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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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What a craptastic run!  That was one official BAD BAD BAD run!  All my favorite running buddies were all occupied this Saturday morning.  So I decided to run with the Soujourners Running Club (Runner's Corner's club).  We met at 6:30am at the mouth of Provo Canyon and were going to carpool up to Solider Hollow and run down the canyon.  We didn't start running until 7:30am....frustrating!

We ran above the Heber Creeper railroad tracks on a dirt road.  It was SUPER FREAKIN' hilly.  It reminded me of my 2nd leg of Ragnar....climbing up and up and up.  You can tell from my mile splits the major hills.  My legs were starting to scream at me!  I was so grateful for those other runners - there is NO way I could have made it up those hills without them.

We made it to the dam and had water/gatoraide.  But we were less than halfway and my legs were spent.  We continued on through some private property and couldn't talk.  On previous run, they had gotten in trouble for being there.  GREAT - trespassing!  Then we hopped on the main road.

We made it to Vivian Park and I drank as much water as a camel!  But I was only at 13 miles.  I got a ride from Hawk and Cheryl to the mouth of the canyon.  Though my legs were on fire, I really wanted to get in 15.  So I dropped my water belt at my car and headed up to the water fountain. 

When I finished, I soaked in the river and almost lost my flip flop.  Both of my lower legs ache and are so sore.  I had two thoughts during my run:  1.  It can't get harder than this.  2.  This may be my last run EVER - for sure, I've done something to my muscles/legs/tendons!

I'm super tired and sore and hope I can still run on Monday morning!

 

This was my longest run EVER!

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Comments
From Annie on Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 21:52:19 from 97.117.123.26

Dang it!

My husband and I didn't end up running last night but didn't know what our plans were going to be until late late last night and we started running at 5 am! I feel so bad that we didn't plan better so that you could have joined us!

Good job on the uphill course! I hate hills but need to practice them if I'm going to have a prayer in SGM!

From Burt on Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 15:48:10 from 206.19.214.144

I don't know if I should say great job or give you some sympathy. How about both? I'll bet that dam gatorade tasted pretty dam good.

From Smooth on Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 13:35:52 from 67.2.116.101

Toby ~ Sorry you had a bummer of a run! WAY to tough it out!

Glad the legs were just tired and no damage done.

I wish you could've run part of the Sogonapmit with us. We did the 4:1 run/walk method and finished the marathon in 4:38. It was very fun with cool temp and great company. The best part was that there was no recovery needed. The one min walking cycles essentially helped the legs to recover.

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