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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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I'm learning a few valuable lessons during my break:

1.  Stay off Facebook.  I have a tendancy to see what other runners are doing (or not doing) and get caught up in the hype.  I need to listen to my own body and forget everyone else.

2.  Take meaning breaks.  After every marathon and training cycle, I HAVE to take some time off running.  I'm realizing just how important this is to MY being successful.

3.  Strength training is not optional any more.  I feel like I've upped my ST game a lot in the past few years.  But I need to up it again.

 

I meet with the surgeon on Friday to decide if I need my hip scoped.  I am NOT in the "frantic panic".  I was so burned out and broken.  I've been sleeping A LOT and feel like my body is healing.  REST is essential!

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I met with the hip surgeon's PT today at TOSH.  I was super impressed with her.  She went over in detail my different options.  We decided to do an injection into the hip socket with a round of PT as a last conservative resort.  OK.  I have done a lot of PT, but I haven't done it with a cortisone injection.

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Cortisone injection into the hip socket.  As soon as the doctor was done, he asked if it felt better.  Ummm....nope.  That didn't gvie me a lot of hope.

I met with the PT later that afternoon.  I was feeling a bit defeated.  All these doctor/PT visits are taking up a lot of time.  Is it all worth it?

I really liked Joel.  He had a lot of good suggestions and wanted me to start running.  Yeah!  Hope it is all worth it.

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3 very slow, watchless miles outside.  Whoa....I'm out of shape!  And feeling fat!  It was awesome to work hard and get sweaty.  It will come back.

PT stuff and stretching

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3 miles on the TM

PT stretches

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4 miles outside -watchless - nice and cool outside!

My hip felt pretty good, but I could feel my hamstring really pulling.  I know it is compensation from the hip.  Ugh.

100 weighted clams

LLL

2 houses of walking lunges

PT stuff

PT stretches

 

I was suppose to run the Ogden marathon today, but sold my bib.  I was feeling a bit sad today.  But it was definitely the right choice to not run.  Come on body....work with me! 

 

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4 Easy miles outside - no watch 

300/manilla elementary

 

2 house walking lunges

clams

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3x

Clipboard

side to side lunges

hamstring roll out on ball

clams with band

ball squats

Single leg hamstring lift

donkey kicks/bridge/thrusts

one arm Bosu push up

15 v- ups

30 bicycles

15 superman

 

Took kids to school - then to gym

adductor machine

abductor machine

hamstring machine

calf raises

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4 easy watchless miles - silo route

2 house walking lunges

 

2x

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fire hydrant holds

scissors

leg lifts-abs

push ups

 

Foam roll

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I went to see Dr Brady yesterday to have him work on my hammie. I wanted to get his opinion on having hip surgery.  He was the first person in a long line of people that knew exactly what was wrong.  He is very knowledgeable but has a very poor bedside manner.

 

He got really frustrated with me that I had run a few days.  Then proceeded to tell me that if I have the surgery, I probably will not run marathons or ultra's anymore.  Whoa!  I certainly left feeling inspired and uplifted. 

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