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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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4.5 TM Miles

41:12

I am really SICK of running injuries.  I feel like every day something else is starting to hurt. What in the HECK am I doing wrong!!!!

Started slow to see how shin would feel.  Right shin (right smack dab in the middle of the shin) has been really aching the past week or so (probably longer than that...but I just passed it off as shin splints).  My hip has felt really great after Saturday's run. 

Shin felt fine during the run, but have been aching all day even with ice.  Just the thought of a "wipe out" injury makes me go into a deep dark depression.

At the risk of being a hypocrondiac, I made an appointment for Thursday to see my sports medicine doctor.  I'm sure they laugh at how crazy I am once I leave. 

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10xsquats

60 front planks

10 adductor

10 abductor

stretching and foam rolling

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Comments
From Smooth on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 15:46:55 from 75.162.95.99

I was told once that if a pain shows up during the warm up but goes away during the run, then it's training pain.

I hope hope hope you don't have an injury. You are smart (not hypochondriac) to have it checked out.

Have you tried wearing compressing sleeves during the day. I know some people use it for recovery. When my muscles ache, rather than ice it, I massage it along with gentle stretching.

I'm thinking that after running mostly on treadmill over the last couple months, the shin muscles might be called upon to work differently when you ran the SG Half. That is just a hunch, I may be totally off. At any rate, I hope it's a training pain and not any injury.

From Toby on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 15:52:01 from 199.101.229.254

Smooth - I always appreciate your comments! You are such a wealth of knowledge and a great friend! Thank you!

From RAD on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 23:31:38 from 98.202.23.178

if it is shin splits I have some good strengthening exercises for you - and some bad news. It may be the TM's fault. When you switch running surfaces and then do a long run (like you did a couple weeks ago) on that surface you open yourself up to shin splints. Sorry, not good news :( The good news is that if you ice massage it (freeze water in a cup and tear down the cup as the ice melts while you rub it all up and down the shin) it will help a ton. Also, foot/ankle stability stuff will help in the long run: toe/heel walking and heel raises off a ledge, but push up on the big toe side then little toe side. Alternating big, little and do 3 sets of 30. You can totally kick this! Oh, and the compression sleeves are VERY bonus!! Wear them all day under pants and especially when you run.

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