I Can Do Hard Things

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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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Miles:	This week:	0.00	Month:	72.21	Year:	455.58
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Tue, Aug 07, 2012

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
2.50	2.50	5.00

We are heading to Lagoon today so hubby was home from work. Hence I got to sleep to in and met Catherine at the track an hour later than usual. But the sun wasn't up. Starting to get darker later. Fall will be here soon enough.

1 mile run to the track

3x800 with 400 rest (I haven't done 800's in years. I wasn't sure how many I could do, so I went off the fact of how many fast miles I needed).

3:28

3:28

3:27

I needed .25 more fast so I did one 400 - 1:39. I was sad at how slow that 400 was. Usually I hit those around 1:33. But I wasn't going as fast for the 800's.....

Those 800's were hard. I was breathing hard and I felt like it was hard to maintain speed for 2 laps. I guess that is why we do these. I'm just not feeling the "speedy" love these days.

Under the inside of my left ankle still really bugs. I iced it right after the run and then all the way up to Lagoon. Once all my family leaves town, I need to try to get in to the doctor. Ughhhh.....

We ran a few laps around the track as part of the cool down and then a mile home.

I spent all day at Lagoon. I guess I'm not a roller coaster kind of gal anymore. I had a major headache all day (probably between the coaster and all the junk food I ate).

Around 8/9pm, I went on 5 swirly coaster in a row and about puked. After that even watching the rides made me sick. Ughhhh..... We didn't leave until 10:00pm and didn't get home until after 11:00pm. I still felt so sick to my stomach that hubby put all the kids to bed for me. But I don't think I will be getting up at 5am to get my 8 miles in.

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From Smooth on Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 15:32:09 from 71.219.147.142

So Happy to read about your weekend recap of the baptism. You're amazing!!!

AWESOME track workout. What a fun, long dizzy day for you!

Take care of that ankle. Have you tired KT taping it?

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