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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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P90x core - I really need to focus on my transverse abs.  After my c-sections, my core/abs are none exsistent!

50 minutes on the step mill  -20 minutes of 1 min on/1 min easy

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3.5 miles on the road with Audrey.  My hair froze and was very drippy when it thawed.

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2 miles on TM.....so freakin out of shape

21 day fix -leg video 

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Ski at Snowbird

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30 minutes step mill - last 15 min 1 min on/1 min off

30 minutes TM - last 15 minutes 1 min on/2 min off

2x

B6

LLL

Clam

one leg bridge

 

Stretch and foam roll

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3 miles outside

AP:  9:19

 

3x

walking lunges

single leg dead lift

hip hike

side to side squat with band

ball squat with band

curtsy lunges

hammie roll out on ball

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Mahogany Ridge - way harder and technical than I thought.  2 miles - 1300 feet up - 1:09

legs and 1/2 cardio fix

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AM:  41 minutes - 4.75miles on the step mill - last 20 minutes intervals

PM:  P90X stretch - foam roll

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2 miles up Grove Creek - hiked - 1800 Feet elevation - to the bench - 44 minutes (fastest time, yet).  2 miles run down.

 

last 15 minutes cardio fix - 21 day fix legs

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Skiing at Snowbird.  5 inches of new powder and no lines!

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So much family stuff going on today.  

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Upper body fix

2/3 of lower body fix

 

4 miles on home TM - 39 minutes

Lots of PT glute and stretch stuff - foam roll

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47 minutes on the step mill - 5.4 miles

3x

squats on the smith machine

calf raises on the smith machine

side plank clam shells

hamstring machine

adductor machine

abductor machine

 

A few donkey kicks and B6

 

Stretching and foam rolling

 

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21 day fix legs and cardio

3 mile run on home TM

Skiing at Snowbird.  I do NOT know how to ski in waist deep powder and got my hiney kicked!  Tweaked my knee too....stupid!

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3 miles on home TM

Skied all day at Snowbird.  15 inches of new powder....best ski day I've ever had!

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3.5 easy miles with Audrey (my neighbor).  I was going to go to the Jingle Bell run in Provo, but Tim was skiing and I needed to get home earlier.

3x

lunge matrix with curtsy at the end

single leg dead lift

calf raises

hip hike

LLL with band

clam with band

donkey kick

tricep with bar

single leg overhead press

front raise

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Christmas break has officially begun.  I'm taking all my kids skiing alone.....say alittle prayer for me!

3 miles on home TM

3x

 

bohiem lunge

hip hike

calf raises

side to side squat

single arm push up on Bosu

super man on Bosu

step ups

 

Stretch and foam roll and LLL/paper plates after run

 

PM:  A bunch of PT stuff (B6, LLL, fire hydrants, 60/60/60 planks - stretch)

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Oldie but goodie core workout

LLL

Plank decline on ball

B6

30 crunches

5 burpees

40 russian twists

5 lying leg raises

50 bicycle crunches

30 mountain clines

plank on ball

LLL

20 flutter kicks

15 v-ups

15 push ups

20 adductor LLL

5 burpees

14 paper plates – windshield wipers

30 mountain climbers

clams

15 paper plates – knees to elbows

15 push ups

one leg bridge

20 bird dogs

 donkey kicks

plank on ball

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3 miles on the home TM

 

15 dead lifts

20 squats

25 donkey kicks

30 side to side squats with band

40 calf raises

50 sec wall sit

overhead walking lunges

60 sec wall sit

40 sumo squats

side to side squats with band

25 donkey kicks

20 squats

15 dead lifts

 

Skiing with the kids at Snowbird.  More swears than smiles.

 

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3 miles on the home TM

One round of 15x

 

Squats

Mountain climbers

Bicep curls

Tricep with bar

Side to side squats with band

Paper plates

Clams

Dead lifts

Chest press

Bent over row

Side to side lunge

Tricep with weights

Push ups

Super mans

Burpees – only 5

Single leg dead lift

Calf raises

Paper plates

Squats with leg lift

Hammie roll out on ball

Triangles on ball

 

Merry Christmas!  May all your family gatherings be drama free!

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I really wanted to run outside today and clear my head.  But it was like running on an ice skating rink. We've had SO much snow these past 10 days!!!!  Nice and slow.

Time for the post Christmas purge.

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Jillian Michael's buns and thigh dvd.  I'm having the hardest time getting my glutes to activate.  I've been working on this since October!!!  I can feel the burn while during the exercise, but I'm never sore and I can't ever pass the glute test at the PT.

3 easy miles on the home TM - incline

stretch and foam roll

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Painting the pantry and house project extravganza.  

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3 miles outside.  It was snowing, slick and very beautiful!

Walking lunges

Single leg dead lifts

Side to side lunges

Squat with band and ball

Side to side squat with band

Paperplates

 

With the lunges, I really tried to squeeze and go slow.  Feeling the burn.

 

Lots of stretching and foam rolling.

 

PM: 

10 B6 – (a new record)

fire hydrants

LLL

60/60/60 planks

More stretching

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Skiing with the family at Snowbird.

3x

Walking lunges

Single leg dead lifts

Side to side lunges

Squat with band and ball

Side to side squat with band

Paperplates

 

With the lunges, I really tried to squeeze and go slow.  Feeling the burn.

 

Lots of stretching and foam rolling.

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