thanks for sharing your experience. We learn so much when we go consort with the professionals. It really got me thinking and I tried counting my steps tonight on my my treadmill run. I think I'm ok and only catch myself over striding when I get really tired and lose form. I live in Cedar Hills, let me know if you ever need a buddy for a long run. My best running buddy is preggo and taking time off right now.

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