I Can Do Hard Things

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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:	9.00	Month:	99.07	Year:	482.44
2014 - Minutes Lifetime Miles:						28605.00

Sat, Feb 27, 2010

Slow miles	Fast miles	Total Distance
11.30	0.00	11.30

Bike: 13 miles-33 minutes

Elliptical: 10 minutes (just to test ankle and it felt good)

Pool run: 68 minutes

5 min warm up

8x5 min hard (1 min recovery)

10x45sec hard (15 sec recovery)

5 min cool down

Workout with my coolio cousin, calliej. I was a rock star and told Callie to meet at 6:30 - BUT the gym didn't open until 7:00am. I kept waking up last night because I thought I had missed my alarm.

I could REALLY get used to have a pool buddy!

My arms were super tired during the 8x5min and my whole body felt like lead during the 45's. Hooray for being over!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From calliej on Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 16:30:11 from 97.126.145.218

It was an awesome workout today! Hope you get a nap.

From Carolyn in Colorado on Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 17:57:03 from 24.8.167.243

You deserve a pool buddy after all that diligent pool work you've been doing by yourself. I'm sorry that calliej had to get hurt to make it happen, but having each other is a blessing to you both.

From Teena Marie on Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 19:52:19 from 174.52.45.85

You hit that hard!!! WOW!!!

Hope you are having a fantastic weekend! :)

From Smooth on Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 20:07:57 from 174.23.198.220

AWESOME TRI workouts! SO cool to have your cousin as pool buddy. Hope you're having a restful day for recovery. Your workouts are HARDCORE!

From auntieem on Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 11:22:22 from 67.182.146.94

Another amazing workout! Yes, a pool buddy is a great thing. I stood my pool buddy up this morning, and I know she was lonely!

From RAD on Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 14:24:06 from 67.172.229.125

Nice workout! Having a pool buddy is essential for me to endure the never ending hour(s) of back and forth!! It's more torture than a TM!

Glad to hear the ankle did well on the elliptical. Keep up the hard work, it will pay off soon!

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