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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: 22.33 Month: 127.28 Year: 374.00
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles: 28605.00
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West MCT-TT:  1:07 AP:  13.0. Miles 14.7  I was so slow today!  Then off to the gym.

 

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Leg press-single leg

Hamstring curl

 

So very tired!  I turned 38 today!

 

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Silo run with a couple small add-one to get a bit more mileage.  TT: 44:35 AP:  9:22 HR: 169

1 mile WU--3 mile tempo @9:56--cool down  (I switched my race to the Thankful Half Marathon on Thanksgiving Day)

9:12, 8:47, 8:34....whoa, I was way off my pace times.  But I felt good.  Improvement??  My fastest AP since my knee surgery!!

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Workout called for 3x1600@9:23 

1 mile WU

9:52 (uphill), 9:02, 8:28

Cool down to home

 

I'm really trying to decide if this Run Less Run Faster that Joel told me to do is going to work.  All the advice/articles/watching pro's is all about long slow aerobic miles.  Hmmmm....

3x (at the gym since I had time)

hamtractor

adductor

abductor

leg press - single leg

hamstring curl

dot jumps

60/60/60 planks

 

Hike around Cascade springs with the family.

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East MCT-20 miles-1:18-15.2.  This is my fastest time yet.  Yeah!

 

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Walking lunges
Dead lift
60/60/60
Calf raises 
 
Single leg squat
Bohemian lunge
Clams
SM lunges
Hip flexor series

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"Epic Wednesday Adventure" was at Red Pine in Little Cottonwood Canyon.  It kicked my trash on the way up.  Whoa...humbling!  I'm grateful for good friends who put up with my slowness..

TT:  3:32 AP: 25:28 Elevation:  2738

balance hops 12-15 ea leg
reverse lunges 12-15 ea leg
Squats 12-15 

Dot jumps
full body crunch 45 secs
toe touch crunch 45 sec
single leg flutter kick 30 secs ea leg back flat
Lateral shoulder raise 12-15
forward shoulder raise 12-15
shoulder press 12-15
Jump ropes
Alternate heel touches 45 sec
bycycles 45 secs
overhead tricep extensions 12-15 reps
single arm curls 12-15 reps
tricep kick backs 12 -15 each arm
21's bi-cep curls
Ball crunch
Ball bridge
Ball hammie rolls

3x

 

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Grove Creek-TT:1:10, AP: 16:50, elevation: 1594, HR: 155

Fastest GC time ever!!!!

3x

60/60/60

Knee to elbow
Hip flexor holds with band-trainerfma 
Paper plates
LLL
B6
 
Bosu squat jump
Bosu push up
Bohemian lunge jump
Dot jumps

 

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TT: 51:56 AP: 9:49 HR:  168 Highland Gardens loop

2 houses walking lunges 

1 mile warm up

2x1200 @ 6:57---6:57, 6:35

4x800 @ 4:34-- 4:30, 4:17, 4:30, 4:20

Hardly a cool down because I ran out of miles.  2 houses walking lunges.

 

3x

Calf raises

LLL

Donkey kicks

Hammie roll outs

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East MCT-20 miles-1:17-15.4.....fast time ever!!  Last week was 15.2!!!
 
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balance hops 12-15 ea leg
reverse lunges 12-15 ea leg
Squats 12-15

full body crunch 45 secs

toe touch crunch 45 sec
single leg flutter kick 30 secs ea leg back flat
Lateral shoulder raise 12-15
forward shoulder raise 12-15
shoulder press 12-15
Alternate heel touches 45 sec
bycycles 45 secs
overhead tricep extensions 12-15 reps
single arm curls 12-15 reps
tricep kick backs 12 -15 each arm
21's bi-cep curls
Ball crunch
Ball bridge
Ball hammie rolls

3x

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Alta to Brighton with Rachelle and Rachel.  TT:  3:04  AP:  20:16  Elevation  2688  This run/hike kicked my trash today.  My legs felt like TOAST!  Excellent company though!  And it snowed.

3x

B6

Side to side lunge

LLL

Dot Jumps

Curtsy lunge

Hammie roll out

Bridge on ball

Hamstring straight leg - arm pump on ball

Hip flexor series

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Easy bike ride - east MCT - 15.43 miles - 1:08 - 13.4 mph 

3x

step ups on bench

clams

ball squats with band

B6

frog pumps

monster walk with band

side plank lift ups

bohemian

calf raises

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Workout called for 1 mile WU---3mile tempo @9:56--1 mile CD

TT:  50:20 AP: 9:29 HR: 166

9:36, 9:04, 8:33  --that first mile was uphill and way harder than it should be.

 

3x @gym

Hamtractor 

Adductor

Abductor

Ham curl

Leg press

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I'm trying to decide if I'm going to do the Elk trail half marathon on Saturday.  I have been very indecisive about it.  My ITB is been slightly bugging me....is it worth it?  So just in case, I took it easy and short today.  I can always add mileage at the end of the week if I need.

Manilla Elementary - TT:  30:44 AP:  10:13  HR 159

3x

walking lunges

single leg dead lift

60/60/60

calf raises

single leg squat

Bohemian lunge

clams

hip flexor

fire hydrant

front raise

bicep curl

tricep bar

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Ride on east MCT-15 miles - 1:07:29-13.4--just an ok ride.  Struggled with clipping in and out and it was very windy.  Meh....

3x

 

Bicep curls on Bosu
Bentover row
Squat jump on Bosu
Single leg bicep curl 
Reverse fly
Side lunges
Bosu crunches
Scissors
Chest press on ball
Hammer raise
Bosu lunges
Skull crushers on ball 
Chest fly on ball
Squat
Swimmer on Bosu 

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"Epic Wednesday Adventures" with Kelli and Rachel doing the Grove to Battle loop.  We made it up Grove Creek in good time, but I had never gone past Indian Springs before.  We went through the Sound of Music meadow, but took a wrong turn.  A 1:40 - 3 mile wrong turn.  I was starting to stress that I would run out of water and I was hitting a very LOW low.  I kinda wanted to curl up on the side of the trail and die.  It was HOT!!

Rachel was able to get us back to the right trail (BLESS HER) and I found a second wind.   And we got a ride back to our cars.  Bless the PG public service guy!

11.5 miles - 4:54:34 - AP:  25:36 - Elevation:  3885

3x---this was WAY too much to do before a run like this!

BALL IYT raises

chest pull overs

russian twists

single leg squat

scarecrows

leg drops on bench

reverse grip rows

good mornings

superman on Bosu

plank jacks

curtsy lunges - 20

ball hamstring curl

LLL

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AM #1 at home

3x

Bosu side to side pushups

step ups on bench

wide grip rows

LLL

deadlifts

crunches

seated shoulder fly

monster walks with band

kettlebell swing

fire hydrants

pendulum lunge with bicep curls

 

AM #2 at gym

30 minutes on step mill watching 24

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adductor

abductor

hamtractor

ham curl

leg press

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TT:  51:31 AP:  10:11

I ran the first 3 miles with Tim (pumpkin truck loop).  Then I dropped him off at home and added 2 more miles solo.  I'm so very slow right now.

Long yoga session

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Workout called for 6x400--2:30 rest--6x400--@2:10

1 mile warm up to track

2:06, 2:05, 2:03, 1:56, 2:02, 2:07

2:07, 2:04, 2:04, 2:03, 2:02, 2:00

Cool down 1 mile home

 

ITB bugs

 

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Epic Wednesday Adventures - Squaw Peak --7.4 miles--TT:  2:50--AP: 23:05--Elevation: 2933.  I felt significantly better on this run than on most of my previous EWA.  Probably because I hadn't lifted all week and my legs weren't burnt toast.  Still hard, but not dying! Kelli, Rachel and Wendy

3x

BALL IYT raises

chest pull overs

LLL

single leg squat

scarecrows

duck walk with band

reverse grip rows

good mornings

superman on Bosu

curtsy lunges - 20

ball hamstring curl

 

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20.42 bike miles on the east then west MCT.  1:34:14--13.0

3x

Bicep curls on Bosu
Bentover row
PT jumps up the stairs
Single leg bicep curl 
Reverse fly
Side lunges
Bosu crunches
Scissors
Chest press on ball
Hammer raise
Bosu lunges
Skull crushers on ball 
Chest fly on ball
Squat
Swimmer on Bosu 

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AM #1

3x

balance lunges

reverse lunges

squat

lateral shoulder raise

foward shoulder raise

shoulder press

LLL

Overhead tricep

single arm curls

tricep kick backs

bicep curls

ball crunch

ball bridge

hip flexor serier

push ups

 

AM #2 at gym

25 minutes on the step mill

3x

leg press

hamtractor

adductor

abductor

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